Isaïe 43
1 Mais maintenant, ainsi parle l'Éternel ton créateur, Jacob, et ton formateur, Israël: Ne crains point, car je te rachète, je t'appelle par ton nom; tu es à moi!
But now, you people of Israel, listen to Yahweh, the one who established your nation. The one who caused you to become a nation [DOU] says this: “Do not be afraid, because I previously rescued you. I enabled you to have a personal relationship with me [MTY], and you belong to me.
2 Si tu traverses les eaux, je serai avec toi; et les fleuves, ils ne te submergeront pas; quand tu passeras par le feu, tu ne t'y brûleras pas, et la flamme ne te consumera pas.
When you [experience dangerous situations], and [you feel like] [MET] you are crossing deep rivers, I will be with you. When you have very big troubles/difficulties, you will [LIT] be able to endure them. When [people try to kill you like they tried to kill Daniel’s three friends by] throwing them in a fire, you will not [die, just like Daniel’s three friends were not] burned up,
3 Car je suis l'Éternel, ton Dieu; le Saint d'Israël est ton libérateur; je livre pour ta rançon l'Egypte, l'Ethiopie et Saba à ta place.
because I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, the one who rescues you. I will enable [the army of the emperor of Persia] to conquer Egypt instead of conquering you; similarly I will enable them to conquer Ethiopia, and Seba [in Arabia], in order that you can be saved.
4 Parce que tu as du prix à mes yeux, que je t'estime et que je t'aime, je livre des hommes à ta place, et des peuples en échange de ta vie.
I will cause other countries to be conquered, instead of your country; I will trade them for you, in order that you will not be killed, because you are very precious [DOU] to me and because I love you.
5 Ne crains point, car je suis avec toi! du Levant je ramènerai ta race, et du Couchant je te recueillerai.
Do not be afraid, because I am with you. [Some day] I will gather your descendants from the east and from the west.
6 Je dis au septentrion: « Restitue! » et au midi: « Ne recèle pas! Ramène mes fils des pays lointains, et mes filles des bouts de la terre:
I will command the [rulers of the nations to] the north and to the south, ‘Allow all the people of Israel to return [to their country], from the most distant places on the earth.
7 tous ceux qui s'appellent de mon nom, pour ma gloire je les ai créés, je les ai faits et les ai formés;
Allow all those who belong to me [MTY] to return, because I have caused them to become a nation in order that they would honor me; I am the one who has done that [DOU].’
8 élargis le peuple aveugle qui a des yeux, et les sourds qui ont des oreilles! »
Summon the people who have eyes but [it is as though] they are blind; summon those who have ears but [because they do not listen to me, it is as though] they are deaf.
9 Que toutes les nations s'assemblent à la fois, et que les peuples se réunissent! Lequel d'entre eux annoncerait ces choses? Qu'ils nous fassent entendre les premières prédictions! qu'ils produisent leurs témoins pour avoir gain de cause! sinon, qu'ils écoutent, et qu'ils disent: « C'est vrai! »
Gather people of all nations together, ones from all people-groups, [and ask them this]: ‘Has any of their idols foretold the things that are happening now? And can any of them predict what will happen in the future?’ Then bring people who will testify and say ‘I heard them predict things, and what they predicted was what happened,’ [but they will be lying].”
10 Vous êtes mes témoins, dit l'Éternel, ainsi que le serviteur dont j'ai fait choix, afin que vous soyez persuadés et me croyiez, et que vous sentiez que c'est moi. Avant moi aucun Dieu ne fut formé, et après moi il n'y en aura point.
But Yahweh says, “You people of Israel (are my witnesses/know what I have done), and you are the ones who serve me. I chose you in order that you would know me, believe in me, and understand that I am the only one who is [truly] God. There is no other [true] God. There was no other [true] God previously, and there will never be another [true] God.
11 C'est moi, moi qui suis l'Éternel, et hors moi il n'y a point de Sauveur.
I, [only] I, am Yahweh, and there is no other one who can save you.
12 C'est moi qui ai prédit et sauvé, et qui ai annoncé; et il n'y avait parmi vous aucun [dieu] étranger! vous êtes donc mes témoins, dit l'Éternel, et je suis Dieu.
I said that I would rescue [your ancestors], and then I rescued them, and I proclaimed [that I had done it]. No foreign god among you did that! And you are witnesses that only I, Yahweh, am God.
