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.
Embouche la trompette! L'ennemi fond comme un aigle sur la maison de l'Éternel, parce qu'ils ont violé 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 crieront à 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 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 fait des rois, mais non de ma part; des chefs, mais à mon insu. Ils se sont fait des dieux de leur argent et de leur or; c'est pourquoi ils seront retranchés!
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, ô Samarie, est rejeté! Ma colère s'est embrasée contre eux! Jusqu'à quand seront-ils incapables d'innocence?
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; c'est un ouvrier qui l'a fait, et il n'est point Dieu. C'est pourquoi le veau de Samarie sera mis en pièces!
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 sèment le vent, ils moissonneront la tempête. Ils n'auront point de blé debout; ce qui pousse ne donnera point de farine; et si peut-être il en donne, les étrangers la 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. Ils sont maintenant parmi les nations comme un vase dédaigné.
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 vers Assur, comme un âne sauvage qui se tient à l'écart. Éphraïm a fait des présents pour avoir des amis.
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.
Et parce qu'ils font des présents chez les nations, je vais maintenant les rassembler, et ils commenceront à diminuer 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.
Parce qu'Éphraïm a multiplié les autels pour pécher, ces autels lui tourneront en piège.
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 je lui multiplie mes enseignements par écrit, 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.
Dans les sacrifices qui me sont offerts, ils sacrifient de la chair et la mangent; mais l'Éternel ne les agrée point. Maintenant il se souvient de leur iniquité, et il punira leur péché: 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.”
Israël a oublié celui qui l'a fait, et a bâti des palais, et Juda a multiplié les villes fortes; mais j'enverrai dans les villes de celui-ci un feu qui dévorera les palais de celui-là.
