Micah 7
1 I am very miserable/frustrated! I am like [SIM] someone who is hungry, [who searches for fruit to pick] after all the fruit had been picked and who finds no grapes or figs to eat.
La misère est à moi! En effet, je suis comme celui qui cueille les fruits d'été, comme des glanes de la vigne. Il n'y a pas de grappe de raisin à manger. Mon âme désire manger la figue précoce.
2 [All] the godly people have disappeared from this land; there is not one of them left. [The people who are left] are all murderers [MTY]; [it is as though] everyone is eager to kill his fellow countryman.
L'homme pieux a péri sur la terre, et il n'y a personne de droit parmi les hommes. Ils sont tous à l'affût du sang; chaque homme chasse son frère avec un filet.
3 They [all] use both hands to do what is evil. [Government] officials and judges [all] ask for bribes. Important people tell others what they want, and they plot/scheme together [about how to get it done].
Leurs mains sont sur ce qui est mauvais pour le faire avec diligence. Le souverain et le juge demandent un pot-de-vin. L'homme puissant dicte le mauvais désir de son âme. Ainsi, ils conspirent ensemble.
4 [Even] the best people are [as worthless] [SIM] as briers; the people [who are considered by others to be] [IRO] the most honest are worse than clumps of thornbushes. But, [Yahweh] will soon judge them; now is the time that he will punish people, a time when they will be [very] confused [because of being defeated].
Le meilleur d'entre eux est comme un ronceau. Le plus droit est pire qu'une haie d'épines. Le jour de vos gardiens, même votre visite, est arrivée; c'est maintenant le temps de leur confusion.
5 [So], do not trust anyone! Do not trust [even] a friend; [even] be careful what you say to your wife whom you love!
Ne faites pas confiance à un voisin. Ne faites pas confiance à un ami. Avec la femme allongée dans vos bras, faites attention aux mots de votre bouche!
6 Boys will despise their fathers, and girls will defy their mothers. Women will defy their mothers-in-law. Your enemies will be those who live in your own houses.
Car le fils déshonore le père, la fille se soulève contre sa mère, la belle-fille contre sa belle-mère; les ennemis d'un homme sont les hommes de sa propre maison.
7 As for me, I wait for Yahweh [to help me]. I confidently expect that God, my Savior, will answer me [when I pray].
Mais moi, je me tournerai vers Yahvé. J'attendrai le Dieu de mon salut. Mon Dieu m'entendra.
8 You who are our enemies, do not gloat/rejoice about [what has happened to] us, [because even] if we have experienced disasters, [those disasters will end and] we will be restored. [Even] if [it is as though] we are sitting in the darkness, Yahweh will be our light.
Ne te réjouis pas contre moi, mon ennemi. Quand je tomberai, je me relèverai. Quand je serai assis dans les ténèbres, Yahvé sera pour moi une lumière.
9 We must be patient while Yahweh punishes us because we have sinned against him. But later, [it will be as though] he will go to court and defend us, and he will make sure that the judge makes a right decision about us. [It will be as though] he will bring us out into the light, and we will see it when he rescues us.
Je supporterai la colère de Yahvé, parce que j'ai péché contre lui, jusqu'à ce qu'il plaide ma cause et exécute le jugement pour moi. Il m'amènera à la lumière. Je verrai sa justice.
10 Our enemies will [also] see that, and they will be disgraced because they [ridiculed us], saying “Why is [RHQ] Yahweh, that God of yours, [not helping you]?” But with our own eyes we will see them when they are defeated; we will see them trampled like [SIM] mud in the streets.
Alors mon ennemi le verra, et la honte couvrira celle qui m'a dit, « Où est Yahvé ton Dieu? » Mes yeux la verront. Maintenant, elle sera foulée aux pieds comme la boue des rues.
11 [You people of Israel, ] at that time your cities will be rebuilt, and your territory will become larger.
Un jour pour construire vos murs! Ce jour-là, il repoussera vos limites.
12 [People from many countries will come to honor you]: people from Assyria and from [near] the [Euphrates] River [in the east] and from Egypt [in the south], from distant seas, and from many mountains.
En ce jour-là, ils viendront à toi de l'Assyrie et des villes d'Égypte, et depuis l'Égypte jusqu'au fleuve, et d'une mer à l'autre, et de montagne en montagne.
13 But [the other countries on] the earth will become desolate because of the [evil] things that their people have done.
Mais le pays sera dévasté à cause de ceux qui l'habitent, pour le fruit de leurs actions.
14 Yahweh, protect your people like [MET] [a shepherd protects his sheep] by using his walking stick; lead your people [MET] whom you have chosen to belong to you. [Even though some of them] live by themselves in a forest, give them the fertile pastureland in the Bashan and Gilead [regions] that they possessed long ago.
Fais paître ton peuple avec ton bâton, le troupeau de votre héritage, qui vivent seuls dans une forêt. Laissez-les se nourrir au milieu de pâturages fertiles, en Basan et en Galaad, comme au temps jadis.
15 [Yahweh says/replies], “[Yes], I will perform miracles for you like the miracles that I performed when I rescued your [ancestors] from [being slaves in] Egypt.”
« Comme à l'époque de votre sortie du pays d'Égypte, Je leur montrerai des choses merveilleuses. »
16 [People from many] nations will see [what Yahweh does for you], and they will be ashamed because they do not have any power. They will put their hands over their mouths and their ears [because they will be very amazed because of what Yahweh does], [and they will not be able to say anything or hear anything].
Les nations verront et auront honte de toute leur puissance. Ils poseront leur main sur leur bouche. Leurs oreilles seront sourdes.
17 [Being very humiliated, ] they will crawl on the ground [MTY] like [SIM] snakes. They will come out of their homes trembling, and stand revering Yahweh our God. They will be very afraid of him, and will tremble in front of him.
Ils lécheront la poussière comme un serpent. Comme des êtres rampants de la terre, ils sortiront en tremblant de leur tanière. Ils viendront avec crainte vers Yahvé notre Dieu, et auront peur à cause de vous.
18 [Yahweh], there is no [RHQ] God like you; you forgive the sins [DOU] that were committed by the people who have survived, the people who belong to you. You do not remain angry forever; you are very happy [to show us] that you faithfully love [us].
Qui est un Dieu comme toi, qui pardonne l'iniquité? et passe sous silence la désobéissance du reste de son héritage? Il ne garde pas sa colère pour toujours, parce qu'il se complaît dans la bonté.
19 You will again act kindly/compassionately toward us. You will get rid of [the scroll on which you have written] the sins that we have committed [as though you were] trampling it under your feet or throwing it into the deep ocean.
Il aura de nouveau pitié de nous. Il foulera nos iniquités aux pieds. Tu jetteras tous leurs péchés dans les profondeurs de la mer.
20 You will show that you faithfully [do what you promised for us] and faithfully love us, just like you solemnly promised long ago to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob that you would do.
Tu donneras la vérité à Jacob, et la miséricorde à Abraham, comme tu l'as juré à nos pères dès les premiers jours.
