Isaïe 59

1 Voici, la main de l’Éternel n’est pas devenue trop courte pour délivrer, ni son oreille trop appesantie pour entendre;

Listen to this! Yahweh’s power [MTY] is not ended/gone, with the result that he cannot save [you]. He has not become deaf [MTY], with the result that he cannot hear [you when you call to him for help].

2 mais vos iniquités ont fait séparation entre vous et votre Dieu, et vos péchés ont fait [qu’il a] caché de vous sa face, pour ne pas écouter.

But, you have separated yourselves from your God by the sins that you have committed. Because of your sins, he has turned away from you, with the result that he does not pay attention to what you request him to do.

3 Car vos mains sont souillées de sang, et vos doigts, d’iniquité; vos lèvres ont dit des mensonges, votre langue a murmuré l’iniquité;

You do violent things [MTY] [to others], with the result that your hands are stained with their blood. You [constantly] tell [MTY] lies, and you say [MTY] evil things [about others].

4 il n’y a personne qui invoque la justice, et personne qui plaide en jugement avec intégrité; on se confie dans le néant, et on parle avec fausseté; on conçoit l’oppression, et on enfante l’iniquité.

When you accuse someone in court, what you say is not fair and it is not true. You accuse people falsely. You are [constantly] planning to cause trouble for others, and then you do those evil things that you planned.

5 Ils font éclore des œufs de serpent, et ils tissent des toiles d’araignées: celui qui mange de leurs œufs mourra, et si l’on en écrase un, il en éclot une vipère.

What you plan to do to harm people [MET] is as dangerous as the eggs of a (cobra/poisonous snake), because cobras will hatch from those eggs. You trap people like [MET] spiders trap/catch insects in their webs.

6 Leurs toiles ne deviendront pas des vêtements, et ils ne se couvriront point de leurs œuvres; leurs œuvres sont des œuvres d’iniquité, et des actes de violence sont dans leurs mains.

We people cannot hide/cover our skin with clothes made of spider webs [MET], and similarly you cannot hide the evil things that you have done. You are [constantly] acting [MTY] violently.

7 Leurs pieds courent au mal, et se hâtent pour verser le sang innocent; leurs pensées sont des pensées d’iniquité; la destruction et la ruine sont dans leurs sentiers;

You [SYN] are very quick to go and do evil things, and you hurry to murder people [MTY] who are innocent. You are [continually] thinking about sinning. Wherever you go, you destroy things and cause people to suffer.

8 le chemin de la paix, ils ne le connaissent pas, et il n’y a pas de rectitude dans leurs voies; ils ont perverti leurs sentiers; quiconque y marche ne connaît pas la paix.

You do not know how to act peacefully or to treat others fairly. You always are (dishonest/deceiving others) [MET], and those who imitate your behavior never have any inner peace.

9 C’est pourquoi le juste jugement est loin de nous, et la justice ne nous atteint pas; nous attendons la lumière, et voici les ténèbres! la clarté, [et] nous marchons dans l’obscurité.

Because of that, God does not rescue us [from our enemies]; [it seems that] he is not acting fairly/righteously toward us. We expect [God to give us] light, but all [he gives us] is darkness [DOU].

10 Nous tâtonnons après le mur comme des aveugles, et nous tâtonnons comme si nous n’avions pas d’yeux; nous avons trébuché en plein midi, comme dans le crépuscule; au milieu de ceux qui se portent bien nous sommes comme des morts.

We are like [SIM] blind people who have to feel along a wall to be able to walk anywhere. We stumble [and trip] at noontime like [SIM] we would when it is dark. We are like [SIM] dead people who are among healthy people.

11 Nous rugissons tous comme les ours, et nous ne cessons de gémir comme les colombes: nous attendons le juste jugement, et il n’y en a pas; le salut, [et] il est loin de nous.

