Isaïe 42
1 Jacob mon serviteur, je te protègerai; Israël est mon élu, mon âme l'a agréé; j'ai répandu sur lui mon esprit, et il révèlera mon jugement aux nations.
[Yahweh says, “I want you people to know about] my servant, whom I encourage. I have chosen him, and I am pleased with him. I have given him my Spirit, and he will make certain that all the people-groups do what is right/just.
2 Il ne criera pas, il ne faiblira pas; sa voix au dehors ne sera pas entendue.
He will not [show his power by] shouting [DOU] or by talking very loudly.
3 Il ne broiera pas le roseau déjà brisé; il n'éteindra pas la mèche qui fume encore; mais il révèlera le jugement selon la vérité.
He will not get rid of [anyone who is weak like] [MET] a smashed reed, and he will not [end the life of anyone who is helpless like] [MET] someone would extinguish a dimly burning wick [of an oil lamp]. He will faithfully/continually make sure that judges decide cases justly.
4 Il brillera et ne sera point détruit jusqu'à ce qu'il ait placé le jugement sur la terre, et les Gentils mettront leur espérance en son nom.
He will not become exhausted or discouraged all during the time that he is causing things to be done justly throughout the earth. Even [people living on the islands in] [MTY] the oceans will confidently wait for [him to teach them] his laws.”
5 Ainsi dit le Seigneur Dieu, qui a créé le ciel et l'a tendu, qui a affermi la terre et tout ce qu'elle contient, qui a donné le souffle au peuple qui l'habite, et la vie à ceux qui y marchent.
Yahweh our God created the sky and spread it out. He also created the earth and everything on it. He gives breath to all the people on the earth; he causes them to live [DOU]. [And he is the one who says to his special servant],
6 Moi, le Seigneur Dieu, je t'ai appelé avec justice, et je te prendrai par la main, et je te fortifierai, et je t'ai donné d'être l'alliance du genre humain et la lumière des nations;
“I, Yahweh, have chosen you to show people that I always act righteously/fairly. I will grasp your hand and protect you, and I will present you to [my Israeli] people to be the one who will put into effect my agreement with them. [You will be like] a light to the [other] nations.
7 D'ouvrir les yeux aux aveugles, de tirer de la prison les captifs enchaînés et assis dans les ténèbres.
You will enable blind [IDM] people to see, you will free those who are in prison (OR, who are bound [by the guilt of their sins]) [MET] and release those who are in dark dungeons.
8 Je suis le Seigneur Dieu, c'est mon nom; je ne donnerai pas ma gloire à un autre, ni mes vertus à des idoles d'argile.
I am Yahweh; that is my name. I will not allow anyone else to receive the honor that only I deserve. And I will not allow idols to be praised like only I should be praised.
9 Voilà que les choses du commencement sont venues, comme viendront les choses nouvelles que je vous annonce, et qui, avant que je les annonce, vous ont été prédites.
Everything that I have prophesied has happened, and now I will tell about other things that will happen. I will tell you things that will happen before they happen.”
10 Chantez au Seigneur un cantique nouveau, vous qui êtes son royaume; glorifiez son nom des extrémités de la terre, ô vous qui descendez sur la mer pour y naviguer; et vous, îles, et vous qui les habitez!
Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to praise him throughout the world! All you people who sail across the oceans, and all you creatures that live in the oceans, and all you people who live on islands far away, sing!
11 Désert, réjouis-toi; que tes bourgs se réjouissent et tes hameaux, et le peuple de Cédar; et ceux qui habitent parmi les rochers pousseront des cris de joie.
You people who live in towns in the desert, sing loudly! You people who live in the Kedar [area in the north of Arabia], you rejoice also! You people in Sela [city in Edom], you also should sing joyfully; shout [to praise him] from the tops of your mountains!
12 Ils rendront gloire à Dieu; ils feront connaître aux îles ses vertus.
Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh and sing to praise him.
13 Le Seigneur Dieu des armées s'avancera; il brisera tout à la guerre; il excitera son zèle; il criera avec force contre ses ennemis.
[It will be as though] Yahweh will march out like [SIM] a mighty soldier; he will show that he is very angry. He will shout a battle-cry, and [then] he will defeat all his enemies.
