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 (mon peuple)! et à vos sœurs: Ruchama (dont on a pitié)!
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 contre votre mère, plaidez! Car elle n'est pas ma femme, et je ne suis point son mari. Qu'elle ôte ses prostitutions de son visage et ses adultères de son sein;
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].
De peur que je ne la dépouille à nu, et que je ne la mette comme au jour de sa naissance, et que je ne la rende semblable à un désert, à une terre aride, et ne la fasse mourir de soif;
4 I will not pity the people, because they have [abandoned me] as [MET] prostitutes abandon their husbands.
Et que je n'aie point pitié de ses enfants, parce que 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.’
Car 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 mon breuvage. “
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 ton chemin avec des épines. J'y élèverai un mur, tellement qu'elle ne trouvera 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 elle ne les atteindra pas; elle les cherchera, mais elle ne les trouvera point. Puis elle dira: “J'irai, et je retournerai à mon premier mari; car alors j'étais mieux que je ne suis 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.
Or elle n'a pas reconnu que c'était moi qui lui donnais le froment, et le moût, et l'huile, et qui lui multipliais l'argent et l'or, dont ils faisaient un Baal.
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 froment en son temps, et mon moût en sa saison, et j'enlèverai ma laine et mon lin qui couvraient 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 je découvrirai maintenant sa turpitude 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 dévasterai ses vignes et ses figuiers, dont elle a dit: “Ce sont là mes salaires, que mes amants m'ont donnés. “Je les réduirai en 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.
Et je la punirai pour les jours où elle offrait des parfums aux Baals, en se parant de ses bagues et de ses joyaux, et s'en 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 l'attirerai, et je la ferai aller 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.
Et de là je lui donnerai ses vignes, et la vallée d'Acor, comme une entrée d'espérance; et elle y chantera comme au temps de sa jeunesse, 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].
Et il arrivera en ce jour-là, dit l'Éternel, que tu m'appelleras: “Mon mari; “et tu ne m'appelleras plus: “Mon Baal (maître). “
17 I will not allow them to speak [MTY] the names of Baal; they will never use those names again.
Et j'ôterai de sa bouche les noms des Baals; et on ne fera plus mention de leur nom.
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, avec les oiseaux des cieux et les reptiles de la terre; je briserai, j'ôterai du pays l'arc, l'épée et la guerre, et je les ferai reposer en sûreté.
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.
Et je t'épouserai pour toujours; je t'épouserai par une alliance de justice et de droit, de bonté et de compassion.
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 t'épouserai en fidélité, et tu connaîtras 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 temps-là je répondrai, dit l'Éternel,
22 and grain will grow, and the vineyards and the olive trees will grow in Jezreel [Valley].
Je répondrai aux cieux, et ils répondront à la terre, et la terre répondra au froment, au moût et à l'huile, et ils répondront à Jizréel (que Dieu sème).
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.’”
Et je la sèmerai pour moi dans la terre, et je ferai miséricorde à Lo-Ruchama; et je dirai à Lo-Ammi: Tu es mon peuple! et il me dira: “Mon Dieu! “
