Hosea 8
1 [Yahweh said to me], “Blow [MTY] your trumpet [to warn the people]! My people have rejected the agreement that I made with them, and they have rebelled against [obeying] my laws. Therefore, [their enemies] are swooping down on my people’s country like [SIM] an eagle.
« Mettez la trompette à vos lèvres! Quelque chose comme un aigle est au-dessus de la maison de Yahvé, parce qu'ils ont rompu mon alliance et se sont rebellés contre ma loi.
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
Ils s'écrient: « Mon Dieu, nous, Israël, nous te reconnaissons.
3 But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
Israël a rejeté ce qui est bon. L'ennemi le poursuivra.
4 The Israel people appointed [their last three] kings, but they did not ask me if I agreed to [what they were doing]. They chose their own leaders without asking if I would approve of them. They used their own silver and gold to make for themselves idols, and doing that led them to be destroyed.
Ils ont établi des rois, mais pas par moi. Ils ont fait des princes, et je n'ai pas approuvé. De leur argent et de leur or, ils se sont fait des idoles, pour qu'ils soient exterminés.
5 You people of Samaria, throw away your [idol that resembles a] calf! I am extremely angry with you people! How long [RHQ] will you [do things that cause] you to be unacceptable to me?
Que Samarie jette son idole de veau! Ma colère brûle contre eux! Combien de temps faudra-t-il avant qu'ils soient capables de pureté?
6 [Someone in] Israel made that idol for you; [but I am] God and it is not. So that idol of a calf in Samaria must be smashed to pieces.
Car cela vient même d'Israël! L'ouvrier l'a fait, et ce n'est pas Dieu; en effet, le veau de Samarie sera brisé en morceaux.
7 [The foolish thing that the people of Israel have done is like] [MET] trying to plant wind; but what they harvest will be like [MET] a whirlwind. So the grain that they planted will have no heads [on the stalks], and as a result [there will be no grain] from which to make flour. And if it did produce good grain, foreigners would [come and] steal it.
Car ils sèment le vent, et ils récolteront la tempête. Il n'a pas de grain sur pied. La tige ne donnera pas de tête. S'il cède, les étrangers l'avaleront.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Israël est englouti. Maintenant, ils sont parmi les nations comme une chose sans valeur.
9 Like [MET] donkeys that are looking for mates, they have requested [help] from Assyria; they paid money to [the leaders of Assyria] in order to [persuade those leaders to] protect them.
Car ils sont montés en Assyrie, comme un âne sauvage errant seul. Ephraim a engagé des amants pour lui-même.
10 But although they have agreed to pay money each year to [the leaders of] those countries, I will soon gather them together [to punish them]. The great King [of Assyria] will cause them to suffer greatly.
Mais bien qu'ils se soient vendus parmi les nations, Je vais maintenant les rassembler; et ils commencent à dépérir à cause de l'oppression du roi des puissants.
11 Although [the people of] Israel built many altars to present offerings [to their idols] to take away [their guilt for] sinning, those altars have become places where they commit [more] sins.
Car Ephraïm a multiplié les autels pour pécher, ils sont devenus pour lui des autels pour le péché.
12 I wrote many laws for them, but they disregarded them, saying that [they did not have to obey them because] they were different from laws that they had known previously.
J'ai écrit pour lui les nombreuses choses de ma loi, mais ils étaient considérés comme une chose étrange.
13 They offer sacrifices to me, and they eat [some of] the meat of those sacrifices, [which is what I permitted them to do]. But I, Yahweh, am not pleased with those sacrifices. I remember the evil things that they have done, and I will punish them for the sins that they have committed: I will force them to [go to other countries] [and become slaves like they were] [MET] in Egypt.
Quant aux sacrifices de mes offrandes, ils sacrifient de la viande et la mangent, mais Yahvé ne les accepte pas. Maintenant, il se souviendra de leur iniquité, et punir leurs péchés. Ils retourneront en Égypte.
14 [The people of] Israel have abandoned/forgotten me, the one who created their [nation]; they have built palaces, and [the people of] Judah have built walls around many towns. But I will send a fire that will destroy all their cities and their fortresses.”
Car Israël a oublié son créateur et a construit des palais; et Juda a multiplié les villes fortifiées; mais j'enverrai un feu sur ses villes, et il dévorera ses forteresses. »
