Isaïe 57

1 Le juste périt, et personne ne le prend à cœur; et les hommes de bonté sont recueillis sans que personne comprenne que le juste est recueilli de devant le mal.

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 Il est entré dans la paix: ils se reposent sur leurs couches, ceux qui ont marché dans leur 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 devineresse, semence 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 allongez-vous la bouche, [et] tirez-vous la langue? N’êtes-vous pas des enfants de transgression, une semence 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 enflammant avec les idoles sous tout arbre vert, égorgeant les enfants dans les vallées, sous les fentes 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 Les pierres polies de la vallée sont ta part: elles, elles sont ton sort; à elles aussi tu as répandu une libation, tu as offert un gâteau. Me consolerais-je de ces choses?

[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 Tu as placé ta couche sur une montagne haute et élevée: là aussi tu es montée pour sacrifier 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 Et tu as mis ton mémorial derrière la porte et les poteaux; car, t’éloignant de moi, tu t’es découverte; et tu es montée, tu as élargi ton lit, et tu les as obligés envers toi par un accord; tu as aimé leur lit, tu as vu leur nudité.

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 Et tu t’es rendue auprès du roi avec de l’huile, et tu as multiplié tes parfums; et tu as envoyé tes messagers au loin, et tu t’es dégradée jusque dans le shéol. (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 Tu t’es fatiguée par la multitude de tes voies; [mais] tu n’as pas dit: C’est en vain! Tu as trouvé la vigueur de ta force, c’est pourquoi tu ne t’es pas lassée.

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 De qui as-tu peur, et qui crains-tu, que tu aies menti, et que tu ne te sois pas souvenue de moi, [et] ne l’aies pas pris à cœur? N’ai-je pas gardé le silence, et [cela] dès longtemps; et tu ne m’as pas craint?

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 Je déclarerai ta justice et tes œuvres, et elles ne te profiteront pas.

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 cries, que ceux que tu as rassemblés te délivrent! Mais le vent les emportera tous, un souffle les enlèvera; mais celui qui se confie en moi héritera le pays et possédera ma montagne sainte.

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 on dira: Élevez, élevez [la chaussée], préparez le chemin; ôtez [toute] pierre d’achoppement 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 dit celui qui est haut élevé et exalté, qui habite l’éternité, et duquel le nom est le Saint: J’habite le lieu haut élevé et saint, et avec celui qui est abattu et d’un esprit contrit, pour revivifier l’esprit de ceux qui sont contrits, et pour revivifier le cœur de ceux qui sont abattus.

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 contesterai pas à toujours, et je ne me courroucerai pas à jamais; car l’esprit défaillirait devant moi 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 Je me suis courroucé à cause de l’iniquité de son avarice, et je l’ai frappé; je me suis caché, et je me suis courroucé, et il a marché, dévoyé, dans le chemin de son 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, et je le conduirai, et je [lui] rendrai la consolation, à lui et aux siens qui mènent deuil.

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 Je crée le fruit des lèvres. Paix, paix à celui qui est loin, et à celui qui est près! dit l’Éternel; 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 tenir tranquille et dont les eaux jettent dehors la vase et 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 pas 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.”