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].
Dans leur tribulation, ils se lèveront dès le matin pour venir vers moi: Venez, et retournons au Seigneur.
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.
Parce que c’est lui qui nous a pris et qui nous sauvera; il nous frappera et il nous guérira;
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).”
Il nous rendra la vie après deux jours; au troisième jour, il nous ressuscitera, et nous vivrons en sa présence. Nous connaîtrons, et nous chercherons à connaître, le Seigneur; comme le point du jour a été préparée sa sortie, et il viendra pour nous comme la pluie de la première et de l’arrière-saison.
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 ferai-je pour toi, Ephraïm? Que ferai-je pour toi, Juda? Votre miséricorde est comme la nuée du matin et comme la rosée qui se dissipe.
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.
À cause de cela, je les ai traités durement par les prophètes, je les ai tués par les paroles de ma bouche; et tes jugements éclateront 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].
Parce que c’est la miséricorde que je veux et non le sacrifice, et la science de Dieu plus que les holocaustes.
7 But they have refused to obey my agreement, [just] like Adam did; they have not been faithful to me.
Mais eux comme Adam, ils ont prévariqué contre moi.
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 cité de fabricateurs d’idoles, renversée par le 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.
Et elle est comme le gosier des voleurs altéré de carnage, alliée aux prêtres qui sur la voie tuent ceux qui viennent de Sichem; parce qu’ils sont livrés au crime.
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 j’ai vu une chose horrible; là sont les fornications d’Ephraïm; Israël s’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,”
Mais toi aussi, Juda, prépare-toi une moisson, lorsque je ramènerai de la captivité mon peuple.
