Isaïe 56
1 Yahvé dit: « Maintenir la justice et faire ce qui est juste, car mon salut est proche et ma justice sera bientôt révélée.
Yahweh says [to all the people of Judah], “Do the things that are fair and just, because I will soon come to rescue [DOU] you.
2 Béni soit l'homme qui fait cela, et le fils de l'homme qui la retient; qui garde le sabbat sans le profaner et empêche sa main de faire le mal. »
I will bless those who faithfully obey my laws about the Sabbath/rest days. I will bless those who (keep sacred/honor) my Sabbath/rest days, and who do not do any work on those days, and who refrain from [MTY] doing anything that is evil.
3 Que l'étranger qui s'est uni à Yahvé ne parle pas en disant, « Yahvé me séparera de son peuple. » Ne laissez pas l'eunuque dire: « Voici, je suis un arbre sec. »
And foreigners who have believed in me should not say, ‘Yahweh will surely not allow me to belong to his people.’ And eunuchs should not say, ‘[Because I am unable to have children, I cannot belong to Yahweh]; I am like [MET] a tree that has completely withered.’
4 Car Yahvé dit: « Aux eunuques qui observent mes sabbats, choisir les choses qui me plaisent, et attachez-vous à mon alliance,
They should not say that, because [I], Yahweh, say this to the eunuchs who obey my laws about the Sabbath, and who choose to do the things that please me, and who obey all [the other laws of] the agreement that I [made with the Israeli people]:
5 Je leur donnerai dans ma maison et dans mes murs un souvenir et un nom meilleurs que ceux des fils et des filles. Je leur donnerai un nom éternel qui ne sera pas supprimé.
I will cause to be put inside the walls of my temple a monument [DOU] to them; because of that monument, they will be honored more than they would have if they had children; they will be honored forever.
6 De même, les étrangers qui s'attachent à Yahvé pour le servir, et d'aimer le nom de Yahvé, pour être ses serviteurs, tous ceux qui observent le sabbat ne le profanent pas, et tient fermement mon alliance,
I will also bless those who are not Israelis, who (join themselves to/believe in) me, and who serve me and worship and love me, and who obey my laws about the Sabbath, and who faithfully obey [all the other laws of] the agreement that I [made with the Israeli people].
7 Je les amènerai sur ma montagne sainte, et les rendre joyeux dans ma maison de prière. Leurs holocaustes et leurs sacrifices seront acceptés sur mon autel; car ma maison sera appelée une maison de prière pour tous les peuples. »
I will bring them to my sacred hill [in Jerusalem], I will cause them to be [very] joyful in my temple where people pray to me, and I will accept the sacrifices that they completely burn [on my altar] and other sacrifices that they offer. I will do those things for them because I want my temple to be a building where people of all nations pray to me.
8 Le Seigneur Yahvé, qui rassemble les exclus d'Israël, dit, « Je vais encore en rassembler d'autres auprès de lui, en plus des siens qui sont réunis. »
[I], Yahweh, the Lord, the one who will bring back the people of Israel who have been (forced to go/exiled) to other countries, say this: 'I will bring [from other countries] many more people to join those Israelis whom I have brought back.'”
9 Vous tous, animaux des champs, venir pour dévorer, tous les animaux de la forêt.
“You [surrounding nations have armies that are like] [MET] animals in the forest; come and attack/destroy [Israel]!
10 Ses gardiens sont aveugles. Ils sont tous sans connaissance. Ce sont tous des chiens muets. Ils ne peuvent pas aboyer... rêver, s'allonger, aimer s'assoupir.
The Israeli leaders [should be like] watchdogs to protect the people, but [it is as though] they are blind. They are stupid. They are all [like] [MET] dogs that cannot bark. [Good watchdogs bark when strangers approach], [but the Israeli leaders do not warn the people that their enemies are coming]. Instead, they just want to lie down and sleep and dream.
11 Oui, les chiens sont gourmands. Ils n'en ont jamais assez. Ce sont des bergers qui ne peuvent pas comprendre. Ils se sont tous tournés vers leur propre voie, chacun à son profit, de tous les côtés.
[And they are like] greedy dogs; they never get all that they want. They are [supposed to lead the people, like good] shepherds [lead their flocks], but they are ignorant, and they each do whatever they want to do.
12 « Viens, disent-ils, je vais chercher du vin, et nous nous remplirons de boissons fortes; et demain sera comme aujourd'hui, grand au-delà de toute mesure. »
They say to each other, ‘Come, let’s go and get some wine and [other] alcoholic/strong drinks, and let’s become drunk! And tomorrow we will enjoy drinking even more!’”
