Hosea 2
1 [At that time, ] you will say to your fellow-Israeli men, “[You are] God’s people,” and [you will say] to your fellow-Israeli women, “You are ones whom God loves.”
Dites à vos frères: Ammi! Et à vos sœurs: Ruchama!
2 [Yahweh also said to me], “I want you to accuse the Israeli people. [It is as though] [MET] this nation is your mother, but this nation is [no longer as though it is] [MET] my wife, and it is [no longer as though] [MET] I am its husband. Tell the Israeli people that they must stop [acting like] a prostitute [by worshiping other gods]; they must stop showing by their behavior that they (are unfaithful to/have abandoned) [me] [MET].
Plaidez, plaidez contre votre mère, car elle n’est point ma femme, et je ne suis point son mari! Qu’elle ôte de sa face ses prostitutions, et de son sein ses adultères!
3 If they do not do that, I will not give them [food and] clothes [as a husband should give to his wife]; I will take away those things, and I will cause their nation to become [as deserted] as it was on the day that I [brought their ancestors out of Egypt and caused them to become a nation] [MET]. I will cause their country to be like [SIM] a desert; there will be no rain to water the ground [MET].
Sinon, je la dépouille à nu, je la mets comme au jour de sa naissance, je la rends semblable à un désert, à une terre aride, et je la fais mourir de soif;
4 I will not pity the people, because they have [abandoned me] as [MET] prostitutes abandon their husbands.
et je n’aurai pas pitié de ses enfants, car ce sont des enfants de prostitution.
5 Their parents are like prostitutes [MET]: they have been unfaithful [to me], and they have done [very] disgraceful things. They said, ‘We will run to [our idols/gods] who love us; [they are the ones] who give us food and water and wool and linen and [olive] oil, and [wine to] drink.’
Leur mère s’est prostituée, celle qui les a conçus s’est déshonorée, car elle a dit: J’irai après mes amants, qui me donnent mon pain et mon eau, ma laine et mon lin, mon huile et ma boisson.
6 So [it will be as though] [MET] I am blocking their road with thornbushes, and putting put a wall around them so that they do not know which way to go.
C’est pourquoi voici, je vais fermer son chemin avec des épines et y élever un mur, afin qu’elle ne trouve plus ses sentiers.
7 They will run to their idols/gods that [they think] love them, but they will not find them. They will search for their false gods, but they will not find them. Then they will say, ‘[Perhaps] we should return to [Yahweh], whom we worshiped previously [MET], because things were better for us then than they are now.’
Elle poursuivra ses amants, et ne les atteindra pas; elle les cherchera, et ne les trouvera pas. Puis elle dira: J’irai, et je retournerai vers mon premier mari, car alors j’étais plus heureuse que maintenant.
8 But they do not realize that I, [Yahweh], am the one who gave them grain and wine and [olive] oil; I am the one who gave them silver and gold which they used to worship Baal.
Elle n’a pas reconnu que c’était moi qui lui donnais le blé, le moût et l’huile; et l’on a consacré au service de Baal l’argent et l’or que je lui prodiguais.
9 Therefore I will return and take my grain and grapes from them when they are ripe. I will take from them the wool and linen that I gave to them [to make their clothes] [MTY].
C’est pourquoi je reprendrai mon blé en son temps et mon moût dans sa saison, et j’enlèverai ma laine et mon lin qui devaient couvrir sa nudité.
10 I will show those false gods/idols that what my people are doing is disgusting [MET], and no one will be able to hinder me from [punishing them].
Et maintenant je découvrirai sa honte aux yeux de ses amants, et nul ne la délivrera de ma main.
11 I will cause their religious celebrations to cease, the festivals that they celebrate every year and at every new moon and on their (Sabbath days/weekly days of rest). I will cause all their religious celebrations to cease.
Je ferai cesser toute sa joie, ses fêtes, ses nouvelles lunes, ses sabbats et toutes ses solennités.
