Isaiah 55
1 “All you [people who are in exile], listen to me! [It is as though] [MET] you are thirsty, so come and get water from me! [It is as though] you have no money, but you can come and get things from me [that are like] wine and milk! You can get [what you need from me], [and] you will not need to give me any money for them!
Vous tous qui avez soif, venez vers les eaux; et vous qui n’avez pas d’argent, hâtez-vous, achetez et mangez; venez, achetez sans argent et sans aucun échange du vin et du lait.
2 [What you really need is to have a close relationship with me], so (why do you spend money to buy things that do not supply what you really need?/you should not spend money to buy things that do not supply what you really need.) [RHQ] (Why do you work hard to get money to buy things that do not (satisfy your [inner beings]/cause you to be happy)?) [RHQ] Pay attention to what I say and acquire what is really good [MET]! If you do that, then you will truly be happy [MET].
Pourquoi dépensez-vous de l’argent à ce qui n’est pas du pain, et votre travail à ce qui ne peut vous rassasier? Ecoutez-moi avec une grande attention, et mangez une bonne nourriture, et votre âme se délectera en s’en engraissant.
3 Listen to me and come to me; pay attention to me, and if you do that, you will have new life in your souls. I will make an agreement with you that will last forever to faithfully love you like I loved [King] David.
Inclinez votre oreille, et venez à moi; écoutez, et votre âme vivra, et je ferai avec vous un pacte éternel qui montrera véritables les miséricordes promises à David.
4 By what he did, I showed [my power to many] people-groups; I caused him to be a leader and commander [DOU] over [the people of many nations].
Voilà que je l’ai donné pour témoin aux peuples, pour chef et pour maître aux nations.
5 And similarly, you will summon people of other nations to come to you, nations that previously you have not heard about, and they had not heard about you; and they will come to you quickly because [they will have heard that I], Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, have honored you.
Voilà que tu appelleras une nation que tu ne connaissais pas; et des nations qui ne t’ont pas connu vers toi accourront, à cause du Seigneur ton Dieu, et du saint d’Israël qui t’a glorifié.
6 Seek [to know] me while it is still possible for you to do that; call to me while I am near!
Cherchez le Seigneur, tandis qu’on peut le trouver, invoquez-le tandis qu’il est proche.
7 Wicked [people] should abandon their wicked behavior, and evil people should stop thinking what is evil. They should turn to me, and if they do that, I will act mercifully toward them; they should turn to me, their God, because I will fully pardon them [for all the wicked things that they have done].
Que l’impie abandonne sa voie, et l’homme inique ses pensées, et qu’il retourne au Seigneur, et il aura pitié de lui; et à notre Dieu, parce qu’il pardonne beaucoup.
8 I, Yahweh, declare that what I think is not the same as what you think, and what I do is very different from what you do.
Car mes pensées ne sont pas vos pensées, ni vos voies mes voies, dit le Seigneur.
9 Just as the sky is far above the earth, what I do is far greater than what you do, and what I think is much greater than what you think.
Parce qu’autant les cieux sont élevés au-dessus de la terre, autant sont élevées mes voies au-dessus de vos voies, et mes pensées au-dessus de vos pensées.
10 Rain and snow come down from the sky, and they cause the ground to be moist before the moisture returns [to the sky and produces more clouds]. When the ground becomes moist, it causes plants to sprout and grow, with the result that the soil produces seed for the farmer [to plant] and [grain to produce flour to make] bread for people to eat.
Et de même que la pluie et la neige descendent du ciel et n’y retournent plus, mais qu’elles abreuvent la terre, la pénètrent, la font germer, et qu’elle donnent la semence au semeur, et le pain à celui qui le mange;
11 And similarly the things that I promise to do, I will [always] cause to happen; my promises will [always] be fulfilled [LIT]. They will accomplish the things that I gave them to accomplish [DOU].
Ainsi sera ma parole qui sortira de ma bouche; elle ne reviendra pas à moi sans effet; mais elle fera tout ce que j’ai voulu, et elle réussira dans toutes les choses pour lesquelles je l’aurai envoyée.
12 You will leave [Babylon] joyfully, you will have peace as I lead you out. [It will be as though] the hills and mountains will sing joyfully, and the trees in the fields will clap their hands.
Parce que dans la joie vous sortirez, et dans la paix vous serez ramenés; les montagnes et les collines chanteront devant vous des louanges, et tous les arbres du pays battront des mains.
13 Instead of thornbushes and briers, pine/cypress [trees] and myrtle [trees] will grow [in your land]. As a result of that, people will honor me much more; and what I do will remind everyone that [I do what I have promised].”
Au lieu du nard sauvage s’élèvera le sapin, et au lieu de l’ortie croîtra le myrte; et le nom du Seigneur deviendra un signe éternel, qui ne sera pas enlevé.
