Psalms 102
1 Yahweh, listen to what I am praying; hear me while I cry out to you!
Prière de l’affligé, quand il est accablé et répand sa plainte devant l’Éternel. Éternel, entends ma prière, et que mon cri vienne jusqu’à toi!
2 Do not (turn away/hide yourself) from me when I (have troubles/am distressed)! Listen to me, and answer me quickly now, when I am calling out to you!
Ne me cache pas ta face; au jour de ma détresse, incline vers moi ton oreille; au jour où je crie, hâte-toi, réponds-moi.
3 My life is ending, like smoke that disappears [SIM]; I have [a high fever which] burns my body like a fire burns [SIM].
Car mes jours s’évanouissent comme la fumée, et mes os sont brûlés comme un foyer.
4 [I feel like] I am drying up like grass [SIM] that has been beaten/trampled down, and I no longer have a desire to eat food.
Mon cœur est frappé, et est desséché comme l’herbe; car j’ai oublié de manger mon pain.
5 I groan loudly, and my bones can be seen under my skin [because I have become very thin].
À cause de la voix de mon gémissement, mes os s’attachent à ma chair.
6 I am like a [lonely and despised] vulture in the desert, like an owl by itself in the abandoned ruins [of a building/city].
Je suis devenu semblable au pélican du désert; je suis comme le hibou des lieux désolés.
7 I lie awake [at night]; [because there is no one to comfort me], I am like a lonely bird [sitting] on a housetop [SIM].
Je veille, et je suis comme un passereau solitaire sur un toit.
8 All during the day my enemies insult me; those who make fun of me mention my name [and say, “May you be like him”] when they curse people.
Tout le jour mes ennemis m’outragent; ceux qui sont furieux contre moi jurent par moi.
9 Because you are very angry [DOU] with me, now [I sit in] ashes [while I am suffering greatly]; and those ashes [fall on] the bread/food that I eat, and what I drink has my tears mixed with it. [It is as though] you have picked me up and thrown me away!
Car j’ai mangé la cendre comme du pain, et j’ai mêlé de pleurs mon breuvage,
À cause de ton indignation et de ta colère; car tu m’as élevé haut, et tu m’as jeté en bas.
11 My time to remain alive is like an evening shadow [that will soon be gone] [SIM]. I am withering like grass withers [in the hot sun].
Mes jours sont comme l’ombre qui s’allonge, et je deviens sec comme l’herbe.
12 But Yahweh, you are our king who rules [MTY] forever; people who are not yet born will remember you.
Mais toi, Éternel! tu demeures à toujours, et ta mémoire est de génération en génération.
13 You will arise and be merciful to [the people of] [MTY] Jerusalem; it is now time for you to do that; this is the time for you to be kind to them.
Tu te lèveras, tu auras compassion de Sion; car c’est le temps d’user de grâce envers elle, car le temps assigné est venu.
14 Even though (the city has been destroyed/our enemies have destroyed our city), we who serve you still love the stones that [were formerly] in the city walls; because now there is rubble everywhere, we, your people, are very sad when we see it.
Car tes serviteurs prennent plaisir à ses pierres, et ont compassion de sa poussière.
15 Yahweh, [some day the people of other] nations will revere you [MTY]; all the kings on earth will see that you are very glorious/great.
Alors les nations craindront le nom de l’Éternel, et tous les rois de la terre, ta gloire.
16 You will rebuild Jerusalem, and you will appear there with your glory/brightness.
Quand l’Éternel bâtira Sion, il paraîtra dans sa gloire.
17 You will listen to the prayers of your people who are homeless, and you will (not ignore them/do what they request) [LIT] when they plead with you to help them.
Il aura égard à la prière du désolé, et il ne méprisera pas leur prière.
18 Yahweh, [I want to] write these words in order that people in future years [will know what] you have done, in order that people who are not born yet will praise you.
Cela sera écrit pour la génération à venir; et le peuple qui sera créé louera Jah;
19 They will know that you looked down from your holy/sacred place in heaven [DOU] and saw [what was happening on] the earth.
Car il a regardé des lieux hauts de sa sainteté; des cieux l’Éternel a considéré la terre,
20 They will know that you hear prisoners groaning and that you will set free those who have been told, “You will be executed.”
Pour entendre le gémissement du prisonnier, et pour délier ceux qui étaient voués à la mort;
21 As a result, people in Jerusalem will praise you [DOU] for what you [have done]
Afin qu’on annonce dans Sion le nom de l’Éternel, et sa louange dans Jérusalem,
22 when many people [from other people-groups] and [those who are citizens of other] kingdoms gather to worship you.
Quand les peuples seront rassemblés, et les royaumes, pour servir l’Éternel.
23 [But now] you have caused me to become weak while I am still young; [I think that] I will (not live much longer/ very long/soon die).
Il a abattu ma force dans le chemin, il a abrégé mes jours.
24 I say to you, “My God, do not cause me to die now, before I become old! You live forever!
J’ai dit: Mon Dieu, ne m’enlève pas à la moitié de mes jours!… Tes années sont de génération en génération!
25 You created the world long ago, and you made (the heavens/everything in the sky) with your own hands.
Tu as jadis fondé la terre, et les cieux sont l’ouvrage de tes mains;
26 The earth and the heavens/sky will disappear, but you will remain. They will wear out like clothes wear out. You will get rid of them like [people get rid of] old clothes, and they will no longer exist,
Eux, ils périront, mais toi, tu subsisteras; et ils vieilliront tous comme un vêtement; tu les changeras comme un habit, et ils seront changés;
27 but you are [not like the things that you created], [because you are] always the same; you never die.
Mais toi, tu es le Même, et tes années ne finiront pas.
28 [Some day] our children will live safely [in Jerusalem], and their descendants will be protected in your presence.”
Les fils de tes serviteurs demeureront, et leur semence sera établie devant toi.
