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, ne te mets pas en fête, comme les gentils, parce que tu t'es prostitué en t'éloignant de ton Dieu, tu as aimé les dons plus que des aires pleines de blé.
2 [But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.
Mais l'aire et le pressoir les ont méconnus, et le vin les a trompés.
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 sont point restés en la terre du Seigneur; Éphraïm a demeuré en Égypte, et ils mangeront des viandes impures chez les Assyriens.
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 n'ont point fait au Seigneur des libations de vin, et ils ne lui ont point été agréables. Leurs victimes sont pour eux comme des pains d'affliction; tous ceux qui en mangent seront souillés, parce que leurs pains, s'ils soutiennent la vie, n'entreront point dans la maison du Seigneur.
5 At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.
Que ferez-vous les jours de réunions solennelles, et les jours de fête du Seigneur?
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.
À cause de cela, voilà qu'ils sortent des misères de l'Égypte, et Memphis les recevra, et Machmas les ensevelira. Quant à leur argent, la dévastation en héritera, et les ronces pousseront dans leurs demeures.
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 sont venus les jours de la vengeance, ils sont venus les jours de rétribution, et Israël sera maltraité, comme un prophète en délire, comme un homme possédé par un malin esprit. Tes folies se sont multipliées à cause de la multitude de tes iniquités.
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.
La sentinelle d'Éphraïm était avec Dieu; mais un faux prophète a été comme un lacs tortueux sur toutes ses voies, et ils ont transplanté leur folie dans la maison du Seigneur.
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 perdus comme aux jours de la colline; mais Dieu Se souviendra de leurs iniquités, et Il tirera vengeance de leurs crimes.
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 aimé Israël comme une grappe de raisin dans le désert, et j'ai vu leurs pères comme un fruit mûr dans un figuier. pour eux, ils se sont approchés de Béelphégor, et dans leur opprobre ils se sont détournés de Moi, et ils Me sont devenus abominables autant qu'ils M'avaient été chers.
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.
Éphraïm s'est envolé comme l'oiseau, et, à peine nées, ses gloires se sont évanouies, ou pendant l'enfantement, ou aussitôt conçues;
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!
car, eût-il élevé ses enfants, il n'en sera pas moins sans postérité: malheur donc à lui, Ma chair n'est plus avec 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, Je l'ai vu, a fait une proie de ses enfants; Éphraïm a exposé ses fils à la mort.
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, ô mon Dieu; mais que peux-Tu leur donner? Donne-leur un sein stérile et des mamelles taries.
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].
Toutes leurs méchancetés se font en Galata; c'est là que Je les ai pris en haine pour leurs inventions abominables. Je les chasserai de Ma maison, et Je ne les aimerai plus, car tous leurs princes sont indociles.
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 s'est épuisé; il a desséché ses racines; il ne portera plus de fruits, et, dût-il en naître, Je ferai mourir les fruits désirés 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].”
Dieu les a repoussés parce qu'ils ne Lui ont point obéi, et ils seront errants parmi les nations.
