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 fut adressée à Michée, de Morésheth, aux jours de Jotham, d'Achaz, d'Ézéchias, rois de Juda, et qui lui fut révélée touchant Samarie et 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, peuples! Sois attentive, ô terre, avec tout ce qui est en toi! 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 sa demeure; il descend, et marche sur les lieux élevés 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.
Les montagnes se fondent sous lui, les vallées s'entrouvrent, comme la cire devant le feu, comme des eaux qui coulent 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 arrivera à cause du crime de Jacob, à cause des péchés de la maison d'Israël. - Quel est le crime de Jacob? N'est-ce pas Samarie? Quels sont les hauts lieux de Juda? N'est-ce pas 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.
Je ferai de Samarie un monceau de pierres dans les champs, un lieu où l'on plante la vigne. Je ferai rouler ses pierres dans la vallée, et je mettrai à nu 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].
Toutes ses images taillées seront brisées, et tous les salaires de sa prostitution seront brûlés au feu, et je mettrai en désolation toutes ses idoles; car elle les a rassemblées avec le salaire de la prostitution: elles retourneront aussi au salaire de prostitution.
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,
C'est pourquoi je mènerai deuil, et je me lamenterai; j'irai dépouillé et nu; je ferai une lamentation comme les chacals, et un cri 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; elle s'étend 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 l'annoncez point dans Gath! Ne pleurez point! A Beth-Léaphra je me roule 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, habitante de Shaphir, dans la nudité et la honte! L'habitante de Tsaanan n'ose sortir. Le deuil de Beth-Haetsel vous prive de son soutien.
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 est dans l'angoisse à cause de son bien; parce que le mal descend de la part de l'Éternel jusqu'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.
Attelle les coursiers au char, habitante de Lakis! Tu as été le commencement du péché pour la fille de Sion; car en toi ont été trouvés les crimes 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 dois renoncer à Morésheth-Gath; les maisons d'Aczib seront une déception 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].
Je t'amènerai un autre possesseur de tes biens, habitante de Marésha! La gloire d'Israël s'en ira 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 rase-toi, à cause de tes enfants chéris; rends-toi chauve comme le vautour, car ils s'en vont en captivité loin de toi!
