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Isaiah 64
Louis Segond 1910 · Berean Standard Bible
Comme s’allume un feu de bois sec,
If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
Lorsque tu fis des prodiges que nous n’attendions pas,
as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!
Jamais on n’a appris ni entendu dire,
When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.
Tu vas au-devant de celui qui pratique avec joie la justice,
From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him (note: Cited in 1 Corinthians 2:9).
Nous sommes tous comme des impurs,
You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?
Il n’y a personne qui invoque ton nom,
Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags (note: Or like a stained menstrual garment); we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
Cependant, ô Éternel, tu es notre père;
No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand (note: LXX, Syriac, and Targum Yonaton; MT have made us melt in the hand) of our iniquity.
Ne t’irrite pas à l’extrême, ô Éternel,
But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
Tes villes saintes sont un désert;
Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
Notre maison sainte et glorieuse,
Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.
Après cela, ô Éternel, te contiendras-tu?
Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.