Psalms 81
1 Sing [songs] to praise God, who enables us to be strong [when we fight our enemies]; shout joyfully to God, whom we (descendants of Jacob/Israeli people) [worship]!
Psaume d'Asaph, [donné] au maître chantre, [pour le chanter] sur Guittith. Chantez gaiement à Dieu, qui est notre force; jetez des cris de réjouissance en l'honneur du Dieu de Jacob.
2 Start [playing] the music, and beat the tambourines, and play nice music on the harps and (lyres/other stringed instruments).
Entonnez le Cantique, prenez le tambour, la harpe agréable, et la musette.
3 Blow the trumpets [during the festival to celebrate] each new moon and each time the moon is full and during our [other] festivals.
Sonnez la trompette en la nouvelle lune, en la solennité, pour le jour de notre fête.
4 [Do that] because that is a law for [us] Israeli [people]; God commanded it for us descendants of Jacob.
Car c'est un statut à Israël, une ordonnance du Dieu de Jacob.
5 He commanded us Israeli [people to obey it] when he punished [the people of] Egypt. I heard someone [MTY] whose voice I did not recognize, saying,
Il établit cela pour témoignage en Joseph, lorsqu'il sortit contre le pays d'Egypte, où j'ouïs un langage que je n'entendais pas.
6 “[After the rulers of Egypt forced you Israelis to work as slaves], I took those [heavy] burdens off your backs, and I enabled you to lay down those [heavy] baskets [of bricks that you were carrying].
J'ai retiré, [dit-il], ses épaules de dessous la charge, et ses mains ont été retirées arrière des pots.
7 When you were [greatly] distressed, you called [out to me], and I rescued you; I answered you out of a thundercloud. [Later] I tested [whether you would trust me to give you] water [when you were in the desert] at Meribah.
Tu as crié étant en détresse, et je t'en ai retiré; je t'ai répondu du milieu de la nue où gronde le tonnerre; je t'ai éprouvé auprès des eaux de Mériba; (Sélah)
8 [You who are] my people, listen while I warn you! I wish that you Israeli [people] would pay attention to what I [say to you]!
Ecoute mon peuple, je te sommerai; Israël ô si tu m'écoutais!
9 You must not have any idols of other gods among you; you must never bow to worship any of them!
Il n'y aura point au milieu de toi de dieu étranger, et tu ne te prosterneras point devant les dieux des étrangers.
10 I am Yahweh, your God; It was [not any of those other gods] who brought you out of Egypt, I am the one who did it! [So] ask me what you want me to do for you [MTY], and I will do it.
Je suis l'Eternel ton Dieu, qui t'ai fait monter hors du pays d'Egypte; dilate ta bouche, et je l'emplirai.
11 But my people would not listen to me [SYN]; they would not obey me.
Mais mon peuple n'a point écouté ma voix, et Israël ne m'a point eu à gré.
12 So even though they were very stubborn, I allowed them to do whatever they wanted to do.
C'est pourquoi je les ai abandonnés à la dureté de leur cœur, et ils ont marché selon leurs conseils.
13 I wish that my people would listen to me, that the Israeli [people] would behave as I want them to do.
Ô si mon peuple m'eût écouté! si Israël eût marché dans mes voies!
14 [If they did that], I would quickly defeat their enemies; I would strike/punish [all of] them [DOU].
J'eusse en un instant abattu leurs ennemis, et j'eusse tourné ma main contre leurs adversaires.
15 [Then all] those who hate me would (cringe before/bow down to) me, and [then I] would punish them [MTY] forever.
Ceux qui haïssent l'Eternel lui auraient menti, et le temps [de mon peuple] eût été à toujours.
16 [But] I would give you [Israelis] very good wheat/grain, and I would fill your stomachs with wild honey.”
Et [Dieu] l'eût nourri de la mœlle du froment; et je t'eusse, [dit-il], rassasié du miel [qui distille] de la roche.
