Isaïe 56
1 Ainsi a dit l'Eternel; observez la justice, et faites ce qui est juste; car mon salut est prêt à venir; et ma justice à être révélée.
Yahweh says [to all the people of Judah], “Do the things that are fair and just, because I will soon come to rescue [DOU] you.
2 O que bienheureux est l'homme qui fera cela, et le fils de l'homme [qui] s'y tiendra, observant le Sabbat de peur de le profaner, et gardant ses mains de faire aucun mal.
I will bless those who faithfully obey my laws about the Sabbath/rest days. I will bless those who (keep sacred/honor) my Sabbath/rest days, and who do not do any work on those days, and who refrain from [MTY] doing anything that is evil.
3 Et que l'enfant de l'étranger qui se sera joint à l'Eternel, ne parle point, en disant; l'Eternel me sépare entièrement de son peuple; et que l'eunuque ne dise point; voici, je suis un arbre sec.
And foreigners who have believed in me should not say, ‘Yahweh will surely not allow me to belong to his people.’ And eunuchs should not say, ‘[Because I am unable to have children, I cannot belong to Yahweh]; I am like [MET] a tree that has completely withered.’
4 Car ainsi a dit l'Eternel touchant les eunuques; ceux qui garderont mes Sabbats, et qui choisiront ce en quoi je prends plaisir, et se tiendront à mon alliance;
They should not say that, because [I], Yahweh, say this to the eunuchs who obey my laws about the Sabbath, and who choose to do the things that please me, and who obey all [the other laws of] the agreement that I [made with the Israeli people]:
5 Je leur donnerai dans ma maison et dans mes murailles une place et un nom meilleur que le nom de fils ou de filles; je leur donnerai à chacun une réputation perpétuelle, qui ne sera point retranché.
I will cause to be put inside the walls of my temple a monument [DOU] to them; because of that monument, they will be honored more than they would have if they had children; they will be honored forever.
6 Et quant aux enfants de l'étranger qui se seront joints à l'Eternel, pour le servir, et pour aimer le Nom de l'Eternel, afin de lui être serviteurs, [savoir] tous ceux qui gardent le sabbat de peur de le profaner, et qui se tiennent à mon alliance;
I will also bless those who are not Israelis, who (join themselves to/believe in) me, and who serve me and worship and love me, and who obey my laws about the Sabbath, and who faithfully obey [all the other laws of] the agreement that I [made with the Israeli people].
7 Je les amènerai aussi à la montagne de ma sainteté, et je les réjouirai dans la maison dans laquelle on m'invoque, leurs holocaustes et leurs sacrifices seront agréables sur mon autel; car ma maison sera appelée, la maison de prière pour tous les peuples.
I will bring them to my sacred hill [in Jerusalem], I will cause them to be [very] joyful in my temple where people pray to me, and I will accept the sacrifices that they completely burn [on my altar] and other sacrifices that they offer. I will do those things for them because I want my temple to be a building where people of all nations pray to me.
8 Encore en assemblerai-je vers lui outre ceux qui y sont assemblés, dit le Seigneur l'Eternel, qui rassemble les exilés d'Israël.
[I], Yahweh, the Lord, the one who will bring back the people of Israel who have been (forced to go/exiled) to other countries, say this: 'I will bring [from other countries] many more people to join those Israelis whom I have brought back.'”
9 Bêtes des champs, bêtes des forêts, venez toutes pour manger.
“You [surrounding nations have armies that are like] [MET] animals in the forest; come and attack/destroy [Israel]!
10 Toutes ses sentinelles sont aveugles; elles ne savent rien; ce sont tous des chiens muets qui ne peuvent aboyer, dormant et demeurant couchés, et aimant à sommeiller.
The Israeli leaders [should be like] watchdogs to protect the people, but [it is as though] they are blind. They are stupid. They are all [like] [MET] dogs that cannot bark. [Good watchdogs bark when strangers approach], [but the Israeli leaders do not warn the people that their enemies are coming]. Instead, they just want to lie down and sleep and dream.
11 Ce sont des chiens goulus, qui ne savent ce que c'est que d'être rassasiés; et ce sont des pasteurs qui ne savent rien comprendre; ils se sont tous tournés à leur train, chacun à son gain déshonnête dans son quartier, [en disant]:
[And they are like] greedy dogs; they never get all that they want. They are [supposed to lead the people, like good] shepherds [lead their flocks], but they are ignorant, and they each do whatever they want to do.
12 Venez, je prendrai du vin et nous nous enivrerons de cervoise; et le jour de demain sera comme celui d'aujourd'hui, même beaucoup plus grand.
They say to each other, ‘Come, let’s go and get some wine and [other] alcoholic/strong drinks, and let’s become drunk! And tomorrow we will enjoy drinking even more!’”
