Isaïe 66
1 Ainsi parle l’Éternel: Le ciel est mon trône, Et la terre mon marchepied. Quelle maison pourriez-vous me bâtir, Et quel lieu me donneriez-vous pour demeure?
Yahweh [also] said this: “[All of] heaven is [like] my throne, and the whole earth is [like] my footstool. So you could certainly not [RHQ] build a house [that would be adequate] for me to live in and rest!
2 Toutes ces choses, ma main les a faites, Et toutes ont reçu l’existence, dit l’Éternel. Voici sur qui je porterai mes regards: Sur celui qui souffre et qui a l’esprit abattu, Sur celui qui craint ma parole.
I [MTY] have created everything; all things exist because I made them. [That is true because I], Yahweh, have said it. The people I am [most] pleased with are those who are humble, who [patiently endure it when they] (suffer/are afflicted), and who tremble when they hear me [rebuking them].
3 Celui qui immole un bœuf est comme celui qui tuerait un homme, Celui qui sacrifie un agneau est comme celui qui romprait la nuque à un chien, Celui qui présente une offrande est comme celui qui répandrait du sang de porc, Celui qui brûle de l’encens est comme celui qui adorerait des idoles; Tous ceux-là se complaisent dans leurs voies, Et leur âme trouve du plaisir dans leurs abominations.
You have enjoyed [continually] doing the things that you want to do: [Some of] you slaughter oxen [to sacrifice them to me], but you also bring human sacrifices [to your idols]! You sacrifice lambs [to me], but you kill dogs [to offer them to your gods]. You offer grain to me, but you also bring pigs’ blood [to your idols]. You burn incense [to me], but you also praise your idols. You enjoy doing those disgusting things.
4 Moi aussi, je me complairai dans leur infortune, Et je ferai venir sur eux ce qui cause leur effroi, Parce que j’ai appelé, et qu’ils n’ont point répondu, Parce que j’ai parlé, et qu’ils n’ont point écouté; Mais ils ont fait ce qui est mal à mes yeux, Et ils ont choisi ce qui me déplaît.
When I called [out to you], you did not answer. When I spoke, you did not pay attention. You did [many] things that I say are evil; you chose [to do] things that I did not like. So [now] I will punish you by causing you to experience the things that you are [very] afraid of.”
5 Écoutez la parole de l’Éternel, Vous qui craignez sa parole. Voici ce que disent vos frères, Qui vous haïssent et vous repoussent A cause de mon nom: Que l’Éternel montre sa gloire, Et que nous voyions votre joie! Mais ils seront confondus.
But you people who tremble when you hear what Yahweh says, listen to what he says [now]: “Some of your people hate you and reject you because you belong to me. They make fun of you, and they say, ‘Yahweh should show his glorious power! We want to see him [do something to cause] you to be truly happy.’ But [some day] those people will be [very] disgraced.”
6 Une voix éclatante sort de la ville, Une voix sort du temple. C’est la voix de l’Éternel, Qui paie à ses ennemis leur salaire.
[At that time], you will listen to the noise in the city. You will hear the shouting in the temple. It will be the sound of Yahweh shouting while he is punishing his enemies!
7 Avant d’éprouver les douleurs, Elle a enfanté; Avant que les souffrances lui vinssent, Elle a donné naissance à un fils.
No one [RHQ] ever heard that a woman gave birth to a baby when she was just starting to have birth pains.
8 Qui a jamais entendu pareille chose Qui a jamais vu rien de semblable? Un pays peut-il naître en un jour? Une nation est-elle enfantée d’un seul coup? A peine en travail, Sion a enfanté ses fils!
Certainly no one [RHQ] ever heard about such a thing happening, and no one has ever seen it happen. [Similarly], no one ever [RHQ] heard that a nation was created in one instant, not even in one day. But Jerusalem is like [MET] [a woman who] gives birth to children as soon as she starts to have birth pains.
9 Ouvrirais-je le sein maternel, Pour ne pas laisser enfanter? Dit l’Éternel; Moi, qui fais naître, Empêcherais-je d’enfanter? Dit ton Dieu.
Women certainly do not [RHQ] bring infants to the time when they are ready to be born and then do not allow them to be born. [Similarly, he will do for Jerusalem] [MET] [what he has promised to do]: [He will cause Jerusalem to be full of people again]. [That will happen because] Yahweh has said it.
10 Réjouissez-vous avec Jérusalem, Faites d’elle le sujet de votre allégresse, Vous tous qui l’aimez; Tressaillez avec elle de joie, Vous tous qui menez deuil sur elle;
You people in [APO] Jerusalem, rejoice! And all you people who love Jerusalem should also be happy. You people who were sad because of [what happened to Jerusalem], you should now be glad.
11 Afin que vous soyez nourris et rassasiés Du lait de ses consolations, Afin que vous savouriez avec bonheur La plénitude de sa gloire.
[You people in Jerusalem] will [have everything that you need] like [MET] a baby that gets all it needs from its mother’s breasts. You will enjoy all the abundant and glorious things [MET] in the city.
