Hosea 10
1 “Israel was [like a large] healthy/luxuriant vine [MET] that produced [a lot of] grapes. But as the people became richer, they made more altars [at which to worship idols]. As the people prospered, they [built and] decorated sacred pillars [that they worshiped].
Israël est une vigne dépouillée. On lui avait prodigué les fruits: à mesure que ses fruits augmentaient, il multipliait les autels; plus son pays était prospère, plus ils érigeaient de belles stèles.
2 They are deceitful; [so] now they are guilty and must be punished. [I], Yahweh, will tear down their altars and smash those pillars.
Leur cœur s’est partagé, ils en portent la peine maintenant; Lui-même abattra leurs autels, ruinera leurs stèles.
3 Then they will say, ‘It is because we did not revere Yahweh that we no [longer] have a king. But [even if we had] a king, he certainly could not [RHQ] do anything to help us.’
Ils disent bien à présent: "De roi, nous n’en avons point! Car nous ne craignons pas l’Eternel, et le roi, à quoi peut-il nous servir?"
4 They falsely promise [that they will do many things]; they solemnly promise and make agreements, but they do not do what they promise. So people accuse and sue [each other in the courts]; they are like [SIM] poisonous weeds [that grow] in a plowed field.
Ils débitent de vains discours, des serments frauduleux, contractent des alliances, et le droit est comme une plante vénéneuse poussant dans les sillons des champs.
5 The people who live in Samaria [city] are worried about [what may happen to the idol that resembles] a calf [that they set up] at Beth-Aven [town]. The people in Samaria will mourn, and the priests there will cry about it [if it is damaged or destroyed]. [Previously] they shouted joyfully about its being very great; but now it will not be great any more.
Pour le veau de Beth-Awên, les habitants de Samarie tremblent; oui, ses fidèles sont en deuil à son sujet, ainsi que ses prêtres qui naguère se réjouissaient en lui; car le voilà dépouillé de son éclat.
6 It will be taken to Assyria to be a gift for the great King [of Assyria]. [So the people of] Israel will be disgraced, and they will be ashamed because [they trusted in] that idol.
Lui-même, on le transporte en Assyrie, comme présent au roi Protecteur; Ephraïm en recueille la honte, Israël est confus de sa résolution.
7 The King of Samaria [and the other people in Samaria] will be gone; they will be like [SIM] a twig [that floats away] on the surface of the water [and disappears].
Samarie est réduite à rien de même que son roi, tel un morceau de bois à la surface de l’eau.
8 The altars on the tops of hills [where the people worshiped idols] will be destroyed; those have been the places where the people of Israel sinned greatly. Thorns and weeds will grow and cover those altars. Then the people will plead to the mountains and hills, ‘Fall [down and] cover us [to protect us from God punishing us]!’
Les hauts-lieux criminels, le péché visible d’Israël, sont détruits; des ronces et des chardons poussent sur leurs autels. Alors ils diront aux montagnes: "Recouvrez-nous!" et aux collines: "Tombez sur nous!"
9 [You people of] Israel, [ever since your ancestors did evil things] at Gibeah, you have continued to sin. [When the people at] [PRS] Gibeah [did evil things], the result was a war [in which thousands of people died].
Plus qu’aux jours de Ghibea, tu as prévariqué, ô Israël! S’Ils s’étaient trouvés là, n’auraient-ils pas été atteints à Ghibea par la guerre dirigée contre les fils de l’iniquité?
10 [So now], when I want to, I will punish the Israeli people. Because of the many sins that they have committed, [the armies of other] nations will gather to attack them, and they will cause the Israeli people to become their slaves.
Au gré de mon désir, je veux les châtier; ils verront des peuples s’attrouper contre eux, pour s’être attachés à leurs deux péchés.
11 Israel is [like] [MET] a well-trained (heifer/young cow) that likes to thresh [grain]. [So now you will become slaves]. [It will be as though] I will put a yoke on your neck, and you will be forced to work hard for your enemies in their fields. [You people of] Israel and Judah [will be forced to go to Assyria]; there you [DOU] will pull plows to break up the ground [for planting seeds].
Ephraïm est une génisse bien dressée, aimant à fouler le blé; mais moi, je passerai sur son cou superbe, je ferai atteler Ephraïm; il faudra que Juda laboure, que Jacob traîne la herse.
12 [You plow your fields and plant your seeds] and harvest [your crops] [MET], [but what you need to do is] to act righteously and to faithfully love [me]; you need to repent [MET], because it is time to try to know [me], Yahweh; and if you do that, I will pour out [MET] many blessings on you.
Faites vos semailles selon la justice et vous moissonnerez selon la loi d’amour; tracez-vous des sillons. C’Est l’heure de se mettre en quête de l’Eternel, pour qu’il vienne verser sur vous le salut.
13 You [plant seeds and harvest the crops and eat them]; [but what I consider that you have really done is] that you have planted wicked things and harvested evil things and eaten [MET] the results [IDM] of the lies [that you have told]. [Instead of trusting in me, ] you have (depended on/trusted in) your own power and in your many soldiers.
Mais vous avez cultivé l’iniquité et récolté le mal; vous avez mangé le fruit de la tromperie; car tu as eu confiance en ta conduite, dans la multitude de tes guerriers.
14 As a result, you will [soon] hear the roar of battle, and all your cities that have walls around them will be destroyed, like [SIM] Shalman’s [army] destroyed Beth-Arbel [city] in a battle, and the women [in that city] and their children were bashed to death.
Aussi le tumulte de la guerre éclatera-t-il contre tes troupes, et toutes tes forteresses seront-elles ruinées, comme Salmân a détruit Beth-Arbêl au jour du combat, où les mères furent écrasées avec leurs enfants.
15 [You people of] [APO] Bethel [city], that is what will happen to you, because you are very wicked. And when the sun rises [on that day], the King of Israel will be killed [in the battle].”
Voilà le sort que vous prépare Béthel, à cause de l’excès de votre perversité. Dès le lever de l’aurore, c’en est complètement fini du roi d’Israël.
