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 va après le vent d'Orient; il multiplie tous les jours ses mensonges et le dégât, et ils traitent alliance avec l'Assyrie, et l'on porte des huiles de senteur 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 a aussi un procès avec Juda, et il visitera Jacob selon son train, il lui rendra 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 ventre il supplanta son frère, puis par sa force il fut vainqueur [en luttant] avec 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 fut vainqueur [en luttant] avec l'Ange, et fut le plus fort; il pleura, et lui demanda grâce; il le trouva à Béthel, et là [Dieu] parla avec nous.
5 [That was] the Commander of the armies of angels whose name is Yahweh [who talked with him]!
Or l'Eternel est le Dieu des armées; son mémorial, c'est L'[Eternel].
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.
Toi donc retourne-toi à ton Dieu; garde la miséricorde et le jugement, et aie continuellement espérance en ton Dieu.
7 The merchants [among you] use scales that do not weigh correctly; they love/like to cheat people.
[Ephraïm] est un marchand; il y a en sa main des balances trompeuses; il aime à faire des extorsions.
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.”
Et Ephraïm a dit: Quoi qu'il en soit, je suis devenu riche; je me suis acquis des richesses; pas un de mes travaux ne feront trouver en moi une iniquité qui soit un péché.
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 je suis l'Eternel ton Dieu dès le pays d'Egypte; je te ferai encore habiter dans des tentes, comme aux jours de fête solennelle.
10 [Many times] I spoke to the prophets, and I gave them many visions, and I gave them parables to tell [to the people].”
Je parlerai par les Prophètes, et multiplierai les visions, et je proposerai des similitudes par le moyen des Prophètes.
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.
Certainement Galaad n'est qu'iniquité, certainement ils ne sont que vanité; ils ont sacrifié des bœufs en Guilgal; même leurs autels sont comme des monceaux sur les sillons des champs.
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.
Or Jacob s'enfuit au pays de Syrie, et Israël servit pour une femme, et pour une femme il garda le bétail.
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.
Puis l'Eternel fit remonter Israël hors d'Egypte par le Prophète, et il fut gardé par le Prophète.
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.
[Mais] Ephraïm a provoqué [Dieu] à une amère indignation, c'est pourquoi on répandra son sang sur lui, et son Seigneur lui rendra son opprobre.