14 J'ai gardé le silence; mais est-ce que je me tairai et me contiendrai toujours? J'ai souffert avec patience comme une femme qui enfante; je vais tout frapper de stupeur; je vais tout flétrir.
[He will say], “I have remained silent [DOU] for a long time; I have restrained myself [from doing what I need to do]. But now, like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby, I will cry out and gasp and pant.
15 Je rendrai désertes les montagnes et les collines; j'y sècherai l'herbe; je changerai les fleuves en îles; je mettrai à sec les étangs.
I will level off the hills and mountains, and I will cause all the plants and trees to dry up. I will cause the rivers to become small streams, and little islands will appear in them, and I will cause all the pools to become dry.
16 Je conduirai les aveugles par une voie qu'ils ne connaissaient point; je leur ferai fouler des sentiers inconnus; je ferai que devant eux les ténèbres soient lumière et que les voies tortueuses deviennent droites. Voilà ce que j'accomplirai en leur faveur, et je ne les abandonnerai point.
[My people who have been taken to Babylonia are like] [MET] blind people, [but] I will lead them along a road on which they have not walked before, on a road that they have not seen before. They have felt [very helpless, as though] they were walking in the darkness, but I will take away that darkness and I will make smooth the road that is in front of them. Those are the things that I will do for them; I will not abandon them.
17 Mais arrière ceux qui se sont détournés de moi! Soyez confondus, vous qui mettez votre confiance en des idoles d'argile et qui dites à des statues de fonte: Vous êtes nos dieux.
But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.”
18 Sourds, écoutez; aveugles, levez les yeux pour voir.
You [Israeli people who have acted toward God like] deaf [people], listen [to what Yahweh says]! “You [who have been like] [MET] blind [people], look!
19 Et qui est aveugle, sinon mes serviteurs? Qui est sourd, sinon ceux qui les gouvernent? Oui, les serviteurs de Dieu sont devenus aveugles.
No people are [RHQ] as blind as my people, who [should have been] serving me. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] deaf people as [the Israelis, who should have been] my messengers. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] blind people as those whom I chose to serve me.
20 Vous avez vu tant de fois, et vous n'y avez pas pris garde; vos oreilles étaient ouvertes, et vous n'avez pas entendu.
You see and know what are the right things to do, but you do not do them. You hear [what I say to you], but you do not pay attention.”
21 Le Seigneur a pris conseil, afin qu'on reconnût sa justice et qu'on publiât sa louange.
Because Yahweh is righteous, he has honored his glorious laws.
22 Et j'ai vu, et le peuple était pillé et dispersé. Le filet était tendu dans les retraites, dans les demeures, partout où ils se cachaient; et on les saisissait comme un butin, et nul n'était là pour arracher cette proie, nul n'était là pour dire: Rends-la-moi.
But [the armies of Babylon have destroyed Jerusalem] and have completely (plundered/taken away) [DOU] all the valuable things, and they have captured Yahweh’s people and taken them away and put them in prison. They have been captured easily, because there was no one to protect them; there was no one to say that they should be allowed to return home.
23 Qui de vous recueillera ces choses en ses oreilles? écoutez l'avenir.
Who among you will listen carefully to these things? Who will pay attention from now on?
24 Qui a livré comme une proie Jacob et Israël à ceux qui l'ont pris? n'est-ce point Dieu, contre qui ils ont péché, refusant de marcher dans sa voie et d'obéir à ses commandements?
Who allowed the valuable possessions of the people of Israel to be stolen [RHQ, DOU]? It was Yahweh, because he is he one against whom we had sinned; we did not conduct our lives like he wanted us to, and we did not obey his laws.
25 Et il a fait éclater contre eux les transports de sa fureur; et la guerre a prévalu sur eux; et ils ont entouré de flammes; et ils ne l'ont pas compris, et ils n'y ont pas arrêté leur âme.
Therefore, he was extremely angry with us, and he caused our soldiers to be destroyed in battles. [It was as though] [MET] he lit a fire around us, but we did not understand [what he was trying to tell us]. [His being angry with us was like] a fire that would burn us up, but we did not pay attention [IDM].
