Hosea 6
1 [The Israeli people say, ] “Come, let’s return to Yahweh! He has caused [us] to be injured, but he will heal us. He has caused [us] to be wounded, but [it is as though] he will put bandages on our wounds [MET].
« Venez, retournons à l'Éternel, car Il a déchiré et Il nous guérira, Il a frappé et Il bandera nos plaies.
2 After a very short time he will revive us; in less than three days he will restore us in order that we may live in his presence.
Il nous rendra la vie dans deux jours, et le troisième Il nous mettra debout, afin que nous vivions devant lui.
3 We must try to know Yahweh; [if we do that, ] he will come [and help] us, as surely as the sun rises [every morning], as surely as rain falls every winter/cold season, and as surely as the rain falls again (in the springtime/at the end of the cold season).”
Apprenons donc à connaître, appliquons-nous à connaître l'Éternel! Tel que celui de l'aurore, son lever est certain; Il viendra à nous comme la rosée, comme la seconde pluie qui arrose la terre. »
4 [But Yahweh knows they are insincere; ] [so he says to them, ] “You [people of] Israel, and you [people of] Judah, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should do to you. Your being faithful [to me will disappear as quickly] as [SIM] the morning mist [disappears], like [SIM] the dew [on the ground] that disappears quickly [when the sun shines].
Que te ferai-je, Éphraïm, que te ferai-je, Juda? Car votre piété est comme les vapeurs du matin, et comme la rosée qui bientôt s'évanouit.
5 I warned [HYP] you by [the messages that I gave to] the prophets, [but you did not pay attention to my messages]. Therefore I will completely destroy you; the punishment that I give you will strike you like lightning.
Pour cela je les frappe par mes prophètes, je les tue par les paroles de ma bouche, et tes châtiments apparaîtront comme la lumière.
6 I want [my people] to faithfully love [me] more than [I want them to offer] sacrifices [to me]; [I want them] to know me more than [I want them to] completely burn sacrifices [on the altar].
Car j'aime la piété et non les sacrifices, et la connaissance de Dieu plus que les victimes.
7 But they have refused to obey my agreement, [just] like Adam did; they have not been faithful to me.
Mais eux, comme Adam, violent l'alliance; ici même ils me sont infidèles.
8 Gilead is a city [full] of people who do wicked things; [in the streets] are the bloody footprints [of those who have murdered others].
Galaad est une ville de malfaiteurs, elle porte des traces de sang.
9 The priests are like [SIM] bandits who wait (in ambushes/along the road) to attack people; they murder [people who are walking] on the road to Shechem, and they commit other disgraceful crimes.
Telle une bande de brigands aux aguets, telle est la confrérie des sacrificateurs; ils tuent sur le chemin de Sichem, oui, ils commettent des crimes.
10 I have seen horrible things [being done] in Israel [MTY]. The people have abandoned me [like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands] [MET]; [so the people of] Israel have become unacceptable to me.
Dans la maison d'Israël je vois des horreurs; c'est la prostitution d'Éphraïm; Israël est souillé.
11 And you [people of] Judah, I have appointed a time when I will punish [MET] you, too. Whenever I wanted to enable my people to prosper again,”
A toi aussi, Juda, est préparée une moisson, quand je ramènerai les captifs de mon peuple.
