Isaïe 43
1 Maintenant, ainsi a dit l'Éternel, celui qui t'a créé, ô Jacob! celui qui t'a formé, ô Israël! ne crains point, car je t'ai racheté; je t'ai appelé par ton nom, tu es à moi.
But now, you people of Israel, listen to Yahweh, the one who established your nation. The one who caused you to become a nation [DOU] says this: “Do not be afraid, because I previously rescued you. I enabled you to have a personal relationship with me [MTY], and you belong to me.
2 Quand tu traverseras les eaux, je serai avec toi; et les fleuves, ils ne te submergeront point. Quand tu passeras par le feu, tu n'en seras pas brûlé, et la flamme ne te consumera pas.
When you [experience dangerous situations], and [you feel like] [MET] you are crossing deep rivers, I will be with you. When you have very big troubles/difficulties, you will [LIT] be able to endure them. When [people try to kill you like they tried to kill Daniel’s three friends by] throwing them in a fire, you will not [die, just like Daniel’s three friends were not] burned up,
3 Car je suis l'Éternel ton Dieu, le Saint d'Israël, ton Sauveur. Je donne pour ta rançon l'Égypte; Cush et Séba pour toi.
because I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, the one who rescues you. I will enable [the army of the emperor of Persia] to conquer Egypt instead of conquering you; similarly I will enable them to conquer Ethiopia, and Seba [in Arabia], in order that you can be saved.
4 Parce que tu es précieux à mes yeux, que tu es honoré et que je t'aime, je donne des hommes à ta place et des nations en échange de ta vie.
I will cause other countries to be conquered, instead of your country; I will trade them for you, in order that you will not be killed, because you are very precious [DOU] to me and because I love you.
5 Ne crains point, car je suis avec toi; je ramènerai ta postérité de l'Orient, et je te rassemblerai de l'Occident.
Do not be afraid, because I am with you. [Some day] I will gather your descendants from the east and from the west.
6 Je dirai à l'Aquilon: Donne! et au Midi: Ne retiens pas! Amène mes fils des pays éloignés, mes filles du bout de la terre;
I will command the [rulers of the nations to] the north and to the south, ‘Allow all the people of Israel to return [to their country], from the most distant places on the earth.
7 Tous ceux qui sont appelés de mon nom, que j'ai créés pour ma gloire, que j'ai formés et que j'ai faits!
Allow all those who belong to me [MTY] to return, because I have caused them to become a nation in order that they would honor me; I am the one who has done that [DOU].’
8 Faites sortir le peuple aveugle, qui a des yeux, et les sourds qui ont des oreilles.
Summon the people who have eyes but [it is as though] they are blind; summon those who have ears but [because they do not listen to me, it is as though] they are deaf.
9 Que toutes les nations se rassemblent, et que les peuples soient réunis! Qui d'entre eux annoncerait cela? Qu'ils nous fassent entendre les premières prédictions; qu'ils produisent leurs témoins, et qu'ils se justifient; qu'on les entende et qu'on dise: C'est la vérité!
Gather people of all nations together, ones from all people-groups, [and ask them this]: ‘Has any of their idols foretold the things that are happening now? And can any of them predict what will happen in the future?’ Then bring people who will testify and say ‘I heard them predict things, and what they predicted was what happened,’ [but they will be lying].”
10 Vous êtes mes témoins, dit l'Éternel, vous et mon serviteur que j'ai élu, afin que vous le sachiez, que vous me croyiez, et que vous compreniez que c'est moi! Il n'y a point eu de Dieu formé avant moi, et il n'y en aura point après moi.
But Yahweh says, “You people of Israel (are my witnesses/know what I have done), and you are the ones who serve me. I chose you in order that you would know me, believe in me, and understand that I am the only one who is [truly] God. There is no other [true] God. There was no other [true] God previously, and there will never be another [true] God.
11 Cest moi, c'est moi qui suis l'Éternel, et il n'y a point de Sauveur que moi.
I, [only] I, am Yahweh, and there is no other one who can save you.
12 C'est moi qui ai annoncé la délivrance, qui l'ai donnée, et qui l'ai fait connaître; et ce n'a point été parmi vous un dieu étranger; vous êtes mes témoins, dit l'Éternel, et je suis Dieu.
I said that I would rescue [your ancestors], and then I rescued them, and I proclaimed [that I had done it]. No foreign god among you did that! And you are witnesses that only I, Yahweh, am God.
