Hosea 12
1 [The leaders of] Israel are constantly wavering [about seeking help from other countries]. [Seeking their help is as useless as] [MET] chasing the wind. They pile up their lies and violent acts. [First, ] they make a treaty with Assyria, and [then they] send olive oil to [the rulers of] Egypt [to seek their help].
Ephraïm se repaît de vent, et court après les rafales de l’Est; sans cesse il entasse la fraude et la violence. Ils font alliance avec Achour, et des cadeaux d’huile sont portés en Egypte.
2 Yahweh [says that he] will bring accusations against [the leaders of] Judah, and that he will punish [the descendants of] Jacob for what they have done.
L’Eternel va donc mettre en cause Juda, il va faire justice de Jacob selon sa conduite et le rémunérer selon ses œuvres.
3 [When Jacob was] in his mother’s womb, he grabbed his brother [Esau’s] heel [because he wanted to be born first]. When Jacob grew up, he wrestled with God.
Dès le sein maternel, il supplanta son frère et dans sa virilité il triompha d’un Dieu.
4 He struggled with [the one who had appeared to him in the form of] an angel, and Jacob defeated him, but [then] he cried and asked the angel to bless him. [Later], God came to Jacob at Bethel and talked with him there.
Il lutta contre un ange et fut vainqueur, et celui-ci pleura et demanda grâce: il devait le retrouver à Béthel, et là, il parla en notre faveur.
5 [That was] the Commander of the armies of angels whose name is Yahweh [who talked with him]!
Oui, l’Eternel, le Dieu-Cebaot, l’Eternel est son titre.
6 But you [people of Israel] must return to your God! You must faithfully love [him], and you must do what is fair/just and always depend on him.
O toi, reviens donc au sein de ton Dieu, sois fidèle à la vertu et la droiture, et espère en Dieu constamment.
7 The merchants [among you] use scales that do not weigh correctly; they love/like to cheat people.
Le Cananéen manie des balances frauduleuses, il aime pratiquer le dol.
8 [The people of] Israel boast, saying “We are [very] rich [DOU]; and we got all that money by our own efforts, and without committing any sin.”
Ephraïm aussi a dit: "Pourvu que je m’enrichisse, que j’acquière la puissance! Quel que soit le fruit de mes peines, on ne surprendra chez moi aucun méfait, rien qui soit une faute."
9 “I am Yahweh your God, [the one who brought your ancestors] out of Egypt. [And some day] I will force you to live in tents again [like your ancestors did] when [they celebrated] the Festival [of Living in Temporary Shelters].
Et moi, l’Eternel, qui fus ton Dieu à dater du pays d’Egypte, je te rétablirais dans tes tentes comme aux jours mémorables!
10 [Many times] I spoke to the prophets, and I gave them many visions, and I gave them parables to tell [to the people].”
Et je parlerais aux prophètes! et je multiplierais les apparitions et, par la voix des prophètes, je ferais connaître des visions,
11 [The people of] Gilead [city] are [RHQ] extremely wicked; they are worthless. The people sacrifice bulls in Gilgal [city], but their altars will [soon] become like [SIM] piles of stone [at the edge of] a plowed field.
alors que Ghilead est inique et traître, alors que dans Ghilgal on égorge des victimes; alors que leurs autels sont aussi nombreux que les glèbes dans les sillons d’un champ!
12 [Your ancestor] Jacob fled [from his brother Esau] and went to northwest Mesopotamia. He worked [for his uncle Laban for many years] to get a wife; he took care of [his uncle’s] sheep [to pay] for her.
Jacob s’était réfugié sur le territoire d’Aram; Israël avait été esclave pour une femme, pour une femme il avait été pâtre;
13 [Many years later, ] Yahweh enabled a prophet to bring the [ancestors of you] people of Israel here from Egypt; that prophet, [Moses], took care of them.
et c’est par un prophète que l’Eternel retira Israël de l’Egypte, par un prophète qu’il le protégea.
14 [But now the people of] Israel have caused [Yahweh] to become very angry; Yahweh says that they deserve to die because they caused [many others] to die [MTY]; he will pay them back for the sins that they have committed against him and for insulting him.
Et Ephraïm l’a cruellement offensé! Mais sa faute capitale, il la laissera peser sur lui, et ses outrages, son Souverain les lui fera expier.
