Isaïe 57
1 Le juste périt et nul n'y prend garde, et les gens de bien sont enlevés, sans que nul remarque que le juste est enlevé par l'effet de la malice.
Righteous people [sometimes] die [when they are still young], and no one is concerned about it. Godly people [sometimes] die because of disasters, and no one understands why. They are taken away in order that they will not endure more calamities,
2 Il entre dans la paix; ils reposent sur leur couche, ceux qui marchent droit.
and now they have peace. They [continually] lived righteously, and [now] they rest [peacefully] in their graves.
3 Mais vous, avancez ici, fils d'enchanteresse, race de l'adultère et de la prostituée!
[Yahweh says, ] “But you who practice sorcery, come here! You who worship idols [MET], [listen to me]!
4 Aux dépens de qui vous égayez-vous? A qui présentez-vous une bouche élargie, tirez-vous la langue? N'êtes-vous pas des enfants de la révolte, une race menteuse,
Do you realize [RHQ] whom you are ridiculing, and whom you are insulting? Do you realize [RHQ] to whom you are sticking out your tongues? [You are insulting me, Yahweh]! You are [RHQ] always rebelling against me and always lying.
5 brûlant pour des idoles sous tout arbre vert, immolant des enfants dans les vallées, dans les creux des rochers?
You are eager to have sex under every [big] green tree where you worship your gods. You kill your children as sacrifices [to your idols] in the dry riverbeds, and [also] offer them [as sacrifices to your idols] in the rocky caves.
6 Les pierres des torrents sont ton partage, c'est elles qui sont ton lot; à elles aussi tu fais des libations, tu présentes des oblations: y puis-je être insensible?
[You take big] smooth stones from the riverbeds and worship them as your gods. You pour out [wine] to be an offering to them, and you bring grain [to burn for] an offering to them. Do you think that I should not punish you for doing all those things?
7 Sur une montagne haute et éminente tu dresses ton lit, et l'a aussi tu montes pour offrir des victimes.
You have sex [EUP] [with cult prostitutes] on every hill and mountain, and you go there to offer sacrifices [to your gods].
8 Et derrière la porte et les jambages tu places les objets de ta pensée. Car me désertant, tu découvres ton lit et y montes, et tu l'as rendu spacieux, et tu leur fais tes conditions, et tu aimes leur commerce: tu te choisis une place.
You have put (fetishes/pagan symbols) behind your doors and doorposts, and you have deserted me. You have taken off your clothes [EUP] and climbed into your bed and invited more [of your lovers] to come to bed with you. You have paid them to have sex with you, and you have fondled their sexual organs.
9 Et tu te présentes au roi avec de l'huile, ayant sur toi beaucoup de parfums; tu envoies tes messagers au loin, et les fais pénétrer jusqu'aux Enfers. (Sheol h7585)
You have given [fragrant] oil and lots of perfume to your god Molech, and you sent messengers to distant countries [to find other gods to worship]; you [even tried to] send [messengers] to the place of the dead [to search for new gods]. (Sheol h7585)
10 A force de voyager tu te fatigues, mais tu ne dis pas: C'est en vain! Tu trouves encore de la vigueur en ta main; aussi n'es-tu pas affaiblie!
You became weary because of doing all those things, but you never said, ‘It is useless [for us to do that].’ You found new strength for worshiping idols, so you continued to do that [LIT].
11 Et qui donc crains-tu et redoutes-tu, que tu dissimules et ne te souviens pas de moi? Tu n'en as pas tenu compte! N'est-ce pas? je garde le silence, et même depuis longtemps; c'est pourquoi tu ne me crains pas!
Was it because you were afraid [of those idols more than you were afraid of me] that you lied [about what you were doing], and you do not even think about [DOU, RHQ] me? Was it because I did not punish you for a long time that you are not afraid of me [RHQ]?
12 Je mettrai ta justice au jour, et tes œuvres qui ne te profiteront pas.
You [think that] [IRO] the things that you have done are right, but I will tell the truth. It will not help you to do any of those things.
13 Quand tu cries, tes bandes de dieux te sauveront-elles? Eh! un coup de vent les enlève tous, un souffle les emporte. Mais qui se confie en moi, héritera le pays et possédera ma montagne sainte;
When you cry out [for help] to your collection of idols, they will not rescue you. The wind will blow them away [DOU]. But those who trust in me will live in the land [of Israel], and [they will worship me on Zion], my sacred hill.”
14 et il dit: Frayez, frayez, préparez le chemin, ôtez tout achoppement de la route de mon peuple!
Yahweh will say, “Prepare [yourselves to receive] me, [like] [MET] people build and prepare a road [for a king to come on]. Get rid of [the things that are causing you to sin] [like] [MET] people remove from a road (obstacles/things that cause people to stumble).
15 Car ainsi parle le Suprême, l'Éminent dont le trône est éternel, et qui s'appelle le Saint: J'habite les lieux très hauts et saints, mais aussi près de l'affligé et de l'homme abattu d'esprit, pour ranimer l'esprit des hommes abattus, et ranimer le cœur des affligés.
Because this is what [I], Yahweh, who am holy and greatly honored and who live forever, say: I live in the highest heaven, where [everything] is holy, but I also am with those who are humble and who are sorry for the sinful things that they have done. I will greatly encourage [DOU] those who have repented.
16 Car je ne veux pas contester à toujours, ni garder une colère éternelle, puisqu'à ma présence l'esprit et les âmes que j'ai faites, tombent en défaillance.
I will not accuse [people] forever; I will not always be angry [with them], because [if I did that], people would become weak/discouraged; all the people whom I created and caused to live would die.
17 Pour le crime de son avarice je m'irritai et le frappai, je me cachai, et m'irritai: rebelle néanmoins, il suivit la voie que lui montrait son cœur.
I was angry [with my people] because they sinned by wanting the things that others had. So because I was angry, I punished them and turned away from them, but they continued sinning.
18 J'ai vu ses voies; mais je veux le guérir, et le conduire, et lui donner des consolations à lui et à ses affligés,
I have seen the evil things that they continually do, but I will restore them and lead them. I will encourage/comfort them. And to those who are mourning,
19 faisant éclater la louange sur ses lèvres. Paix, paix, pour celui qui est loin, et pour celui qui est près, dit l'Éternel! je veux les guérir.
I will enable them to sing songs to praise me. I will restore [all my people], those who live near [Jerusalem] and those who live far away, and I will cause things to go well for them.
20 Mais les impies sont comme la mer agitée; car elle ne peut se calmer, et les eaux soulèvent du limon et de la vase.
Wicked [people do not have peace in their inner beings]; they are like [SIM] a sea [whose waves are] always churning up mud,
21 Point de paix, dit mon Dieu, pour les impies!
and [I], Yahweh, say that things will never (go well/be peaceful) for those who are evil.”
