Hosea 9
1 [You people of] Israel, do not shout joyfully [during your festivals] like [people of other] nations do! [I say that] because you have (not been faithful to/abandoned) me, your God. At every place where the people thresh grain you have [presented gifts to your idols like men] pay money to prostitutes.
Ne te réjouis pas, Israël, jusqu'à la jubilation comme les nations; car vous avez été infidèles à votre Dieu. Tu aimes le salaire d'une prostituée à chaque aire de battage du grain.
2 [But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.
L'aire de battage et le pressoir ne les nourriront pas, et le vin nouveau lui fera défaut.
3 And you people will not remain in the land that I, Yahweh, [gave to your ancestors]. You will be [captured and] taken to [Assyria], [where you will become slaves like your ancestors were] in Egypt; and in Assyria you will be forced to eat food that Yahweh has forbidden you to eat.
Ils n'habiteront pas dans le pays de l'Éternel; mais Ephraïm retournera en Égypte, et ils mangeront des aliments impurs en Assyrie.
4 You Israelis will not [be able to] give wine offerings to him, or bring sacrifices to him. None of your other sacrifices will please him; they will be unacceptable to him, like [SIM] food that is touched by people at funerals, and everyone who eats that food will become unacceptable to him. They will be permitted to eat that food themselves, but they will not [be permitted to] bring it into the temple.
Ils ne verseront pas d'offrandes de vin à Yahvé, ils ne lui seront pas agréables non plus. Leurs sacrifices seront pour eux comme le pain des pleureuses; tous ceux qui en mangeront seront souillés; car leur pain sera pour leur appétit. Il n'entrera pas dans la maison de Yahvé.
5 At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.
Que ferez-vous le jour de l'assemblée solennelle? et le jour de la fête de Yahvé?
6 And even if you escape and are not killed [by the Assyrians], you will be captured by [the army of] Egypt, and you will [die and] be buried in Memphis, [the capital of Egypt]. Briers will [grow up and] cover your treasures of silver, and thorns will grow in your [ruined] tents/houses.
Car, voici, quand ils fuient la destruction, L'Égypte les rassemblera. Memphis va les enterrer. Les orties posséderont leurs agréments d'argent. Les épines seront dans leurs tentes.
7 It is now the time for Yahweh to punish you, to pay you back for all the sins that you have committed. You people will [soon] know that. You have [committed] very many sins, and you very much hate Yahweh. You consider that the prophets are foolish, and you think that those who proclaim messages from him are crazy.
Les jours de la visite sont arrivés. L'heure des comptes a sonné. Israël considérera le prophète comme un fou, et l'homme qui est inspiré pour être fou, à cause de l'abondance de vos péchés, et parce que votre hostilité est grande.
8 My God appointed [me and the other] prophets to be [like] [MET] watchmen [to warn] you people of Israel, but everywhere that we go, [it is as though] people set traps for us and people are hostile [to us, even] in the temple of our God.
Un prophète veille sur Éphraïm auprès de mon Dieu. Le piège de l'oiseleur est sur tous ses chemins, et l'hostilité dans la maison de son Dieu.
9 The sins that the Israeli people have committed are as awful as [what the men of] Gibeah did long ago; [so] God will not forget the wicked things that they have done; he will punish the Israelis for [all] those sins.
Ils se sont profondément corrompus, comme à l'époque de Gibéa. Il se souviendra de leur iniquité. Il les punira pour leurs péchés.
10 [Yahweh says], “When I first started [to do things to help] Israel, it seemed to me as though [SIM] I had found grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were [delightful], like [SIM] the first figs that grow on fig trees [each year]. But when they came to Peor [Mountain], they worshiped that disgusting idol Baal, and they became as disgusting as the idol that they loved.
J'ai trouvé Israël comme des raisins dans le désert. J'ai vu vos pères comme les premières mûres du figuier à sa première saison; mais ils sont venus à Baal Peor, et se sont consacrés à la chose honteuse, et sont devenus abominables comme ce qu'ils aimaient.
11 The things that cause Israel to be great will disappear like [SIM] a bird that flies away; [most of their women will] not become pregnant [DOU] or give birth to children.
Quant à Ephraïm, sa gloire s'envolera comme un oiseau. Il n'y aura pas de naissance, pas d'enfant et pas de conception.
12 Even if their children are born and start to grow up, I will cause all of them to die [while they are still young]. Terrible things will happen to them when I abandon them!
Bien qu'ils élèvent leurs enfants, mais je les priverai de tout, et il ne restera pas un seul homme. En effet, malheur à eux aussi quand je m'éloigne d'eux!
13 I have seen Israel become beautiful and prosperous like Tyre [city] was [before it was destroyed], but now the people of Israel will [be forced to] take their children to be slaughtered [by their enemies].”
J'ai vu Ephraïm, comme Tyr, planté dans un lieu agréable; mais Ephraïm fera sortir ses enfants vers le meurtrier.
14 Yahweh, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should ask for my people. So I ask that you do this one thing: Cause the women who are pregnant to have miscarriages and unable [to nurse their babies].
Donnez-leur - Yahvé, que donnerez-vous? Donnez-leur un utérus qui fait des fausses couches et des seins secs.
15 [Yahweh says], “Because of all the wicked things that my people did at Gilgal, that is where I started to hate them. [And now], because of [all] the sinful things that they have done, I will expel them from my country. I will not love them any longer; all their leaders rebel [against me].
« Toute leur méchanceté est à Guilgal; car là, je les ai détestés. À cause de la méchanceté de leurs actes, je les chasserai de ma maison! Je ne les aimerai plus. Tous leurs princes sont des rebelles.
16 Israel is like [MET] a grapevine that is dried up; [like a vine] [MET] whose roots are withered and that produces no fruit. Even if the [women of Israel] give birth to [more] children, I will cause those children, whom they love, to die.
Ephraïm est frappé. Leur racine s'est asséchée. Ils ne porteront pas de fruits. Même si elles accouchent, je tuerai les bien-aimés de leurs entrailles. »
17 The people of Israel have not obeyed me, their God, so I will reject them. [As a result], they will wander among the [other] nations, [searching for a place to live].”
Mon Dieu les rejettera, parce qu'ils ne l'ont pas écouté; et ils seront des vagabonds parmi les nations.
