Hosea 4
1 You Israeli people, listen to this message from Yahweh! He is accusing you people who live in this country, [saying] “The people are not faithfully [doing what pleases me], they are not kind [to others], and they do not [even] know me!
Ecoutez la parole de Yahweh, enfants d’Israël; car Yahweh a un procès avec les habitants du pays. Car il n’y a ni vérité, ni compassion, ni connaissance de Dieu dans le pays.
2 Everywhere in this land they curse [others], they murder [others], they steal, and they commit adultery. They act violently toward others and commit one murder after another.
On se parjure, on ment, on tue, on vole, on commet l’adultère; ils font violence, et le sang versé touche le sang versé.
3 It is because of their doing those things that there is no rain [MTY], the land has become dry, the people are mourning, and the people are dying [from hunger]. Even the wild animals and the birds and the fish in the sea are dying.
C’est pourquoi le pays est dans le deuil, et quiconque y habite est sans force, jusqu’aux bêtes des champs et aux oiseaux du ciel; même les poissons de la mer disparaissent.
4 But no one should accuse someone else and say it is his fault. It is you priests whom I am accusing.
Mais que nul ne conteste, et que nul ne réclame! Car ton peuple est comme ceux qui auraient un procès avec le prêtre.
5 So I will punish [MTY] you priests, night and day, and I will punish the prophets with you. I am going to destroy [Israel, the nation that is like] [MET] a mother to you.
Tu trébucheras pendant le jour, le prophète aussi trébuchera avec toi pendant la nuit; et je ferai périr ta mère.
6 It is because my people do not know [about me] that they will be destroyed. And their not knowing about me is because you priests have refused [to teach them about me]; so I will no longer allow you to be my priests. You have forgotten the things that I taught you, so I will forget [to bless] your children.
Mon peuple périt faute de connaissance; parce que tu as rejeté la connaissance, je te rejetterai de mon sacerdoce. Tu as oublié la loi de ton Dieu; moi aussi, j’oublierai tes enfants.
7 As there are more and more priests, they have sinned against me more and more. So I will no longer allow them to be honored; instead, I will cause them to be disgraced.
Tant qu’ils sont, ils ont péché contre moi; je changerai leur gloire en ignominie.
8 The priests get food from [the offerings that the] people [bring in order to be forgiven for having sinned], [so] the priests want the people to sin more and more [in order that the people will bring them more and more offerings].
Ils se repaissent des péchés de mon peuple, ils ne désirent que ses iniquités.
9 The priests [are as sinful] as the [other] people, and I will punish [all of] them for what they have done; I will pay them back for the [evil] things that they have done.
Il en sera du prêtre comme du peuple; je vengerai sur lui ses voies, et je ferai retomber sur lui ses œuvres.
10 [The priests] will eat, but they will still be hungry; they will have sex with prostitutes, but they will not have any children, because they have abandoned [me], Yahweh,
Ils mangeront et ne seront pas rassasiés, ils se prostitueront et ne se multiplieront pas; car ils ont abandonné Yahweh pour ne plus le servir.
11 and they are devoting themselves to sleeping with prostitutes, and to [drinking] old wine and new wine, which results in their not being able to think clearly.”
La luxure, le vin et le moût enlèvent le sens.
12 “[You] my people request wooden idols [to tell you what you should do]! Like prostitutes who have left/abandoned their husbands,
Mon peuple consulte son bois, et son bâton lui apprend l’avenir; car un esprit de prostitution les a égarés, et ils se sont prostitués loin de leur Dieu.
13 you have abandoned [me] your God, and you are chasing after [other gods] on the tops of hills and mountains; you burn incense under oak [trees], poplar [trees], and other trees where there is nice/pleasing shade. So your daughters have become prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law have committed adultery.
Ils offrent des sacrifices sur les sommets des montagnes, et ils brûlent de l’encens sur les collines, sous le chêne, le peuplier, le térébinthe, parce que l’ombrage en est bon. C’est pourquoi, si vos filles se prostituent, et si vos jeunes femmes sont adultères,
14 But it is not [only] your daughters [whom I will punish] for having become prostitutes, and it is not [only] your daughters-in-law whom I will punish for committing adultery, because the men also are having sex with prostitutes, and they offer sacrifices with the prostitutes [who search for men at the] shrines [of the idols]. [They are all] foolish people, and they will [all] be ruined.
je ne punirai pas vos filles parce qu’elles se sont prostituées, ni vos jeunes brus pour leurs adultères; car eux-mêmes vont à l’écart avec les prostituées, et sacrifient avec les courtisanes. Et le peuple sans intelligence court à sa perte.
15 You Israeli [people] have abandoned me like [MET] those who commit adultery have abandoned their spouses. But do not cause [the people of] Judah to sin [also]. Do not go to Gilgal or go up to Beth-Aven [towns] [to worship idols there]. Do not make solemn promises [there, saying ‘Just as surely] as Yahweh lives, [I will do what I am promising].’
Si tu te prostitues, O Israël, que Juda ne se rende pas coupable! Ne venez pas à Galgala, et ne montez pas à Bethaven, et ne jurez pas en disant: « Yahweh est vivant! »
16 You [people of Israel] are as stubborn as [SIM] a young cow. So there is no way [RHQ] that [I], Yahweh, will [provide food for them] [like a shepherd provides food for his] lambs [by leading them] to a nice meadow.
Parce que pareil à une génisse rétive, Israël a été rétif, maintenant Yahweh les fera paître, comme des agneaux, dans une plaine ouverte.
17 The people of Israel have chosen to worship idols [MET], [so] allow them [to do what they want to do].
Ephraïm est attaché aux idoles; laisse-le!
18 When their rulers finish drinking [their wine], they go to find prostitutes; they love their disgraceful behavior.
Dès qu’ils ont fini de boire, ils se livrent à la prostitution; leurs chefs n’aspirent qu’à l’ignominie.
19 But they will disappear [as though] [MET] they were blown away by a whirlwind. They will become [very] ashamed because of their offering sacrifices [to idols].”
Le vent les a enserrés dans ses ailes, et ils seront confus à cause de leurs sacrifices.