12 Car ainsi parle l’Éternel: Voici, je dirigerai vers elle la paix comme un fleuve, Et la gloire des nations comme un torrent débordé, Et vous serez allaités; Vous serez portés sur les bras, Et caressés sur les genoux.
Yahweh has promised, “I will cause Jerusalem to be full of valuable things that come from other nations; those things will pour into Jerusalem; it will be like [SIM] a big flood. I will take care of the people of Jerusalem like women care for the babies that they nurse.
13 Comme un homme que sa mère console, Ainsi je vous consolerai; Vous serez consolés dans Jérusalem.
I will comfort you people in Jerusalem like [MET] mothers comfort their children.”
14 Vous le verrez, et votre cœur sera dans la joie, Et vos os reprendront de la vigueur comme l’herbe; L’Éternel manifestera sa puissance envers ses serviteurs, Mais il fera sentir sa colère à ses ennemis.
When you see [those things happen], you [SYN] will rejoice. Your [old] bones will become strong [again] like [SIM] grass [that grows quickly/well in the springtime]. [When that happens, everyone] will know that Yahweh has power [MTY] to help those who worship and obey him, but that he is angry with his enemies.
15 Car voici, l’Éternel arrive dans un feu, Et ses chars sont comme un tourbillon; Il convertit sa colère en un brasier, Et ses menaces en flammes de feu.
Yahweh will come down with flames of fire, and his chariots [will come down] like [SIM] a whirlwind; he will be extremely angry, and he will punish [his enemies] by burning them in a fire.
16 C’est par le feu que l’Éternel exerce ses jugements, C’est par son glaive qu’il châtie toute chair; Et ceux que tuera l’Éternel seront en grand nombre.
[It is as though] [MET] Yahweh has a [big] sword, and he will judge and execute many people.
17 Ceux qui se sanctifient et se purifient dans les jardins, Au milieu desquels ils vont un à un, Qui mangent de la chair de porc, Des choses abominables et des souris, Tous ceux-là périront, dit l’Éternel.
Yahweh says, “Some of you people purify/bathe yourselves and [then] go to a garden to worship your gods. You eat the meat of pigs and lizards and mice, [and other things that I have forbidden you to eat]. So I will get rid of you [for doing that].
18 Je connais leurs œuvres et leurs pensées. Le temps est venu de rassembler toutes les nations Et toutes les langues; Elles viendront et verront ma gloire.
I know [all] the [evil] things that you think and do. [It is now time] for me to gather together the people who live in all nations and who speak all languages, and to show them that I am very great.
19 Je mettrai un signe parmi elles, Et j’enverrai leurs réchappés vers les nations, A Tarsis, à Pul et à Lud, qui tirent de l’arc, A Tubal et à Javan, Aux îles lointaines, Qui jamais n’ont entendu parler de moi, Et qui n’ont pas vu ma gloire; Et ils publieront ma gloire parmi les nations.
I will put a mark on them, and those whom I have spared will go to various [distant] countries: to Tarshish, Put, Lud, Meshech, Tubal, Javan, and to distant islands. I will send them to proclaim to nations that have never heard about me that I am very great and glorious.
20 Ils amèneront tous vos frères du milieu de toutes les nations, En offrande à l’Éternel, Sur des chevaux, des chars et des litières, Sur des mulets et des dromadaires, A ma montagne sainte, A Jérusalem, dit l’Éternel, Comme les enfants d’Israël apportent leur offrande, Dans un vase pur, A la maison de l’Éternel.
Then they will bring back here your relatives [who have been (exiled/forced to go to other countries)], to be like [SIM] an offering to me. They will come on horses, in chariots, on mules, and on camels. They will come to [Zion, ] my sacred hill in Jerusalem. That will be like [SIM] the offerings that [my] Israeli people used to bring in the correct manner to the temple.
21 Et je prendrai aussi parmi eux Des sacrificateurs, des Lévites, dit l’Éternel.
[I solemnly promise that] I will appoint some of them to be priests, and others to do other work in my temple. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.
22 Car, comme les nouveaux cieux Et la nouvelle terre que je vais créer Subsisteront devant moi, dit l’Éternel, Ainsi subsisteront votre postérité et votre nom.
I [also] promise that just like the new heaven and the new earth will last forever, you will always have descendants, and you [MTY] will always be honored.
23 A chaque nouvelle lune et à chaque sabbat, Toute chair viendra se prosterner devant moi, dit l’Éternel.
At every festival to celebrate the Sabbath [each week] and the new moon [each month], everyone will [come and] worship me. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.
24 Et quand on sortira, on verra Les cadavres des hommes qui se sont rebellés contre moi; Car leur ver ne mourra point, et leur feu ne s’éteindra point; Et ils seront pour toute chair un objet d’horreur.
Then they will go out [of Jerusalem] and look at the corpses of those who rebelled against me. The maggots in those corpses will never die, the fire will never stop burning them, and everyone [who sees their corpses] will detest them.”
