Amos 5
1 You people [MTY] of Israel, listen to this funeral song that I will sing about you:
Écoutez cette parole que je dis en complainte sur vous, 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, ne se relèvera pas, la vierge d'Israël; elle est jetée par terre, personne ne la remet debout!
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 le Seigneur, l'Éternel: La ville qui mettait en campagne mille hommes, n'en conserve que cent, et celle qui mettait en campagne cent hommes, n'en conserve 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.
Car ainsi parle l'Éternel à la maison d'Israël: Venez me chercher et vous aurez la vie!
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.”
et n'allez point chercher Béthel, et ne vous rendez point à Guilgal, et ne passez point à Béerséba! Car Guilgal va s'en aller captive, et Béthel cesser d'être.
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.
Venez chercher l'Éternel, et vous aurez la vie, afin qu'il n'envahisse pas la maison de Joseph, comme un feu qui dévore sans que pour éteindre il y ait personne à Béthel,
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.
vous qui en absinthe transformez le droit, et foulez la justice contre terre!
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, et change en lumière du matin l'obscurité de la mort, et le jour en nuit ténébreuse; Il appelle les eaux de la mer et les répand sur la face de la terre; l'Éternel 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 surgir soudain la ruine sur la tête du puissant, et la ruine fond sur les lieux forts.
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 prennent en haine celui qui aux Portes fournit sa preuve, et celui qui soutient le droit en abomination.
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.
Aussi puisque vous foulez les petits, et prenez d'eux du blé en présent, vous avez bâti des maisons de pierres équarries, mais vous ne les habiterez point, vous avez planté des vignes délicieuses, mais 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 connais vos nombreux crimes et vos péchés multipliés, vous qui opprimez le juste, acceptez des présents et aux Portes déboutez l'indigent.
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].
Aussi dans ces temps-ci le sage se tait, parce que ces temps sont 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].
Poursuivez le bien et non le mal, afin que vous ayez la vie, et qu'ainsi l'Éternel, Dieu des armées, soit avec vous, selon votre langage.
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 aux Portes donnez force au droit; peut-être l'Éternel, Dieu des armées, prendra pitié des restes 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].
Aussi ainsi parle l'Éternel, Dieu des armées, le Seigneur: Dans toutes les places le deuil! et dans toutes les rues on crie: Malheur! Malheur! on appelle le laboureur pour gémir, et les experts en complaintes pour se lamenter;
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!”
et dans toutes les vignes le deuil! car je passerai au travers de toi, dit l'Éternel.
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 appellent de leurs vœux la journée de l'Éternel! Que faites-vous de désirer la journée de l'Éternel? Elle sera ténèbres et non point 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.
Ainsi tel fuit devant le lion, et l'ours l'atteint; il gagne la maison, appuie sa main au mur, et le serpent le pique.
20 That day, [when he punishes people], will certainly be [RHQ] a very dark day [MET], without even a little bit of light.
La journée de l'Éternel n'est-elle pas obscurité et non lumière? n'est-elle pas sombre et sans clarté?
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, et n'ai point égard à vos solennités.
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.
Car, lorsque vous me présentez des holocaustes et vos offrandes, je ne les agrée pas et ne regarde pas vos grasses victimes d'actions de grâces.
23 So, stop singing noisy/loud songs! I will not listen when you play harps.
Écartez loin de moi le bruit de vos chants, je ne veux pas entendre le son de vos 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 la droiture prenne son cours comme les eaux, et la justice comme un fleuve qui ne cesse pas de couler.
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!
Vous m'avez présenté des sacrifices et des offrandes dans le désert, pendant quarante années, 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 portiez aussi la tente de votre roi, le piédestal de vos idoles, l'étoile de votre dieu que vous vous étiez fait.
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!”
Aussi je vous mènerai captifs au delà de Damas, dit l'Éternel, dont le nom est Dieu des armées.
