Esaïe 48
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Isaiah 48
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| Écoutez ceci, maison de Jacob, Vous qui portez le nom d`Israël, Et qui êtes sortis des eaux de Juda; Vous qui jurez par le nom de l`Éternel, Et qui invoquez le Dieu d`Israël, Mais sans vérité ni droiture! | Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith. |
| Car ils prennent leur nom de la ville sainte, Et ils s`appuient sur le Dieu d`Israël, Dont le nom est l`Éternel des armées. | For they say that they are of the holy town, and put their faith in the God of Israel: the Lord of armies is his name. |
| Dès longtemps j`ai fait les premières prédictions, Elles sont sorties de ma bouche, et je les ai publiées: Soudain j`ai agi, et elles se sont accomplies. | I gave word in the past of the things which came about; they came from my mouth, and I made them clear: suddenly I did them, and they came about. |
| Sachant que tu es endurci, Que ton cou est une barre de fer, Et que tu as un front d`airain, | Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass; |
| Je t`ai annoncé dès longtemps ces choses, je te les ai déclarées avant qu`elles arrivassent, Afin que tu ne dises pas: C`est mon idole qui les a faites, C`est mon image taillée ou mon image en fonte qui les a ordonnées. | For this reason I made it clear to you in the past, before it came I gave you word of it: for fear that you might say, My god did these things, and my pictured and metal images made them come about. |
| Tu entends! Considère tout cela! Et vous, ne l`avouerez-vous pas?... Maintenant, je t`annonce des choses nouvelles, Cachées, inconnues de toi. | All this has come to your ears and you have seen it; will you not give witness to it? I am now making clear new things, even secret things, of which you had no knowledge. |
| Elles se produisent à présent, et n`appartiennent point au passé; Jusqu`à leur avènement tu n`en avais aucune connaissance, Afin que tu ne dises pas: Voici, je le savais. | They have only now been effected, and not in the past: and before this day they had not come to your ears; for fear that you might say, I had knowledge of them. |
| Tu n`en as rien appris, tu n`en as rien su, Et jadis ton oreille n`en a point été frappée: Car je savais que tu serais infidèle, Et que dès ta naissance tu fus appelé rebelle. | Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ears; because I saw how false was your behaviour, and that your heart was turned against me from your earliest days. |
| A cause de mon nom, je suspends ma colère; A cause de ma gloire, je me contiens envers toi, Pour ne pas t`exterminer. | Because of my name I will put away my wrath, and for my praise I will keep myself from cutting you off. |
| Je t`ai mis au creuset, mais non pour retirer de l`argent; Je t`ai éprouvé dans la fournaise de l`adversité. | See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble. |
| C`est pour l`amour de moi, pour l`amour de moi, que je veux agir; Car comment mon nom serait-il profané? Je ne donnerai pas ma gloire à un autre. | For myself, even because of my name, I will do it; for I will not let my name be shamed; and my glory I will not give to another. |
| Écoute-moi, Jacob! Et toi, Israël, que j`ai appelé! C`est moi, moi qui suis le premier, C`est aussi moi qui suis le dernier. | Give ear to me, Jacob, and Israel, my loved one; I am he, I am the first and I am the last. |
| Ma main a fondé la terre, Et ma droite a étendu les cieux: Je les appelle, et aussitôt ils se présentent. | Yes, by my hand was the earth placed on its base, and by my right hand the heavens were stretched out; at my word they take up their places. |
| Vous tous, assemblez-vous, et écoutez! Qui d`entre eux a annoncé ces choses? Celui que l`Éternel aime exécutera sa volonté contre Babylone, Et son bras s`appesantira sur les Chaldéens. | Come together, all of you, and give ear; who among you has given news of these things? the Lord's loved one will do his pleasure with Babylon, and with the seed of the Chaldaeans. |
| Moi, moi, j`ai parlé, et je l`ai appelé; Je l`ai fait venir, et son oeuvre réussira. | I, even I, have given the word; I have sent for him: I have made him come, and have given effect to his undertakings. |
| Approchez-vous de moi, et écoutez! Dès le commencement, je n`ai point parlé en cachette, Dès l`origine de ces choses, j`ai été là. Et maintenant, le Seigneur, l`Éternel, m`a envoyé avec son esprit. | Come near to me, and give ear to this; from the start I did not keep it secret; from the time of its coming into existence I was there: and now the Lord God has sent me, and given me his spirit. |
| Ainsi parle l`Éternel, ton rédempteur, le Saint d`Israël: Moi, l`Éternel, ton Dieu, je t`instruis pour ton bien, Je te conduis dans la voie que tu dois suivre. | The Lord who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, I am the Lord your God, who is teaching you for your profit, guiding you by the way in which you are to go. |
| Oh! si tu étais attentif à mes commandements! Ton bien-être serait comme un fleuve, Et ton bonheur comme les flots de la mer; | If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea: |
| Ta postérité serait comme le sable, Et les fruits de tes entrailles comme les grains de sable; Ton nom ne serait point effacé, anéanti devant moi. | Your seed would have been like the sand, and your offspring like the dust: your name would not be cut off or come to an end before me. |
| Sortez de Babylone, fuyez du milieu des Chaldéens! Avec une voix d`allégresse annoncez-le, publiez-le, Faites-le savoir jusqu`à l`extrémité de la terre, Dites: L`Éternel a racheté son serviteur Jacob! | Go out of Babylon, go in flight from the Chaldaeans; with the sound of song make it clear, give the news, let the word go out even to the end of the earth: say, The Lord has taken up the cause of his servant Jacob. |
| Et ils n`auront pas soif dans les déserts où il les conduira: Il fera jaillir pour eux l`eau du rocher, Il fendra le rocher, Et l`eau coulera. | They had no need of water when he was guiding them through the waste lands: he made water come out of the rock for them: the rock was parted and the waters came flowing out. |
| Il n`y a point de paix pour les méchants, dit l`Éternel. | There is no peace, says the Lord, for the evil-doers. |
