Isaïe 53
1 Qui a cru à ce qui nous était annoncé? Qui a reconnu le bras de l’Éternel?
Has anyone believed our news? Who has the Lord shown his power to?
2 Il s’est élevé devant lui comme une faible plante, Comme un rejeton qui sort d’une terre desséchée; Il n’avait ni beauté, ni éclat pour attirer nos regards, Et son aspect n’avait rien pour nous plaire.
Like a young shoot he grew up before him, like a root growing up from dry ground. He had no beauty or glory to make us look at him; nothing about his appearance attracted us to him.
3 Méprisé et abandonné des hommes, Homme de douleur et habitué à la souffrance, Semblable à celui dont on détourne le visage, Nous l’avons dédaigné, nous n’avons fait de lui aucun cas.
People despised him and rejected him. He was a man who really suffered and who experienced the deepest pain. We treated him like someone you turn away from in disgust—we despised him and had no respect for him.
4 Cependant, ce sont nos souffrances qu’il a portées, C’est de nos douleurs qu’il s’est chargé; Et nous l’avons considéré comme puni, Frappé de Dieu, et humilié.
However, he was the one who carried our weaknesses, he was loaded down with our pain—but we assumed he was being hit, beaten, and humiliated by God.
5 Mais il était blessé pour nos péchés, Brisé pour nos iniquités; Le châtiment qui nous donne la paix est tombé sur lui, Et c’est par ses meurtrissures que nous sommes guéris.
But he was wounded because of our rebellious acts, he was crushed because of our guilt. He experienced the discipline that brings us peace, and his wounds heal us.
6 Nous étions tous errants comme des brebis, Chacun suivait sa propre voie; Et l’Éternel a fait retomber sur lui l’iniquité de nous tous.
All of us have wandered off, just like sheep. Each of us has gone our own way, and the Lord allowed all our guilt to fall on him.
7 Il a été maltraité et opprimé, Et il n’a point ouvert la bouche, Semblable à un agneau qu’on mène à la boucherie, A une brebis muette devant ceux qui la tondent; Il n’a point ouvert la bouche.
He was persecuted and mistreated, but he didn't say anything. He was led like a lamb to be killed, and in the same way that a sheep about to be sheared is silent, he didn't say a word.
8 Il a été enlevé par l’angoisse et le châtiment; Et parmi ceux de sa génération, qui a cru Qu’il était retranché de la terre des vivants Et frappé pour les péchés de mon peuple?
Through force and a death sentence he was killed—who cared what happened to him? He was executed, removed from the land of the living; he was killed because of my people's wickedness.
9 On a mis son sépulcre parmi les méchants, Son tombeau avec le riche, Quoiqu’il n’eût point commis de violence Et qu’il n’y eût point de fraude dans sa bouche.
They buried him as if he was someone evil, giving him a grave among the rich, even though he hadn't done anything wrong, and he hadn't told any lies.
10 Il a plu à l’Éternel de le briser par la souffrance… Après avoir livré sa vie en sacrifice pour le péché, Il verra une postérité et prolongera ses jours; Et l’œuvre de l’Éternel prospérera entre ses mains.
However, it was the Lord's will for him to be crushed and to suffer, for when he gives his life as a guilt offering he will see his descendants, he will have a long life, and what the Lord wants will be achieved through him.
11 A cause du travail de son âme, il rassasiera ses regards; Par sa connaissance mon serviteur juste justifiera beaucoup d’hommes, Et il se chargera de leurs iniquités.
After his suffering, he will see the results and be satisfied. Through his knowledge my servant who does what is right will set many right, and he will bear their sins.
12 C’est pourquoi je lui donnerai sa part avec les grands; Il partagera le butin avec les puissants, Parce qu’il s’est livré lui-même à la mort, Et qu’il a été mis au nombre des malfaiteurs, Parce qu’il a porté les péchés de beaucoup d’hommes, Et qu’il a intercédé pour les coupables.
That's why I'm going to grant him a place among the great, and give him the prize of the victorious, because he poured out his life in death and was counted as one of the rebels. He took on himself the sins of many and asked forgiveness for the rebels.