13 Même avant que le jour fût, je le suis, et personne ne peut sauver de ma main; je ferai l'œuvre; qui l'empêchera?
I am God, the one who has existed forever and who will exist forever; no one can snatch people from my hand, and no one can alter/change what I have done.”
14 Ainsi a dit l'Éternel, votre Rédempteur, le Saint d'Israël: A cause de vous, j'envoie l'ennemi contre Babylone; je les en fais tous descendre en fugitifs, et on entendra le cri des Caldéens sur les navires.
Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, is the one who rescues you; and this is what he says: “For your sake, I will send [an army] to [attack] Babylon. They will force the people of that city to flee in ships which they have been proud of.
15 Moi, l'Éternel, je suis votre Saint, le Créateur d'Israël, votre roi.
I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the one who caused Israel to become a nation, and the one who is really your king.
16 Ainsi dit l'Éternel, celui qui a ouvert un chemin dans la mer et un sentier dans les eaux puissantes;
I am Yahweh, the one who opened a path through the water, making a road through the [Red] Sea.
17 Qui a fait sortir les chars et les chevaux, l'armée et les forts guerriers, pour être couchés ensemble et ne plus se relever, pour être étouffés, éteints comme une mèche de lin.
Then I summoned the great army [of Egypt] to come with all their chariots and horses. [But when they tried to pursue my people], I caused the waves to flow over them [and they drowned]; their lives ended [like the light of a candle ends when someone] [MET] snuffs out the wick.
18 Ne vous souvenez plus des choses passées, ne considérez plus celles des temps anciens.
But do not think [only] about what happened in the past, long ago [DOU].
19 Voici, je vais faire une chose nouvelle; maintenant elle va se produire: ne la connaîtrez-vous pas? C'est que je mettrai un chemin dans le désert, des fleuves dans la solitude.
Instead, consider the new thing that I am going to do. I have already started to do it; can you see it? I am going to make a road through the desert. And I will cause there to be streams in the wasteland/desert.
20 Les bêtes des champs me glorifieront, les chacals avec les hiboux, parce que j'aurai mis des eaux dans le désert, des fleuves dans la solitude, pour abreuver mon peuple, mon élu.
The jackals/wolves and owls and other wild creatures will thank me for giving them water in the desert. I will cause streams to appear in the dry desert in order that my people, the ones whom I have chosen, will have water;
21 Le peuple que je me suis formé, racontera ma louange.
I will do that for the people whom I have created [and chosen] to belong to me, and [some day] they will cause many others to praise me.
22 Mais ce n'est pas moi que tu invoques, ô Jacob! Car tu t'es lassé de moi, ô Israël!
But now, you descendants of Jacob, you refuse to request my help. It seems that you people of Israel have become tired of worshiping me.
23 Tu ne m'as point offert les agneaux de tes holocaustes, et ne m'as point honoré par tes sacrifices. Je ne t'ai pas tourmenté pour des offrandes, et je ne t'ai pas fatigué pour de l'encens.
You have not brought to me sheep or goats for offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar]; you have not honored me by [bringing to me any] sacrifices, even though the offerings of grain and incense [that I asked you] to bring to me were not a burden to you.
24 Tu ne m'as point acheté à pris d'argent le roseau aromatique, et tu ne m'as pas rassasié de la graisse de tes sacrifices. Mais tu m'as tourmenté par tes péchés, et tu m'as fatigué par tes iniquités.
You have bought for me fragrant reeds, and you have brought me the fat from your sacrifices. But these have not pleased me, because you have burdened me by all the sins that you have committed, and made me weary because of all (your iniquities/the wrong things that you have done).
25 C'est moi, c'est moi qui efface tes forfaits pour l'amour de moi, et je ne me souviendrai plus de tes péchés.
I am the one who is able to forgive you for all your sins; I am the only one who can do that, with the result that I will never think about them again.
26 Fais-moi ressouvenir, et plaidons ensemble; parle pour te justifier;
Tell me what I have done that you do not like. Do you think that when you state your case, you will prove that you (are innocent/have done nothing wrong) [IRO]?
27 Ton premier père a péché, et tes docteurs se sont rebellés contre moi.
No, [what has happened is that] the first ancestor of you Israelis sinned [against me], and since then, all your leaders have rebelled against me.
28 Aussi j'ai profané les chefs du sanctuaire; j'ai livré Jacob à l'extermination, et Israël à l'opprobre.
That is why I have caused your priests to be disgraced; and I have allowed others to destroy you people of Israel and caused you to be despised.”
