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.
Malheur à moi! me voilà comme celui qui ramasse du chaume en la moisson, ou qui cueille un grappillon de la vendange, n'ayant pas à lui une seule grappe pour en manger les prémices; malheur à mon âme!
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.
Car le juste a péri sur la terre; et parmi les hommes il n'en est pas qui marche droit. Tous sont en justice pour avoir versé le sang; et chacun d'eux accable son prochain sous l'oppression.
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].
Et leurs mains sont prêtes à faire le mal. le prince exige; le juge dit des paroles douces; et voici le désir de son âme: Je prendrai leurs biens,
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].
comme le ver qui ronge, marchant décemment au jour de la visite. Malheur! Tes vengeances, Seigneur, sont venues, et maintenant vont venir leurs lamentations.
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 vous fiez pas à vos amis, n'espérez pas en vos princes; garde-toi même de ton épouse, et ne lui confie quoi que ce soit.
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 outragera le père; la fille se révoltera contre sa mère, la bru contre sa belle-mère; l'homme aura pour ennemis tous ceux de sa 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].
Pour moi, je regarderai le Seigneur; j'attendrai le Dieu mon Sauveur, et mon Dieu m'exaucera.
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 m'insulte pas, ô mon ennemie, parce que je suis tombée, je me relèverai; car, si je suis à terre dans les ténèbres, le Seigneur m'éclairera.
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.
Parce que j'ai péché contre le Seigneur, je supporterai Sa colère jusqu'à ce qu'Il ait reconnu juste ma cause. Et alors Il me rendra justice, et Il me ramènera à la lumière, et je verrai Son équité.
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.
Et mon ennemie verra cela; et elle sera couverte de honte, celle qui dit maintenant: Où est le Seigneur ton Dieu? Mes yeux la regarderont alors, et 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.
Voici le jour où l'on enduit la brique; ce jour sera celui de ta destruction, et ce jour-là tes lois seront effacées,
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.
et tes villes seront mises au niveau du sol; elles seront partagées entre les Assyriens; et tes forteresses seront partagées, depuis Tyr jusqu'au fleuve, d'une mer à l'autre, et d'une montagne à l'autre.
13 But [the other countries on] the earth will become desolate because of the [evil] things that their people have done.
Et ta terre et tous ceux qui l'habitent seront désolés, à cause des fruits de leur convoitise.
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.
Ta verge à la main, Seigneur, pais les brebis de Ton héritage, qui d'elles-mêmes se sont abritées dans la forêt du Carmel. Elles trouveront leur pâture en Basan et Galaad, comme aux jours d'autrefois,
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 aux jours où Tu nous as fait sortir d'Égypte. Vous verrez des prodiges;
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].
et les gentils les verront aussi, et ils en seront confondus malgré toute leur puissance, ils se mettront la main sur la bouche, et leurs oreilles n'entendront plus.
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 terre comme les serpents qui rampent dans la poussière; ils seront pleins de trouble dans l'enceinte de leurs remparts; ils seront hors d'eux-mêmes, à cause du Seigneur notre Dieu, et ils auront peu de Lui.
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 donc est Dieu comme Toi, qui ôtes les péchés, et passes sous silence les impiétés de ce qui reste de Ton héritage! Le Seigneur n'a point maintenu le témoignage de Sa colère; Il Se complaît en Sa miséricorde;
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 reviendra; Il aura compassion de nous; Il submergera nos iniquités; Il jettera nos péchés au fond 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.
Il fera des dons à Jacob, en vérité; Il sera miséricordieux envers Abraham, comme Il l'a juré à nos pères aux jours d'autrefois.
