Isaïe 1
1 Révélation d'Ésaïe, fils d'Amots, qui lui fut révélée touchant Juda et Jérusalem, dans le temps d'Hosias, de Jotham, d'Achaz, d'Ézéchias, roi de Juda.
[I am] Isaiah, the son of Amoz. [Yahweh showed me] visions about Jerusalem and [all the other places in] Judah. He showed me these visions during the years that Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah.
2 Cieux, écoutez! Terre, prête l'oreille! car l'Éternel parle. J'ai nourri et élevé des enfants, mais ils se sont rebellés contre moi.
This is what Yahweh says: “All you [angels in] [APO] heaven and [all you people on] [APO] earth, listen to me! The people that I caused to exist and took care of [DOU] have rebelled against me.
3 Le bœuf connaît son possesseur, et l'âne la crèche de son maître:
Oxen know their owners, and donkeys know who provides food for them, but my Israeli people do not know [me]; they do not realize [that I am the one who takes care of them].”
4 Israël ne le connaît pas, mon peuple ne le distingue pas. Malheur à la nation pécheresse, à la nation chargée d'iniquité, à la race méchante, aux enfants dénaturés! Ils ont abandonné l'Éternel, méprisé le Saint d'Israël, se sont retirés en arrière!…
Terrible things will happen to that sinful nation, to those people who are guilty of sinning greatly. They are a group of very evil people, who act very unjustly. They have abandoned Yahweh, the holy one of Israel; they have (abandoned/turned away from) him.
5 Où vous frapper encore, si vous ajoutez à vos rébellions?
Why do you [RHQ] continue to [do things for which] you should be punished? Why do you continue to rebel against Yahweh? [You are like] [MET] someone whose head is badly injured and whose mind is sick/corrupt.
6 La tête entière est malade, et le cœur entier dans le dépérissement. De la plante des pieds jusqu'à la tête rien n'y est sain; c'est blessure, et contusion, et plaie vive, qui ne sont ni pansées, ni bandées, ni adoucies avec l'huile.
[It is as though] [MET] from the soles/bottoms of your feet to the [tops of your] heads nothing is healthy; there are only open wounds and cuts and sores that have not been cleaned or bandaged, and no [olive] oil has been put on them [to heal them].
7 Votre pays est désolé, vos villes brûlées au feu, et vos champs, sous vos yeux des étrangers les dévorent; c'est une dévastation, comme quand des étrangers saccagent.
[It is as though] your country is ruined/desolate; your towns have been burned. Foreigners plunder/steal the crops in your fields while you watch; they destroy everything [that they see].
8 Et la fille de Sion reste comme une hutte dans une vigne, comme une guérite dans un champ de concombres, comme une ville épargnée.
The city of Jerusalem has [already] been abandoned, it is like [SIM] a shelter in a vineyard that has been abandoned by the watchmen; it is like [SIM] a watchman’s hut in a field of melons that has been deserted. It is a city surrounded by its enemies who are waiting to attack it.
9 Si l'Éternel des armées ne nous eût laissé un faible reste, nous étions pareils à Sodome, assimilés à Gomorrhe.
If the Commander of the armies of angels had not allowed a few of us [his people] to (survive/remain alive), we would have [all] been [destroyed], like [the cities of] Sodom and Gomorrah [were destroyed].
10 Entendez la parole de l'Éternel, princes de Sodome! Écoutez la loi de notre Dieu, peuple de Gomorrhe!
You [leaders of Judah are as wicked as] the rulers of Sodom were, and you [other people in Jerusalem areas are as wicked as] the people in Gomorrah [were]. Listen to this message from Yahweh, [all of you]!
11 Que me fait le nombre de vos sacrifices? dit l'Éternel: j'ai à satiété des holocaustes de béliers et de la graisse des veaux gras; et au sang des taureaux et des agneaux et des boucs je ne prends point de plaisir.
He says, “You continue to bring many sacrifices to me, but I do not [RHQ] want them [because you do not worship me sincerely]! You bring me many offerings to be completely burned [on the altar], [but] I (am tired/do not want any more) of your burning all those offerings, the burning rams and the fat from fat cattle. I am not pleased with the blood of bulls and lambs and goats that [the priest] pours [against the altar].
12 Quand vous venez vous présenter devant moi, qui vous demande de fouler mes parvis?
When you come to my temple to worship me, no one [RHQ] told you to trample on my courtyard while you perform all those rituals.
13 N'offrez plus d'oblations menteuses! J'ai en horreur l'encens, les nouvelles lunes et les sabbats, la convocation de l'assemblée; je ne souffre pas le crime et les fêtes solennelles.
Stop bringing to me those offerings, because they are useless [to me]; I am disgusted with the incense that [the priests burn]. And [your feasts to celebrate] the new moon [each month] and your (Sabbath [days]/days of rest) and your [other] festivals— I detest them because of the wicked things [that you do].
14 Vos nouvelles lunes et vos fêtes, mon âme les a en aversion; elles me sont à charge, je suis las de les supporter.
I [SYN] hate [all] your celebrations of each new moon and the [other] festivals that you celebrate each year. They are [like] [MET] a heavy burden that I am tired of carrying.
