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.
Que dans ta bouche soit une trompette, comme l’aigle sur la maison du Seigneur, à cause qu’ils ont transgressé mon alliance, et que contre ma loi ils ont prévariqué.
2 My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
Ils m’invoqueront, disant: Mon Dieu, nous vous reconnaissons, nous, Israël.
3 But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
Israël a rejeté 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 régné par eux-mêmes, et non par moi; des princes se sont élevés, et je ne les ai pas connus; de leur argent et de leur or ils se sont fait des idoles, afin d’être 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?
Ton veau, Samarie, a été jeté par terre; ma fureur s’est irritée contre eux; jusques à quand ne pourront-ils pas se purifier?
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.
Parce que c’est d’Israël que vient ce veau; un ouvrier l’a fait, ce n’est pas un Dieu, puisque le veau de Samarie sera comme une toile d’araignée.
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 sèmeront du vent et moissonneront une tempête; il n’y a pas un épi debout; le grain ne donnera pas de farine, et que s’il en donne, les étrangers la mangeront.
8 [The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
Israël a été dévoré; maintenant il est devenu parmi les nations comme un vase immonde.
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.
Parce qu’ils sont montés vers Assur, onagre solitaire qui ne vit que pour lui-même; Ephraïm a fait des présents à ceux à qui il se prostituait.
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, lorsqu’ils auront acheté le secours des nations, je les rassemblerai; et ils se reposeront un peu du fardeau imposé par un roi et par 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’Ephraïm a multiplié les autels pour pécher, les autels sont devenus pour lui une occasion de crime.
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’écrirai pour lui mes nombreuses lois qui ont été considérées comme 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 offriront des hosties, ils immoleront de la chair, et ils en mangeront, et le Seigneur ne les recevra pas; maintenant il se souviendra de leur iniquité, et il visitera leurs péchés; et eux, 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 il a bâti des temples; et Juda a multiplié ses villes fortifiées; et j’enverrai un feu dans ses cités, et il dévorera ses édifices.
