Isaïe 42
1 Voici mon serviteur, je le soutiendrai; mon élu, en qui s’est complue mon âme; j’ai répandu mon esprit sur lui; il annoncera la justice aux nations.
[Yahweh says, “I want you people to know about] my servant, whom I encourage. I have chosen him, and I am pleased with him. I have given him my Spirit, and he will make certain that all the people-groups do what is right/just.
2 Il ne criera point, il ne fera acception de personne; sa voix ne sera pas entendue au dehors.
He will not [show his power by] shouting [DOU] or by talking very loudly.
3 Il ne brisera pas un roseau froissé, il n’éteindra pas une mèche fumante: il jugera dans la vérité.
He will not get rid of [anyone who is weak like] [MET] a smashed reed, and he will not [end the life of anyone who is helpless like] [MET] someone would extinguish a dimly burning wick [of an oil lamp]. He will faithfully/continually make sure that judges decide cases justly.
4 Une sera point triste, ni précipité, jusqu’à ce qu’il établisse sur la terre la justice; et les îles attendront sa loi.
He will not become exhausted or discouraged all during the time that he is causing things to be done justly throughout the earth. Even [people living on the islands in] [MTY] the oceans will confidently wait for [him to teach them] his laws.”
5 Voici ce que dit le Seigneur Dieu, qui a créé les cieux et les a étendus; qui a affermi la terre et ce qui en germe; qui a donné le souffle au peuple qui est sur elle, et la respiration à ceux qui la foulent aux pieds.
Yahweh our God created the sky and spread it out. He also created the earth and everything on it. He gives breath to all the people on the earth; he causes them to live [DOU]. [And he is the one who says to his special servant],
6 Moi, le Seigneur, je t’ai appelé dans la justice, et je t’ai pris par la main et je t’ai conservé. Et je t’ai établi pour être l’alliance du peuple, la lumière des nations;
“I, Yahweh, have chosen you to show people that I always act righteously/fairly. I will grasp your hand and protect you, and I will present you to [my Israeli] people to be the one who will put into effect my agreement with them. [You will be like] a light to the [other] nations.
7 Afin d’ouvrir les yeux des aveugles, de retirer du cachot le captif enchaîné, du fond de leur prison ceux qui étaient assis dans les ténèbres.
You will enable blind [IDM] people to see, you will free those who are in prison (OR, who are bound [by the guilt of their sins]) [MET] and release those who are in dark dungeons.
8 Je suis le Seigneur, c’est là mon nom; je ne donnerai pas ma gloire à un autre, et la louange qui m’appartient aux images taillées au ciseau.
I am Yahweh; that is my name. I will not allow anyone else to receive the honor that only I deserve. And I will not allow idols to be praised like only I should be praised.
9 Les premiers événements, voici qu’ils sont arrivés; j’en annonce aussi de nouveaux; avant qu’ils arrivent, je vous les ferai connaître.
Everything that I have prophesied has happened, and now I will tell about other things that will happen. I will tell you things that will happen before they happen.”
10 Chantez au Seigneur un cantique nouveau, et sa louange des extrémités de la terre, vous qui descendez sur la mer, et ce qu’elle renferme, îles, et vous, leurs habitants.
Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to praise him throughout the world! All you people who sail across the oceans, and all you creatures that live in the oceans, and all you people who live on islands far away, sing!
11 Que le désert et ses cités se lèvent; dans des maisons habitera Cédar; louez, habitants de Pétra; du sommet des montagnes ils crieront.
You people who live in towns in the desert, sing loudly! You people who live in the Kedar [area in the north of Arabia], you rejoice also! You people in Sela [city in Edom], you also should sing joyfully; shout [to praise him] from the tops of your mountains!
12 Ils donneront au Seigneur la gloire, et ils annonceront sa louange dans les îles.
Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh and sing to praise him.
13 Le Seigneur comme un brave sortira; comme un homme qui marche au combat il excitera le zèle; il élèvera la voix, et jettera des cris; contre ses ennemis il se fortifiera.
[It will be as though] Yahweh will march out like [SIM] a mighty soldier; he will show that he is very angry. He will shout a battle-cry, and [then] he will defeat all his enemies.
