Isaías 49
Septante en francais
1Îles, écoutez-moi ; nations, soyez attentives : Après un long temps, ceci arrivera, dit le Seigneur ; dès les entrailles de ma mère, le Seigneur m'a donné mon nom.
2Il a rendu ma bouche aiguë comme un glaive ; il m'a caché en m'abritant de sa main ; il a fait de moi sa flèche d'élite, et il m'a caché dans son carquois.
3Et il m'a dit : Tu es mon serviteur, Israël, et par toi je serai glorifié.
4Et j'ai dit : En vain je me suis fatigué ; j'ai vainement et sans fruit déployé ma force ; c'est pourquoi j'attends mon jugement du Seigneur, et mon labeur est devant moi.
5Et maintenant voici ce que dit le Seigneur, qui, dès les entrailles de ma mère, m'a formé pour être son serviteur, pour ramener ensemble devant lui Jacob et Israël : Je me réunirai au Seigneur, et je serai glorifié devant lui, et mon Dieu sera ma force.
6Et il m'a dit : C'est déjà pour toi une grande chose d'être appelé mon serviteur, d'établir les tribus de Jacob et de ramener Israël dispersé ; mais voilà que je t'ai choisi pour être l'alliance des races, la lumière des Gentils, le salut de tous, jusqu'aux extrémités de la terre.
7Ainsi dit le Seigneur, qui t'a délivré, le Dieu d'Israël : Sanctifiez celui qui n'a pas épargné sa vie, et qui cependant est abominable parmi les nations esclaves des princes. Les rois le verront, les princes se lèveront devant lui, et ils l'adoreront pour l'amour du Seigneur ; car le Saint d'Israël est fidèle ; et je t'ai choisi.
8Voici ce que dit encore le Seigneur : Au temps opportun, je t'ai exaucé ; au jour du salut, je t'ai porté secours, je t'ai formé, et je t'ai choisi pour l'alliance des nations, pour l'apaisement de la terre, pour la possession d'héritages dépeuplés.
9Et tu diras à ceux qui sont dans les chaînes : Sortez ; et à ceux qui sont dans les ténèbres : Voyez la lumière. Et ils se repaîtront sur toutes les voies, et leur pâturage sera dans tous les sentiers.
10Ils ne sentiront ni la faim ni la soif ; la chaleur ni le soleil ne les accableront ; mais celui qui leur fait miséricorde les consolera ; il les conduira à travers des sources d'eau vive.
11Et je ferai de toute montagne un chemin, et de tout sentier un pâturage pour eux.
12Voilà que ceux-ci viendront de loin, ceux-là du Septentrion et de la mer, d'autres de la terre des Perses.
13Cieux, réjouissez-vous ; terre, tressaille d'allégresse ; que les montagnes éclatent de joie : le Seigneur a eu pitié de son peuple, et les humbles de son peuple, il les a consolés.
14Sion avait dit : Le Seigneur m'a délaissée, le Seigneur m'a oubliée.
15Est-ce qu'une mère oublie son enfant ? Est-ce qu'elle n'a point compassion du fruit de ses entrailles ? Et lors même que la mère les oublierait, moi je ne t'oublierai jamais, dit le Seigneur.
16Voilà que j'ai gravé sur mes mains la trace de tes murailles ; tu es sans cesse devant moi.
17Et bientôt tu seras rebâtie par ceux qui t'ont détruite ; et ceux qui t'ont désolée sortiront de toi.
18Lève les yeux alentour, et regarde-les tous ; ils ont été rassemblés, et ils sont venus à toi. Par ma vie, dit le Seigneur, tu te revêtiras d'eux tous comme d'une parure ; tu en seras ornée comme des habits d'une fiancée.
19Tes solitudes, tes places détruites et ruinées seront alors trop étroites pour ceux qui t'habiteront ; et les hommes qui te dévoraient s'en iront au loin.
20Et tes fils, ceux que tu avais perdus, viendront dire à tes oreilles : Ce lieu est trop resserré, fais-moi une place où je puisse m'établir.
21Et tu diras en ton cœur : Qui m'a engendré ceux-là ? J'étais veuve, et je n'avais point d'enfant : qui m'a élevé ceux-là ? J'étais seule et abandonnée ; d'où ceux-là me viennent-ils ?
22Ainsi dit le Seigneur : Voilà que je lève la main sur les Gentils ; j'élèverai mon signe sur les îles, et ils amèneront tes fils sur leur sein, et ils transporteront tes filles sur leurs épaules.
23Et les rois seront tes pères nourriciers, et les reines tes nourrices ; ils t'adoreront la face contre terre ; ils lècheront la poussière de tes pieds, et tu connaîtras que je suis le Seigneur ; et ceux qui m'attendaient ne seront pas confondus.
24Est-ce que l'on enlève son butin à un géant ? Est-ce que celui qu'on a fait injustement captif sera délivré ?
25Or voici ce que dit le Seigneur : Si l'on fait captif un géant, on lui enlèvera son butin ; si l'on reprend des mains du fort son captif, celui-ci sera sauvé. C'est moi qui plaiderai ta cause, moi qui délivrerai tes enfants.
26Et ceux qui t'auront opprimée mangeront leurs propres chairs, et ils boiront leur propre sang comme du vin nouveau, et ils s'enivreront ; et toute chair sentira que je suis le Seigneur, que c'est moi qui t'ai sauvé, et qui ai protégé la force de Jacob.
Reina-Valera 1909
1OIDME, islas, y escuchad, pueblos lejanos: Jehová me llamó desde el vientre; desde las entrañas de mi madre tuvo mi nombre en memoria.
2Y puso mi boca como espada aguda, cubrióme con la sombra de su mano; y púsome por saeta limpia, guardóme en su aljaba;
3Y díjome: Mi siervo eres, oh Israel, que en ti me gloriaré.
