Isaïe 1
1 La vision d’Ésaïe, fils d’Amots, qu’il a vue touchant Juda et Jérusalem, aux jours d’Ozias, de Jotham, d’Achaz, et d’Ézéchias, rois de Juda.
[I am] Isaiah, the son of Amoz. [Yahweh showed me] visions about Jerusalem and [all the other places in] Judah. He showed me these visions during the years that Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah.
2 Écoutez, cieux, et prête l’oreille, terre! car l’Éternel a parlé: J’ai nourri et élevé des fils, et ils se sont rebellés contre moi.
This is what Yahweh says: “All you [angels in] [APO] heaven and [all you people on] [APO] earth, listen to me! The people that I caused to exist and took care of [DOU] have rebelled against me.
3 Le bœuf connaît son possesseur, et l’âne la crèche de son maître; Israël ne connaît pas, mon peuple n’a point d’intelligence.
Oxen know their owners, and donkeys know who provides food for them, but my Israeli people do not know [me]; they do not realize [that I am the one who takes care of them].”
4 Ha! nation pécheresse, peuple chargé d’iniquité, race de gens qui font le mal, fils qui se corrompent! Ils ont abandonné l’Éternel, ils ont méprisé le Saint d’Israël; ils se sont retirés en arrière.
Terrible things will happen to that sinful nation, to those people who are guilty of sinning greatly. They are a group of very evil people, who act very unjustly. They have abandoned Yahweh, the holy one of Israel; they have (abandoned/turned away from) him.
5 Pourquoi seriez-vous encore frappés? vous ajouterez des révoltes! Toute la tête est malade et tout le cœur défaille.
Why do you [RHQ] continue to [do things for which] you should be punished? Why do you continue to rebel against Yahweh? [You are like] [MET] someone whose head is badly injured and whose mind is sick/corrupt.
6 Depuis la plante du pied jusqu’à la tête, il n’y a rien en lui qui soit sain: [tout est] blessure, et meurtrissure, et plaies vives; elles n’ont pas été pansées, ni bandées, ni adoucies avec l’huile.
[It is as though] [MET] from the soles/bottoms of your feet to the [tops of your] heads nothing is healthy; there are only open wounds and cuts and sores that have not been cleaned or bandaged, and no [olive] oil has been put on them [to heal them].
7 Votre pays est dévasté, vos villes sont brûlées par le feu; votre terre, des étrangers la dévorent devant vos yeux, et elle est dévastée, comme ruinée par des étrangers.
[It is as though] your country is ruined/desolate; your towns have been burned. Foreigners plunder/steal the crops in your fields while you watch; they destroy everything [that they see].
8 Et la fille de Sion est laissée comme une hutte dans une vigne, comme une cabane dans un champ de concombres, comme une ville assiégée.
The city of Jerusalem has [already] been abandoned, it is like [SIM] a shelter in a vineyard that has been abandoned by the watchmen; it is like [SIM] a watchman’s hut in a field of melons that has been deserted. It is a city surrounded by its enemies who are waiting to attack it.
9 Si l’Éternel des armées ne nous avait laissé un bien petit résidu, nous aurions été comme Sodome, nous ressemblerions à Gomorrhe.
If the Commander of the armies of angels had not allowed a few of us [his people] to (survive/remain alive), we would have [all] been [destroyed], like [the cities of] Sodom and Gomorrah [were destroyed].
10 Écoutez la parole de l’Éternel, chefs de Sodome; prêtez l’oreille à la loi de notre Dieu, peuple de Gomorrhe.
You [leaders of Judah are as wicked as] the rulers of Sodom were, and you [other people in Jerusalem areas are as wicked as] the people in Gomorrah [were]. Listen to this message from Yahweh, [all of you]!
11 À quoi me sert la multitude de vos sacrifices? dit l’Éternel. Je suis rassasié d’holocaustes de béliers, et de la graisse de bêtes grasses; et je ne prends pas plaisir au sang des taureaux, et des agneaux, et des boucs.
He says, “You continue to bring many sacrifices to me, but I do not [RHQ] want them [because you do not worship me sincerely]! You bring me many offerings to be completely burned [on the altar], [but] I (am tired/do not want any more) of your burning all those offerings, the burning rams and the fat from fat cattle. I am not pleased with the blood of bulls and lambs and goats that [the priest] pours [against the altar].
12 Quand vous venez pour paraître devant ma face, qui a demandé cela de vos mains, que vous fouliez mes parvis?
When you come to my temple to worship me, no one [RHQ] told you to trample on my courtyard while you perform all those rituals.
13 Ne continuez pas d’apporter de vaines offrandes: l’encens m’est une abomination, – la nouvelle lune et le sabbat, la convocation des assemblées; je ne puis supporter l’iniquité et la fête solennelle.
Stop bringing to me those offerings, because they are useless [to me]; I am disgusted with the incense that [the priests burn]. And [your feasts to celebrate] the new moon [each month] and your (Sabbath [days]/days of rest) and your [other] festivals— I detest them because of the wicked things [that you do].
14 Vos nouvelles lunes et vos assemblées, mon âme les hait; elles me sont à charge, je suis las de les supporter.
I [SYN] hate [all] your celebrations of each new moon and the [other] festivals that you celebrate each year. They are [like] [MET] a heavy burden that I am tired of carrying.
