Isaiah 48
1 Listen to these things, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and who went forth from the waters of Judah. You swear by the name of the Lord and you call to mind the God of Israel, but not in truth, and not in justice.
Ecoutez ceci, maison de Jacob, vous qui êtes appelés du nom d’Israël, et qui êtes sortis de la source de Juda; vous qui jurez par le nom de Yahweh, et qui célébrez le Dieu d’Israël, mais sans sincérité ni droiture.
2 For they have been called from the holy city, and they have been founded upon the God of Israel. The Lord of hosts is his name.
Car ils tirent leur nom de la ville sainte, et ils s’appuient sur le Dieu d’Israël, dont le nom est Yahweh des armées.
3 From that time, I announced the former things. They went forth from my mouth, and I have caused them to be heard. I wrought these things suddenly, and they were fulfilled.
Dès longtemps, j’ai annoncé les premières choses; elles sortirent de ma bouche; je les proclamai; soudain j’ai agi, et elles sont arrivées.
4 For I knew that you are stubborn, and that your neck is like an iron sinew, and that your forehead is like brass.
Comme je savais que tu es dur, que ton cou est une barre de fer, et que ton front est d’airain,
5 From that time, I foretold to you. Before these things happened, I revealed them to you, lest you say: “My idols have accomplished these things, and my graven and molten images have commanded them.”
je t’ai annoncé ces choses il y a longtemps; je te les ai déclarées avant qu’elles n’arrivent, de peur que tu ne dises: « Mon idole les a faites; mon dieu de bois ou de fonte les a ordonnées. »
6 See all the things that you have heard. But were you the ones who announced them? From that time, I caused you to hear about new things, and you do not know how these were preserved.
Tu l’as entendu; vois, tout s’est accompli; mais vous, ne le déclarerez-vous pas? Maintenant, je te fais entendre des choses nouvelles, cachées, que tu ne connais point.
7 They are created now, and not in that time. And even before today, you did not hear of them; otherwise, you might say, “Behold, I knew them.”
C’est maintenant qu’elles sont créées, et non auparavant; jusqu’à ce jour, tu n’en avais pas entendu parler, de peur que tu ne dises: « Voici, je le savais! »
8 You have neither heard, nor known, nor were your ears open in that time. For I knew that you would transgress greatly, and so I called you a transgressor from the womb.
Tu n’en as rien entendu, tu n’en as rien su; jamais ton oreille n’en a rien perçu, parce que je savais que tu es tout à fait infidèle, que ton nom est Prévaricateur dès le sein de ta mère.
9 For the sake of my name, I will take the face of my fury far away. And for the sake of my praise, I will bridle you, lest you perish.
A cause de mon nom, je retiens ma colère, et à cause de ma gloire, je patiente avec toi, pour ne pas t’exterminer.
10 Behold, I have refined you, but not like silver. I have chosen you for the furnace of poverty.
Voici, je t’ai fondu, mais sans obtenir l’argent; je t’ai éprouvé au creuset de l’affliction.
11 For my sake, for my own sake, I will do it, so that I may not be blasphemed. For I will not give my glory to another.
C’est pour l’amour de moi, pour l’amour de moi que je le fais; car comment mon nom serait-il profané? Je ne donnerai pas ma gloire à un autre.
12 Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call. I am the same, I am the first, and I am the last.
Ecoute-moi, Jacob, et toi, Israël, que j’ai appelé; c’est moi, moi qui suis le premier, moi aussi qui suis le dernier.
13 Also, my hand has founded the earth, and my right hand has measured the heavens. I will call them, and they will stand together.
C’est aussi ma main qui a fondé la terre, et ma droite qui a étendu les cieux; c’est moi qui les appelle, et aussitôt ils se présentent.
14 Gather together, all of you, and listen. Who among them has announced these things? The Lord has loved him; he will do his will with Babylon, and his arm is upon the Chaldeans.
Assemblez-vous tous et écoutez: qui d’entre eux a annoncé ces choses? — Celui qu’aime Yahweh accomplira sa volonté dans Babel, et son bras sera contre les Chaldéens. —
15 I am, I have spoken, and I have called him. I have led him forward, and his way has been straight.
Moi, moi, j’ai parlé, et je l’ai appelé; je l’ai fait venir, et sa voie sera prospère.
16 Draw near to me, and listen to this. From the beginning, I have not spoken in secret. From the time before it happened, I was there. And now, the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit.
Approchez-vous de moi, entendez ceci: Dès l’origine je n’ai pas parlé en cachette; depuis que ces choses arrivent, je suis là; — Et maintenant le Seigneur Yahweh m’envoie avec son Esprit. —
17 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord, your God, who teaches you beneficial things, who guides you in the way that you walk.
Ainsi parle Yahweh, ton rédempteur, le Saint d’Israël: Moi, Yahweh, ton Dieu, je t’enseigne pour ton bien, je te conduis dans le chemin où tu dois marcher.
18 If only you had paid attention to my commandments! Your peace would have been like a river, and your justice would have been like the waves of the sea,
Oh! sois attentif à mes commandements, et ta paix sera comme un fleuve, ta justice comme les flots de la mer;
19 and your offspring would have been like the sand, and the stock from your loins would have been like its stones. His name would not have passed away, nor would it have been worn away before my face.
ta postérité sera comme le sable et le fruit de tes entrailles comme les grains de sable; son nom ne sera ni retranché ni effacé devant moi.
20 Depart from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Announce it with a voice of exultation. Cause it to be heard, and carry it even to the ends of the earth. Say: “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob.”
Sortez de Babylone, fuyez les Chaldéens avec des cris de joie! Publiez-le, proclamez-le, faites-le savoir jusqu’à l’extrémité de la terre! Dites: « Yahweh a racheté son serviteur Jacob!
21 They did not thirst in the desert, when he led them out. He produced water from the rock for them. For he split the rock, and the waters flowed out.
Ils n’ont pas soif dans le désert où il les a conduits; il fait couler pour eux l’eau du rocher; il fend le rocher, et les eaux jaillissent! »
22 “There is no peace for the impious,” says the Lord.
Il n’y a pas de paix pour les méchants, dit Yahweh.
