< 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! Comme un aigle, [il fond] sur la maison de l'Éternel, parce qu'ils ont violé mon alliance et déserté ma loi.
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
Ils me crieront: 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 répudié le bien; 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 élu des rois, mais non pas de par moi, et des princes, mais à mon insu. De leur argent et de leur or ils se sont fait des idoles, pour être détruits.
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?
Odieux est ton veau, Samarie! Ma colère s'allume contre eux; combien de temps 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 c'est d'Israël qu'il vient aussi; un sculpteur l'a fait, 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.
Car ils sèment du vent, et moissonnent la tempête: ils n'ont point de blé, et le grain ne donne point de farine; en donnât-il, des étrangers la consumeraient.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Israël est consumé; maintenant ils sont parmi les peuples comme un vase dont personne ne fait cas.
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 vont en Assyrie: l'onagre se suffit seul à lui-même, Éphraïm se fait par des dons gagner 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.
Puisqu'ils font répandre leurs dons parmi les peuples, je rassemblerai ceux-ci, qui dans peu les délivreront du fardeau d'être roi, d'être 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.
Car Éphraïm a multiplié ses autels pour pécher, et ces autels sont devenus un péché pour lui.
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'avais écrit pour lui mes lois par milliers; elles sont estimées comme choses étrangères.
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.
Ils font des sacrifices de mes offrandes, ils sacrifient la chair et en mangent; l'Éternel n'y prend point de plaisir. Maintenant Il se rappelle leur crime et punit leurs péchés; ils retourneront en Egypte.
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.”
Et Israël a oublié son créateur et bâti des palais, et Juda a élevé nombre de villes fortes; mais j'enverrai le feu dans leurs villes, et il dévorera leurs palais.