15 Et quand vous étendrez vos mains, je cacherai de vous mes yeux; quand même vous multiplierez la prière, je n’écouterai pas. Vos mains sont pleines de sang.
[So], when you lift up your hands when you pray [to me], I will not [even] look at you. Even if you pray [to me very] frequently, I will not listen [to you], [because it is as though] your hands are covered with the blood [of people whom you have killed].
16 Lavez-vous, purifiez-vous; ôtez de devant mes yeux le mal de vos actions; cessez de mal faire,
Cleanse your inner beings, and become [spiritually] clean! Stop your evil behavior! Stop doing things that are wrong!
17 apprenez à bien faire; recherchez le juste jugement, rendez heureux l’opprimé; faites droit à l’orphelin, plaidez la cause de la veuve.
Learn to do [things that are] good! [Try to] cause people to do what is just. Help people who are (oppressed/treated cruelly). Defend orphans and widows [when people take them to court].”
18 Venez, et plaidons ensemble, dit l’Éternel: Si vos péchés sont comme le cramoisi, ils deviendront blancs comme la neige; s’ils sont rouges comme l’écarlate, ils seront comme la laine.
Yahweh says, “You need to think about the results of what you do. Even though [the guilt of] your sins be [as evident and as difficult to get rid of] as [SIM] red [stains on a white garment] [DOU], [I will get rid of them completely] [like someone who can make that stained garment] become as white as snow or wool [DOU].
19 Si vous êtes de bonne volonté et que vous écoutiez, vous mangerez des biens du pays;
If you are willing to obey [me], [I will enable] you to have plenty to eat.
20 mais si vous refusez, et que vous soyez rebelles, vous serez consumés par l’épée; car la bouche de l’Éternel a parlé.
But, if you turn away [from me and] rebel against me, you will be killed [by your enemies’] swords. [That will surely happen, because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”
21 Comment la ville fidèle est-elle devenue une prostituée? Elle était pleine de droiture; la justice habitait en elle, et maintenant, des meurtriers!
“[You people of Jerusalem previously] faithfully [worshiped only] me, but now you have become like [MET] prostitutes [who are not faithful to any husband]. Previously, people there always acted justly/fairly and righteously, but now your city [is full of] murderers.
22 Ton argent est devenu des scories, ton vin est mêlé avec de l’eau;
Previously, you were [like] [MET] pure silver, but now you have become [like] [MET] the scum that is left [when silver is purified]. Previously you were [like pure] wine, but you have become [like] [MET] wine that has [a lot of] water mixed with it.
23 tes princes sont rebelles et compagnons de voleurs; chacun aime les présents et court après les récompenses; ils ne font pas droit à l’orphelin, et la cause de la veuve n’a pas accès auprès d’eux.
Your leaders are rebels; they spend time with thieves. They all want to get bribes and force others to give them gifts [in order that they do good things for them]. They do not defend orphans [in court], and they do not do all they can to enable widows to get what they should receive.
24 C’est pourquoi le Seigneur, l’Éternel des armées, le Puissant d’Israël, dit: Ha! je me satisferai en mes adversaires, et je me vengerai de mes ennemis;
Therefore [I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, the mighty God of Israel, say to my enemies, ‘will get revenge on you; you will not cause me any more trouble. And I will pay you back for the evil things that you did.
25 et je tournerai ma main sur toi, et je te purifierai de tes scories comme avec de la potasse, et j’ôterai tout ton étain;
I will raise my fist to strike you. I will [punish you severely] [MET], as though [MET] you were silver [and I needed to heat you very greatly to] melt you and get rid of the impurities.
26 et je rétablirai tes juges comme au commencement, et tes conseillers comme dans les premiers temps. Après cela, tu seras appelée ville de justice, cité fidèle.
[After that happens, ] I will give you good judges like you had previously; you will have [wise] counselors like you had long ago. Then people will call your city “a city where people [act] righteously, a city where people are loyal to me.”'”
27 Sion sera rachetée par le jugement, et les siens qui reviennent, par la justice;
Because the people of Jerusalem will do what is fair/just, their city will be restored; those who repent [will be saved] because of [their acting] righteously.
28 mais la ruine des transgresseurs et des pécheurs arrivera en une fois, et ceux qui abandonnent l’Éternel seront consumés.
But rebels and sinners will be crushed by Yahweh, and those who forsake him will disappear.
29 Car ils auront honte des térébinthes auxquels vous avez pris plaisir, et vous rougirez des jardins que vous aurez choisis;
You will be ashamed because [you worshiped] idols under the oak trees [that you considered to be] sacred; you will be disgraced because [you worshiped idols] in the gardens where you chose [to worship them].
30 car vous serez comme un térébinthe dont la feuille se flétrit, et comme un jardin qui n’a pas d’eau.
You will be like [SIM] a very large tree which has withered leaves, like [SIM] a garden that [is dried up because] it has no water.
31 Et le fort sera de l’étoupe, et son œuvre une étincelle, et tous deux brûleront ensemble, et il n’y a personne qui éteigne.
Those among you who are [very] strong will become [like] [MET] dry wood, and the work they do will be [like] [MET] a spark; both they and the evil things that they do will burn up completely, and no one will be able to put out the fire.
