Isaïe 42
1 « Voici mon serviteur, que je soutiens, mon élu, en qui mon âme se complaît: J'ai mis mon Esprit sur lui. Il apportera la justice aux nations.
[Yahweh says, “I want you people to know about] my servant, whom I encourage. I have chosen him, and I am pleased with him. I have given him my Spirit, and he will make certain that all the people-groups do what is right/just.
2 Il ne criera pas, ni élever la voix, ni qu'il soit entendu dans la rue.
He will not [show his power by] shouting [DOU] or by talking very loudly.
3 Il ne brisera pas un roseau meurtri. Il n'éteindra pas une mèche qui brûle faiblement. Il rendra fidèlement la justice.
He will not get rid of [anyone who is weak like] [MET] a smashed reed, and he will not [end the life of anyone who is helpless like] [MET] someone would extinguish a dimly burning wick [of an oil lamp]. He will faithfully/continually make sure that judges decide cases justly.
4 Il n'échouera pas et ne se découragera pas, jusqu'à ce qu'il ait établi la justice sur la terre, et les îles attendent sa loi. »
He will not become exhausted or discouraged all during the time that he is causing things to be done justly throughout the earth. Even [people living on the islands in] [MTY] the oceans will confidently wait for [him to teach them] his laws.”
5 Dieu Yahvé, celui qui a créé les cieux et les a étendus, celui qui a étendu la terre et ce qui en sort, celui qui donne le souffle à son peuple et l'esprit à ceux qui y marchent, dit:
Yahweh our God created the sky and spread it out. He also created the earth and everything on it. He gives breath to all the people on the earth; he causes them to live [DOU]. [And he is the one who says to his special servant],
6 « Moi, Yahvé, je vous ai appelés dans la justice. Je te tiendrai la main. Je te garderai, et te faire une alliance pour le peuple, comme une lumière pour les nations,
“I, Yahweh, have chosen you to show people that I always act righteously/fairly. I will grasp your hand and protect you, and I will present you to [my Israeli] people to be the one who will put into effect my agreement with them. [You will be like] a light to the [other] nations.
7 pour ouvrir les yeux des aveugles, pour faire sortir les prisonniers du donjon, et ceux qui sont assis dans les ténèbres sortiront de la prison.
You will enable blind [IDM] people to see, you will free those who are in prison (OR, who are bound [by the guilt of their sins]) [MET] and release those who are in dark dungeons.
8 « Je suis Yahvé. C'est mon nom. Je ne donnerai pas ma gloire à un autre, ni mes louanges à des images gravées.
I am Yahweh; that is my name. I will not allow anyone else to receive the honor that only I deserve. And I will not allow idols to be praised like only I should be praised.
9 Voici, les premières choses sont arrivées et je déclare des choses nouvelles. Je vous en parle avant qu'elles n'arrivent. »
Everything that I have prophesied has happened, and now I will tell about other things that will happen. I will tell you things that will happen before they happen.”
10 Chantez à Yahvé un chant nouveau, et ses louanges jusqu'aux extrémités de la terre, vous qui descendez à la mer, et tout ce qui s'y trouve, les îles et leurs habitants.
Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to praise him throughout the world! All you people who sail across the oceans, and all you creatures that live in the oceans, and all you people who live on islands far away, sing!
11 Que le désert et ses villes élèvent leurs voix, avec les villages que Kedar habite. Que les habitants de Sela chantent. Qu'ils crient du haut des montagnes!
You people who live in towns in the desert, sing loudly! You people who live in the Kedar [area in the north of Arabia], you rejoice also! You people in Sela [city in Edom], you also should sing joyfully; shout [to praise him] from the tops of your mountains!
12 Qu'ils rendent gloire à Yahvé, et publier ses louanges dans les îles.
Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh and sing to praise him.
13 Yahvé sortira comme un homme puissant. Il suscitera le zèle comme un homme de guerre. Il lancera un cri de guerre. Oui, il criera à haute voix. Il triomphera de ses ennemis.
[It will be as though] Yahweh will march out like [SIM] a mighty soldier; he will show that he is very angry. He will shout a battle-cry, and [then] he will defeat all his enemies.
