Isaiah 53
1 LORD, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
Qui a ajouté foi à l’annonce qui nous a été faite? Et à qui s’est révélé le bras de Dieu?
2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nor special appearance that we should desire him.
Il poussait devant lui, pareil à un faible rejeton, à une racine plantée dans un sol brûlé. Il n’avait ni beauté, ni éclat pour attirer nos regards, ni grâce pour nous le rendre aimable.
3 He was despised, and rejected by people; a man of sorrows, and familiar with illness; and as one from whom people hide their face. He was despised, and we did not value him.
Méprisé, repoussé des hommes, homme de douleurs, expert en maladies, il était comme un objet dont on détourne le visage, une chose vile dont nous ne tenions nul compte.
4 Surely he bore our diseases, and took our pains; yet we considered him stricken, and struck down by God, and afflicted.
Et pourtant ce sont nos maladies dont il était chargé, nos souffrances qu’il portait, alors que nous, nous le prenions pour un malheureux atteint, frappé par Dieu, humilié.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, and he was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.
Et c’est pour nos péchés qu’il a été meurtri, par nos iniquités qu’il a été écrasé; le châtiment, gage de notre salut, pesait sur lui, et c’est sa blessure qui nous a valu la guérison.
6 We all like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Nous étions tous comme des brebis errantes, chacun se dirigeant de son côté, et Dieu a fait retomber sur lui notre crime à tous.
7 He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he did not open his mouth. He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he does not open his mouth.
Maltraité, injurié, il n’ouvrait pas la bouche; pareil à l’agneau qu’on mène à la boucherie, à la brebis silencieuse devant ceux qui la tondent, il n’ouvrait pas la bouche.
8 In his oppression his justice was taken away. Who will consider his generation? For his life was cut off from the earth. For the transgression of my people he was led to death.
Faute de protection et de justice, il a été enlevé. Qui pourrait décrire sa destinée? Car il s’est vu retrancher du pays des vivants, les coups qui le frappaient avaient pour cause les péchés des peuples.
9 And they assigned his grave with the wicked, yet with the rich at his death, though he had committed no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth.
On a mis sa sépulture avec celle des impies, son tombeau avec celui des mauvais riches, quoiqu’il n’eût fait aucun mal et qu’il n’y eût jamais de fraude dans sa bouche.
10 Yet the LORD was pleased to crush him and make him ill. Although his soul is made a reparation offering, he will see his offspring, he will prolong his days, and the desire of the LORD will succeed by his hand.
Mais Dieu a résolu de le briser, de l’accabler de maladies, voulant que, s’il s’offrait lui-même comme sacrifice expiatoire, il vît une postérité destinée à vivre de longs jours, et que l’œuvre de l’Eternel prospérât dans sa main.
11 After the suffering of his soul he will see light and be satisfied by his knowledge. The righteous one, my servant, will make many righteous, and he will bear their iniquities.
Délivré de l’affliction de son âme, il jouira à satiété du bonheur; par sa sagesse le juste, mon serviteur, fera aimer la justice à un grand nombre et prendra la charge de leurs iniquités.
12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he will divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and he was numbered with transgressors; yet he bore the sins of many, and made intercession for their transgressions.
C’Est pourquoi je lui donnerai son lot parmi les grands; avec les puissants il partagera le butin, parce qu’il s’est livré lui-même à la mort et s’est laissé confondre avec les malfaiteurs, lui, qui n’a fait que porter le péché d’un grand nombre et qui a intercédé en faveur des coupables.
