Isaïe 55
1 Ho! vous tous qui avez soif, venez aux eaux! et vous qui n'avez pas d'argent, venez, achetez et mangez! Venez, achetez sans argent et sans frais du vin et du lait.
“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!
2 Pourquoi pesez-vous de l'argent pour ce qui n'est pas du pain, et vos gains pour ce qui ne rassasie pas? Écoutez, écoutez-moi et goûtez les biens, et que votre âme se restaure par des mets succulents!
[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].
3 Prêtez l'oreille et venez à moi! écoutez, afin que votre âme vive! Je veux vous accorder une alliance éternelle, les grâces permanentes de David.
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.
4 Voici, je l'établis législateur des peuples, prince et ordonnateur des peuples.
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].
5 Voici, tu convieras un peuple que tu ne connais pas, et un peuple qui ne te connaît pas accourra près de toi, pour l'amour de l'Éternel ton Dieu, et à cause du Saint d'Israël, car Il te glorifie.
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.
6 Cherchez l'Éternel, pendant qu'il se trouve, invoquez-le, tandis qu'il est près!
Seek [to know] me while it is still possible for you to do that; call to me while I am near!
7 Que l'impie abandonne sa voie, et le méchant ses pensées, et qu'il vienne à l'Éternel qui aura pitié de lui, et à notre Dieu, car Il pardonne abondamment.
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].
8 Car mes pensées ne sont pas vos pensées, et vos voies ne sont pas mes voies, dit l'Éternel.
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.
9 Mais autant le ciel s'élève au-dessus de la terre, autant mes voies s'élèvent au-dessus de vos voies, et mes pensées au-dessus de vos pensées.
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.
10 Car telles la pluie et la neige descendent du ciel, et n'y retournent pas, mais abreuvent la terre et la fécondent, et la font végéter, et donnent la semence au semeur, et du pain à celui qui mange;
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.
11 telle est ma parole sortie de ma bouche; elle ne revient pas à moi sans effet, mais elle exécute ma volonté, et accomplit ce pour quoi je l'émets.
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].
12 Oui, vous partirez avec allégresse, et vous serez conduits en paix; les monts et les collines éclateront au-devant de vous en acclamations, et tous les arbres des campagnes applaudiront en battant des mains.
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.
13 Au lieu de la ronce s'élèvera le cyprès, et au lieu de la bruyère croîtra le myrte; et ce sera pour l'Éternel une gloire et un monument éternel qu'on ne détruira pas.
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].”
