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 l’exultation, comme les peuples; car tu t’es prostitué, abandonnant ton Dieu. Tu as aimé les présents dans toutes les aires à froment.
2 [But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.
L’aire et la cuve ne les nourriront pas, et le moût les trompera.
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 ne demeureront pas dans le pays de l’Éternel; mais Éphraïm retournera en Égypte, et mangera en Assyrie ce qui est impur.
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 feront pas de libations de vin à l’Éternel, et leurs sacrifices ne lui seront pas agréables: ce sera pour eux comme le pain de deuil; tous ceux qui en mangeront se souilleront; car leur pain est pour eux-mêmes; il n’entrera pas dans la maison de l’Éternel.
5 At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.
Que ferez-vous au jour de l’assemblée, et au jour de fête de l’Éternel?
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, ils s’en sont allés à cause de la dévastation: l’Égypte les rassemblera, Moph les enterrera. Ce qu’ils ont de précieux [en objets] d’argent, l’ortie les héritera; le chardon est 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.
Ils arrivent, les jours de la visitation; ils arrivent, les jours de la récompense! Israël le saura. Le prophète est insensé, l’homme inspiré est fou, à cause de la grandeur de ton iniquité et de la grandeur de ton hostilité.
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.
Éphraïm est aux aguets, [regardant à d’autres] à côté de mon Dieu. Le prophète est un piège d’oiseleur sur tous ses chemins, une 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 enfoncés dans la corruption comme aux jours de Guibha. Il se souviendra de leur iniquité, il visitera 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 au commencement comme le premier fruit du figuier. Ils sont allés à Baal-Péor, et ils se sont voués à cette honteuse [idole], et sont devenus abominables comme leur amant.
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 Éphraïm, leur gloire s’envolera comme un oiseau; … point d’enfantement, point de grossesse, point 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!
Quand même ils élèveraient leurs fils, je les priverais de fils, en sorte qu’il n’y ait pas d’homme. Car aussi, malheur à eux, lorsque je me serai retiré 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].”
Éphraïm, comme je l’ai vu, a été une Tyr plantée dans une campagne agréable; mais Éphraïm doit mener dehors ses fils au 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].
Donne-leur, Éternel! Que donneras-tu? Donne-leur un sein qui avorte et des mamelles desséchées.
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 haïs; à cause de la méchanceté de leurs actions, 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.
Éphraïm a été frappé: leur racine a séché, ils ne produiront pas de fruit. Si même ils enfantent, je ferai mourir le fruit précieux de leur sein.
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 a rejetés, car ils ne l’ont pas écouté, et ils seront errants parmi les nations.
