Micah 6
1 Pay attention to what Yahweh says [to you Israeli people]: “Stand up [in court] and state what you are accusing [me] about. And allow the hills and mountains to hear what you will say.
Ecoutez donc ce que dit le Seigneur: "Lève-toi, plaide ma cause devant les montagnes, que les collines entendent ta voix!"
2 [But then] you mountains must [also] listen [carefully] [DOU] to what I, Yahweh, am complaining [about my people]. I have something to say about what [DOU] my Israeli people are doing that displeases me.
Montagnes, écoutez le litige du Seigneur, et vous géants, fondements de la terre! Car l’Eternel est en procès avec son peuple, il est en discussion avec Israël:
3 My people, what have I done to [cause trouble for] you [RHQ]? What have I done to cause you to experience difficulties? Answer me!
"O mon peuple! Que t’ai-je fait? Comment te suis-je devenu à charge? Expose tes griefs contre moi.
4 I [did great things for your ancestors]; I brought them out of Egypt; I rescued them from that land where they were slaves. I sent Moses to [lead] them, and [his older brother] Aaron and [his older sister] Miriam.
Est-ce parce que je t’ai tiré du pays d’Egypte et délivré de la maison d’esclavage? Parce que je t’ai donné pour guides Moïse, Aaron et Miriam?
5 My people, think about when Balak, the king of Moab, requested Beor’s son Balaam [to curse your ancestors], and think about what Balaam replied. Think about [how your ancestors crossed the Jordan River miraculously while] they were traveling from Acacia to Gilgal. [Think about those things in order] that you may know that [I], Yahweh, do what is right.”
O mon peuple! Rappelle-toi seulement ce que méditait Balak, roi de Moab, et ce que lui répondit Balaam, fils de Beor; de Chittîm à Ghilgal, tu as pu connaître les bontés de l’Eternel!"
6 [The Israeli people ask, ] “What shall we bring to Yahweh [who lives in] heaven when we come to him and bow down before him? Should we bring calves that are a year-old that will be offerings that will be [killed and] completely burned [on the altar]?
"Mais quel hommage offrirai-je au Seigneur? Comment montrerai-je ma soumission au Dieu suprême? Me présenterai-je devant lui avec des holocaustes, avec des veaux âgés d’un an?
7 Will Yahweh be pleased [if we offer to him] 1,000 rams and 10,000 streams of [olive] oil? Should we offer our firstborn children [to be sacrifices] to pay for the sins that we have committed [DOU]?”
Le Seigneur prendra-t-il plaisir à des hécatombes de béliers, à des torrents d’huile par myriades? Donnerai-je mon premier-né pour ma faute, le fruit de mes entrailles comme rançon expiatoire de ma vie?"
8 [No, because] he has shown each of us what is good [to do]; he has shown [RHQ] us what he requires each of us [to do]: He wants us to do what is just/fair and to love and to be merciful [to others], and [he wants us] to live humbly [while we fellowship] with him, our God.
Homme, on t’a dit ce qui est bien, ce que le Seigneur demande de toi: rien que de pratiquer la justice, d’aimer la bonté et de marcher humblement avec ton Dieu!
9 “I am Yahweh, so if you are wise, you should revere me. I am calling out to [you people of] Jerusalem, ‘The armies [MET] that will destroy your city are coming, so pay careful attention to me, the one who is causing them to punish you with my rod.
La voix de l’Eternel interpelle la ville, et l’homme de vérité reconnaît ton nom. Ecoutez la menace du châtiment et celui qui le décrète!
10 Do you think that [RHQ] I should forget that you wicked people filled your homes with valuable things that you acquired by cheating [others]? Do you think that [RHQ] I should forget that you used false measures [when you bought and sold things]? Those are things that I hate.
Se peut-il que la maison du méchant contienne encore des trésors mal acquis et ces mesures si odieusement amoindries?
11 [Do you think] that [RHQ] I should say nothing about people who use scales that do not weigh correctly, and who use weights that are not accurate?
Puis-je être sans reproche avec des balances fausses, avec une bourse aux poids trompeurs?
12 The rich people among you always act violently [to get money from poor people]. All of the people [in Jerusalem] are liars, and they [SYN] always deceive people.
N’Est-ce pas que ses richards se gorgent de rapines, que ses habitants débitent des mensonges et que la langue, dans leur bouche, n’est que perfidie?
13 Therefore, I have [already] begun to get rid of you, to ruin you because of the sins that you have committed.
Aussi vais-je, moi, te rendre malade à force de coups et te ruiner pour tes péchés.
14 [Soon] you will eat food, but you will not have enough to satisfy you; your stomachs will [still feel as though they are] empty. You will try to save up [money], but you will not be able to save anything, because I will send your enemies to take it from you in wars [MTY].
Tu mangeras et ne seras pas rassasié, la nourriture produira un affaissement dans tes membres. Ce que tu mettras en sûreté, tu ne le sauveras point, et ce que tu pourras sauver, je le livrerai au glaive.
15 You will plant [seeds], but you will not harvest [anything]. You will press olives, but [others], not you, will use the [olive] oil. You will trample on grapes [and make wine from the juice], but [others], not you, will drink the wine.
Tu sèmeras et ne moissonneras pas, tu presseras l’olive et tu ne te frotteras pas d’huile, le moût, et tu ne boiras pas de vin.
16 [Those things will happen to you because] you obey [only] the wicked laws of [King] Omri, and [you do the terrible things that wicked King] Ahab and his descendants commanded. So, I will destroy your [country], and I will cause your people to be despised; people [of other nations] will insult you.’”
C’Est qu’on pratique les mœurs d’Omri et toutes les coutumes de la maison d’Achab; c’est que vous marchez dans leurs traditions; en sorte que je ferai de toi une ruine et de tes habitants un sujet de sarcasme: vous serez chargés de l’opprobre de mon peuple.
