Amos 5
1 You people [MTY] of Israel, listen to this funeral song that I will sing about you:
Écoutez cette parole, que je profère sur vous, — une lamentation, — maison d’Israël:
2 “You are like [MET] a young woman, but in spite of that, you will certainly be struck down and you will never get up again! You will lie on the ground, abandoned, and there will be no one to help you stand up.”
Elle est tombée, elle ne se relèvera plus, la vierge d’Israël! Elle est renversée sur sa terre, personne ne la relèvera.
3 This is what Yahweh the Lord says to the people [MTY] of Israel: [“When your enemies attack you, ] and when 1,000 [of your soldiers] will go [to a battle], there will be only 100 who will survive. When 100 soldiers march out [from a city to fight], there will be only ten who will remain alive.”
Car ainsi parle Yahweh: La ville qui se mettait en campagne avec mille guerriers en gardera cent; celle qui se mettait en campagne avec cent en gardera dix, pour la maison d’Israël.
4 Yahweh continues to say to the people [MTY] of Israel: “You Israeli people, return to me! If you do that, you will continue to remain alive.
Car ainsi parle Yahweh à la maison d’Israël: Cherchez-moi et vivez!
5 Do not go to Bethel to seek [my help]; do not go to Gilgal [to worship]; do not [even] go to Beersheba, because [your enemies] will drag away [the people of] Gilgal to other countries, and Bethel will be completely destroyed.”
Ne cherchez pas Béthel, ne venez pas à Galgala, ne passez pas à Bersabée! Car Galgala sera emmené captif, et Béthel deviendra néant.
6 So, come to Yahweh; if you do that, you will remain alive. If you do not do that, Yahweh will descend on you descendants [MTY] of Joseph like [SIM] a fire; that fire will burn everything in Bethel, and (nothing/no one) will be able to save that town.
Cherchez Yahweh et vivez, de peur qu’il ne fonde, comme un feu, sur la maison de Joseph, et ne la dévore, sans que Béthel ait personne pour éteindre.
7 You people distort what is fair/right and cause [people to think that] it is something that is very bitter; you treat good things as though they are evil.
Ils changent le droit en absinthe, et jettent à terre la justice!
8 [Do you know who] created all the groups of stars and put them in their places? [Each morning] he causes the darkness to become the dawn, and [each evening] he causes the daylight to become darkness. He scoops up water from the oceans [to become clouds], and then he dumps the water [from the clouds] onto the earth. The one who does those things is named Yahweh.
Il a fait les Pléiades et Orion; il change en aurore les ténèbres, et le jour en une nuit obscure; il appelle les eaux de la mer, et les répand sur la face de la terre; Yahweh est son nom.
9 He causes strong [soldiers] to be killed, and causes the (high walls around/fortresses of) cities to be torn down.
Il fait éclater la ruine sur le puissant, et la ruine fond sur la ville forte.
10 [He is the one who will punish you] because you hate those who challenge anyone who tries to make unjust decisions, and you hate those who tell the truth in your courts.
Ils haïssent à la Porte celui qui censure; et celui qui parle avec intégrité, ils l’ont en horreur.
11 You oppress poor people and force them to pay big taxes. You have built big stone mansions [for yourselves], but you will not be able to live in them. You have planted vineyards, but there will not be any [grapes for you to harvest to make] wine.
C’est pourquoi, parce que vous foulez aux pieds le pauvre, et que vous prélevez sur lui un tribut de blé; vous avez bâti des maisons en pierres de taille, et vous n’y habiterez pas, vous avez planté des vignes excellentes, et vous n’en boirez pas le vin.
12 I know all of your sins and the terrible crimes that you have committed. You oppress righteous/honest people, and you accept bribes. You do not allow judges to treat poor people justly.
Car je sais que nombreux sont vos crimes, que grands sont vos péchés, vous qui opprimez le juste, qui prenez des présents, et qui faites fléchir le droit des pauvres à la Porte.
13 This is a time when [many people do] evil things, so people who have good sense say nothing [when they hear about such things being done].
