Isaïe 48
1 Ecoutez ceci, maison de Jacob, vous qui vous réclamez du nom d’Israël, qui êtes issus de la source de Juda, qui jurez par le nom de l’Eternel et invoquez le Dieu d’Israël non toutefois avec sincérité et droiture!
[Yahweh says], “You descendants [MTY] of Jacob, who are [also] descendants of Judah and are now called [the people of] Israel, Listen to me! You make solemn promises using my name, Yahweh, and you request that I, the God to whom you Israeli people belong, [will hear you], but you do not do it sincerely.
2 Car ils se désignent d’après la Ville sainte et s’appuient sur le Dieu d’Israël, sur Celui qui s’appelle Eternel-Cebaot!
You say that you live in the holy city [of Jerusalem], and [you insincerely say] that you are relying on me, the God to whom you [people of] Israel belong, the one who is the Commander of the armies of angels.
3 Les choses passées, je les ai annoncées longtemps d’avance. Une fois énoncées par ma bouche et prédites par moi, soudain je les ai réalisées et elles se sont accomplies,
Long ago I [MTY] predicted what would happen [DOU]. And then suddenly, I caused those things to happen.
4 parce que je savais que tu es opiniâtre, que ta nuque est une barre de fer et que ton front est d’airain.
I knew that you people are very stubborn; I knew that your heads are [MET] [as hard as] iron or brass [DOU].
5 D’Avance donc je t’ai informé, instruit des événements non encore arrivés, pour que tu ne dises pas: "Mon idole les a accomplis, mes statues de pierre et de métal les ont ordonnés."
That is why I told you those things long ago. Long before they occurred, I announced that they would occur, in order that [when they happened] you could not say ‘Our idols did it; our statue made of wood and our idol made of metal caused them to happen.’
6 Tu l’as entendu vois tout cela de tes propres yeux; et à présent ne parlerez-vous donc pas? Désormais je te révélerai des faits nouveaux, des faits encore cachés que tu ne connais pas,
You have heard those things [that I predicted] and now you have seen that they have all occurred, so why do you not admit it [RHQ]? Now I will tell you new things, things that you have not known previously.
7 des faits qui se produisent maintenant, qui n’ont pas existé plus tôt; avant ce jour tu n’en as rien su, tu ne saurais dire: "Je les connaissais!"
I am causing them to happen now; they are not things I did long ago. So you cannot say, ‘We already knew about those things.’
8 Non, tu n’en as rien entendu, rien connu; jamais ton oreille n’en a été frappée, parce que je savais que grande est ta perfidie et que tu as reçu ce nom: Infidèle dès le berceau.
[I will tell you about] things that you have never heard about or understood before. Even long ago you did not pay attention to me [IDM]. I know that you act very deceitfully/treacherously; you have rebelled against me since you first became a nation [MTY].
9 Pour l’honneur de mon nom je retiens longtemps ma colère, en faveur de ma gloire je la comprime, pour ne pas te perdre.
But, for my own sake, in order that I will be honored, I will not punish [MTY] you immediately and I will not completely get rid of you.
10 Certes, je t’ai éprouvée mais non comme on éprouve l’argent, je t’ai fait passer par le creuset du malheur.
I have purified you, but not the way [people refine] silver. Instead, I have caused you to suffer very much [to get rid of your impure behavior], like [MET] [people put metal in a very hot] furnace [to get rid of the impurities].
11 C’Est pour moi, pour moi que je le fais, car pourquoi mon honneur serait-il terni? Cet honneur, je ne le prête à nul autre!
But for my [MTY] own sake I will delay punishing you more; I will do it for my own sake in order that my reputation will not be damaged [RHQ]. I will not allow any [person or any idol] to be honored as I [deserve to be] honored.”
12 Ecoute-moi, Jacob, et toi Israël, mon prédestiné! Je suis toujours le même, je suis le Premier comme je suis le Dernier.
“You descendants [MTY] of Jacob, you people of Israel whom I have chosen, listen to me! [Only] I am God; I am the one who begins everything and who causes everything to end.
13 C’Est ma main qui a fondé la terre, ma droite qui a étendu les cieux. Je leur adresse mon appel: aussitôt ils se présentent.
I [SYN] am the one who laid the foundation of the earth. I stretched out the sky with my hand. And when I tell [the stars] to appear, they all do what I tell them.
14 Assemblez-vous tous et écoutez! Qui parmi eux a annoncé ces choses? Il est aimé du Seigneur, il accomplit sa volonté contre Babel et manifeste sa puissance contre la Chaldée.
All of you, gather together and listen to me. None of your idols has [RHQ] told this to you: I, Yahweh, have chosen [Cyrus] to assist me, and he will do to Babylon what I want him to do, and his army will get rid of [the army of] Babylonia.
15 Moi, moi j’ai prononcé, je l’ai appelé, je l’ai amené, et il réussira dans son entreprise.
I have said it; I have summoned [Cyrus]. I have appointed him, and he will accomplish everything that he attempts to do.
16 Approchez de moi, écoutez ceci! Dès le début, je n’ai point parlé en secret; du jour où l’événement s’est réalisé, j’étais présent. Et maintenant, dit le prophète, le Seigneur, l’Eternel m’envoie, et son inspiration est en moi.
Come close to me and listen to what I say. Long ago [MTY] I told you plainly/clearly [LIT] [what would happen], and when those things occurred, I was [causing them to happen].” And now Yahweh the Lord and his Spirit have sent me [to give you a message].
17 Ainsi parle l’Eternel, ton libérateur, le Saint d’Israël: "Je suis l’Eternel, ton Dieu, qui t’instruis pour ton bien, qui te dirige dans la voie que tu dois suivre.
This is what Yahweh, the one who saves you, the Holy God of [us] Israelis, says: “I am Yahweh, your God; I teach you what is important for you [to know]; I direct you and lead you to the roads that you should walk on [MET].
18 Ah! Si seulement tu obéissais à mes ordres, ta prospérité serait comme le fleuve, et ton bonheur comme les flots de la mer;
I wish that you had paid attention to my commands! If you had done that, things would have gone well for you like [SIM] a river that flows gently; you would have been successful again and again, like [SIM] waves that come without ceasing.
19 ta postérité serait nombreuse comme le sable, le fruit de tes entrailles comme les galets, et ton nom ne serait ni effacé ni aboli devant moi."
Your descendants would have been [as many as] [MET] the grains of sand [on the seashore] [which no one can count]. I would not have needed to get rid of you; the country of [MTY] [Israel] would not have been destroyed.”
20 Sortez de Babel, échappez-vous de Chaldée! Avec des accents joyeux, annoncez, proclamez la nouvelle, propagez-la jusqu’aux extrémités de la terre! Dites: L’Eternel a délivré son serviteur Jacob!
[However, now I tell you], leave Babylon! Flee from [being slaves of the people of] Babylonia! Proclaim this message joyfully; send it to the most remote/distant places on the earth: Yahweh freed the people of Israel [from being slaves in Egypt].
21 Et ils n’ont pas souffert de la soif dans les lieux arides où il les a conduits; il a fait pour eux ruisseler l’eau du rocher, il a fendu le granit et les sources ont jailli!"
They were not thirsty when he led them through the desert, because he split open the rock and caused water to gush/flow out for them [to drink].
22 Point de paix, dit l’Eternel, pour les méchants!
“But things will not go well [like that] for wicked people,” says Yahweh.
