Hosea 7
1 “and when I wanted to heal them [again], [I did not do it, ] [because] I saw the wicked things that [the people of] Samaria [city] and [other places in] Israel [DOU] have done. They constantly deceive others; bandits rob people in the streets.
Quand j’ai voulu guérir Israël, alors s’est révélée l’iniquité d’Ephraïm, et la méchanceté de Samarie; car ils pratiquent le mensonge; le voleur pénètre dans la maison, le brigand se répand au dehors.
2 But they do not realize that I do not forget all the evil things that they do. [It is as though] they are surrounded by [all] the sins that they commit; and [it is though] those sins are [always right] in front of me [MTY].
Et ils ne disent pas en leurs cœurs que je me souviens de toute leur méchanceté. Maintenant leurs forfaits les entourent, ils sont là devant moi.
3 Their king is delighted with the wicked things that the people do; his officials are happy about the people’s lies.
Ils égaient le roi par leur méchanceté, et les princes par leurs mensonges.
4 [The king and his officials] are all treacherous. [They are always eager to do wicked things; ] they are like [SIM] an oven that is [very] hot: a baker mixes the dough and waits for it to expand, and he does not [need to] cause the oven to become hotter.
Ils sont tous adultères, pareils à un four allumé par le boulanger, qui cesse d’attiser le feu, depuis qu’il a pétri la pâte jusqu’à ce qu’elle soit levée.
5 The king and his officials get very drunk during their festivals, carousing with others who also do foolish things.
Au jour de notre roi, les princes se rendent malades par la chaleur du vin; il a étendu sa main avec les moqueurs.
6 The officials angrily plan to murder the king; it is like [SIM] they have an oven in their inner beings. All during the night their [eagerness/wanting to murder the king] is like a fire that is smouldering, but in the morning it becomes like [MET] a roaring fire.
Car, dans leur complot, ils ont mis leurs cœurs comme dans un four. Leur boulanger a dormi toute la nuit; le matin, il a été embrasé comme une flamme ardente.
7 All those officials are like [MET] hot flames that completely burn up their rulers, so all their kings are murdered, and no one pleads with me [to help them].”
Tous sont chauffés comme un four, et ils dévorent leurs juges. Tous leur rois sont tombés, sans qu’aucun d’eux ait crié vers moi.
8 “[The leaders of] Israel join with leaders of [godless] nations; so [the leaders of] Israel are [as worthless as] a pancake that is cooked on only one side.
Ephraïm se mêle avec les peuples; Ephraïm est un gâteau qu’on n’a pas retourné.
9 Joining with the rulers of foreign nations has caused Israel to be a weak [nation], but the Israelis do not realize that. Israel has become [like] [MET] a gray-haired old man, but the people of Israel do not realize it.
Des étrangers ont dévoré sa force, et il ne le sait pas; des cheveux blancs parsèment sa tête, et il ne le sait pas.
10 Their being proud [PRS] testifies against them, but in spite of that, they do not return to [me], Yahweh, their God, or [even] try to know me.
L’orgueil d’Ephraïm témoigne contre lui; ils ne reviennent pas à Yahweh, leur Dieu, et ils ne le recherchent pas, malgré tout cela.
11 [The people of] Israel have become foolish and stupid like [SIM] doves. [First] they called out to Egypt [to help them], [and then] they sought help from Assyria.
Ephraïm est devenu comme une colombe, simple et sans intelligence; ils invoquent l’Égypte, ils vont en Assyrie.
12 But wherever they go [to get help], [I will not allow them to succeed]; [it will be as though] [MET] I will throw a net over them like [SIM] [a hunter uses a net to capture] birds; I will punish them for the evil things that they do.
Pendant qu’ils y vont, j’étends sur eux mon filet; je les ferai tomber comme les oiseaux du ciel, je les châtierai comme on l’a annoncé dans leur assemblée.
13 Terrible things will happen to them because they abandoned/deserted me! They will be destroyed because they rebelled against me. I wanted to rescue them, but they tell lies about me.
Malheur à eux, car ils ont fui loin de moi! Ruine sur eux, car ils m’ont été infidèles! Et moi, je voudrais les sauver; mais eux disent contre moi des mensonges.
14 They do not cry out to me sincerely [IDM]; they [only] lie on their beds and wail. They gather together and ask [me to give them] grain and wine, but they turn away from me.
Ils ne crient pas vers moi dans leur cœur, quand ils se lamentent sur leurs couches. Ils se tourmentent au sujet du froment et du vin nouveau, se détournant de moi.
15 I trained/taught them and enabled them to become strong, but now they plan [to do] evil things to me.
Moi, je les instruisais et je fortifiais leurs bras, et ils méditent le mal contre moi.
16 They have rejected me, their Great God, and turned to their god Baal; they are [as useless] as [SIM] a crooked bow. Their leaders boast [that they are very strong], but they will be killed by [their enemies’] swords. As a result, [the people of] Egypt will laugh at them.”
Ils se tournent, mais non pas en haut; ils sont comme un arc trompeur; leurs chefs tomberont par l’épée à cause de la fureur de leurs langues; et cela fera rire d’eux au pays d’Égypte.