12 I will destroy [all] their grapevines and fig trees, which they said were what their [idols/gods] who loved them paid them for worshiping those idols. I will cause those places to become a desert, and wild animals will eat the fruit [that remains].
Je ravagerai ses vignes et ses figuiers, dont elle disait: C’est le salaire que m’ont donné mes amants! Je les réduirai en une forêt, et les bêtes des champs les dévoreront.
13 I will punish my people for [all] the times that they burned incense to [honor] the idols of Baal. They decorated themselves with rings and jewelry, and they went to worship those [false gods/idols] that [they thought] [IRO] loved them, but they abandoned/forgot me! [That is what I], Yahweh, say.
Je la châtierai pour les jours où elle encensait les Baals, où elle se paraît de ses anneaux et de ses colliers, allait après ses amants, et m’oubliait, dit l’Éternel.
14 But listen! [Some day] I will persuade my people [to worship me again]; I will lead them [out] into the desert and speak kindly to them [there].
C’est pourquoi voici, je veux l’attirer et la conduire au désert, et je parlerai à son cœur.
15 I will give their vineyards [back] to them, and I will cause Achor Valley, [which means ‘valley of trouble'], to become a valley where they will confidently expect [me to do good things for them]. They will (respond to/want to please) me there like they did long ago, when I freed them from [being slaves in] Egypt.
Là, je lui donnerai ses vignes et la vallée d’Acor, comme une porte d’espérance, et là, elle chantera comme au temps de sa jeunesse, et comme au jour où elle remonta du pays d’Égypte.
16 At that time, they will say to me, ‘[It is as though] [MET] you are our husband.’ They will not say that I am their [master, like they considered that] Baal [was].
En ce jour-là, dit l’Éternel, tu m’appelleras: Mon mari! Et tu ne m’appelleras plus: Mon maître!
17 I will not allow them to speak [MTY] the names of Baal; they will never use those names again.
J’ôterai de sa bouche les noms des Baals, afin qu’on ne les mentionne plus par leurs noms.
18 At that time [it will be as though] I will make an agreement with [all] the wild animals and birds, and [even with] the little animals that scurry across the ground, so that they will never harm my people [again]. And I will remove from their nation all the weapons [for fighting] battles, [like] swords and bows [and arrows]. The result will be that my people will live peacefully and safely, and will not be afraid.
En ce jour-là, je traiterai pour eux une alliance avec les bêtes des champs, les oiseaux du ciel et les reptiles de la terre, je briserai dans le pays l’arc, l’épée et la guerre, et je les ferai reposer avec sécurité.
19 I will cause them to be [as though they are] [MET] my bride forever. I will be righteous and fair/just; I will faithfully love them and be kind to them.
Je serai ton fiancé pour toujours; je serai ton fiancé par la justice, la droiture, la grâce et la miséricorde;
20 I will not abandon them, and they will realize [that I] Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do.]
je serai ton fiancé par la fidélité, et tu reconnaîtras l’Éternel.
21 At that time, [when they request me to do things for them], [I will do those things]. When they request clouds and rain to fall on their land, I will speak to the clouds, and rain will fall on the earth,
En ce jour-là, j’exaucerai, dit l’Éternel, j’exaucerai les cieux, et ils exauceront la terre;
22 and grain will grow, and the vineyards and the olive trees will grow in Jezreel [Valley].
la terre exaucera le blé, le moût et l’huile, et ils exauceront Jizreel.
23 [At that time], I will take care of the Israeli people [like a farmer plants and takes care of his crops] [MET]. I will love those people that I previously said were ones I did not love, and I previously said, ‘You are not my people,’ and [then] they will say to me, ‘You are our God.’”
Je planterai pour moi Lo-Ruchama dans le pays, et je lui ferai miséricorde; je dirai à Lo-Ammi: Tu es mon peuple! Et il répondra: Mon Dieu!
