Isaïe 66
1 Ainsi parle l'Éternel: Le ciel est mon trône et la terre mon marchepied; où est la maison que vous me bâtiriez, et où le lieu où je m'établirais?
Yahweh [also] said this: “[All of] heaven is [like] my throne, and the whole earth is [like] my footstool. So you could certainly not [RHQ] build a house [that would be adequate] for me to live in and rest!
2 Eh! tout cela, ma main l'a fait; et tout cela reçut l'être, dit l'Éternel. Mais sur celui-ci je fixe mes regards, sur le pauvre, et sur celui qui a l'esprit abattu et qui craint ma parole.
I [MTY] have created everything; all things exist because I made them. [That is true because I], Yahweh, have said it. The people I am [most] pleased with are those who are humble, who [patiently endure it when they] (suffer/are afflicted), and who tremble when they hear me [rebuking them].
3 Qui sacrifie un bœuf, tue un homme; qui immole une brebis, égorge un chien; qui présente une offrande, offre du sang de porc; qui brûle de l'encens, adore des idoles. Si eux ils ont choisi leurs voies, et si leur âme se complaît dans leurs abominations,
You have enjoyed [continually] doing the things that you want to do: [Some of] you slaughter oxen [to sacrifice them to me], but you also bring human sacrifices [to your idols]! You sacrifice lambs [to me], but you kill dogs [to offer them to your gods]. You offer grain to me, but you also bring pigs’ blood [to your idols]. You burn incense [to me], but you also praise your idols. You enjoy doing those disgusting things.
4 moi aussi je choisirai leur ruine, et ferai fondre sur eux ce qu'ils craignent; car j'ai appelé et personne ne répondit; j'ai parlé, et ils n'écoutèrent point et firent ce qui est mal à mes yeux, et choisirent ce que je n'approuve pas.
When I called [out to you], you did not answer. When I spoke, you did not pay attention. You did [many] things that I say are evil; you chose [to do] things that I did not like. So [now] I will punish you by causing you to experience the things that you are [very] afraid of.”
5 Entendez la parole de l'Éternel, vous qui craignez sa parole. Vos frères qui vous haïssent et vous repoussent à cause de mon nom, disent: « Que l'Éternel se montre dans sa gloire pour que nous voyions votre joie! »
But you people who tremble when you hear what Yahweh says, listen to what he says [now]: “Some of your people hate you and reject you because you belong to me. They make fun of you, and they say, ‘Yahweh should show his glorious power! We want to see him [do something to cause] you to be truly happy.’ But [some day] those people will be [very] disgraced.”
6 Mais ils seront confondus! une voix de tumulte part de la ville, une voix part du temple, la voix de l'Éternel qui apporte le salaire à ses ennemis.
[At that time], you will listen to the noise in the city. You will hear the shouting in the temple. It will be the sound of Yahweh shouting while he is punishing his enemies!
7 Avant de sentir les douleurs, elle a enfanté; avant que lui viennent les angoisses, elle est délivrée d'un fils.
No one [RHQ] ever heard that a woman gave birth to a baby when she was just starting to have birth pains.
8 Qui jamais entendit choses pareilles? qui en vit de semblables? Un pays est-il enfanté d'un jour, ou un peuple naît-il tout d'un coup, qu'après une douleur Sion aussitôt mette au jour ses enfants?
Certainly no one [RHQ] ever heard about such a thing happening, and no one has ever seen it happen. [Similarly], no one ever [RHQ] heard that a nation was created in one instant, not even in one day. But Jerusalem is like [MET] [a woman who] gives birth to children as soon as she starts to have birth pains.
9 Pourrais-je ouvrir les portes de la vie, et ne pas laisser enfanter? dit l'Éternel; ou, laissant enfanter, les fermerais-je? dit ton Dieu.
Women certainly do not [RHQ] bring infants to the time when they are ready to be born and then do not allow them to be born. [Similarly, he will do for Jerusalem] [MET] [what he has promised to do]: [He will cause Jerusalem to be full of people again]. [That will happen because] Yahweh has said it.
10 Réjouissez-vous avec Jérusalem, et qu'elle excite votre allégresse, ô vous tous qui l'aimez! Soyez heureux avec elle de son bonheur, vous tous qui êtes en deuil d'elle,
You people in [APO] Jerusalem, rejoice! And all you people who love Jerusalem should also be happy. You people who were sad because of [what happened to Jerusalem], you should now be glad.
11 afin d'être allaités et rassasiés du lait qui la console, pour vous abreuver avec délices au flux radieux de sa gloire!
[You people in Jerusalem] will [have everything that you need] like [MET] a baby that gets all it needs from its mother’s breasts. You will enjoy all the abundant and glorious things [MET] in the city.
