Isaïe 58
1 Crie à plein gosier, ne te retiens pas; fais retentir ta voix comme la trompette, et dénonce à mon peuple son péché, à la maison de Jacob ses iniquités.
[Yahweh said to me], “Shout loudly! Shout like [SIM] a loud trumpet! Shout to warn my Israeli people about their sins [DOU]!
2 Ils me cherchent chaque jour, et ils veulent connaître mes voies, comme une nation qui aurait pratiqué la justice, et n’aurait pas abandonné le commandement de son Dieu. Ils me demandent des jugements justes, ils veulent que Dieu s’approche:
They worship me every day; [they come to my temple because they say that] they are eager to know what I want them to do. They act as though they are a nation that does things that are righteous, who would never abandon their God. They request me to decide matters justly, and they delight to come to worship me.
3 « Que nous sert de jeûner, si vous ne le voyez pas, d’humilier notre âme, si vous n’y prenez pas garde? » — Au jour de votre jeûne, vous faites vos affaires et vous pressez au travail tous vos mercenaires.
[They say], ‘We have (fasted/abstained from eating food) to please you, but you did not [RHQ] notice our doing that. We humbled ourselves, but you did not [RHQ] pay any attention!’ I will tell you why I did not pay attention. It is because when you fast, you do it only to please yourselves, and you act cruelly toward all your workers.
4 Voici, c’est en vous disputant et vous querellant que vous jeûnez, jusqu’à frapper du poing méchamment! Vous ne jeûnez pas en ce jour, de manière à faire écouter votre voix en haut.
You fast, but you also quarrel and fight [with each other] with your fists. [Doing things like that while] you fast will [certainly] not cause [me] to hear your prayers [where I am], high in heaven.
5 Est-ce à un jeûne pareil que je prends plaisir? Est-ce là un jour où l’homme humilie son âme? Courber la tête comme un jonc, se coucher sur le sac et la cendre: est-ce là ce que tu appelles un jeûne, un jour agréable à Yahweh?
You [act as though] [IRO] you humble yourselves [RHQ] by bowing your heads like [SIM] [the tops of] reeds bend [when the wind blows], and you wear [RHQ] rough clothes and cover your heads with ashes [like people do when they are grieving]. That is what you do when you are fasting, but do you really think [RHQ] that will please me?
6 Le jeûne que je choisis ne consiste-t-il pas en ceci: détacher les chaînes injustes, délier les nœuds du joug, renvoyer libres les opprimés, briser toute espèce de joug?
No, that is not the kind of fasting that I desire. What I really want [RHQ] is for you to free those who have been unjustly put in prison [DOU], and to encourage those who are (treated cruelly/oppressed); I want you to free those who have been oppressed in any way.
7 Ne consiste-t-il pas à rompre ton pain à celui qui a faim, à recueillir chez toi les malheureux sans asile; si tu vois un homme nu, à le couvrir, à ne pas te détourner de ta propre chair?
I want you to [RHQ] share your food with those who are hungry and to allow those who have no houses to stay in your houses. Give clothes to those who do not have clothes, and do not hide from your relatives who need help from you.
8 Alors ta lumière poindra comme l’aurore, et ta guérison germera promptement; ta justice marchera devant toi; la gloire de Yahweh sera ton arrière garde.
If you do those things, [what you do for others will be like] [SIM] a light that shines when it dawns. The troubles [that have been caused by your sins] will end quickly. Others will know about your righteous behavior, and with my glorious presence I will protect you from behind [like I protected the Israeli people when they left Egypt].
9 Alors tu appelleras, et Yahweh répondra: tu crieras, et il dira: « Me voici! » Si tu bannis du milieu de toi le joug, le geste menaçant, les discours injurieux;
Then you will call out to me, and I will [quickly] answer [and say that I will help you].’ Stop (oppressing people/treating people cruelly); stop falsely accusing people; and stop saying evil [things about people].
10 si tu donnes ta nourriture à l’affamé, et si tu rassasies l’âme affligée; Ta lumière se lèvera au sein de l’obscurité, et tes ténèbres brilleront comme le midi.
Give food to those who are hungry, and give to people who are afflicted/suffering the things that they need. [Your doing that will be like] [MET] a light that shines in the darkness; instead of doing evil to people [MET], [the good things that you do for them will be like] [SIM] sunshine at noontime.
11 Et Yahweh te guidera perpétuellement, il rassasiera ton âme dans les lieux arides. Il donnera de la vigueur à tes os; tu seras comme un jardin bien arrosé, comme une source d’eau vive, qui ne tarit jamais.
[I], Yahweh, will guide you continually, and I will give you good things to satisfy you. I will enable you to remain strong and healthy. You will be like [SIM] a garden that is well watered, like [SIM] a spring that never dries up.
12 Tes enfants rebâtiront tes ruines antiques; tu relèveras des fondements posés aux anciens âges; on t’appellera le réparateur des brèches, le restaurateur des chemins, pour rendre le pays habitable.
[Your people] will rebuild the cities that were destroyed long ago; they will build [houses] on top of the old foundations. People will say that you are the ones who are repairing the holes [in the city walls], and who are repairing the streets where people live.
13 Si tu t’abstiens de fouler aux pieds le sabbat, en t’occupant de tes affaires en mon saint jour, et que tu appelles le sabbat tes délices, vénérable le saint jour de Yahweh, et que tu l’honores en ne poursuivant pas tes voies, en ne te livrant pas à tes affaires et à de vains discours;
Do not travel [MTY] long distances on Sabbath/rest days, and on Sabbath days do not do only the things that you delight to do. Enjoy the Sabbath days, and consider them to be delightful. The Sabbath days are my holy days. Honor me, Yahweh, in everything that you do [on the Sabbath days]. Do not talk about and do things [only] to please yourselves. If you do all the things that I have just now told you to do,
14 Alors tu trouveras tes délices en Yahweh, et je te transporterai comme en triomphe sur les hauteurs du pays, et je te ferai jouir de l’héritage de Jacob, ton père; car la bouche de Yahweh a parlé.
I will enable you to be joyful. I will greatly honor you; [I will honor you everywhere!] I will give to you the [blessings] that I gave to your ancestor Jacob. [Those things will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
