Amos 5
1 You people [MTY] of Israel, listen to this funeral song that I will sing about you:
Ecoutez cette parole, chant lugubre que j’entonne sur vous: La maison d’Israël est tombée, elle ne se relèvera plus.
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.”
La vierge d’Israël a été jetée par terre, et il n’y a personne qui la rétablisse.
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.”
Parce que voici ce que dit le Seigneur Dieu: Dans la ville de laquelle sortaient mille hommes, il en restera cent; et dans celle de laquelle sortaient cent, il en restera dix, dans 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.
Parce que voici ce que dit le Seigneur à la maison d’Israël: Cherchez-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.”
Et ne cherchez point Béthel, et n’allez point à Galgala, et vous ne passerez point à Bersabée, parce que Galgala sera emmenée captive, et Béthel sera réduite à rien.
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 le Seigneur, et vivez; de peur que la maison de Joseph ne s’embrase comme un feu; et le feu la dévorera, et il n’y aura personne qui éteigne 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.
C’est vous qui changez en absinthe le jugement, et qui abandonnez la justice sur la 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.
Cherchez qui a fait Arcturus et Orion, qui convertit les ténèbres en lumière du matin, et qui change le jour en nuit, qui appelle les eaux de la mer et la répand sur la face de la terre; le Seigneur 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 sourit en amenant la ruine sur le fort, et il porte le ravage sur le puissant.
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 ont eu en haine celui qui les reprenait à la porte; celui qui parlait à bon droit, ils l’ont abominé.
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 dépouilliez le pauvre, que vous lui enleviez un butin précieux, vous bâtirez des maisons en pierre de taille, et vous n’y habiterez pas; vous planterez des vignes délicieuses, 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.
Parce que j’ai connu vos nombreux crimes, et vos graves péchés; ennemis du juste, vous recevez des présents, et vous déprimez les 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 pour cela que l’homme prudent en ce temps-là se tiendra en silence, parce que le temps est 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 le Seigneur Dieu des armées sera avec vous, comme vous avez dit.
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 établissez à la porte de la ville le jugement; peut-être que le Seigneur Dieu des armées aura 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].
À cause de ceci, voici ce que dit le Seigneur Dieu des armées, le dominateur: Sur toutes les places publiques, lamentations, et dans tous les lieux qui sont hors de la ville, on dira: Malheur! malheur! et on appellera le laboureur au deuil, et aux lamentations ceux qui savent 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 il y aura des lamentations, parce que je passerai au milieu de toi, dit le Seigneur.
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 du Seigneur! pourquoi le désirer pour vous? Ce jour du Seigneur sera pour vous 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 si un homme fuit à la face du lion, et qu’il rencontre l’ours; et qu’il entre dans la maison, et appuie de sa main sur la muraille, et que le serpent le morde.
20 That day, [when he punishes people], will certainly be [RHQ] a very dark day [MET], without even a little bit of light.
Est-ce que le jour du Seigneur ne sera pas ténèbres et non lumière; obscurité et non splendeur?
21 [Yahweh says], “I hate your religious celebrations and the times when you gather to worship me; I detest them [DOU].
Je hais, et j’ai rejeté vos fêtes; je ne respirerai pas l’odeur de 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.
Que si vous m’offrez des holocaustes et des présents, je ne les recevrai pas; et les grasses victimes qui accompagneront vos vœux, je ne les regarderai pas.
23 So, stop singing noisy/loud songs! I will not listen when you play harps.
Eloigne de moi le tumulte de tes cantiques; et les airs de ta lyre, je ne les écouterai pas.
24 Instead, your continually acting justly/fairly and righteously should be [never stop, ] like [SIM] [the water in] a river that never stops flowing.
Et le jugement se découvrira comme l’eau, et la justice comme un torrent violent.
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 que vous m’avez offert des hosties et des sacrifices 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].
Et vous avez porté le tabernacle de votre Moloch, et l’image de vos idoles, l’étoile de votre dieu, que vous vous êtes 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 ferai émigrer au-delà de Damas, dit le Seigneur; car le Dieu des armées est son nom.