4Yo empero dije: Por demás he trabajado, en vano y sin provecho he consumido mi fortaleza; mas mi juicio está delante de Jehová, y mi recompensa con mi Dios.
5Ahora pues, dice Jehová, el que me formó desde el vientre por su siervo, para que convierta á él á Jacob. Bien que Israel no se juntará, con todo, estimado seré en los ojos de Jehová, y el Dios mío será mi fortaleza.
6Y dijo: Poco es que tú me seas siervo para levantar las tribus de Jacob, y para que restaures los asolamientos de Israel: también te dí por luz de las gentes, para que seas mi salud hasta lo postrero de la tierra.
7Así ha dicho Jehová, Redentor de Israel, el Santo suyo, al menospreciado de alma, al abominado de las gentes, al siervo de los tiranos: Verán reyes, y levantaránse príncipes, y adorarán por Jehová; porque fiel es el Santo de Israel, el cual te escogió.
8Así dijo Jehová: En hora de contentamiento te oí, y en el día de salud te ayudé: y guardarte he, y te daré por alianza del pueblo, para que levantes la tierra, para que heredes asoladas heredades;
9Para que digas á los presos: Salid; y á los que están en tinieblas: Manifestaos. En los caminos serán apacentados, y en todas las cumbres serán sus pastos.
10No tendrán hambre ni sed, ni el calor ni el sol los afligirá; porque el que tiene de ellos misericordia los guiará, y los conducirá á manaderos de aguas.
11Y tornaré camino todos mis montes, y mis calzadas serán levantadas.
12He aquí estos vendrán de lejos; y he aquí estotros del norte y del occidente, y estotros de la tierra de los Sineos.
13Cantad alabanzas, oh cielos, y alégrate, tierra; y prorrumpid en alabanzas, oh montes: porque Jehová ha consolado su pueblo, y de sus pobres tendrá misericordia.
14Mas Sión dijo: Dejóme Jehová, y el Señor se olvidó de mí.
15¿Olvidaráse la mujer de lo que parió, para dejar de compadecerse del hijo de su vientre? Aunque se olviden ellas, yo no me olvidaré de ti.
16He aquí que en las palmas te tengo esculpida: delante de mí están siempre tus muros.
17Tus edificadores vendrán aprisa; tus destruidores y tus asoladores saldrán de ti.
18Alza tus ojos alrededor, y mira: todos estos se han reunido, han venido á ti. Vivo yo, dice Jehová, que de todos, como de vestidura de honra, serás vestida; y de ellos serás ceñida como novia.
19Porque tus asolamientos, y tus ruinas, y tu tierra desierta, ahora será angosta por la multitud de los moradores; y tus destruidores serán apartados lejos.
20Aun los hijos de tu orfandad dirán á tus oídos: Angosto es para mí este lugar; apártate por amor de mí, para que yo more.
21Y dirás en tu corazón: ¿Quién me engendró estos? porque yo deshijada estaba y sola, peregrina y desterrada: ¿quién pues crió éstos? He aquí yo estaba dejada sola: éstos ¿dónde estaban?
22Así dijo el Señor Jehová: He aquí, yo alzaré mi mano á las gentes, y á los pueblos levantaré mi bandera; y traerán en brazos tus hijos, y tus hijas serán traídas en hombros.
23Y reyes serán tus ayos, y sus reinas tus amas de leche; el rostro inclinado á tierra te adorarán, y lamerán el polvo de tus pies: y conocerás que yo soy Jehová, que no se avergonzarán los que me esperan.
24¿Será quitada la presa al valiente? ó ¿libertaráse la cautividad legítima?
25Así empero dice Jehová: Cierto, la cautividad será quitada al valiente, y la presa del robusto será librada; y tu pleito yo lo pleitearé, y yo salvaré á tus hijos.
26Y á los que te despojaron haré comer sus carnes, y con su sangre serán embriagados como con mosto; y conocerá toda carne que yo Jehová soy Salvador tuyo, y Redentor tuyo, el Fuerte de Jacob.
King James Version
1Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
2And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
3And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
4Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
5And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.
6And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
7Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
8Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
9That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
11And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
12Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
13Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
14But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
15Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
16Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
17Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.
18Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.
19For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
20The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
21Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
22Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
24Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
25But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
26And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
World English Bible
1Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: the LORD has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.
2He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.
3He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
4But I said, “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with the LORD, and my reward with my God.”
5Now the LORD, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, says to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am honorable in the LORD’s eyes, and my God has become my strength.
6Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
7The LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up, princes, and they shall worship, because of the LORD who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
8The LORD says, “I have answered you in an acceptable time. I have helped you in a day of salvation. I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage,
9saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed along the paths, and their pasture shall be on all treeless heights.
10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them, for he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them by springs of water.
11I will make all my mountains a road, and my highways shall be exalted.
12Behold, these shall come from afar, and behold, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of Sinim.”
13Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains! For the LORD has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
14But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”
15“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!
16Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are continually before me.
17Your children hurry. Your destroyers and those who devastated you will leave you.
18Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live,” says the LORD, “you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and dress yourself with them, like a bride.
19“For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, surely now that land will be too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
20The children of your bereavement will say in your ears, ‘This place is too small for me. Give me a place to live in.’
21Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children and am alone, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought these up? Behold, I was left alone. Where were these?’”
22The Lord GOD says, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and lift up my banner to the peoples. They shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
23Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; and those who wait for me won’t be disappointed.”
24Shall the plunder be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
25But the LORD says, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the plunder retrieved from the fierce, for I will contend with him who contends with you and I will save your children.
26I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they will be drunk on their own blood, as with sweet wine. Then all flesh shall know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”