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 l’Eternel, enfants d’Israël! car l’Eternel prend à partie les habitants de ce pays, parce qu’il n’y a ni vérité, ni bonté, ni connaissance de Dieu dans ce 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 n’y voit que parjure et mensonge, meurtre, vol et adultère; ils renversent toutes les barrières, et le sang se mêle au sang.
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 ce pays est en deuil, tous ses habitants languissent, en même temps que les bêtes des champs et les oiseaux du ciel; même les poissons de la mer périssent.
4 But no one should accuse someone else and say it is his fault. It is you priests whom I am accusing.
Toutefois, que personne ne s’avise de faire des remontrances, que personne ne morigène! Ton peuple est de ceux qui récriminent contre 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.
Aussi trébucheras-tu en plein jour et, avec toi, le prophète trébuchera la nuit; et j’en finirai avec 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 d’intelligence. Puisque tu as dédaigné, toi, l’intelligence, mon dédain ne te permettra pas de rester mon pontife; tu as oublié la doctrine de ton Dieu: moi de même, 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.
Avec leur puissance croissaient leurs péchés envers moi: je changerai donc leur gloire en opprobre.
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 nourrissent du péché de mon peuple, et leurs appétits cherchent satisfaction dans ses fautes.
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 peuple, comme du pontife! Je leur ferai expier leur conduite et leur revaudrai leurs 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 sans se rassasier, s’adonneront à la débauche sans se multiplier, car ils ont renoncé à tenir compte de l’Eternel.
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 débauche, le vin et le moût leur enlèvent toute intelligence.
12 “[You] my people request wooden idols [to tell you what you should do]! Like prostitutes who have left/abandoned their husbands,
Mon peuple demande des oracles à son morceau de bois, et son bâton doit le renseigner: c’est que l’esprit de débauche l’a égaré, et il se prostitue en trahissant son 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 sacrifient sur le sommet des montagnes et brûlent de l’encens sur les coteaux, au pied du chêne, du peuplier blanc et du térébinthe: l’ombrage en est si agréable! C’Est pourquoi vos filles se prostituent et vos brus deviennent 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 prostituent ni vos brus parce qu’elles deviennent adultères, car eux-mêmes s’isolent avec des prostituées et sacrifient de concert avec les courtisanes sacrées. C’Est ainsi que se perd un peuple, faute de sens!
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 toi, ô Israël, tu te livres à la prostitution, que Juda du moins ne se rende pas coupable! N’Allez donc pas à Ghilgal, ne montez pas à Beth-Awên, et ne jurez pas "par la vie de l’Eternel!"
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.
Si les gens d’Israël sont indociles comme une vache vicieuse, le Seigneur devra-t-il donc les faire pâturer comme des brebis dans de vastes prairies?
17 The people of Israel have chosen to worship idols [MET], [so] allow them [to do what they want to do].
Ephraïm est collé aux idoles, qu’on le laisse!
18 When their rulers finish drinking [their wine], they go to find prostitutes; they love their disgraceful behavior.
Leur ivresse est-elle passée, ils s’adonnent à la débauche; ils se complaisent dans l’opprobre, ceux qui doivent les protéger!
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].”
Un vent les enveloppera dans ses ailes, alors ils auront honte de leurs sacrifices.
