Isaïe 57
1 Cependant, le juste disparaît, et personne ne le prend à cœur; les hommes pieux sont enlevés, et nul ne prend garde que le juste a été retiré du malheur,
Righteous people [sometimes] die [when they are still young], and no one is concerned about it. Godly people [sometimes] die because of disasters, and no one understands why. They are taken away in order that they will not endure more calamities,
2 et qu'il entre dans la paix! Ils reposent sur leurs couches, ceux qui ont suivi le droit chemin!
and now they have peace. They [continually] lived righteously, and [now] they rest [peacefully] in their graves.
3 Mais vous, approchez ici, fils de la magicienne, race de l'adultère et de la prostituée!
[Yahweh says, ] “But you who practice sorcery, come here! You who worship idols [MET], [listen to me]!
4 De qui vous moquez-vous? Contre qui ouvrez-vous la bouche, et tirez-vous la langue? N'êtes-vous pas des enfants de prévarication, une race de mensonge?
Do you realize [RHQ] whom you are ridiculing, and whom you are insulting? Do you realize [RHQ] to whom you are sticking out your tongues? [You are insulting me, Yahweh]! You are [RHQ] always rebelling against me and always lying.
5 Vous vous échauffez près des térébinthes, sous tout arbre vert! vous égorgez les enfants dans les vallées, sous les grottes des rochers?
You are eager to have sex under every [big] green tree where you worship your gods. You kill your children as sacrifices [to your idols] in the dry riverbeds, and [also] offer them [as sacrifices to your idols] in the rocky caves.
6 Ta part est dans les pierres polies du torrent; voilà, voilà ton lot! Tu as été jusqu'à leur verser des libations, à leur présenter des offrandes! Puis-je être satisfait de cela?
[You take big] smooth stones from the riverbeds and worship them as your gods. You pour out [wine] to be an offering to them, and you bring grain [to burn for] an offering to them. Do you think that I should not punish you for doing all those things?
7 Sur une montagne haute et élevée tu as établi ta couche! Et c'est là que tu montes pour faire des sacrifices.
You have sex [EUP] [with cult prostitutes] on every hill and mountain, and you go there to offer sacrifices [to your gods].
8 Derrière la porte et les poteaux, tu as mis ton mémorial; car, loin de moi, tu découvres ta couche, tu y montes, tu élargis ton lit, et tu leur fixes ton salaire; tu aimes leurs embrassements, tu souilles tes regards!
You have put (fetishes/pagan symbols) behind your doors and doorposts, and you have deserted me. You have taken off your clothes [EUP] and climbed into your bed and invited more [of your lovers] to come to bed with you. You have paid them to have sex with you, and you have fondled their sexual organs.
9 Tu te présentes devant le roi avec de l'huile; tu multiplies tes parfums; tu envoies au loin des messagers; tu t'abaisses jusqu'au schéol. (Sheol h7585)
You have given [fragrant] oil and lots of perfume to your god Molech, and you sent messengers to distant countries [to find other gods to worship]; you [even tried to] send [messengers] to the place of the dead [to search for new gods]. (Sheol h7585)
10 A force de démarches, tu te fatigues; tu ne dis pas: " C'est en vain! " tu trouves encore de la vigueur dans ta main; c'est pourquoi tu ne te sens pas malade.
You became weary because of doing all those things, but you never said, ‘It is useless [for us to do that].’ You found new strength for worshiping idols, so you continued to do that [LIT].
11 Et qui donc crains-tu? De qui as-tu peur, que tu me sois infidèle, que tu ne te souviennes plus de moi, que tu ne t'en soucies pas? Ne me suis-je pas tu, et depuis longtemps, tandis que tu ne me craignais pas?
Was it because you were afraid [of those idols more than you were afraid of me] that you lied [about what you were doing], and you do not even think about [DOU, RHQ] me? Was it because I did not punish you for a long time that you are not afraid of me [RHQ]?
12 Moi, je publierai ta justice, et tes œuvres qui ne te servent de rien.
You [think that] [IRO] the things that you have done are right, but I will tell the truth. It will not help you to do any of those things.
13 Quand tu crieras, qu'ils te délivrent, tes tas de dieux! Le vent les emportera tous, un souffle les enlèvera! Mais celui qui se confie en moi héritera le pays, et possédera ma sainte montagne.
When you cry out [for help] to your collection of idols, they will not rescue you. The wind will blow them away [DOU]. But those who trust in me will live in the land [of Israel], and [they will worship me on Zion], my sacred hill.”
14 Et l'on dira: Frayez, frayez la voie; aplanissez-la! Enlevez tout obstacle du chemin de mon peuple!
Yahweh will say, “Prepare [yourselves to receive] me, [like] [MET] people build and prepare a road [for a king to come on]. Get rid of [the things that are causing you to sin] [like] [MET] people remove from a road (obstacles/things that cause people to stumble).
15 Car ainsi parle le Très-Haut, qui habite une demeure éternelle et s'appelle le Saint: J'habite dans un lieu haut et saint, et en même temps avec l'homme contrit et humble d'esprit, pour rendre la vie à l'esprit des humbles, pour rendre la vie aux cœurs contrits.
Because this is what [I], Yahweh, who am holy and greatly honored and who live forever, say: I live in the highest heaven, where [everything] is holy, but I also am with those who are humble and who are sorry for the sinful things that they have done. I will greatly encourage [DOU] those who have repented.
16 Car je ne veux pas contester à jamais, ni garder un courroux éternel; car devant moi tomberaient en défaillance l'esprit et les âmes que j'ai faites.
I will not accuse [people] forever; I will not always be angry [with them], because [if I did that], people would become weak/discouraged; all the people whom I created and caused to live would die.
17 A cause de sa convoitise coupable, je me suis irrité, et, demeurant caché, je l'ai frappé dans mon courroux; et lui, rebelle, suivait la voie de son propre cœur! …
I was angry [with my people] because they sinned by wanting the things that others had. So because I was angry, I punished them and turned away from them, but they continued sinning.
18 J'ai vu ses voies, et je le guérirai; Je serai son guide et je lui rendrai mes consolations, à lui et à ses affligés.
I have seen the evil things that they continually do, but I will restore them and lead them. I will encourage/comfort them. And to those who are mourning,
19 Celui qui crée sur les lèvres la louange, dit: " Paix, paix, à qui est loin et à qui est près, dit Yahweh, et je le guérirai! "
I will enable them to sing songs to praise me. I will restore [all my people], those who live near [Jerusalem] and those who live far away, and I will cause things to go well for them.
20 Mais les méchants sont comme la mer agitée, qui ne peut se calmer, et ses flots roulent de la vase et de la boue.
Wicked [people do not have peace in their inner beings]; they are like [SIM] a sea [whose waves are] always churning up mud,
21 Il n'y a point de paix, dit mon Dieu, pour les méchants.
and [I], Yahweh, say that things will never (go well/be peaceful) for those who are evil.”
