Micah 1
1 [I am] Micah. I am from [the town of] Moresheth [in Judah]. Yahweh gave me these [messages in] visions about Samaria and Jerusalem during the time when Jotham, [and then] Ahaz, and [then] Hezekiah, were the kings of Judah.
La parole de l’Éternel qui vint à Michée, le Morashtite, aux jours de Jotham, d’Achaz, d’Ézéchias, rois de Juda, laquelle il vit au sujet de Samarie et de Jérusalem.
2 You people everywhere on the earth, pay attention to this [DOU]! Yahweh our God is accusing you from his holy temple [in heaven].
Écoutez, vous, tous les peuples; sois attentive, terre, et tout ce qui est en toi; et que le Seigneur, l’Éternel, soit témoin contre vous, le Seigneur, du palais de sa sainteté!
3 He will come down [from heaven] and walk on the tops of the highest mountains.
Car voici, l’Éternel sort de son lieu, et descendra, et marchera sur les lieux hauts de la terre;
4 [It will be as though] the mountains will melt under his [feet] like [SIM] wax [melts] in front of a fire, and like [SIM] water [disappears] when it rushes/flows down into a valley.
et les montagnes se fondront sous lui, et les vallées s’entrouvriront, comme la cire devant le feu, comme des eaux versées sur une pente.
5 Those things will happen because of the terrible sins [DOU] that the people [MTY] of Israel, [the descendants of] Jacob, have committed. But it was [RHQ] [the people of] Samaria [city who persuaded all the people of] Israel to sin, and it was [RHQ] because the people of Jerusalem [set up altars to worship their gods] that [the other people of] Judah [were persuaded to worship idols on] their hilltops.
Tout cela, à cause de la transgression de Jacob et à cause des péchés de la maison d’Israël! [De] qui est la transgression de Jacob? N’est-ce pas [de] Samarie? Et [de] qui, les hauts lieux de Juda? N’est-ce pas [de] Jérusalem?
6 So Yahweh will cause Samaria to become a heap [of rubble/ruins]; [it will be only] a field for planting vineyards. He will cause the stones of its [buildings] to roll down into the valley, and the foundations [of the buildings] will be uncovered.
Et je ferai de Samarie un monceau dans les champs, des plantations de vigne; et je ferai rouler ses pierres dans la vallée, et je découvrirai ses fondements.
7 All the idols in Samaria will be smashed, and the gifts [given to prostitutes at the temples of their idols] will be destroyed in a fire. And because people paid prostitutes there, [their enemies will take away those idols and sell them] to get money to pay to prostitutes [in other countries].
Et toutes ses images taillées seront mises en pièces; et tous ses présents [de prostitution] seront brûlés au feu; et je mettrai en désolation toutes ses idoles; car c’est avec un présent de prostituée qu’elle les a rassemblées, et elles redeviendront un présent de prostituée.
8 Because [Samaria will be destroyed], I will weep and wail. I will walk around (barefoot/without any sandals on my feet) and naked. I will howl like a jackal/wolf and screech like an owl,
À cause de cela je me frapperai [la poitrine], et je hurlerai; j’irai dépouillé et nu; je ferai une lamentation comme les chacals, et des cris de deuil comme les autruches.
9 because Samaria will be completely destroyed [MET]; nothing can save that city. But the same thing will happen to Judah! [It is as though the enemy army] has [already] reached the city gates of Jerusalem, [the main city where] my people [live].
Car sa plaie est incurable; car elle est venue jusqu’à Juda, elle atteint jusqu’à la porte de mon peuple, jusqu’à Jérusalem.
10 Do not tell that to [our enemies] in Gath [city in Philistia]! Do not cry, [lest the people there find out what is happening]! [Instead, just] roll in the dirt in Beth-Leaphrah [because the name of that town means ‘house of dust].’
Ne le racontez pas dans Gath, ne versez point de pleurs. Dans Beth-Leaphra, roule-toi dans la poussière.
11 You people who live in Shaphir [town, whose name means ‘beautiful],’ naked and ashamed, you will be taken [to another country]. [You people in] Beth-Ezel [town] should mourn, [because] no one from Zaanan [town, whose name means ‘one who goes out],’ will go out to help you.
Passe outre, toi, habitante de Shaphir, ta nudité découverte! L’habitante de Tsaanan n’est pas sortie [pour] la lamentation de Beth-Haëtsel; il vous ôtera son abri.
12 [The name of] Maroth [town sounds like ‘bitterness];’ everyone there is anxiously waiting for good things to happen to them, but good things will not happen to them; instead, terrible things are about to happen to them, and it will soon happen at the gates of Jerusalem.
Car l’habitante de Maroth s’attendait au bien, mais le mal est descendu de par l’Éternel à la porte de Jérusalem.
13 You people of Lachish [city, whose name sounds like ‘team],’ hitch your horses to pull the chariots [in which you can ride to flee from your enemies]. The Israeli people rebelled against Yahweh, and you (imitated them/did the same evil things that they did), and that caused the people of Jerusalem [IDM] to start sinning, too.
Attache le char au coursier, habitante de Lakis: elle a été les prémices du péché pour la fille de Sion; car en toi ont été trouvées les transgressions d’Israël.
14 [You people of Judah], send a farewell gift to [the people] of Moresheth [town], [because their enemies will soon destroy it]. [The name of the town Aczib means ‘deception],’ and the kings of Israel [will soon find out that the people of that town] will deceive them.
C’est pourquoi tu donneras des présents à Morésheth-Gath. Les maisons d’Aczib seront un mensonge pour les rois d’Israël.
15 [The name of your town of] Mareshah [means ‘conqueror],’ and Yahweh will [soon] send someone to conquer your town. [It will be necessary for] the great/glorious leaders of Israel to go [and hide in the cave at] Adullam [city].
À toi j’amènerai encore l’héritier, habitante de Marésha; la gloire d’Israël viendra jusqu’à Adullam.
16 [You people of Judah], shave your heads [while you will be mourning], because your children whom you love will [soon] be (exiled/forced to leave you and go to another country).
Rends-toi chauve et coupe tes cheveux pour les fils de tes délices; élargis ta tonsure, comme le vautour; car ils sont allés en captivité loin de toi.
