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; n’exulte pas comme les peuples: parce que tu as forniqué en te séparant de ton Dieu, tu as aimé la récompense plus que toutes les aires de blé.
2 [But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.
L’aire et le pressoir ne les nourriront pas, et le vin trompera leur attente.
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 la terre du Seigneur; Ephraïm est retourné en Egypte, il mange parmi les Assyriens 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 au Seigneur de libations de vin, et ils ne lui plairont pas; leurs sacrifices seront comme le pain de ceux qui sont en deuil; tous ceux qui en mangeront seront souillés; parce que leur pain sera pour leur âme, il n’entrera pas 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 au jour solennel, au jour de la 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.
Car voilà qu’ils sont partis à cause de la dévastation; l’Egypte les ramassera, Memphis les ensevelira; l’argent, objet de leurs désirs, l’ortie en héritera, la bardane croîtra dans leurs tabernacles.
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 visite; ils sont venus, les jours de la rétribution; sachez, Israël, que le prophète est un fou, et l’homme inspiré, un insensé, à cause de la grandeur de ta démence.
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.
Ephraïm est une sentinelle avec mon Dieu; le prophète est devenu un lacs de ruine sur toutes ses voies, une démence 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 ont péché profondément, comme aux jours de Gabaa; le Seigneur se souviendra de leur iniquité, et 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 on rencontre des grappes de raisin dans le désert; j’ai vu leurs pères comme les premiers fruits qui paraissent au sommet d’un figuier; pour eux, ils sont entrés à Béelphégor, et ils se sont éloignés de moi pour leur confusion, et ils sont devenus abominables comme les choses qu’ils ont aimées.
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.
Ephraïm, sa gloire a disparu comme l’oiseau, dès son enfantement et dès le sein de sa mère, et dès sa 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!
Et que s’ils ont élevé des fils, je ferai qu’ils seront sans enfants parmi les hommes; mais aussi malheur à eux. quand 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].”
Ephraïm, comme je l’ai vu, était une autre Tyr, fondée sur la beauté; et Ephraïm conduira 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].
Donnez-leur, Seigneur, Que leur donnerez-vous? Donnez-leur un sein sans enfants, et des mamelles arides.
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 sont montrées à Galgal; parce que c’est là que je les ai eus en horreur; à cause de la malice de leurs inventions, je les chasserai de ma maison, je ne les aimerai plus; tous leurs princes se retirent de moi.
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 a été frappé, leur racine a été desséchée; ils ne porteront pas du tout de fruit. Et que s’ils ont engendré, je ferai périr les fruits de leur sein qui leur sont les plus chers.
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 errants parmi les nations.
