Isaïe 35
1 Le désert et la terre aride se réjouiront; le lieu stérile sera dans l’allégresse, et fleurira comme la rose;
[Some day, it will be as though] the desert [and other very] dry areas are glad [DOU]; the desert will rejoice and flowers will blossom. Like crocuses/daffodils,
2 il fleurira abondamment, et il sera dans l’allégresse, oui, dans l’allégresse, et il exultera. La gloire du Liban lui sera donnée, la magnificence du Carmel et du Saron; ils verront la gloire de l’Éternel, la magnificence de notre Dieu.
the desert will produce flowers abundantly; [it will be as though] everything is rejoicing and singing! The deserts will become as beautiful as [SIM] [the trees in] Lebanon, as fertile [SIM] as the plains of the Sharon and Carmel [areas]. [There] people will see the glory of Yahweh; they will see that he is magnificent.
3 Fortifiez les mains lassées, et affermissez les genoux qui chancellent.
[So], encourage those who are tired and weak.
4 Dites à ceux qui ont le cœur timide: Soyez forts, ne craignez pas; voici votre Dieu: la vengeance vient, la rétribution de Dieu! Lui-même viendra, et vous sauvera.
Say to those who are afraid, “Be strong and do not be afraid, because our God is going to come to get revenge [on his enemies]; he will (pay them back/punish them) for what they have done, and he will rescue you.”
5 Alors les yeux des aveugles s’ouvriront, et les oreilles des sourds seront ouvertes.
When he does that, [he will enable] blind people to see and [enable] deaf people to hear.
6 Alors le boiteux sautera comme le cerf, et la langue du muet chantera de joie. Car des eaux jailliront dans le désert, et des rivières dans le lieu stérile;
Lame people will leap like deer, and those who have been unable to speak will sing joyfully. Water will gush out [from springs] in the desert; streams will flow in the desert.
7 et le mirage deviendra un étang, et la terre aride, des sources d’eau; dans l’habitation des chacals où ils couchaient, il y aura un parc à roseaux et à joncs.
The very dry ground will become a pool of water, and springs will provide water for the dry land. Grass and reeds and papyrus will grow in places where the jackals/wolves lived previously.
8 Et il y aura là une grande route et un chemin, et il sera appelé le chemin de la sainteté: l’impur n’y passera pas, mais il sera pour ceux-là. Ceux qui vont [ce] chemin, même les insensés, ne s’égareront pas.
And there will be a highway through that land; it will be called ‘the Holy Highway’. People who are not acceptable to God will not walk on that road; it will be only for those who conduct their lives as God wants them to; foolish people will become lost while walking on that road.
9 Il n’y aura pas là de lion, et une bête qui déchire n’y montera pas [et] n’y sera pas trouvée; mais les rachetés y marcheront.
There will not be any lions there or any other dangerous animals along that road. Only those who have been freed [from being slaves in Babylonia] will walk on it.
10 Et ceux que l’Éternel a délivrés retourneront et viendront à Sion avec des chants de triomphe; et une joie éternelle sera sur leur tête; ils obtiendront l’allégresse et la joie, et le chagrin et le gémissement s’enfuiront.
Those whom Yahweh has freed will return to Jerusalem; they will sing as they enter the city; they will be extremely joyful [MET, PRS] forever. No longer will they be sad or mourn; they will be [completely] joyful [DOU].
