Isaïe 53
1 Qui a cru à ce que nous avons fait entendre, et à qui le bras de l’Éternel a-t-il été révélé?
(Who will believe what we will tell them [about God’s servant]?/Hardly anyone will believe what we will tell them [about God’s servant].) [RHQ] (Who will see what Yahweh does by his great power?/Very few people will see what Yahweh does by his great power.) [MTY, RHQ]
2 Il montera devant lui comme un rejeton, et comme une racine [sortant] d’une terre aride. Il n’a ni forme, ni éclat; quand nous le voyons, il n’y a point d’apparence [en lui] pour nous le faire désirer.
While God watches, his servant will grow up [appearing/seeming to be very insignificant/unimportant], like a weak young plant that shoots up from a root [of a tree that is growing] in dry ground. There will be nothing beautiful or majestic about him, nothing that would cause us to want to be with him.
3 Il est méprisé et délaissé des hommes, homme de douleurs, et sachant ce que c’est que la langueur, et comme quelqu’un de qui on cache sa face; il est méprisé, et nous n’avons eu pour lui aucune estime.
People will despise and reject him. {He will be despised and rejected.} He will endure much pain, and he will suffer much. [Because his face will be very disfigured], people will not [want to] look at him; people will despise him and think that he is not worth paying any attention to.
4 Certainement, lui, a porté nos langueurs, et s’est chargé de nos douleurs; et nous, nous l’avons estimé battu, frappé de Dieu, et affligé;
But he will be [punished for] the sicknesses [of our souls]; he will endure great pain for us. But we will think that he is being punished by God, afflicted/punished [for his own sins].
5 mais il a été blessé pour nos transgressions, il a été meurtri pour nos iniquités; le châtiment de notre paix a été sur lui, et par ses meurtrissures nous sommes guéris.
But his body will be bruised because of the evil things that we did, wounded because of our sins. He will be beaten in order that things will go well for our [souls]; and because he will be whipped, [our souls] can be healed.
6 Nous avons tous été errants comme des brebis, nous nous sommes tournés chacun vers son propre chemin, et l’Éternel a fait tomber sur lui l’iniquité de nous tous.
All of us have gone away [from God] like [SIM] sheep who have strayed away [from their shepherd]. We have turned away [from doing the things that God wants in order] to do the things that we wanted [MET]. [We deserve to be punished, but] Yahweh will punish him instead of punishing us for all of our sins.
7 Il a été opprimé et affligé, et il n’a pas ouvert sa bouche. Il a été amené comme un agneau à la boucherie, et a été comme une brebis muette devant ceux qui la tondent; et il n’a pas ouvert sa bouche.
He will be abused and caused to suffer, but he will not say anything [to complain]. They will lead him [to where they will execute him], [like they lead] a lamb to where it will be slaughtered. And like a sheep does not (bleat/make any noise) when the shearer [cuts off its wool], he will not say anything [MTY] [to defend himself when he is killed].
8 Il est ôté de l’angoisse et du jugement; et sa génération, qui la racontera? Car il a été retranché de la terre des vivants; à cause de la transgression de mon peuple, lui, a été frappé.
After he is arrested and put on trial, he will be taken away [and executed]. And no one [RHQ] will be able to talk about his descendants, because he will die [EUP] [without being married and having children]. He will be (afflicted/caused to suffer) for the wrong things that we have done.
9 Et on lui donna son sépulcre avec les méchants; mais il a été avec le riche dans sa mort, parce qu’il n’avait fait aucune violence, et qu’il n’y avait pas de fraude dans sa bouche.
Although he will never have done any wrong or deceived [MTY] anyone, people will plan to bury his corpse where wicked people are buried, but instead, a rich man will [bury him] after he dies.
10 Mais il plut à l’Éternel de le meurtrir; il l’a soumis à la souffrance. S’il livre son âme en sacrifice pour le péché, il verra une semence; il prolongera ses jours, et le plaisir de l’Éternel prospérera en sa main.
But it will be Yahweh’s will that he be afflicted and caused to suffer. And [when he dies], Yahweh will cause him to be an offering to remove the guilt of sinners. But later he will have many [spiritual] children, and he will live (a long time/forever) after he [dies and] becomes alive [again], and he [MTY] will accomplish everything that Yahweh has planned.
11 Il verra [du fruit] du travail de son âme, [et] sera satisfait. Par sa connaissance mon serviteur juste enseignera la justice à plusieurs, et lui, il portera leurs iniquités.
When he sees all that he will accomplish because of his suffering, he will be satisfied. And because of what will have happened to him, Yahweh’s righteous servant will cause the guilt of many people to be ended, because he will remove [the guilt for] their sins.
12 C’est pourquoi je lui assignerai une part avec les grands, et il partagera le butin avec les forts, parce qu’il aura livré son âme à la mort, et qu’il aura été compté parmi les transgresseurs, et qu’il a porté le péché de plusieurs, et qu’il a intercédé pour les transgresseurs.
So Yahweh will consider him to be one of the truly great people; he will [be like a king who] divides up [among his soldiers] the (spoils/things they took from their enemies after defeating them) [MET], because he will sacrifice himself and die. [Even though people] will consider him to be a sinner, he will remove the guilt of many [people], and he will intercede/pray that those who have done things that are wrong [will be forgiven].
