Isaïe 55
1 Ah! Vous tous qui avez soif, venez, voici de l’eau! Vous qui n’avez point d’argent, venez, approvisionnez-vous et mangez; gratuitement, sans rétribution, venez, fournissez-vous de vin et de lait!
“All you [people who are in exile], listen to me! [It is as though] [MET] you are thirsty, so come and get water from me! [It is as though] you have no money, but you can come and get things from me [that are like] wine and milk! You can get [what you need from me], [and] you will not need to give me any money for them!
2 Pourquoi dépensez-vous de l’argent pour un pain qui ne nourrit point, le fruit de vos peines pour un aliment qui ne rassasie pas? Ecoutez, écoutez-moi! Alors vous mangerez ce qui est bon, et votre âme se délectera de mets savoureux.
[What you really need is to have a close relationship with me], so (why do you spend money to buy things that do not supply what you really need?/you should not spend money to buy things that do not supply what you really need.) [RHQ] (Why do you work hard to get money to buy things that do not (satisfy your [inner beings]/cause you to be happy)?) [RHQ] Pay attention to what I say and acquire what is really good [MET]! If you do that, then you will truly be happy [MET].
3 Prêtez-moi l’oreille et venez à moi, écoutez et votre âme renaîtra, et je vous accorderai une alliance indissoluble, les bienfaits durables promis à David.
Listen to me and come to me; pay attention to me, and if you do that, you will have new life in your souls. I will make an agreement with you that will last forever to faithfully love you like I loved [King] David.
4 Certes, je l’ai établi comme un témoin pour les nations, comme le guide et le législateur des peuples.
By what he did, I showed [my power to many] people-groups; I caused him to be a leader and commander [DOU] over [the people of many nations].
5 Des nations à toi inconnues, tu les convoqueras; des peuples qui ne te connaissent pas accourront à toi, en l’honneur de l’Eternel, ton Dieu, et du Saint d’Israël, qui a voulu te rendre illustre.
And similarly, you will summon people of other nations to come to you, nations that previously you have not heard about, and they had not heard about you; and they will come to you quickly because [they will have heard that I], Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, have honored you.
6 Cherchez le Seigneur pendant qu’il est accessible! Appelez-le tandis qu’il est proche!
Seek [to know] me while it is still possible for you to do that; call to me while I am near!
7 Que le pervers abandonne sa voie, et l’impie ses machinations, qu’il revienne à l’Eternel, il aura pitié de lui, à notre Dieu, car il prodigue son pardon!
Wicked [people] should abandon their wicked behavior, and evil people should stop thinking what is evil. They should turn to me, and if they do that, I will act mercifully toward them; they should turn to me, their God, because I will fully pardon them [for all the wicked things that they have done].
8 Car vos pensées ne sont pas mes pensées, ni vos voies ne sont mes voies, dit l’Eternel.
I, Yahweh, declare that what I think is not the same as what you think, and what I do is very different from what you do.
9 Mais autant les cieux sont élevés au-dessus de la terre, autant mes voies sont au-dessus de vos voies, et mes pensées de vos pensées.
Just as the sky is far above the earth, what I do is far greater than what you do, and what I think is much greater than what you think.
10 Oui, comme la neige et la pluie, une fois descendues du ciel, n’y retournent pas avant d’avoir humecté la terre, de l’avoir fécondée et fait produire, d’avoir assuré la semence au semeur et le pain au consommateur,
Rain and snow come down from the sky, and they cause the ground to be moist before the moisture returns [to the sky and produces more clouds]. When the ground becomes moist, it causes plants to sprout and grow, with the result that the soil produces seed for the farmer [to plant] and [grain to produce flour to make] bread for people to eat.
11 telle est ma parole: une fois sortie de ma bouche, elle ne me revient pas à vide, sans avoir accompli mon vouloir et mené à bonne fin la mission que je lui ai confiée.
And similarly the things that I promise to do, I will [always] cause to happen; my promises will [always] be fulfilled [LIT]. They will accomplish the things that I gave them to accomplish [DOU].
12 Aussi, avec joie, vous vous mettrez en marche, reconduits par un cortège pacifique; devant vous, montagnes et collines éclateront en cris d’allégresse, et tous les arbres des champs battront des mains.
You will leave [Babylon] joyfully, you will have peace as I lead you out. [It will be as though] the hills and mountains will sing joyfully, and the trees in the fields will clap their hands.
13 Où croissaient les broussailles croîtra le cyprès, et à la place de l’ortie, le myrte s’élèvera; et ce sera pour l’Eternel un titre de gloire, un monument éternel et impérissable.
Instead of thornbushes and briers, pine/cypress [trees] and myrtle [trees] will grow [in your land]. As a result of that, people will honor me much more; and what I do will remind everyone that [I do what I have promised].”
