Isaïe 54
1 Réjouis-toi, femme stérile qui n'as point enfanté; éclate et crie de joie, toi qui n'as point souffert les douleurs de l'enfantement; parce que la femme délaissée a plus d'enfants que celle qui a un mari; car le Seigneur a dit:
Yahweh says, “You [people of Jerusalem] [MET], start to sing! You [who are like] [MET] women who have never given birth to children, sing loudly and shout joyfully, because you, [who are like] [MET] childless women who have been abandoned [by their husbands], will [soon] have more children than women who have never had any children.
2 Élargis l'espace de ta tente et de tes couvertures; enfonce-les autant que possible; allonge tes cordages, et affermis tes pieux.
Make your tents larger; make them wider, and fasten them firmly with tent pegs.
3 Dilate-toi à droite et à gauche, et ta race aura les nations pour héritage, et tu repeupleras des villes désertes.
[You will need to make your city much larger] because [soon] you and your descendants will spread all over the land. They will force the people of [other] nations [who now live in your cities] to leave, and you will live [again] in those cities [that were previously abandoned].
4 Ne crains point parce que tu auras été humiliée; ne rougis point parce que tu auras été outragée; car tu ne te souviendras plus de tes longues humiliations, et tu oublieras l'opprobre de ton veuvage.
Do not be afraid; you will no [longer] be ashamed. Previously you were ashamed [because your enemies conquered you] and caused many of your women to become widows, but [soon] you will not even remember that.
5 Car c'est le Seigneur qui t'a créée; son nom est le Seigneur des armées; c'est le Dieu d'Israël qui t'a rachetée, et il sera invoqué par toute la terre.
[I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the Holy one of Israel, who rules over the whole earth, the one who created you, will be [like] [MET] a husband to you.
6 Le Seigneur ne t'a point appelée comme une femme abandonnée et sans courage, ni comme une femme haïe dès sa jeunesse; ton Dieu a dit:
You were like a woman whose husband left her, and caused you to be very sad; you were like a young woman who got married when she was [very] young, and then her husband abandoned her.
7 Je t'ai délaissée un peu de temps, mais je vais te traiter avec une grande miséricorde.
I abandoned you [people of Jerusalem] for a while, but [now] I am saying, ‘I will take you back.’
8 J'ai détourné de toi mon visage avec une colère de peu de durée; mais je vais t'accorder ma miséricorde éternelle, a dit le Seigneur qui t'a rachetée.
I was very angry with you for a while, and I turned away from you. But I will act mercifully toward you and I will faithfully love you forever. That is what [I], Yahweh, your protector, say to you.
9 Depuis le déluge du temps de Noé, il me souvient, comme je le lui ai juré alors, de dire à la terre: Je ne veux plus être irrité contre toi,
During the time that Noah lived, I solemnly promised that I would never again allow a flood to cover the earth. So [now] I solemnly promise that I will not be angry with you again and (rebuke you/threaten to punish you).
10 Ni te menacer de transplanter tes montagnes, et d'ébranler tes collines. Ainsi ma miséricorde ne t'abandonnera point, et mon alliance de paix avec toi ne sera point altérée; car le Seigneur Dieu t'a parlé favorablement.
Even if the mountains and hills shake and collapse, I will not stop faithfully loving you, and I will not cancel my agreement to cause things to go well for you. That is what [I], Yahweh, who act mercifully, say.
11 Humble et désolée, nul ne te consolait. Et voilà que je prépare pour toi des escarboucles au lieu de pierres, et pour tes fondations des saphirs.
You [people of Jerusalem] [APO], [your enemies acted very violently toward you]; [it was as though] your city was battered by a severe storm, and no one helped you. But [now] I will cause your city to be rebuilt with stones made of (turquoise/valuable stones), and I will cause the foundations of the city to be made of (sapphires/valuable blue stones).
12 Et je te ferai des créneaux de jaspe, des portes de cristal, et une enceinte de pierres précieuses;
I will cause the towers on the city wall to be made of (rubies/valuable red stones), and all the gates of the city will be made of [other] very valuable stones.
13 Et tous tes fils seront des disciples de Dieu, et tes enfants jouiront d'une paix abondante.
I will be the one who will teach you people and cause things to go well with you.
14 Et tu seras rebâtie selon la justice. Abstiens-toi de l'iniquité, et tu n'auras rien à craindre, et la frayeur ne s'approchera point de toi.
Your [government] will be strong because of acting justly/fairly; no one will (oppress you/cause you to suffer); you will not be afraid, because there will be nothing [PRS] that will (terrorize you/cause you to become extremely afraid).
15 Voilà que des prosélytes te viendront envoyés par moi; ils habiteront avec toi, et tu seras leur refuge.
If any army attacks you, it will not be because I have incited them to do that, and you will defeat any group that attacks you.
16 Voilà que je t'ai créée, non comme le forgeron qui souffle sur les charbons et qui porte avec lui les instruments de son art; mais je t'ai créée non pour la destruction, qui ruine
Think about this: (Blacksmiths/Men who make things from metal) fan the coals to make a very hot flame in order to produce weapons that can be used [in battles], but I am the one who has produced blacksmiths! And I am also the one who created people who destroy [other people and cities].
17 Tout vase périssable. J'empêcherai qu'elle ne t'atteigne; toute voix qui s'élèvera contre toi en justice, tu en triompheras; et ceux qui t'auront accusée seront déclarés coupables. Tel est l'héritage de ceux qui servent le Seigneur, et vous l'aurez, vous qui êtes mes justes, dit le Seigneur.
[But I am promising you that I will] not allow you to be defeated/injured by soldiers using weapons that have been made to attack you, and when others try to accuse you, you will (refute them/show that they are wrong). That is the reward that I will give to the people who serve me; I will defend them; that is what [I], Yahweh, promise.”
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