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!
Écoutez la parole du Seigneur, fils d’Israël, parce que voici venir le jugement du Seigneur avec les habitants de la terre; car il n’y a pas de vérité, et il n’y a pas de miséricorde, et il n’y a pas de science de Dieu sur la terre.
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.
L’imprécation, et le mensonge, et l’homicide, et le vol, et l’adultère, ont inondé la terre, et le sang s’est mêlé 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.
À cause de cela, la terre sera dans le deuil, et quiconque l’habite languira avec la bête de la campagne, et avec l’oiseau du ciel; et même les poissons de la mer seront enveloppés dans cette ruine.
4 But no one should accuse someone else and say it is his fault. It is you priests whom I am accusing.
Mais cependant que personne ne juge, et qu’aucun homme ne soit repris; car ton peuple est comme ceux qui contredisent 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.
Et tu succomberas aujourd’hui, et succombera aussi le prophète avec toi: la nuit j’ai réduit ta mère au silence.
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 s’est tu à cause qu’il n’a pas eu la science; parce que toi, tu as rejeté la science, je te rejetterai, afin que tu n’exerces pas le sacerdoce pour moi; et comme tu as oublié la loi de ton Dieu, j’oublierai tes enfants, moi aussi.
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.
À proportion de leur multitude, 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 nourriront des péchés de mon peuple, et ils encourageront leurs âmes dans leurs 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.
Et comme sera le peuple, ainsi sera le prêtre; et je visiterai sur lui sa voie, et je lui rendrai selon ses pensées.
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,
Et ils mangeront, et ils ne seront pas rassasiés; ils ont forniqué, et ils n’ont pas cessé, parce qu’ils ont abandonné le Seigneur en ne gardant point sa loi.
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 fornication, et le vin, et l’ivresse emportent le cœur.
12 “[You] my people request wooden idols [to tell you what you should do]! Like prostitutes who have left/abandoned their husbands,
Mon peuple a interrogé son bois, et son bâton lui a annoncé l’avenir, car l’esprit de fornication les a déçus; et ils ont forniqué en se séparant 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.
Sur les sommets des montagnes ils sacrifiaient; et sur les collines ils brûlaient de l’encens; sous un chêne, et un peuplier, et un térébinthe, parce que bonne en était l’ombre; pour cela forniqueront vos filles, et vos femmes seront 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 lorsqu’elles auront forniqué, ni vos femmes lorsqu’elles auront commis l’adultère; puisqu’eux mêmes vivaient avec des femmes de mauvaise vie, et qu’avec des efféminés ils sacrifiaient, et qu’un peuple non intelligent sera châtié.
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 forniques, toi, Israël, que Juda au moins ne pèche point, et n’entre pas à Galgala, et ne monte pas à Bethaven, et ne jure pas: Le Seigneur vit.
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.
Puisque, comme une génisse bondissante, Israël s’est détourné, maintenant le Seigneur les fera paître comme un agneau dans une vaste campagne.
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; abandonne-le.
18 When their rulers finish drinking [their wine], they go to find prostitutes; they love their disgraceful behavior.
Leur festin est séparé du vôtre; ils ont forniqué par la fornication; ses protecteurs ont aimé à le couvrir d’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].”
Un vent l’a enveloppé dans ses ailes, et ils seront confondus par leurs sacrifices.
