Isaïe 38
1 En ces jours-là, Ézéchias fut malade à la mort; et Ésaïe le prophète, fils d’Amots, vint vers lui, et lui dit: Ainsi dit l’Éternel: Donne des ordres pour ta maison, car tu vas mourir et tu ne vivras pas.
About that time, Hezekiah became [very] ill and was close to dying. [So] I went to see him. And I gave him this message: “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die, because you will not recover from this illness. You are going to die’”
2 Et Ézéchias tourna sa face contre la muraille, et pria l’Éternel.
Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed this:
3 Et il dit: Hélas, Éternel! souviens-toi, je te prie, que j’ai marché devant toi en vérité et avec un cœur parfait, et que j’ai fait ce qui est bon à tes yeux. Et Ézéchias versa beaucoup de larmes.
“Yahweh, do not forget that I have always served you very faithfully, and I have done things that pleased you!” Then Hezekiah [started to] cry loudly.
4 Et la parole de l’Éternel vint à Ésaïe, disant:
[I left his room, but] Yahweh gave me this message:
5 Va, et dis à Ézéchias: Ainsi dit l’Éternel, Dieu de David, ton père: J’ai entendu ta prière, j’ai vu tes larmes; voici, j’ajouterai 15 années à tes jours,
“Go [back] to Hezekiah and tell him that this is what I, the God to whom your ancestor King David belonged, say: ‘I have heard what you prayed, and I have seen you crying. So listen: I will enable you to live 15 years more.
6 et je te délivrerai, toi et cette ville, de la main du roi d’Assyrie, et je protégerai cette ville.
And, I will rescue you and this city from the power [MTY] of the King of Assyria. I will defend this city.
7 Et ceci en sera le signe pour toi, de par l’Éternel, car l’Éternel accomplira cette parole qu’il a prononcée:
And this is what I will do to prove that I will do what I have just now promised. I will cause the shadow of the sun to move ten steps backward on the sundial that was built by King Ahaz.’”
8 Voici, je ferai retourner en arrière, de dix degrés, l’ombre des degrés qui est descendue sur le cadran d’Achaz, par le soleil. Et le soleil retourna sur le cadran de dix degrés, dont il était descendu.
So the shadow of the sun on the sundial moved backward ten steps.
9 Écrit d’Ézéchias, roi de Juda, quand, ayant été malade, il fut rétabli de sa maladie.
When King Hezekiah was almost well again, he wrote this:
10 Moi, je disais: Au méridien de mes jours j’irai dans les portes du shéol; je suis privé du reste de mes années. (Sheol h7585)
I thought to myself, “Is it necessary for me to die and go to the place where the dead people are during this time of my life when I am still strong? Is Yahweh going to rob me of the remaining years that I [should live]?” (Sheol h7585)
11 Je disais: Je ne verrai pas Jah, Jah dans la terre des vivants! Avec les habitants du lieu où tout a cessé, je ne contemplerai plus l’homme.
I said, “I will not see Yahweh [again] in this world where people are alive. I will not see my friends again, or be with others who [now] are alive in this world.
12 Ma durée s’en est allée, et elle est transportée loin de moi comme une tente de berger. J’ai, comme le tisserand, coupé ma vie; … il me séparera de la penne; du jour à la nuit, tu en auras fini avec moi.
[It is as if] my life has been taken away like [SIM] a tent [whose pegs] have been pulled up by a shepherd and taken away. My time to live has been cut short, like a piece of cloth that a weaver [cuts and] rolls up [after he has finished weaving a cloth].” Suddenly, [it seemed that] my life was ending.
13 J’ai possédé mon âme jusqu’au matin; … comme un lion, ainsi il me brisait tous les os. Du jour à la nuit, tu en auras fini avec moi!…
I waited patiently all during the night, but [my pain was as though] [MET] I was being torn apart by lions. [It seemed that] my life was finished.
14 Comme une hirondelle, comme une grue, ainsi je grommelais, je gémissais comme une colombe; mes yeux se sont consumés [en regardant] en haut. Seigneur, je suis opprimé; garantis-moi.
[I was delirious, and] I chirped like a swift or a swallow, and moaned like a dove. My eyes became tired looking up [toward heaven] for help. I cried out, Lord, help me, [because] I am distressed!’
15 Que dirai-je? Il m’a parlé, et lui l’a fait. J’irai doucement, toutes mes années, dans l’amertume de mon âme.
But there was really nothing [RHQ] that I could say and ask him to reply to me, because it was Yahweh who sent this illness. [So now] I will live humbly during my [remaining] years because I am very anguished.
16 Seigneur, par ces choses on vit, et en toutes ces choses est la vie de mon esprit. Et tu m’as rendu la santé, et tu m’as fait vivre.
Yahweh, the sufferings (OR, the promises) that you give are good, [because] what you do and what you say bring [new] life and health to us. And you restore/heal me and allow me [to continue] to live!
17 Voici, au lieu de la paix j’avais amertume sur amertume; mais toi, tu as aimé mon âme, [la retirant] de la fosse de destruction, car tu as jeté tous mes péchés derrière ton dos.
Truly, my suffering was good for me; you loved me, and as a result you have rescued me from dying and have also forgiven all my sins.
18 Car ce n’est pas le shéol qui te louera, [ni] la mort qui te célébrera; ceux qui descendent dans la fosse ne s’attendent plus à ta vérité. (Sheol h7585)
Dead people [MTY] cannot praise you; they cannot sing to praise you. Those who have descended to their graves cannot confidently expect you to faithfully [do things for them]. (Sheol h7585)
19 Le vivant, le vivant est celui qui te louera, comme moi aujourd’hui; le père fera connaître aux fils ta vérité.
Only people who are still alive, like I am, can praise you. Fathers tell their children how you are faithful, [and if I remain alive, I will do the same thing].
20 L’Éternel a voulu me sauver! Et nous jouerons de mes instruments à cordes tous les jours de notre vie, dans la maison de l’Éternel.
[I know that] Yahweh will fully heal me, [so] I will sing to praise him while others praise him playing musical instruments; I will do that every day of my life, in the temple of Yahweh.”
21 Et Ésaïe avait dit: Qu’on prenne une masse de figues, et qu’on la mette comme emplâtre sur l’ulcère; et il se rétablira.
I had [previously] said to Hezekiah’s servants, “Prepare an ointment from [mashed] figs, and spread it on his boil, and then he will recover.” [So they did that, and Hezekiah recovered].
22 Et Ézéchias avait dit: Quel est le signe que je monterai à la maison de l’Éternel?
And Hezekiah had [previously] asked, “What will Yahweh do to prove that I will [recover and be able to] go to his temple?”
