Amos 5
1 You people [MTY] of Israel, listen to this funeral song that I will sing about you:
Ecoutez cette parole que je prononce à votre sujet comme une complainte, ô 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 et ne peut plus se relever, la vierge d’Israël, elle est étendue sur son sol, et personne ne la redresse."
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.”
Oui, ainsi parle le Seigneur Dieu: "La ville qui mettait en campagne mille hommes n’en conservera que cent; celle qui mettait en campagne cent hommes n’en conservera que dix à 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.
Eh bien! ainsi parle le Seigneur à la maison d’Israël: "Recherchez-moi et vous vivrez!
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.”
Mais ne vous enquérez pas de Béthel, n’allez pas à Ghilgal, ne passez point à Bersabée, car Ghilgal ira en exil et Béthel deviendra une ruine.
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.
Recherchez l’Eternel et vous vivrez! Autrement il fera éclater dans la maison de Joseph comme un feu qui 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 plante vénéneuse et foulent aux pieds 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.
Celui qui a créé les Pléiades et l’Orion, qui transforme les ténèbres profondes en aube matinale et fait succéder au jour la nuit sombre, qui appelle les eaux de la mer et les répand sur la surface du sol Eternel est son nom.
9 He causes strong [soldiers] to be killed, and causes the (high walls around/fortresses of) cities to be torn down.
C’Est lui qui déchaîne la ruine sur les puissants, la ruine qui fond sur les forteresses.
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 celui qui les morigène aux portes, et ont en horreur quiconque parle avec intégrité.
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.
Eh bien! c’est parce que vous piétinez le pauvre et lui prenez un tribut sur son blé, que vous vous bâtissez des maisons en pierres de taille: vous n’y habiterez point! Vous vous êtes planté de belles vignes: 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 le sais bien: nombreux sont vos péchés, énormes vos crimes. Vous persécutez le juste, acceptez des présents pour léser aux portes le droit des indigents.
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 prudent se tait en ce temps-ci, car c’est un temps de malheur.
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].
Recherchez le bien et non le mal, afin que vous viviez! Alors seulement l’Eternel, Dieu-Cebaot, sera 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, aimez le bien et faites prévaloir le droit aux portes. Peut-être alors l’Eternel, Dieu-Cebaot, prendra-t-il en pitié les débris 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].
En vérité, ainsi parle l’Eternel, Dieu-Cebaot, le Seigneur: "Sur toutes les places ce seront des lamentations, dans toutes les rues on s’écriera: "Hélas! Hélas!" On conviera les laboureurs au cortège funèbre, aux démonstrations de deuil ceux qui savent des complaintes.
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 tous les vignobles on mènera le deuil, quand je passerai au milieu de toi, dit l’Eternel.
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 qui désire voir le jour de l’Eternel! Que peut être pour vous le jour de l’Eternel? Ce sera un jour de ténèbres, non de 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.
Ce sera comme quand un homme fuit devant un lion, se trouve face à face avec un ours, entre dans la maison, s’appuie contre le mur et qu’un 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.
Bien sûr, le jour de l’Eternel sera ténèbres et non lumière, il sera sombre et sans lueur.
21 [Yahweh says], “I hate your religious celebrations and the times when you gather to worship me; I detest them [DOU].
Je hais, j’ai en dégoût vos fêtes, je ne prends nul plaisir 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.
Quand vous m’offrez des holocaustes et des oblations, je ne les agrée point; je n’ai point de regard pour votre tribut d’animaux gras.
23 So, stop singing noisy/loud songs! I will not listen when you play harps.
Faites-moi grâce du bruit de vos cantiques, que je n’entende plus le son de vos luths!
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 bon droit jaillisse comme l’eau, la justice comme un torrent qui ne tarit point!
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!
Est-ce donc que vous m’avez présenté sacrifices et oblations au désert, durant quarante années, ô 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].
Mais vous emporterez Siccout, votre roi, Kiyoun, votre idole, l’Etoile de votre Dieu que vous vous êtes confectionné.
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!”
Et je vous exilerai bien au-delà de Damas, dit Celui dont le nom est Eternel, Dieu-Cebaot."
