Isaïe 52
1 Réveille-toi! Réveille-toi! Revêts ta parure, Sion! Revêts tes habits de fête, Jérusalem, ville sainte! Car il n’entrera plus chez toi ni incirconcis ni impur.
[You people who live in the] holy city of Jerusalem [APO], wake up! Be strong again! Show that [MTY] your city is beautiful and glorious; foreigners who do not believe in God will not enter your city again [to attack you].
2 Secoue ta poussière, lève-toi, Mets-toi sur ton séant, Jérusalem! Détache les liens de ton cou, Captive, fille de Sion!
People of Jerusalem, get up from [humbly] sitting in the dust and sit in places where people are honored! You people who have returned from being exiled, take off from your neck the chains which were fastened around you [as slaves in Babylonia],
3 Car ainsi parle l’Éternel: C’est gratuitement que vous avez été vendus, Et ce n’est pas à prix d’argent que vous serez rachetés.
because this is what Yahweh says: “[When you were taken to Babylonia], no one paid me for doing that. So now I will bring you back without [being required to] pay for you!”
4 Car ainsi parle le Seigneur, l’Éternel: Jadis mon peuple descendit en Égypte, pour y séjourner; Puis l’Assyrien l’opprima sans cause.
Yahweh [our] Lord [also] says this: “Long ago, my people went to Egypt to live there. [Later] they were being (oppressed/treated cruelly) by [the soldiers of] Assyria.
5 Et maintenant, qu’ai-je à faire, dit l’Éternel, Quand mon peuple a été gratuitement enlevé? Ses tyrans poussent des cris, dit l’Éternel, Et toute la durée du jour mon nom est outragé.
But now think about what is happening: My people are being forced to be slaves again, this time by the [people of Babylonia]. And [those who have conquered them this time have also] paid me nothing, and they despise me [MTY] continually [DOU].
6 C’est pourquoi mon peuple connaîtra mon nom; C’est pourquoi il saura, en ce jour, Que c’est moi qui parle: me voici!
But my people will then have a close relationship with [MTY] me, and when that happens, they will know that I am the one who predicted/promised [that it would happen]. It is I, [Yahweh, who will do it].”
7 Qu’ils sont beaux sur les montagnes, Les pieds de celui qui apporte de bonnes nouvelles, Qui publie la paix! De celui qui apporte de bonnes nouvelles, Qui publie le salut! De celui qui dit à Sion: Ton Dieu règne!
It is a wonderful thing when messengers [MTY] arrive on the mountains/hills, bringing good news, the news about [God giving us] peace and saving us, the news that the God to whom we [Israeli people] belong is now ruling/king!
8 La voix de tes sentinelles retentit; Elles élèvent la voix, Elles poussent ensemble des cris d’allégresse; Car de leurs propres yeux elles voient Que l’Éternel ramène Sion.
The watchmen [who are guarding the city] will shout and sing joyfully, because while they are watching they will see Yahweh returning to Jerusalem.
9 Éclatez ensemble en cris de joie, Ruines de Jérusalem! Car l’Éternel console son peuple, Il rachète Jérusalem.
Jerusalem has been ruined, but the people who are there now should start to sing joyfully, because Yahweh will encourage his people; he will set his people free and bring them back to Jerusalem.
10 L’Éternel découvre le bras de sa sainteté, Aux yeux de toutes les nations; Et toutes les extrémités de la terre verront Le salut de notre Dieu.
Yahweh will show all the nations that he is holy and powerful. People in the most remote/distant places on earth will know that he has rescued his people.
11 Partez, partez, sortez de là! Ne touchez rien d’impur! Sortez du milieu d’elle! Purifiez-vous, vous qui portez les vases de l’Éternel!
So, leave [the places where you were taken to when you were captured], where [everything is] unacceptable to God. You men who carry the items used for the worship of Yahweh, leave there [and return to Jerusalem], and purify yourselves [in order to be acceptable to worship God].
12 Ne sortez pas avec précipitation, Ne partez pas en fuyant; Car l’Éternel ira devant vous, Et le Dieu d’Israël fermera votre marche.
But it will not [be necessary] for you to leave suddenly, to flee in panic, because Yahweh will (go in front of/lead) you; and he will [also] protect you [from being attacked] at the rear [while you travel].
13 Voici, mon serviteur prospérera; Il montera, il s’élèvera, il s’élèvera bien haut.
[Yahweh says], “Listen carefully! My servant will act wisely (OR, do the right things to accomplish what he wants to), and I will highly exalt him.”
14 De même qu’il a été pour plusieurs un sujet d’effroi, Tant son visage était défiguré, Tant son aspect différait de celui des fils de l’homme,
But many people will be appalled when they see what has happened to him. [Because of his being beaten very badly], his appearance will be changed; people will hardly recognize that he is a human.
15 De même il sera pour beaucoup de peuples un sujet de joie; Devant lui des rois fermeront la bouche; Car ils verront ce qui ne leur avait point été raconté, Ils apprendront ce qu’ils n’avaient point entendu.
But he will cause [people of] many nations to be surprised; [even] kings will be silent when they stand in front of him, because they will see someone that no one had told them about [previously], and they will understand things that they had not heard about [before].
