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 était une vigne couverte de feuilles, le fruit les égalait; selon l’abondance de son fruit elle a multiplié ses autels; suivant la fertilité de sa terre, elle a été féconde en simulacres.
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, maintenant ils périront; lui-même brisera leurs simulacres, il renversera leurs autels.
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.’
Parce qu’alors ils diront: Nous n’avons pas de roi; car nous ne craignons pas le Seigneur; et le roi, que nous fera-t-il?
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.
Vous prononcez les paroles d’une vision inutile, et vous ferez une alliance; et le jugement du Seigneur germera comme l’herbe amère sur les sillons d’un champ.
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.
Les habitants de Samarie ont adoré les vaches de Bethaven; parce que le peuple a pleuré sur lui, et les gardiens de son temple se sont réjouis de sa gloire, parce qu’elle s’est éloignée de lui.
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.
Puisque lui-même a été porté en Assyrie, en présent à un roi vengeur; la confusion couvrira Ephraïm, et Israël sera confondu dans ses desseins.
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 a fait disparaître son roi comme l’écume sur 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 hauteurs de l’idole, péché d’Israël, seront dévastées; la bardane et le chardon monteront sur leurs autels; et eux diront aux montagnes: Couvrez-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].
Depuis les jours de Gabaa, Israël a péché; là ils se sont arrêtés; ce ne sera pas une guerre comme à Gabaa contre des enfants d’iniquité, qui les atteindra.
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.
Selon mon désir, je les châtierai; les peuples s’assembleront contre eux, lorsqu’ils seront châtiés pour leur double iniquité.
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 qu’on a apprise à aimer le battage, et moi j’ai passé sur son beau cou; je monterai sur Ephraïm; Juda labourera et Jacob tracera par lui-même des sillons.
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.
Semez pour vous dans la justice, et vous moissonnerez en proportion de votre miséricorde, mettez votre terre en novale; mais il sera temps de rechercher le Seigneur, lorsque sera venu celui qui vous enseignera la justice.
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.
Vous avez cultivé l’impiété, vous avez moissonné l’iniquité, vous avez mangé un fruit de mensonge, parce que tu t’es confié en tes voies, en la multitude de tes braves.
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.
Le tumulte s’élèvera parmi ton peuple, et toutes les fortifications seront dévastées, comme fut dévasté Salmana au jour du combat par la maison de celui qui jugea Baal, la mère ayant été écrasée sur les 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].”
Ainsi vous a fait Béthel, à cause de la malice de vos méchancetés.
