Isaïe 56
1 Ainsi dit l’Éternel: Gardez le jugement, et pratiquez la justice, car mon salut est près de venir, et ma justice, d’être révélée.
Yahweh says [to all the people of Judah], “Do the things that are fair and just, because I will soon come to rescue [DOU] you.
2 Bienheureux l’homme qui fait cela, et le fils de l’homme qui le tient ferme; qui garde le sabbat pour ne pas le profaner, et qui garde sa main de faire aucun mal.
I will bless those who faithfully obey my laws about the Sabbath/rest days. I will bless those who (keep sacred/honor) my Sabbath/rest days, and who do not do any work on those days, and who refrain from [MTY] doing anything that is evil.
3 Et que le fils de l’étranger qui s’est attaché à l’Éternel ne parle pas, disant: L’Éternel m’a entièrement séparé de son peuple; et que l’eunuque ne dise pas: Voici, je suis un arbre sec;
And foreigners who have believed in me should not say, ‘Yahweh will surely not allow me to belong to his people.’ And eunuchs should not say, ‘[Because I am unable to have children, I cannot belong to Yahweh]; I am like [MET] a tree that has completely withered.’
4 car ainsi dit l’Éternel: Aux eunuques qui gardent mes sabbats, et choisissent les choses auxquelles je prends plaisir, et qui tiennent ferme mon alliance,
They should not say that, because [I], Yahweh, say this to the eunuchs who obey my laws about the Sabbath, and who choose to do the things that please me, and who obey all [the other laws of] the agreement that I [made with the Israeli people]:
5 je leur donnerai dans ma maison et au-dedans de mes murs une place et un nom meilleurs que des fils et des filles; je leur donnerai un nom éternel, qui ne sera pas retranché.
I will cause to be put inside the walls of my temple a monument [DOU] to them; because of that monument, they will be honored more than they would have if they had children; they will be honored forever.
6 Et les fils de l’étranger qui s’attachent à l’Éternel pour le servir et pour aimer le nom de l’Éternel, pour être ses serviteurs, – quiconque observe le sabbat pour ne pas le profaner, et ceux qui tiennent ferme mon alliance,
I will also bless those who are not Israelis, who (join themselves to/believe in) me, and who serve me and worship and love me, and who obey my laws about the Sabbath, and who faithfully obey [all the other laws of] the agreement that I [made with the Israeli people].
7 je les ferai venir à ma montagne sainte, et je les rendrai joyeux dans ma maison de prière: leurs holocaustes et leurs sacrifices seront agréés sur mon autel; car ma maison sera appelée une maison de prière pour tous les peuples.
I will bring them to my sacred hill [in Jerusalem], I will cause them to be [very] joyful in my temple where people pray to me, and I will accept the sacrifices that they completely burn [on my altar] and other sacrifices that they offer. I will do those things for them because I want my temple to be a building where people of all nations pray to me.
8 Le Seigneur l’Éternel, qui rassemble les exilés d’Israël, dit: J’en rassemblerai encore d’autres vers lui, avec les siens déjà rassemblés.
[I], Yahweh, the Lord, the one who will bring back the people of Israel who have been (forced to go/exiled) to other countries, say this: 'I will bring [from other countries] many more people to join those Israelis whom I have brought back.'”
9 Vous, toutes les bêtes des champs, venez pour dévorer, [vous], toutes les bêtes de la forêt!
“You [surrounding nations have armies that are like] [MET] animals in the forest; come and attack/destroy [Israel]!
10 Ses sentinelles sont toutes aveugles, elles sont dénuées de connaissance. Ils sont tous des chiens muets qui ne peuvent aboyer, rêvant, se tenant couchés, aimant à sommeiller;
The Israeli leaders [should be like] watchdogs to protect the people, but [it is as though] they are blind. They are stupid. They are all [like] [MET] dogs that cannot bark. [Good watchdogs bark when strangers approach], [but the Israeli leaders do not warn the people that their enemies are coming]. Instead, they just want to lie down and sleep and dream.
11 et ces chiens sont voraces, ils ne savent pas être rassasiés: ce sont des bergers qui ne savent pas comprendre. Tous, ils tournent leurs regards vers leur propre chemin, chacun vers son intérêt particulier, jusqu’au dernier.
[And they are like] greedy dogs; they never get all that they want. They are [supposed to lead the people, like good] shepherds [lead their flocks], but they are ignorant, and they each do whatever they want to do.
12 Venez, [disent-ils], je prendrai du vin, et buvons notre soûl de boissons fortes; et demain sera comme aujourd’hui, [et] encore bien supérieur.
They say to each other, ‘Come, let’s go and get some wine and [other] alcoholic/strong drinks, and let’s become drunk! And tomorrow we will enjoy drinking even more!’”
