Isaïe 43
1 Et maintenant, ainsi parle Yahweh, celui qui t’a créé, ô Jacob, celui qui t’a formé, ô Israël: Ne crains point, car je t’ai racheté; je t’ai appelé par ton nom, tu es à moi!
But now, you people of Israel, listen to Yahweh, the one who established your nation. The one who caused you to become a nation [DOU] says this: “Do not be afraid, because I previously rescued you. I enabled you to have a personal relationship with me [MTY], and you belong to me.
2 Quand tu passeras par les eaux, je serai avec toi; par les fleuves, ils ne t’engloutiront point; quand tu marcheras au milieu du feu, tu ne seras point brûlé et la flamme ne t’embrasera point.
When you [experience dangerous situations], and [you feel like] [MET] you are crossing deep rivers, I will be with you. When you have very big troubles/difficulties, you will [LIT] be able to endure them. When [people try to kill you like they tried to kill Daniel’s three friends by] throwing them in a fire, you will not [die, just like Daniel’s three friends were not] burned up,
3 Car moi, Yahweh, je suis ton Dieu; le Saint d’Israël est ton sauveur. J’ai donné l’Égypte pour ta rançon; l’Éthiopie et Saba en échange de toi.
because I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, the one who rescues you. I will enable [the army of the emperor of Persia] to conquer Egypt instead of conquering you; similarly I will enable them to conquer Ethiopia, and Seba [in Arabia], in order that you can be saved.
4 Parce que tu es précieux à mes yeux, honorable, et que, moi, je t’aime, je donnerai des hommes en échange de toi, et des peuples en échange de ta vie.
I will cause other countries to be conquered, instead of your country; I will trade them for you, in order that you will not be killed, because you are very precious [DOU] to me and because I love you.
5 Ne crains point, car je suis avec toi; de l’orient je ramènerai ta postérité, et de l’occident je te rassemblerai.
Do not be afraid, because I am with you. [Some day] I will gather your descendants from the east and from the west.
6 Je dirai au septentrion: « Donne- les! » et au midi: « Ne les retiens pas! Ramène mes fils des pays lointains et mes filles de l’extrémité de la terre,
I will command the [rulers of the nations to] the north and to the south, ‘Allow all the people of Israel to return [to their country], from the most distant places on the earth.
7 tous ceux qui portent mon nom, que j’ai créés pour ma gloire, que j’ai formés et que j’ai faits.
Allow all those who belong to me [MTY] to return, because I have caused them to become a nation in order that they would honor me; I am the one who has done that [DOU].’
8 Fais sortir le peuple aveugle, et qui a des yeux, et les sourds, qui ont des oreilles. »
Summon the people who have eyes but [it is as though] they are blind; summon those who have ears but [because they do not listen to me, it is as though] they are deaf.
9 Que les nations s’assemblent toutes, et que les peuples se réunissent! Lequel d’entre eux a annoncé ces choses, et nous a fait entendre des prédictions anciennes? Qu’ils produisent leurs témoins et qu’ils se justifient; qu’on les entende et qu’on dise: « C’est vrai! »
Gather people of all nations together, ones from all people-groups, [and ask them this]: ‘Has any of their idols foretold the things that are happening now? And can any of them predict what will happen in the future?’ Then bring people who will testify and say ‘I heard them predict things, and what they predicted was what happened,’ [but they will be lying].”
10 Vous êtes mes témoins, — oracle de Yahweh, et mon serviteur que j’ai choisi, afin que vous reconnaissiez et que vous me croyiez, et que vous compreniez que c’est moi. Avant moi aucun Dieu n’a été formé, et il n’y en aura point après moi.
But Yahweh says, “You people of Israel (are my witnesses/know what I have done), and you are the ones who serve me. I chose you in order that you would know me, believe in me, and understand that I am the only one who is [truly] God. There is no other [true] God. There was no other [true] God previously, and there will never be another [true] God.
11 C’est moi, moi qui suis Yahweh, et il n’y a point de sauveur en dehors de moi.
I, [only] I, am Yahweh, and there is no other one who can save you.
12 C’est moi qui ai annoncé, qui ai sauvé, qui ai prédit; ce n’est pas un dieu étranger parmi vous; et vous êtes mes témoins, — oracle de Yahweh! C’est moi qui suis Dieu;
I said that I would rescue [your ancestors], and then I rescued them, and I proclaimed [that I had done it]. No foreign god among you did that! And you are witnesses that only I, Yahweh, am God.