15 Et quand vous tendez vos mains, je me cache les yeux devant vous; même quand vous multipliez vos prières, je n'écoute pas: vos mains sont pleines de sang.
[So], when you lift up your hands when you pray [to me], I will not [even] look at you. Even if you pray [to me very] frequently, I will not listen [to you], [because it is as though] your hands are covered with the blood [of people whom you have killed].
16 Lavez-vous, purifiez-vous, ôtez de devant mes yeux la malice de vos actions, cessez de mal faire,
Cleanse your inner beings, and become [spiritually] clean! Stop your evil behavior! Stop doing things that are wrong!
17 apprenez à bien faire, recherchez la droiture, redressez l'iniquité, faites droit à l'orphelin, défendez la veuve!
Learn to do [things that are] good! [Try to] cause people to do what is just. Help people who are (oppressed/treated cruelly). Defend orphans and widows [when people take them to court].”
18 Venez et plaidons, dit l'Éternel. Si vos péchés sont comme le vermillon, ils deviendront blancs comme la neige; s'ils sont rouges comme la pourpre, ils deviendront tels que la laine.
Yahweh says, “You need to think about the results of what you do. Even though [the guilt of] your sins be [as evident and as difficult to get rid of] as [SIM] red [stains on a white garment] [DOU], [I will get rid of them completely] [like someone who can make that stained garment] become as white as snow or wool [DOU].
19 Si vous avez la volonté et l'obéissance, vous vous nourrirez des biens du pays;
If you are willing to obey [me], [I will enable] you to have plenty to eat.
20 mais si vous êtes rénitents et rebelles, de l'épée vous serez la proie, car la bouche de l'Éternel a parlé.
But, if you turn away [from me and] rebel against me, you will be killed [by your enemies’] swords. [That will surely happen, because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”
21 Comment la cité fidèle s'est-elle changée en prostituée? Elle était remplie d'équité, la justice y habitait, et maintenant des meurtriers!
“[You people of Jerusalem previously] faithfully [worshiped only] me, but now you have become like [MET] prostitutes [who are not faithful to any husband]. Previously, people there always acted justly/fairly and righteously, but now your city [is full of] murderers.
22 Ton argent s'est changé en scories, ton vin a été coupé d'eau;
Previously, you were [like] [MET] pure silver, but now you have become [like] [MET] the scum that is left [when silver is purified]. Previously you were [like pure] wine, but you have become [like] [MET] wine that has [a lot of] water mixed with it.
23 tes princes sont des rebelles et les compagnons des voleurs; tous ils aiment les dons corrupteurs et recherchent les présents; ils ne font pas droit à l'orphelin, et la cause de la veuve ne vient pas jusqu'à eux.
Your leaders are rebels; they spend time with thieves. They all want to get bribes and force others to give them gifts [in order that they do good things for them]. They do not defend orphans [in court], and they do not do all they can to enable widows to get what they should receive.
24 Aussi, tel est l'arrêt du Seigneur, de l'Éternel des armées, du Fort d'Israël: Oui, je prendrai satisfaction de mes ennemis et me vengerai de mes adversaires.
Therefore [I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, the mighty God of Israel, say to my enemies, ‘will get revenge on you; you will not cause me any more trouble. And I will pay you back for the evil things that you did.
25 Et je porterai la main sur toi, et comme avec la potasse je fondrai tes scories, et ôterai tout le plomb qui est en toi;
I will raise my fist to strike you. I will [punish you severely] [MET], as though [MET] you were silver [and I needed to heat you very greatly to] melt you and get rid of the impurities.
26 et je te rendrai des juges tels que dans l'origine, et des conseillers tels qu'au commencement. Alors tu seras appelée Ville de la justice, Cité fidèle.
[After that happens, ] I will give you good judges like you had previously; you will have [wise] counselors like you had long ago. Then people will call your city “a city where people [act] righteously, a city where people are loyal to me.”'”
27 Sion sera sauvée par la droiture, et ses [habitants] convertis par la justice;
Because the people of Jerusalem will do what is fair/just, their city will be restored; those who repent [will be saved] because of [their acting] righteously.
28 mais ruine sur les rebelles et les pécheurs à la fois! et ceux qui abandonnent l'Éternel périront.
But rebels and sinners will be crushed by Yahweh, and those who forsake him will disappear.
29 Car ils seront confus à cause des térébinthes que vous aimez, et vous rougirez à cause des jardins que vous chérissez;
You will be ashamed because [you worshiped] idols under the oak trees [that you considered to be] sacred; you will be disgraced because [you worshiped idols] in the gardens where you chose [to worship them].
30 car vous serez comme un térébinthe dont le feuillage est flétri, et comme un jardin privé d'eau.
You will be like [SIM] a very large tree which has withered leaves, like [SIM] a garden that [is dried up because] it has no water.
31 Et l'homme fort sera l'étoupe, et son œuvre l'étincelle, et ils brûleront l'un et l'autre ensemble, et personne qui éteigne.
Those among you who are [very] strong will become [like] [MET] dry wood, and the work they do will be [like] [MET] a spark; both they and the evil things that they do will burn up completely, and no one will be able to put out the fire.