13 Depuis qu'il y a un temps, déjà je le suis, et personne ne sauve de ma main: ce que je fais, qui le retirera?
I am God, the one who has existed forever and who will exist forever; no one can snatch people from my hand, and no one can alter/change what I have done.”
14 Ainsi parle l'Éternel, votre rédempteur, le Saint d'Israël: Pour l'amour de vous j'envoyai contre Babel, et je ferai embarquer tous les fugitifs et les Chaldéens sur les vaisseaux où ils chantent.
Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, is the one who rescues you; and this is what he says: “For your sake, I will send [an army] to [attack] Babylon. They will force the people of that city to flee in ships which they have been proud of.
15 Moi l'Éternel, je suis votre Saint, le Créateur d'Israël, votre Roi.
I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the one who caused Israel to become a nation, and the one who is really your king.
16 Ainsi parle l'Éternel, qui fraya dans la mer un chemin, et dans les eaux puissantes un sentier,
I am Yahweh, the one who opened a path through the water, making a road through the [Red] Sea.
17 qui mit en campagne chars et chevaux, armée et héros (tous ensemble ils sont gisants, pour ne pas se relever; ils sont éteints, comme une mèche ils finirent):
Then I summoned the great army [of Egypt] to come with all their chariots and horses. [But when they tried to pursue my people], I caused the waves to flow over them [and they drowned]; their lives ended [like the light of a candle ends when someone] [MET] snuffs out the wick.
18 Ne pensez pas aux premiers temps, et à ce qui précéda n'ayez point égard!
But do not think [only] about what happened in the past, long ago [DOU].
19 Voici, je vais faire des choses nouvelles; déjà elles germent: ne les connaîtrez-vous pas? Oui, je ferai passer une route dans le désert, et des fleuves dans la terre aride.
Instead, consider the new thing that I am going to do. I have already started to do it; can you see it? I am going to make a road through the desert. And I will cause there to be streams in the wasteland/desert.
20 Les bêtes des champs, les chacals et les autruches me loueront, parce que j'aurai mis des eaux dans le désert, et des fleuves dans la terre aride, pour abreuver mon peuple élu.
The jackals/wolves and owls and other wild creatures will thank me for giving them water in the desert. I will cause streams to appear in the dry desert in order that my people, the ones whom I have chosen, will have water;
21 Que le peuple que je me suis formé, redise mes louanges!
I will do that for the people whom I have created [and chosen] to belong to me, and [some day] they will cause many others to praise me.
22 Et cependant, Jacob, tu ne m'as pas invoqué, car tu t'es lassé de moi, Israël!
But now, you descendants of Jacob, you refuse to request my help. It seems that you people of Israel have become tired of worshiping me.
23 Tu ne m'as pas offert tes agneaux en holocaustes, et par tes sacrifices tu ne m'as pas glorifié; je ne t'ai point tourmenté par les offrandes, ni fatigué par l'encens;
You have not brought to me sheep or goats for offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar]; you have not honored me by [bringing to me any] sacrifices, even though the offerings of grain and incense [that I asked you] to bring to me were not a burden to you.
24 tu ne m'as point à prix d'argent acheté de roseau odorant, et de la graisse de tes victimes tu ne m'as point rassasié; mais tu m'as tourmenté par tes péchés, tu m'as fatigué par tes crimes.
You have bought for me fragrant reeds, and you have brought me the fat from your sacrifices. But these have not pleased me, because you have burdened me by all the sins that you have committed, and made me weary because of all (your iniquities/the wrong things that you have done).
25 Je veux, je veux effacer tes forfaits pour l'amour de moi, et de tes péchés ne plus me souvenir.
I am the one who is able to forgive you for all your sins; I am the only one who can do that, with the result that I will never think about them again.
26 Aide ma mémoire! Engageons le débat! parle, afin que tu sois justifié!
Tell me what I have done that you do not like. Do you think that when you state your case, you will prove that you (are innocent/have done nothing wrong) [IRO]?
27 Ton premier père pécha, et tes interprètes se rebellèrent contre moi:
No, [what has happened is that] the first ancestor of you Israelis sinned [against me], and since then, all your leaders have rebelled against me.
28 c'est pourquoi j'ai avili les princes du sanctuaire, et livré Jacob à la malédiction, et Israël aux outrages.
That is why I have caused your priests to be disgraced; and I have allowed others to destroy you people of Israel and caused you to be despised.”
