Isaïe 59

1 La main du Seigneur n'a-t-elle pas la force de sauver? A-t-il endurci ses oreilles pour ne pas entendre?

Listen to this! Yahweh’s power [MTY] is not ended/gone, with the result that he cannot save [you]. He has not become deaf [MTY], with the result that he cannot hear [you when you call to him for help].

2 Non; mais vos péchés mettent une barrière entre vous et Dieu, et à cause de vos péchés il a détourné de vous son visage pour ne vous point faire miséricorde.

But, you have separated yourselves from your God by the sins that you have committed. Because of your sins, he has turned away from you, with the result that he does not pay attention to what you request him to do.

3 Car vos mains sont souillées de sang, et vos doigts de péchés; vos lèvres parlent l'iniquité, et votre langue médite l'injustice.

You do violent things [MTY] [to others], with the result that your hands are stained with their blood. You [constantly] tell [MTY] lies, and you say [MTY] evil things [about others].

4 Nul ne dit des choses justes; il n'y a point de jugement sincère. Ils ont foi en des idoles; ils parlent vainement; et comme ils conçoivent la douleur, ils enfantent l'iniquité.

When you accuse someone in court, what you say is not fair and it is not true. You accuse people falsely. You are [constantly] planning to cause trouble for others, and then you do those evil things that you planned.

5 Ils ont fait éclore des œufs d'aspic; ils filent des toiles d'araignée; et celui qui se dispose à manger de leurs œufs, après avoir cassé un œuf gâté, y trouve un basilic.

What you plan to do to harm people [MET] is as dangerous as the eggs of a (cobra/poisonous snake), because cobras will hatch from those eggs. You trap people like [MET] spiders trap/catch insects in their webs.

6 Leur tissu ne fera jamais un manteau; ils ne se vêtiront jamais de leurs œuvres, car leurs œuvres sont des œuvres d'iniquité.

We people cannot hide/cover our skin with clothes made of spider webs [MET], and similarly you cannot hide the evil things that you have done. You are [constantly] acting [MTY] violently.

7 Leurs pieds courent au mal; ils sont prompts à répandre le sang, et leurs pensées sont des pensées de meurtre. L'oppression et la misère sont dans leurs voies.

You [SYN] are very quick to go and do evil things, and you hurry to murder people [MTY] who are innocent. You are [continually] thinking about sinning. Wherever you go, you destroy things and cause people to suffer.

8 Ils ne connaissent pas le chemin de la paix, et il n'est point de justice en leurs voies. Les sentiers où ils marchent sont tortueux, et ils ne connaissent point la paix.

You do not know how to act peacefully or to treat others fairly. You always are (dishonest/deceiving others) [MET], and those who imitate your behavior never have any inner peace.

9 C'est pourquoi l'équité s'est éloignée d'eux, et jamais la justice ne les a maintenus. Ils attendaient la lumière, et les ténèbres leur sont venues; ils comptaient sur l'éclat du jour, et ils marchent dans la nuit.

Because of that, God does not rescue us [from our enemies]; [it seems that] he is not acting fairly/righteously toward us. We expect [God to give us] light, but all [he gives us] is darkness [DOU].

10 Ils touchent aux murailles comme des aveugles; ils vont à tâtons, comme s'ils n'avaient point d'yeux; ils tombent à midi comme à minuit; et ils gémissent comme des mourants.

We are like [SIM] blind people who have to feel along a wall to be able to walk anywhere. We stumble [and trip] at noontime like [SIM] we would when it is dark. We are like [SIM] dead people who are among healthy people.

11 Ils marchent tous ensemble comme l'ours et comme la colombe; ils disent: Nous attendions le jugement, et il n'est point de salut, et il est bien loin de nous.

We growl like [SIM] [hungry] bears; we continually moan like [SIM] doves. We seek [people who do] what is just/fair, but we cannot find any [anywhere]. [We want God] to rescue us, but [it seems that] he is far away.

12 Notre iniquité est grande devant vous, Seigneur, et nos péchés se sont élevés contre nous; car nos iniquités sont en nous, et nous connaissons nos injustices.

[But these things are happening] because [it is as though] our sins are piled high in the presence of God, and that they testify [PRS] against us. We cannot deny it; we know that we have done many wrong things.

13 Nous avons vécu dans l'impiété et le mensonge; nous nous sommes éloignés de notre Dieu; nous avons dit des paroles injustes; nous avons désobéi; nous avons conçu et nourri dans nos cœurs des paroles d'iniquité.

[We know that] we have rebelled against Yahweh; we have turned away from him. We (oppress people/treat people cruelly) by what we testify [against them]; we do not allow them to get what they have a right to get. We [SYN] think about the lies that we can tell, and then we tell them.

14 Nous nous sommes détournés du jugement, et la justice s'est tenue loin de nous; car la vérité est anéantie dans leurs voies, et ils n'y peuvent plus marcher dans le sentier de la droiture.

[In our courts, the judges] do not decide cases/matters fairly; no one is acting righteously. In plazas where people gather together, no one tells the truth [PRS]; [it seems that people] are not allowed to say what is true.

15 Et la vérité leur a été ravie, et ils ont détourné leur esprit des choses de l'intelligence. Et le Seigneur l'a vu, et il s'est offensé de ce qu'ils n'avaient plus de justice.

No one tells the truth, and people try to ruin [the reputations of] those who quit doing evil. Yahweh looked around, and he saw that no one was doing what is just/fair, and he was [very] displeased.

16 Il a vu, et il n'y avait pas un homme; il a observé, et nul n'était là pour résister; et il les a secourus de son bras, et il les a raffermis par sa miséricorde.

He was disgusted when he saw that no one tried to help [those who were being treated cruelly]. So he used his own power [MTY] to rescue them; it is because he is always righteous that he did that [PRS].

17 Il s'est revêtu de la justice comme d'une cuirasse; et il a posé sur sa tête une couronne de salut; et il s'est enveloppé d'un manteau de vengeance, et il a pris son armure,

[It is as though he is a soldier who] [MET] puts on his armor and a helmet; his continually doing what is right is like [MET] his armor, and his ability to rescue people is [like] his helmet. His being extremely angry and his being ready to get revenge [on those who do evil] are like [MET] his robes.

18 Comme pour se préparer à répondre par l'outrage à ses ennemis.

He will repay his enemies for the evil things that they have done. He will severely punish [MTY] even those who live far [from Jerusalem].

19 Et les hommes de l'Occident craindront le nom du Seigneur, et ceux de l'Orient craindront aussi son nom glorieux; car la violence du Seigneur sera comme un fleuve impétueux: elle viendra avec des transports.

When that happens, people everywhere, from the east to the west, will respect and honor Yahweh [MTY], because he will come like [SIM] a rushing river that is pushed along by the strong wind that Yahweh sent.

20 En faveur de Sion viendra le Rédempteur, et il éloignera les impiétés de Jacob.

And Yahweh says that he will come to Jerusalem to free [his people]; he will come to rescue those in Judah who have quit (doing sinful things/their sinful behavior).

21 Et voici mon alliance avec eux, dit le Seigneur: Mon Esprit qui est en toi, et les paroles que j'ai mises en ta bouche, ne manqueront pas à ta bouche, ni à celle de ta postérité; car le Seigneur l'a dit, maintenant et pour tous les siècles.

This is what Yahweh says to his people: “This is the agreement that I will make with you: My Spirit will not leave you, and you will always have my message. You will [be able to] declare it [MTY], and your children and grandchildren will [be able to] declare it forever.”