Isaïe 1
1 Vision d’Isaïe, fils d’Amos, qu’il a vue touchant Juda et Jérusalem, dans les jours d’Ozias, de Joathan, d’Achaz et d’Ezéchias, rois 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 Ecoutez, cieux, et prête l’oreille, terre, parce que le Seigneur a parlé. J’ai nourri des fils et je les ai élevés, mais eux m’ont méprisé.
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 Un bœuf connaît son possesseur, un âne l’étable de son maître; mais Israël ne m’a pas connu, et mon peuple n’a pas eu d’intelligence.
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 Malheur à la nation pécheresse, au peuple chargé d’iniquité, à la race perverse, aux enfants scélérats; ils ont abandonné le Seigneur, ils ont blasphémé le saint d’Israël, ils sont retournés 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 frapperai-je encore, vous qui ajoutez à la prévarication? toute tête est
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 De la plante des pieds jusqu’au sommet de la tête, rien en lui de sain; c’est blessure, meurtrissure, plaie enflammée, qui n’a été ni bandée, ni pansée, ni adoucie par 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 terre est déserte, vos cités brûlées par le feu; votre pays, devant vous, des étrangers le dévorent, et il sera désolé comme dans une dévastation de l’ennemi.
[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 sera laissée comme un berceau dans une vigne, comme une cabane dans un champ de concombres, comme une cité qui est livrée au pillage.
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 le Seigneur des armées ne nous avait réservé un rejeton, nous aurions été comme Sodome. Nous serions devenus semblables 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 Écoutez la parole du Seigneur, princes de Sodome; prêtez l’oreille à 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 Qu’ai-je à faire de la multitude de vos victimes? dit le Seigneur. Je suis rassasié; les holocaustes des béliers, et la graisse des animaux gras, et le sang des veaux et des agneaux et des boucs, je n’en veux point.
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 Lorsque vous êtes venus en ma présence, qui a demandé ces choses de vos mains, afin que vous vous promeniez dans 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 Ne m’offrez plus de sacrifice en vain; l’encens m’est en abomination. Ma néoménie, le sabbat et les autres fêtes, je ne les souffrirai point; vos assemblées sont iniques.
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 calendes, et vos solennités, mon âme les hait: elles me sont devenues à charge; j’ai peine à les souffrir.
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 lorsque vous étendrez vos mains, je détournerai mes yeux de vous; lorsque vous multiplierez la prière, je n’exaucerai pas; car 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 le mal de vos pensées de devant mes yeux; cessez d’agir avec perversité;
Cleanse your inner beings, and become [spiritually] clean! Stop your evil behavior! Stop doing things that are wrong!
17 Apprenez à bien faire, cherchez la justice, venez au secours de l’opprimé, jugez 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 Et venez, et accusez-moi, dit le Seigneur: si vos péchés sont comme l’écarlate, comme la neige ils deviendront blancs, et s’ils sont rouges comme le vermillon, comme la laine ils seront blancs.
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 voulez, et que vous m’écoutiez, vous mangerez les biens de la terre.
If you are willing to obey [me], [I will enable] you to have plenty to eat.
20 Que si vous ne voulez pas, et que vous me provoquiez au courroux, le glaive vous dévorera, parce que la bouche du Seigneur 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 est devenue une prostituée la cité fidèle et pleine de jugement? la justice a habité en elle, mais maintenant ce sont 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 converti en scorie; ton vin a été mêlé 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 infidèles, compagnons de voleurs; tous aiment les présents et poursuivent les récompenses. Ils ne rendent pas justice à l’orphelin, et la cause de la veuve n’a pas d’accès auprès d’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 À cause de cela, dit le Seigneur Dieu des armées, le fort d’Israël: Ah! je me consolerai sur mes ennemis, je me vengerai de ceux qui me sont opposés.
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 tournerai ma main vers toi, et j’épurerai par le feu tes scories, et j’enlèverai l’alliage 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 rétablirai tes juges comme ils furent d’abord, et tes conseillers comme anciennement; après cela tu seras appelée la cité du juste, ville 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, par le jugement, sera rachetée, et on la ramènera 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 Et le Seigneur brisera les scélérats et les pécheurs tous ensemble; et ceux qui ont abandonné le Seigneur seront consumés.
But rebels and sinners will be crushed by Yahweh, and those who forsake him will disappear.
29 Car ils seront confondus par les idoles auxquelles ils ont sacrifié; et vous rougirez des jardins que vous aviez choisis,
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 Lorsque vous serez comme un chêne dont les feuilles tombent et comme un jardin sans 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 votre force sera comme la cendre chaude de l’étoupe, et votre œuvre comme une étincelle; et ils s’embraseront l’un et l’autre ensemble, et il n’y aura personne qui l’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.
