Isaïe 1
1 Oracle d’Isaïe, fils d’Amoç, qui prophétisa sur Juda et sur Jérusalem, du temps d’Ouzia, de Jotham, d’Achaz et d’Ezéchias, roi 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 Ecoutez, cieux! Terre, prête l’oreille! Car c’est l’Eternel qui parle: J’Ai élevé des enfants, je les ai vus grandir, et eux se sont insurgés 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 Un bœuf connaît son possesseur, un âne la crèche de son maître: Israël ne connaît rien, mon peuple n’a pas de discernement.
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 Oh! Nation pécheresse, peuple chargé d’iniquités; race de malfaiteurs, enfants dégénérés! Ils ont abandonné le Seigneur, outragé le Saint d’Israël, reculé loin de lui.
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 Où faudra-t-il vous frapper encore, vous qui persistez dans la rébellion? Déjà toute tête est malade, tout cœur est endolori.
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 De la plante du pied jusqu’à la tête, plus rien d’intact: ce n’est que blessures, meurtrissures, plaies purulentes, qui ne sont ni nettoyées, ni pansées, ni adoucies par 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 une solitude, vos villes sont consumées par le feu! Votre sol, sous vos yeux des étrangers le dévorent, c’est une ruine, comme un bouleversement dû à des barbares.
[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 elle est restée, la fille de Sion, comme une cabane dans un vignoble, comme une hutte dans une melonnière, pareille à 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’Eternel-Cebaot ne nous eût laissé un faible débris, nous étions comme Sodome, nous ressemblions 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 Ecoutez la parole de l’Eternel, magistrats de Sodome; soyez attentifs à l’enseignement 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 Que m’importe la multitude de vos sacrifices? Dit le Seigneur. Je suis saturé de vos holocaustes de béliers, de la graisse de vos victimes; le sang des taureaux, des agneaux, des boucs, je n’en veux point.
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 Vous qui venez vous présenter devant moi, qui vous a demandé de fouler 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 Cessez d’y apporter l’oblation hypocrite, votre encens m’est en horreur: néoménie, sabbat, saintes solennités, je ne puis les souffrir, c’est l’iniquité associée aux fêtes!
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 Oui, vos néoménies et vos solennités, mon âme les abhorre, elles me sont devenues à charge, je suis las de les tolérer.
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 Quand vous étendez les mains, je détourne de vous mes regards; dussiez-vous accumuler les prières, j’y resterais sourd: 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, écartez de mes yeux l’iniquité de vos actes, 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 agir, recherchez la justice; rendez le bonheur à l’opprimé, faites droit à l’orphelin, défendez 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 Oh! Venez, réconcilions-nous, dit l’Eternel! Vos péchés fussent-ils comme le cramoisi, ils peuvent devenir blancs comme neige; rouges comme la pourpre, ils deviendront 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 consentez à m’obéir, vous jouirez des délices de la terre.
If you are willing to obey [me], [I will enable] you to have plenty to eat.
20 Que si vous refusez et vous montrez indociles, vous serez dévorés par le glaive: c’est la bouche de l’Eternel qui le déclare.
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 Ah! Comment est-elle devenue une prostituée, la Cité fidèle? Jadis pleine de justice, c’était l’asile de la vertu, et maintenant elle est un repaire d’assassins!
“[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 pur s’est changé en scories, ton vin généreux est frelaté.
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 chefs sont dissolus, se font complices de voleurs; tous aiment les dons corrupteurs et courent après les gains illicites; à l’orphelin ils ne font pas justice, et le procès de la veuve n’arrive point devant 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 Eh bien! Voici la parole du Seigneur, de l’Eternel Cebaot, le puissant Maître d’Israël: Oh! j’aurai satisfaction de mes adversaires, je prendrai ma revanche sur 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 De nouveau, je laisserai tomber ma main sur toi, j’éliminerai tes scories comme fait l’alcali, et je te purgerai de tout alliage.
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 Je restaurerai tes juges comme autrefois, tes conseillers comme à l’origine. Ensuite, on t’appellera 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 sauvée par la justice, et ses pénitents par la vertu.
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 Impies et coupables s’effondreront ensemble, les traîtres à l’Eternel périront.
But rebels and sinners will be crushed by Yahweh, and those who forsake him will disappear.
29 On aura honte alors des térébinthes, objet de vos désirs, et vous rougirez des jardins qui avaient votre préférence.
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 vous-mêmes comme un térébinthe au feuillage flétri, comme un jardin privé 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 L’Homme puissant deviendra de l’étoupe, son œuvre une étincelle: tous deux brûleront ensemble, sans que personne vienne éteindre.
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.