13 désormais aussi je le suis, et il n’y a personne qui délivre de ma main; j’agirai, et qui l’empêchera?
I am God, the one who has existed forever and who will exist forever; no one can snatch people from my hand, and no one can alter/change what I have done.”
14 Ainsi parle Yahweh, votre rédempteur, le Saint d’Israël: À cause de vous, j’ai envoyé contre Babylone, et je les fais tous descendre en fugitifs, les Chaldéens, sur les navires dont ils sont si fiers!
Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, is the one who rescues you; and this is what he says: “For your sake, I will send [an army] to [attack] Babylon. They will force the people of that city to flee in ships which they have been proud of.
15 Je suis Yahweh, votre Saint, le Créateur d’Israël, votre roi!
I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the one who caused Israel to become a nation, and the one who is really your king.
16 Ainsi parle Yahweh, qui ouvrit un chemin dans la mer, un sentier dans les eaux puissantes;
I am Yahweh, the one who opened a path through the water, making a road through the [Red] Sea.
17 qui mit en campagne chars et chevaux, armée et vaillants guerriers, — tous ensemble ils sont couchés pour ne plus se relever; ils ont été étouffés, ils se sont éteints comme une mèche: —
Then I summoned the great army [of Egypt] to come with all their chariots and horses. [But when they tried to pursue my people], I caused the waves to flow over them [and they drowned]; their lives ended [like the light of a candle ends when someone] [MET] snuffs out the wick.
18 Ne vous souvenez plus des événements passés, et ne considérez plus les choses d’autrefois!
But do not think [only] about what happened in the past, long ago [DOU].
19 Voici que je vais faire une merveille nouvelle; elle est près d’éclore; ne la reconnaîtrez-vous pas? Je mettrai un chemin dans le désert, des fleuves dans la terre aride.
Instead, consider the new thing that I am going to do. I have already started to do it; can you see it? I am going to make a road through the desert. And I will cause there to be streams in the wasteland/desert.
20 Les bêtes des champs me glorifieront, les chacals et les autruches. Car je mettrai des eaux dans le désert, et des fleuves dans la terre aride, pour abreuver mon peuple, mon élu,
The jackals/wolves and owls and other wild creatures will thank me for giving them water in the desert. I will cause streams to appear in the dry desert in order that my people, the ones whom I have chosen, will have water;
21 le peuple que j’ai formé pour moi, qui publiera ma louange.
I will do that for the people whom I have created [and chosen] to belong to me, and [some day] they will cause many others to praise me.
22 Cependant tu ne m’as pas invoqué, ô Jacob, et tu ne t’es pas mis en peine pour moi, Israël.
But now, you descendants of Jacob, you refuse to request my help. It seems that you people of Israel have become tired of worshiping me.
23 Tu ne m’as pas offert les brebis de tes holocaustes, et tu ne m’as pas honoré par tes sacrifices. Je ne t’ai pas été à charge pour des offrandes, et ne t’ai pas fatigué pour de l’encens.
You have not brought to me sheep or goats for offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar]; you have not honored me by [bringing to me any] sacrifices, even though the offerings of grain and incense [that I asked you] to bring to me were not a burden to you.
24 Tu ne m’as point, à prix d’argent, acheté de roseau odoriférant, et tu ne m’as pas rassasié de la graisse de tes victimes; mais toi, tu m’as été à charge par tes péchés, tu m’as fatigué par tes iniquités.
You have bought for me fragrant reeds, and you have brought me the fat from your sacrifices. But these have not pleased me, because you have burdened me by all the sins that you have committed, and made me weary because of all (your iniquities/the wrong things that you have done).
25 C’est moi, c’est moi qui efface tes fautes pour l’amour de moi, et je ne me souviendrai plus de tes péchés.
I am the one who is able to forgive you for all your sins; I am the only one who can do that, with the result that I will never think about them again.
26 Réveille mes souvenirs, plaidons ensemble, parle toi-même pour te justifier.
Tell me what I have done that you do not like. Do you think that when you state your case, you will prove that you (are innocent/have done nothing wrong) [IRO]?
27 Ton premier père a péché, et tes interprètes m’ont été infidèles.
No, [what has happened is that] the first ancestor of you Israelis sinned [against me], and since then, all your leaders have rebelled against me.
28 C’est pourquoi j’ai dégradé les princes du sanctuaire, j’ai livré Jacob à l’anathème et Israël aux outrages.
That is why I have caused your priests to be disgraced; and I have allowed others to destroy you people of Israel and caused you to be despised.”
