Isaiah 50
New King James Version
The Servant, Israel’s Hope
50 Thus says the Lord:
“Where is (A)the certificate of your mother’s divorce,
Whom I have put away?
Or which of My (B)creditors is it to whom I have sold you?
For your iniquities (C)you have sold yourselves,
And for your transgressions your mother has been put away.
2 Why, when I came, was there no man?
Why, when I called, was there none to answer?
Is My hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Indeed with My (D)rebuke I dry up the sea,
I make the rivers a wilderness;
Their fish stink because there is no water,
And die of thirst.
3 (E)I clothe the heavens with blackness,
(F)And I make sackcloth their covering.”
4 “The(G) Lord God has given Me
The tongue of the learned,
That I should know how to speak
A word in season to him who is (H)weary.
He awakens Me morning by morning,
He awakens My ear
To hear as the learned.
5 The Lord God (I)has opened My ear;
And I was not (J)rebellious,
Nor did I turn away.
6 (K)I gave My back to those who struck Me,
And (L)My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard;
I did not hide My face from shame and (M)spitting.
7 “For the Lord God will help Me;
Therefore I will not be disgraced;
Therefore (N)I have set My face like a flint,
And I know that I will not be ashamed.
8 (O)He is near who justifies Me;
Who will contend with Me?
Let us stand together.
Who is [a]My adversary?
Let him come near Me.
9 Surely the Lord God will help Me;
Who is he who will condemn Me?
(P)Indeed they will all grow old like a garment;
(Q)The moth will eat them up.
10 “Who among you fears the Lord?
Who obeys the voice of His Servant?
Who (R)walks in darkness
And has no light?
(S)Let him trust in the name of the Lord
And rely upon his God.
11 Look, all you who kindle a fire,
Who encircle yourselves with sparks:
Walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks you have kindled—
(T)This you shall have from My hand:
You shall lie down (U)in torment.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 50:8 Lit. master of My judgment
Ésaïe 50
La Bible du Semeur
L’Eternel veut vous délivrer
50 Voici ce que dit l’Eternel :
Où est la lettre de divorce
en vertu de laquelle ╵j’aurais répudié votre mère ?
Ou auquel de mes créanciers ╵vous ai-je donc vendus ?
Non, vous avez été vendus
à cause de vos fautes,
et ce sont vos révoltes
qui ont été la cause ╵de la répudiation de votre mère.
2 Lorsque je suis venu, ╵pourquoi n’y avait-il personne ?
Lorsque j’ai appelé, ╵pourquoi nul n’a-t-il répondu ?
Croyez-vous que ma main ╵soit devenue trop courte ╵pour délivrer ?
Que, pour vous libérer, ╵je n’aurais pas la force ?
Pourtant, par ma menace, ╵je mets la mer à sec,
et je réduis les fleuves ╵en un désert.
Leurs poissons pourrissent alors ╵par manque d’eau,
ils périssent de soif.
3 J’habillerai le ciel de noir
et je le couvrirai ╵d’un habit de toile de sac.
Le troisième chant du Serviteur
4 Le Seigneur, l’Eternel,
m’a donné une langue ╵de disciple attentif
pour que, par ma parole, ╵je sache fortifier
ceux qui sont fatigués.
Et il me fait tendre l’oreille
matin après matin,
afin que je l’écoute
comme un disciple.
5 Le Seigneur, l’Eternel, ╵a ouvert mon oreille,
et moi, de mon côté, ╵je n’ai pas résisté,
je ne me suis pas éclipsé.
6 J’ai présenté mon dos ╵à ceux qui me frappaient
et j’ai tendu mes joues ╵à ceux qui m’arrachaient la barbe.
Je n’ai pas caché mon visage
à ceux qui m’insultaient ╵et qui crachaient sur moi[a].
7 Le Seigneur, l’Eternel, ╵viendra à mon secours ;
voilà pourquoi je ne suis pas confus ;
c’est pourquoi j’ai rendu ma face ╵dure comme un caillou,
car je le sais : ╵je ne serai pas dans la honte.
8 Il est tout proche, ╵celui qui me justifiera.
Qui veut m’intenter un procès ?
Comparaissons ensemble !
Qui conteste mon droit ?
Qu’il s’approche de moi !
9 Le Seigneur, l’Eternel, ╵viendra à mon secours,
qui me condamnera ?
Mes adversaires ╵tomberont tous en loques, ╵comme de vieux habits :
les mites les dévoreront.
10 Qui parmi vous ╵craint l’Eternel ?
qu’il écoute[b] son serviteur !
Si quelqu’un marche ╵dans les ténèbres
sans avoir de lumière,
qu’il place sa confiance ╵en l’Eternel,
qu’il s’appuie sur son Dieu !
11 Mais vous qui allumez un feu,
qui vous armez ╵de flèches embrasées,
allez donc dans les flammes ╵de votre propre feu
et au milieu des flèches ╵embrasées par vous-mêmes.
C’est de par moi ╵que cela vous arrivera,
et c’est dans la douleur ╵que vous vous coucherez.
Isaiah 50
King James Version
50 Thus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
4 The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
5 The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
7 For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
8 He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
9 Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
10 Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
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