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.
A ta bouche la trompette! Comme un aigle sur la maison de Yahweh!... Parce qu’ils ont transgressé mon alliance, et péché contre ma loi.
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
Ils crient vers moi: « Mon Dieu! nous t’avons connu, nous, Israël! »
3 But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
Israël s’est dégoûté du bien; que l’ennemi le poursuive!
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 fait des rois, mais non de ma part; ils ont établi des chefs, mais que je n’ai pas connus; de leur argent et de leur or ils ont fait des idoles, pour que l’argent et l’or leur fussent ôtés.
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?
Ton veau m’a dégoûté, Samarie; ma colère s’est enflammée contre eux; jusques à quand ne pourront-ils être purifiés?
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 il vient d’Israël, lui aussi; un ouvrier l’a fabriqué, et ce n’est pas un Dieu; car il sera mis en pièces, le veau de Samarie!
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.
Parce qu’ils ont semé le vent, ils moissonneront la tempête. Il n’y aura pas pour lui d’épi, mais du blé qui ne donnera pas de farine; et, s’il en donne, les étrangers le dévoreront.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Israël est dévoré; maintenant ils sont devenus parmi les nations comme un objet 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 eux-mêmes sont montés vers Assur; L’onagre vit à l’écart; Ephraïm s’est acheté des amants.
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.
Même s’ils font des présents aux nations, je les rassemblerai contre eux, et ils trembleront pour un peu de temps, sous le fardeau du roi des princes.
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.
Ephraïm a multiplié les autels en péchant, et ces autels l’ont fait tomber dans 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.
Que j’écrive pour lui mille articles de ma loi, ils sont regardés comme une chose étrangère.
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.
Les sacrifices qu’ils m’offrent, c’est de la viande qu’ils immolent, et ils la mangent; Yahweh n’y prend pas de plaisir. Maintenant il se souviendra de leur iniquité, et il punira leurs péchés; ils retourneront, eux, 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.”
Israël a oublié son auteur, et il a bâti des palais; et Juda a multiplié ses villes fortes. J’enverrai le feu dans ses villes, et il dévorera ses châteaux.
