Micah 2
1 Terrible things will happen to you who lie awake at night, planning to do wicked things. You get up at dawn, and you do those things, [as soon as] you are able to do them.
Malheur à ceux qui pensent à faire outrage, qui forgent le mal sur leurs lits, et qui l'exécutent dès le point du jour, parce qu'ils ont le pouvoir en main.
2 You want fields [that belong to other people], so you seize them; you also take their houses. You cheat people to get their homes, taking away the property that belongs to their families.
S'ils convoitent des possessions, ils les ont aussitôt ravies, et [s'ils convoitent] des maisons, ils les ont aussitôt prises; ainsi ils oppriment l'homme et sa maison, l'homme, dis-je, et son héritage.
3 Therefore, this is what Yahweh says: “I will cause you people to experience disasters, and you will not be able to escape [MTY] from them. You will no [longer] walk around proudly, because when those things happen, it will be a time of much trouble for you.
C'est pourquoi ainsi a dit l'Eternel: Voici, je pense contre cette famille-ci un mal duquel vous ne pourrez point vous mettre à couvert, et vous ne marcherez point à tête levée; car ce temps [est] mauvais.
4 At that time, [your enemies] will make fun of you; they will ridicule you by singing this sad song about you: ‘We are completely ruined; Yahweh is taking our land/fields from us, and he will give it to those who will capture us.’”
En ce temps-là on fera de vous un proverbe lugubre, et l'on gémira d'un gémissement lamentable, en disant: Nous sommes entièrement détruits, il a changé la portion de mon peuple; comment nous l'aurait-il ôtée? partage-t-il nos champs, pour nous les faire rendre?
5 So [when it is the time for the land to be given back to you] people who belong to Yahweh, there will be no one [MTY] who will be able to (cast lots/throw marked stones) to determine which land belongs to whom.
C'est pourquoi il n'y aura personne pour toi qui jette le cordeau pour ton lot dans la congrégation de l'Eternel.
6 The people [who heard me say that] replied to me, “Do not prophesy such things! Do not say that [Yahweh] is going to humiliate us [by causing us to experience disasters]!”
[On dit]: Ne prophétisez point, ils prophétiseront, [mais] ils ne prophétiseront point pour ceux-ci; l'ignominie ne tournera point en arrière.
7 But you people [MTY] of Israel should not [RHQ] talk like that! The Spirit of Yahweh will certainly not [RHQ] be patient [with people who say such things]! People who continually do things that are righteous will certainly [RHQ] like/appreciate what I say.
Or toi qui es appelée Maison de Jacob, l'Esprit de l'Eternel est-il amoindri? Sont-ce là ses actes? Mes paroles ne sont-elles pas bonnes pour celui qui marche droitement?
8 [But Yahweh says], “[Recently] my people have been acting toward me like an enemy. When soldiers return from fighting [against their enemies], you [rich people refuse to return the coats of those poor soldiers who have borrowed money from you] [and given you their coats to guarantee that they will pay back the money that they borrowed from you]. [It is as though] you are waiting to forcefully take their coats off their backs!
Mais celui qui était hier mon peuple, s'élève à la manière d'un ennemi, pour rencontrer un manteau; vous dépouillez le vêtement magnifique à ceux qui passent en assurance, étant de retour de la guerre.
9 You have forced women to leave their nice homes, and you have stolen from their children forever the (blessings/good things) that I wanted to give them.
Vous mettez les femmes de mon peuple hors des maisons où elles prenaient plaisir; vous ôtez pour jamais ma gloire de dessus leurs petits enfants.
10 [So] get up and leave [here]! This is not a place where you can rest [and be safe/protected], because you have (defiled it/caused it to be a place that I hate); it will be completely destroyed.
Levez-vous, et marchez, car [ce pays] ne [vous est] plus [un lieu de] repos; parce qu'il est souillé, il [vous] détruira, même d'une prompte destruction.
11 [You people want] a prophet who will lie to you, saying ‘I will preach [that you should drink] plenty of wine and [other] alcoholic drinks!’ That is the [kind of] prophet who [would please] you.”
S'il y a quelque homme qui marche selon le vent, et qui mente faussement, [en disant]; Je te prophétiserai du vin et de la cervoise; ce sera le Prophète de ce peuple.
12 “[But some day], you descendants of Jacob, you Israeli people who have survived, I will bring you back [from (exile/other countries)], I will gather you together like [SIM] [a shepherd gathers his] sheep from the pasture into a pen [DOU]; there will be many of you in your land/country.
[Mais] je t'assemblerai tout entier, ô Jacob! et je ramasserai entièrement le reste d'Israël, et le mettrai tout ensemble comme les brebis de Botsra, comme un troupeau au milieu de son étable; il y aura un grand bruit pour la foule des hommes.
13 Your leader will enable them to leave the countries where they have been exiled; he will lead them out of the gates [of their enemies’ cities], [back to your own country]. Your king will lead them; [it is I], Yahweh, who will be their king!”
Le briseur montera devant eux, on brisera, et on passera outre, et eux sortiront par la porte; et leur Roi passera devant eux, et l'Eternel sera à leur tête.
