Amos 2

1 Yahvé dit: « Pour trois transgressions de Moab, oui, pour quatre, Je ne détournerai pas son châtiment, car il a brûlé les os du roi d'Édom pour en faire de la chaux;

Yahweh [also] said this: “[I will punish the people of] Moab because of the many sins [that they have committed]; I will not change my mind about punishing them, because they [dug up] the bones of the king of Edom and burned them completely, with the result that [the ashes became as white] as lime.

2 mais j'enverrai un feu sur Moab, et il dévorera les palais de Kerioth; et Moab mourra dans le tumulte, dans les cris et au son de la trompette;

So I will cause a fire to completely burn the fortresses of Kerioth [city in Moab]. [People will hear soldiers] shouting and blowing trumpets [loudly] while I am causing Moab to be destroyed

3 et je retrancherai le juge du milieu d'eux, et tuera tous ses princes avec lui, » dit Yahvé.

[and while] I am getting rid of its king and all its leaders. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!”

4 Yahvé dit: « Pour trois transgressions de Juda, oui, pour quatre, Je ne détournerai pas son châtiment, parce qu'ils ont rejeté la loi de Yahvé, et n'ont pas gardé ses statuts, et leurs mensonges les ont égarés, après laquelle leurs pères ont marché;

Yahweh [also] said this: “[I will also punish the people of] Judah because of the many sins [that they have committed]; I will not change my mind about punishing them, because they have rejected what I taught them and they have not obeyed my commands. They have been deceived [and persuaded to worship false gods], the same [gods] that their ancestors [worshiped].

5 mais je vais envoyer un feu sur Juda, et il dévorera les palais de Jérusalem. »

So I will cause a fire to completely burn [everything in] Judah, including the fortresses in Jerusalem.”

6 Yahvé dit: « Pour trois transgressions d'Israël, oui, pour quatre, Je ne détournerai pas son châtiment, car ils ont vendu les justes pour de l'argent, et les nécessiteux pour une paire de sandales;

Yahweh [also] said this: “[I will punish the people of] Israel because of the many sins [that they have committed]; I will not change my mind about punishing them, because they sell righteous [people] to get [a small amount of] silver; they sell poor [people, causing them to become slaves], getting for [each of] them [only the amount of money with which they could buy] a pair of sandals.

7 Ils piétinent la tête des pauvres dans la poussière de la terre. et refuser la justice aux opprimés. Un homme et son père utilisent la même jeune fille, pour profaner mon saint nom.

[It is as though] they trample the poor people into the dirt and do not allow those who are helpless to be treated fairly. Men and their fathers dishonor me [MTY] by both having sex [EUP] with the same [slave] girl.

8 Ils se couchent à côté de chaque autel sur des vêtements pris en gage. Dans la maison de leur Dieu, ils boivent le vin de ceux qui ont été condamnés à une amende.

[When poor people borrow money], [the lenders force those people to give to them a piece of clothing] for them to keep until he can pay back the money. [But at the end of each day, instead of returning that garment as Yahweh had commanded them to], they lie down on that garment at the places where they worship [their gods]! They fine people, and with that money [they buy] wine and drink it in the temples of their gods!

9 Mais j'ai détruit l'Amoréen devant eux, dont la hauteur était semblable à celle des cèdres, et il était fort comme les chênes; mais j'ai détruit son fruit d'en haut, et ses racines par en dessous.

[Long ago, ] to assist your ancestors, I got rid of the Amor people-group. They [seemed to be] as tall as cedar [trees] and as strong as oak [trees], but I got rid of them completely, [as easily as someone cuts off] [MET] the branches of a tree and then digs out all its roots.

10 Je vous ai aussi fait monter du pays d'Égypte et vous a conduit pendant quarante ans dans le désert, pour posséder le pays des Amorites.

I brought your [ancestors] out of Egypt, and [then] I led them through the desert for 40 years. And then I enabled them to conquer/possess the Amor area.

11 J'ai élevé certains de tes fils comme prophètes, et certains de vos jeunes hommes pour des naziréens. N'est-ce pas vrai? vous, enfants d'Israël? » dit Yahvé.

I chose some of you Israelis to be prophets, and I chose others to be Nazir-men [who were completely dedicated to me]. You people of Israel certainly [RHQ] know that what I have said is true!

12 « Mais tu as donné du vin à boire aux naziréens, et a ordonné aux prophètes de ne pas prophétiser.

But you commanded the prophets to not speak the messages that [I gave to] them, and you persuaded the Nazir-men to drink wine, [which I told them never to do].

13 Voici, je vais t'écraser sur place, comme un chariot écrase ce qui est plein de grain.

So I will crush you like [SIM] [the wheels of] a wagon that is loaded with grain crushes [whatever it rolls over].

14 La fuite périra chez les rapides. Le fort ne renforcera pas sa force. Le puissant ne se délivrera pas lui-même.

[Even] if you run fast, you will not escape; [even] if you are strong, [it will be as though] you are weak, and warriors will be unable to save themselves.

15 Celui qui manie l'arc ne tient pas debout. Celui qui a le pied rapide ne s'échappera pas. Celui qui monte le cheval ne se délivrera pas lui-même.

[Even] if you are able to shoot arrows [well], you will be forced to retreat [LIT]; [even] if you run fast or if you ride [away] on a horse, you will not [be able to] save yourself.

16 Celui qui est courageux parmi les puissants s'enfuiront nus en ce jour-là, » dit Yahvé.

[Even] warriors who are very brave will drop their weapons when they try to flee on the day [that I get rid of them]. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”