< Hosea 3 >

1 Then Yahweh said to me, “Go and show to your wife that you still love her, even though she has been committing adultery with another man who loves her. [That will show that] I still love the people of Israel, even though they worship other gods/idols and eat raisin cakes [in feasts that honor those gods].”
L’Éternel me dit: Va encore, et aime une femme aimée d’un amant, et adultère; aime-la comme l’Éternel aime les enfants d’Israël, qui se tournent vers d’autres dieux et qui aiment les gâteaux de raisins.
2 [My wife had become a slave, ] but I bought her for (6 ounces/179 grams) of silver and ten bushels of barley.
Je l’achetai pour quinze sicles d’argent, un homer d’orge et un léthec d’orge.
3 Then I said to her, “You must wait for many days [before we sleep together] [EUP]. During that time, you must not be a prostitute, and you must not have sex with any other man; but I will live with you.”
Et je lui dis: Reste longtemps pour moi, ne te livre pas à la prostitution, ne sois à aucun homme, et je serai de même envers toi.
4 [Our doing that will show that] in the same way, the people of Israel will not have a king and [other] leaders for many years. They will not offer sacrifices or [have sacred stone] pillars, no sacred vest [for the Supreme Priest], and no idols!
Car les enfants d’Israël resteront longtemps sans roi, sans chef, sans sacrifice, sans statue, sans éphod, et sans théraphim.
5 But later, the people of Israel will return to Yahweh their God and [be guided by him and] by a king who is a descendant of [King] David. In the last/future days they will come to Yahweh, revering him and trembling [in his presence], and he will bless them.
Après cela, les enfants d’Israël reviendront; ils chercheront l’Éternel, leur Dieu, et David, leur roi; et ils tressailliront à la vue de l’Éternel et de sa bonté, dans la suite des temps.

< Hosea 3 >