Osée 1
1 Parole de Yahvé adressée à Osée, fils de Beéri, aux jours d'Ozias, de Jotham, d'Achaz et d'Ézéchias, rois de Juda, et aux jours de Jéroboam, fils de Joas, roi d'Israël.
[I am] Hosea, the son of Beeri. Yahweh gave me these messages [at various times] during the years that Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah, and Jeroboam the son of Jehoash was the King of Israel.
2 Lorsque Yahvé parla d'abord par Osée, il dit à Osée: « Va, prends pour toi une femme de prostitution et des enfants d'infidélité; car le pays commet un grand adultère, en abandonnant Yahvé. »
When Yahweh first [began to] give messages to me [to tell to the people of Israel], he said to me, “Go and marry a prostitute. But [some of] her children will be born as a result of her having sex with men to whom she is not married. That will illustrate how the people of Israel have turned away from me and worship (idols/other gods).”
3 Et il alla prendre Gomer, fille de Diblaïm; et elle conçut, et lui donna un fils.
So I married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. She became pregnant and gave birth to my son.
4 Yahvé lui dit: « Appelle-le du nom de Jizreel, pour un peu de temps encore, et je vengerai le sang de Jizreel sur la maison de Jéhu, et je ferai cesser le règne de la maison d'Israël.
Yahweh said to me, “Give him the name Jezreel, [which means ‘God scatters’], because I will soon punish the descendants [MTY] of [King] Jehu [by scattering them], because he killed many of my people at Jezreel [town]. [Some day] I will end the kingdom of Israel,
5 Il arrivera en ce jour-là que je briserai l'arc d'Israël dans la vallée de Jizreel. »
by destroying the power [MTY] of [the army of] Israel in Jezreel Valley.”
6 Elle conçut de nouveau, et enfanta une fille. Et il lui dit: « Appelle-la du nom de Lo-Ruhamah, car je n'aurai plus pitié de la maison d'Israël, et je ne leur pardonnerai plus d'aucune manière.
[Later] Gomer became pregnant [again], and she gave birth to a daughter. Yahweh said to me “Give her the name Lo-ruhamah, [which means ‘not loved],’ because I will no longer [show that I] love the people [MET] of Israel, and I will not forgive them [for the sins that they have committed].
7 Mais j'aurai pitié de la maison de Juda, et je les sauverai par Yahvé, leur Dieu, et je ne les sauverai ni par l'arc, ni par l'épée, ni par la bataille, ni par les chevaux, ni par les cavaliers. »
But I will [show that I] love the people [MTY] of Judah [by saving them from their enemies]. However, it will not be by weapons and armies or horses and chariots that I will save them. Instead, it will be by [the power that I], Yahweh their God, [have].”
8 Or, lorsqu'elle eut sevré Lo-Ruhamah, elle conçut et enfanta un fils.
After Gomer had (weaned/stopped breast-feeding) Lo-ruhamah, she became pregnant again, and she gave birth to another son.
9 Il dit: « Appelle-le Lo-Ammi, car vous n'êtes pas mon peuple, et je ne serai pas le vôtre.
Yahweh said “Give him the name Lo-ammi, [which means 'not my people', ] because the people of Israel are no [longer my people], and I am not their God.
10 Mais le nombre des enfants d'Israël sera comme le sable de la mer, qui ne peut être ni mesuré ni compté; et là où on leur a dit: « Vous n'êtes pas mon peuple », on les appellera « fils du Dieu vivant ».
But [some day] the people of Israel will be [as numerous] as [SIM] the [grains of] sand on the seashore; no one will be able to count them. Now [I] am saying to them, ‘You are not my people,’ but then people will say to them, ‘[You are the] children of God who is all-powerful.’
11 Les enfants de Juda et les enfants d'Israël s'assembleront, ils se donneront une tête, et ils monteront du pays; car grand sera le jour de Jizreel.
[At that time], the people of Judah and the people of Israel will unite. They will appoint one leader for all of them, and they will return from the countries [to which they have been (exiled/forced to go)]. That will be a great time; Jezreel [also means ‘God plants’, and it will be as though God will plant them in this country again].”