C’est pourquoi l’homme sage, en ce temps-ci, se tait; car c’est un temps mauvais.
14 In order to remain alive, you must stop doing what is wrong, and start doing what is right. If you do that, the Commander of the armies of angels will be with you like you claim [that he always is].
Cherchez le bien et non le mal, afin que vous viviez, et qu’ainsi Yahweh, le Dieu des armées, soit avec vous, comme vous le dites.
15 Love what is good, and hate what is evil! Try to cause [judges] in your courts to make decisions that are right/fair! If you do those things, perhaps the Commander of the armies of angels will act mercifully toward [you descendants of] Joseph who are still alive.
Haïssez le mal et aimez le bien, et restaurez le droit à la Porte: peut-être Yahweh, le Dieu des armées, aura-t-il pitié du reste de Joseph!
16 “Because I, Yahweh, [will punish you for your sins], this is what I have solemnly declared: People will be wailing loudly in every street, and people will be very sorrowful in every plaza. Farmers will be summoned to [come and] weep, along with the other official mourners who will wail [for those who have died].
C’est pourquoi ainsi parle Yahweh, le Dieu des armées, le Seigneur: Dans toutes les places, on se lamentera; dans toutes les rues on dira: Hélas! hélas! On appellera le laboureur au deuil, et aux lamentations, avec ceux qui savent gémir.
17 People will be wailing in your vineyards, because I will punish you [IDM] severely. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it!”
Dans toutes les vignes on se lamentera; car je passerai au milieu de toi, dit Yahweh.
18 Terrible things will happen to you who desire that it will soon be the day when Yahweh [will punish your enemies], because that will be a day of darkness, not of light.
Malheur à ceux qui désirent le jour de Yahweh! Que sera-t-il pour vous, le jour de Yahweh? Il sera ténèbres, et non lumière.
19 [At that time, ] when you try to run from a lion, you will face a bear. When you run into your house [to be safe], and you put your hand on a wall, it will be bitten by a snake.
Comme un homme qui s’enfuit devant le lion, et l’ours vient à sa rencontre; il entre dans sa maison, appuie sa main sur le mur, et le serpent le mord!...
20 That day, [when he punishes people], will certainly be [RHQ] a very dark day [MET], without even a little bit of light.
N’est-il pas ténèbres, le jour de Yahweh, et non lumière, obscurité, sans aucun éclat?
21 [Yahweh says], “I hate your religious celebrations and the times when you gather to worship me; I detest them [DOU].
Je hais, je dédaigne vos fêtes, je n’ai aucun goût à vos assemblées.
22 Even if you bring me offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar] and offerings of grain, I will no longer accept them. Even if you bring me offerings to renew/maintain fellowship with me, I will not pay any attention to them.
Si vous m’offrez vos holocaustes et vos oblations, je n’y prends pas plaisir, et vos sacrifices de veaux engraissés, je ne les regarde pas.
23 So, stop singing noisy/loud songs! I will not listen when you play harps.
Éloigne de moi le bruit de tes cantiques; que je n’entende pas le son de tes harpes!
24 Instead, your continually acting justly/fairly and righteously should be [never stop, ] like [SIM] [the water in] a river that never stops flowing.
Mais que le jugement coule comme l’eau, et la justice comme un torrent qui ne tarit pas!
25 You Israeli people [MTY], your [ancestors] wandered through the desert for 40 years; and during that time, they never brought any sacrifices and offerings to me!
Des sacrifices et des oblations m’en avez-vous offert, dans le désert pendant quarante ans, maison d’Israël?
26 But they carried the two idols that they had made— the idols of Succoth, the god [that they considered to be] their king, and Kaiwan, [the image of the] star [that they worshiped].
Vous avez porté la tente de votre roi, et Kijoum, vos idoles, l’étoile de votre dieu, que vous vous êtes fabriqué.
27 Therefore, now I will force you to go to [a country that is] far beyond Damascus! [That will surely happen because] I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it!”
Je vous déporterai par delà Damas, dit Yahweh; Dieu des armées est son nom.
