Isaïe 52
1 Réveille-toi, réveille-toi! Revêts ta force, Sion. Mets tes beaux habits, Jérusalem, la ville sainte, car désormais, les incirconcis et les impurs n'entreront plus chez vous.
[You people who live in the] holy city of Jerusalem [APO], wake up! Be strong again! Show that [MTY] your city is beautiful and glorious; foreigners who do not believe in God will not enter your city again [to attack you].
2 Secouez-vous de la poussière! Lève-toi, assieds-toi, Jérusalem! Libère-toi des liens de ton cou, fille captive de Sion!
People of Jerusalem, get up from [humbly] sitting in the dust and sit in places where people are honored! You people who have returned from being exiled, take off from your neck the chains which were fastened around you [as slaves in Babylonia],
3 Car Yahvé dit: « Vous avez été vendus pour rien; et vous serez rachetés sans argent. »
because this is what Yahweh says: “[When you were taken to Babylonia], no one paid me for doing that. So now I will bring you back without [being required to] pay for you!”
4 Car le Seigneur Yahvé dit: « Mon peuple est d'abord descendu en Égypte pour y vivre; et l'Assyrien les a opprimés sans raison.
Yahweh [our] Lord [also] says this: “Long ago, my people went to Egypt to live there. [Later] they were being (oppressed/treated cruelly) by [the soldiers of] Assyria.
5 « Maintenant donc, que vais-je faire ici, dit Yahvé, « en voyant que mon peuple est enlevé pour rien? Ceux qui les dominent se moquent, dit Yahvé, « et mon nom est blasphémé continuellement toute la journée.
But now think about what is happening: My people are being forced to be slaves again, this time by the [people of Babylonia]. And [those who have conquered them this time have also] paid me nothing, and they despise me [MTY] continually [DOU].
6 C'est pourquoi mon peuple connaîtra mon nom. C'est pourquoi ils sauront en ce jour-là que je suis celui qui parle. Voici, c'est moi. »
But my people will then have a close relationship with [MTY] me, and when that happens, they will know that I am the one who predicted/promised [that it would happen]. It is I, [Yahweh, who will do it].”
7 Qu'ils sont beaux sur les montagnes, les pieds de celui qui apporte de bonnes nouvelles, qui publie la paix, qui apporte de bonnes nouvelles, qui proclame le salut, qui dit à Sion: « Ton Dieu règne! »
It is a wonderful thing when messengers [MTY] arrive on the mountains/hills, bringing good news, the news about [God giving us] peace and saving us, the news that the God to whom we [Israeli people] belong is now ruling/king!
8 Tes sentinelles élèvent leur voix. Ensemble, ils chantent; car ils se verront les yeux dans les yeux quand Yahvé reviendra en Sion.
The watchmen [who are guarding the city] will shout and sing joyfully, because while they are watching they will see Yahweh returning to Jerusalem.
9 Éclatez de joie! Chantez ensemble, tas de déchets de Jérusalem; car Yahvé a réconforté son peuple. Il a racheté Jérusalem.
Jerusalem has been ruined, but the people who are there now should start to sing joyfully, because Yahweh will encourage his people; he will set his people free and bring them back to Jerusalem.
10 Yahvé a dénudé son bras saint aux yeux de toutes les nations. Toutes les extrémités de la terre ont vu le salut de notre Dieu.
Yahweh will show all the nations that he is holy and powerful. People in the most remote/distant places on earth will know that he has rescued his people.
11 Départ! Partez! Sortez de là! Ne touchez pas à ce qui est impur! Sortez du milieu d'elle! Purifiez-vous, vous qui portez les vaisseaux de Yahvé.
So, leave [the places where you were taken to when you were captured], where [everything is] unacceptable to God. You men who carry the items used for the worship of Yahweh, leave there [and return to Jerusalem], and purify yourselves [in order to be acceptable to worship God].
12 Car vous ne sortirez pas en hâte, vous ne partirez pas non plus en avion; car Yahvé vous précède, et le Dieu d'Israël sera votre arrière-garde.
But it will not [be necessary] for you to leave suddenly, to flee in panic, because Yahweh will (go in front of/lead) you; and he will [also] protect you [from being attacked] at the rear [while you travel].
13 Voici, mon serviteur fera preuve de sagesse. Il sera exalté et élevé, et sera très élevé.
[Yahweh says], “Listen carefully! My servant will act wisely (OR, do the right things to accomplish what he wants to), and I will highly exalt him.”
14 Tout comme beaucoup ont été étonnés par vous - son apparence était plus abîmée que celle de n'importe quel homme, et sa forme plus que celle des fils des hommes...
But many people will be appalled when they see what has happened to him. [Because of his being beaten very badly], his appearance will be changed; people will hardly recognize that he is a human.
15 ainsi il purifiera de nombreuses nations. Les rois lui fermeront la bouche; car ils verront ce qui ne leur avait pas été dit, et ils comprendront ce qu'ils n'avaient pas entendu.
But he will cause [people of] many nations to be surprised; [even] kings will be silent when they stand in front of him, because they will see someone that no one had told them about [previously], and they will understand things that they had not heard about [before].