14 Je me suis toujours tu, j’ai gardé le silence; j’ai été patient; comme la femme en travail, je parlerai; je détruirai, j’engloutirai tout à la fois.
[He will say], “I have remained silent [DOU] for a long time; I have restrained myself [from doing what I need to do]. But now, like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby, I will cry out and gasp and pant.
15 Je rendrai désertes les montagnes et les collines, et je dessécherai leur verdure; je changerai les fleuves en îles, et les étangs, je les tarirai.
I will level off the hills and mountains, and I will cause all the plants and trees to dry up. I will cause the rivers to become small streams, and little islands will appear in them, and I will cause all the pools to become dry.
16 Et je conduirai les aveugles dans une voie qu’ils ne connaissent pas; et dans les sentiers qu’ils ignorent, je les ferai marcher; je convertirai devant eux les ténèbres en lumière, et les chemins tortus en chemins droits; j’ai fait ces choses pour eux, et je ne les ai pas délaissés.
[My people who have been taken to Babylonia are like] [MET] blind people, [but] I will lead them along a road on which they have not walked before, on a road that they have not seen before. They have felt [very helpless, as though] they were walking in the darkness, but I will take away that darkness and I will make smooth the road that is in front of them. Those are the things that I will do for them; I will not abandon them.
17 Ils sont retournés en arrière; qu’ils soient entièrement couverts de confusion, ceux qui se confient dans leur image taillée au ciseau, qui disent à une statue jetée en fonte: Vous êtes nos dieux.
But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.”
18 Sourds, écoutez; aveugles, regardez pour voir.
You [Israeli people who have acted toward God like] deaf [people], listen [to what Yahweh says]! “You [who have been like] [MET] blind [people], look!
19 Qui est aveugle, sinon mon serviteur? et sourd, sinon celui à qui j’ai envoyé mes messagers? qui est aveugle, sinon celui qui a été vendu? et qui est aveugle, sinon le serviteur du Seigneur?
No people are [RHQ] as blind as my people, who [should have been] serving me. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] deaf people as [the Israelis, who should have been] my messengers. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] blind people as those whom I chose to serve me.
20 Toi qui vois beaucoup de choses, n’observeras-tu point? toi qui as les oreilles ouvertes, n’entendras-tu point?
You see and know what are the right things to do, but you do not do them. You hear [what I say to you], but you do not pay attention.”
21 Et le Seigneur a voulu le sanctifier, et magnifier la loi, et en relever la grandeur.
Because Yahweh is righteous, he has honored his glorious laws.
22 Mais le peuple lui-même a été pillé et ravagé; tous sont devenus un lacs pour les jeunes hommes; et au fond des prisons ils ont été cachés; ils sont devenus la proie de l’ennemi, et il n’est personne qui les délivre; ils ont été livrés au pillage, et il n’est personne qui dise: Rends.
But [the armies of Babylon have destroyed Jerusalem] and have completely (plundered/taken away) [DOU] all the valuable things, and they have captured Yahweh’s people and taken them away and put them in prison. They have been captured easily, because there was no one to protect them; there was no one to say that they should be allowed to return home.
23 Qui est celui parmi vous qui écoute cela, qui y soit attentif, et ait foi aux choses futures?
Who among you will listen carefully to these things? Who will pay attention from now on?
24 Qui a livré Jacob en proie, et Israël à ceux qui le ravagent? n’est-ce pas le Seigneur lui-même, contre qui nous avons péché? Et ils n’ont pas voulu marcher dans ses voies, et ils n’ont pas écouté sa loi.
Who allowed the valuable possessions of the people of Israel to be stolen [RHQ, DOU]? It was Yahweh, because he is he one against whom we had sinned; we did not conduct our lives like he wanted us to, and we did not obey his laws.
25 Et il a lancé sur eux l’indignation de sa fureur, et une forte guerre; il a allumé un feu autour de lui, et il ne l’a pas su; il l’a livré aux flammes, et il n’a pas compris.
Therefore, he was extremely angry with us, and he caused our soldiers to be destroyed in battles. [It was as though] [MET] he lit a fire around us, but we did not understand [what he was trying to tell us]. [His being angry with us was like] a fire that would burn us up, but we did not pay attention [IDM].