14 « J'ai gardé le silence pendant longtemps. J'ai été silencieux et je me suis retenu. Maintenant, je vais crier comme une femme en travail. Je vais souffler et haleter.
[He will say], “I have remained silent [DOU] for a long time; I have restrained myself [from doing what I need to do]. But now, like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby, I will cry out and gasp and pant.
15 Je détruirai les montagnes et les collines, et dessécher toutes leurs herbes. Je vais faire des îles des rivières, et assèchera les piscines.
I will level off the hills and mountains, and I will cause all the plants and trees to dry up. I will cause the rivers to become small streams, and little islands will appear in them, and I will cause all the pools to become dry.
16 Je ferai venir les aveugles par un chemin qu'ils ne connaissent pas. Je les conduirai dans des sentiers qu'ils ne connaissent pas. Je rendrai les ténèbres légères devant eux, et les endroits tortueux sont droits. Je vais faire ces choses, et je ne les abandonnerai pas.
[My people who have been taken to Babylonia are like] [MET] blind people, [but] I will lead them along a road on which they have not walked before, on a road that they have not seen before. They have felt [very helpless, as though] they were walking in the darkness, but I will take away that darkness and I will make smooth the road that is in front of them. Those are the things that I will do for them; I will not abandon them.
17 « Ceux qui se confient aux images gravées, qui racontent des images en fusion, « Vous êtes nos dieux, seront retournés. Ils seront totalement déçus.
But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.”
18 « Écoutez, sourds, et regarde, tu es aveugle, que vous pouvez voir.
You [Israeli people who have acted toward God like] deaf [people], listen [to what Yahweh says]! “You [who have been like] [MET] blind [people], look!
19 Qui est aveugle, sinon mon serviteur? Ou qui est aussi sourd que le messager que j'envoie? Qui est aussi aveugle que celui qui est en paix, et aussi aveugle que le serviteur de Yahvé?
No people are [RHQ] as blind as my people, who [should have been] serving me. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] deaf people as [the Israelis, who should have been] my messengers. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] blind people as those whom I chose to serve me.
20 Tu vois beaucoup de choses, mais tu n'observes pas. Ses oreilles sont ouvertes, mais il n'écoute pas.
You see and know what are the right things to do, but you do not do them. You hear [what I say to you], but you do not pay attention.”
21 Il a plu à Yahvé, à cause de sa justice, de magnifier la loi. et le rendre honorable.
Because Yahweh is righteous, he has honored his glorious laws.
22 Mais c'est un peuple volé et pillé. Ils sont tous coincés dans des trous, et ils sont cachés dans les prisons. Ils sont devenus des captifs, et personne ne les délivre, et un pillage, et personne ne dit: « Restaurez-les!
But [the armies of Babylon have destroyed Jerusalem] and have completely (plundered/taken away) [DOU] all the valuable things, and they have captured Yahweh’s people and taken them away and put them in prison. They have been captured easily, because there was no one to protect them; there was no one to say that they should be allowed to return home.
23 Qui parmi vous prête l'oreille à cela? Qui écoutera et entendra pour le temps à venir?
Who among you will listen carefully to these things? Who will pay attention from now on?
24 qui a donné Jacob comme butin, et Israël aux voleurs? N'est-ce pas Yahvé, celui contre qui nous avons péché? Car ils n'ont pas voulu marcher dans ses voies, et ils ont désobéi à sa loi.
Who allowed the valuable possessions of the people of Israel to be stolen [RHQ, DOU]? It was Yahweh, because he is he one against whom we had sinned; we did not conduct our lives like he wanted us to, and we did not obey his laws.
25 Il a donc déversé sur lui l'ardeur de sa colère, et la force de la bataille. Ça l'a enflammé tout autour, mais il ne le savait pas. Ça l'a brûlé, mais il ne l'a pas pris à cœur. »
Therefore, he was extremely angry with us, and he caused our soldiers to be destroyed in battles. [It was as though] [MET] he lit a fire around us, but we did not understand [what he was trying to tell us]. [His being angry with us was like] a fire that would burn us up, but we did not pay attention [IDM].