12 Car ainsi parle l'Éternel: Voici, je dirige vers elle la paix comme un fleuve, et comme un torrent débordé la gloire des nations: et vous serez allaités, sur les bras vous serez portés, et caressés sur les genoux.
Yahweh has promised, “I will cause Jerusalem to be full of valuable things that come from other nations; those things will pour into Jerusalem; it will be like [SIM] a big flood. I will take care of the people of Jerusalem like women care for the babies that they nurse.
13 Tel un homme que console sa mère, ainsi je vous consolerai, et en Jérusalem vous serez consolés.
I will comfort you people in Jerusalem like [MET] mothers comfort their children.”
14 Vous le verrez, et votre cœur en sera joyeux, et vos os d'un gazon frais auront la vigueur, et la main de l'Éternel sera manifeste à ses serviteurs; mais Il est irrité contre ses ennemis.
When you see [those things happen], you [SYN] will rejoice. Your [old] bones will become strong [again] like [SIM] grass [that grows quickly/well in the springtime]. [When that happens, everyone] will know that Yahweh has power [MTY] to help those who worship and obey him, but that he is angry with his enemies.
15 Car voici, l'Éternel arrive dans un feu, et ses chars sont comme l'ouragan, pour vomir sa colère en fureur et son courroux en flammes de feu.
Yahweh will come down with flames of fire, and his chariots [will come down] like [SIM] a whirlwind; he will be extremely angry, and he will punish [his enemies] by burning them in a fire.
16 Car l'Éternel châtie par le feu, et toute chair par son épée, et nombreux sont les morts de l'Éternel.
[It is as though] [MET] Yahweh has a [big] sword, and he will judge and execute many people.
17 Ceux qui dans une enceinte font des lustrations et des purifications pour se rendre dans les bocages à la suite d'un [prêtre], qui mangent la chair du porc, et des choses abominables et des souris, ensemble ils périront, dit l'Éternel.
Yahweh says, “Some of you people purify/bathe yourselves and [then] go to a garden to worship your gods. You eat the meat of pigs and lizards and mice, [and other things that I have forbidden you to eat]. So I will get rid of you [for doing that].
18 Me voici, en présence de leurs œuvres et de leurs pensées!… Le moment est venu de rassembler toutes les nations et toutes les langues, et elles viendront et contempleront ma gloire.
I know [all] the [evil] things that you think and do. [It is now time] for me to gather together the people who live in all nations and who speak all languages, and to show them that I am very great.
19 Je mettrai en eux un signe, et du milieu d'eux j'enverrai des réchappés aux nations, à Tarsis, à Phul et à Lud qui bandent l'arc, à Thubal et à Javan, aux îles lointaines qui jamais n'ouïrent parler de moi et ne virent ma gloire, et ils publieront ma gloire parmi les nations.
I will put a mark on them, and those whom I have spared will go to various [distant] countries: to Tarshish, Put, Lud, Meshech, Tubal, Javan, and to distant islands. I will send them to proclaim to nations that have never heard about me that I am very great and glorious.
20 Et elles amèneront tous vos frères du milieu de tous les peuples en offrande à l'Éternel, sur des chevaux, et sur des chars, et en litière, et sur des mulets, et sur des dromadaires, à ma sainte montagne, à Jérusalem, dit l'Éternel, comme les enfants d'Israël apportent leurs offrandes dans des vases purs à la maison de l'Éternel.
Then they will bring back here your relatives [who have been (exiled/forced to go to other countries)], to be like [SIM] an offering to me. They will come on horses, in chariots, on mules, and on camels. They will come to [Zion, ] my sacred hill in Jerusalem. That will be like [SIM] the offerings that [my] Israeli people used to bring in the correct manner to the temple.
21 Et de ceux-ci aussi j'en prendrai pour Sacrificateurs et Lévites, dit l'Éternel.
[I solemnly promise that] I will appoint some of them to be priests, and others to do other work in my temple. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.
22 Car, de même que les nouveaux Cieux et la nouvelle terre que je crée, subsistent devant moi, dit l'Éternel, ainsi subsisteront devant moi votre race et votre nom.
I [also] promise that just like the new heaven and the new earth will last forever, you will always have descendants, and you [MTY] will always be honored.
23 Et de nouvelle lune en nouvelle lune, et de sabbat en sabbat, toute chair viendra se prosterner devant ma face, dit l'Éternel.
At every festival to celebrate the Sabbath [each week] and the new moon [each month], everyone will [come and] worship me. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.
24 Et ils sortiront et verront les cadavres des hommes qui se rebellèrent contre moi, car leur ver ne mourra point, et leur feu ne s'éteindra point, et ils seront en horreur à toute chair.
Then they will go out [of Jerusalem] and look at the corpses of those who rebelled against me. The maggots in those corpses will never die, the fire will never stop burning them, and everyone [who sees their corpses] will detest them.”