We growl like [SIM] [hungry] bears; we continually moan like [SIM] doves. We seek [people who do] what is just/fair, but we cannot find any [anywhere]. [We want God] to rescue us, but [it seems that] he is far away.

12 Car nos transgressions se sont multipliées devant toi, et nos péchés témoignent contre nous; car nos transgressions sont avec nous, et nos iniquités, nous les connaissons:

[But these things are happening] because [it is as though] our sins are piled high in the presence of God, and that they testify [PRS] against us. We cannot deny it; we know that we have done many wrong things.

13 se rebeller et mentir contre l’Éternel, et se détourner de notre Dieu, proférer l’oppression et la révolte, concevoir et énoncer du cœur des paroles de mensonge.

[We know that] we have rebelled against Yahweh; we have turned away from him. We (oppress people/treat people cruelly) by what we testify [against them]; we do not allow them to get what they have a right to get. We [SYN] think about the lies that we can tell, and then we tell them.

14 Et le jugement est repoussé en arrière, et la justice se tient loin; car la vérité a trébuché sur la place publique, et la droiture ne peut entrer.

[In our courts, the judges] do not decide cases/matters fairly; no one is acting righteously. In plazas where people gather together, no one tells the truth [PRS]; [it seems that people] are not allowed to say what is true.

15 Et la vérité fait défaut, et celui qui se retire du mal devient une proie. Et l’Éternel l’a vu: et ce fut mauvais à ses yeux qu’il n’y ait pas de juste jugement.

No one tells the truth, and people try to ruin [the reputations of] those who quit doing evil. Yahweh looked around, and he saw that no one was doing what is just/fair, and he was [very] displeased.

16 Et il vit qu’il n’y avait personne, et il s’étonna de ce qu’il n’y ait pas d’intercesseur; et son bras le sauva, et sa justice le soutint.

He was disgusted when he saw that no one tried to help [those who were being treated cruelly]. So he used his own power [MTY] to rescue them; it is because he is always righteous that he did that [PRS].

17 Et il revêtit la justice comme une cuirasse, et [mit] un casque de salut sur sa tête, et il revêtit, comme un habit, les vêtements de la vengeance, et se revêtit de jalousie comme d’un manteau.

[It is as though he is a soldier who] [MET] puts on his armor and a helmet; his continually doing what is right is like [MET] his armor, and his ability to rescue people is [like] his helmet. His being extremely angry and his being ready to get revenge [on those who do evil] are like [MET] his robes.

18 Selon qu’a été la conduite, il rétribuera la fureur à ses adversaires, la pareille à ses ennemis; aux îles il rendra la rétribution.

He will repay his enemies for the evil things that they have done. He will severely punish [MTY] even those who live far [from Jerusalem].

19 Et, du couchant, ils craindront le nom de l’Éternel, et du lever du soleil, sa gloire. Quand l’ennemi viendra comme un fleuve, l’Esprit de l’Éternel lèvera un étendard contre lui.

When that happens, people everywhere, from the east to the west, will respect and honor Yahweh [MTY], because he will come like [SIM] a rushing river that is pushed along by the strong wind that Yahweh sent.

20 Et le rédempteur viendra à Sion et vers ceux qui, en Jacob, reviennent de [leur] rébellion, dit l’Éternel.

And Yahweh says that he will come to Jerusalem to free [his people]; he will come to rescue those in Judah who have quit (doing sinful things/their sinful behavior).

21 Et quant à moi, c’est ici mon alliance avec eux, dit l’Éternel: Mon esprit qui est sur toi, et mes paroles que j’ai mises dans ta bouche, ne se retireront pas de ta bouche, ni de la bouche de ta semence, ni de la bouche de la semence de ta semence, dit l’Éternel, dès maintenant et à toujours.

This is what Yahweh says to his people: “This is the agreement that I will make with you: My Spirit will not leave you, and you will always have my message. You will [be able to] declare it [MTY], and your children and grandchildren will [be able to] declare it forever.”