Osée 12
1 Ephraïm se nourrit de vent, et chasse le vent d'est. Il multiplie sans cesse les mensonges et la désolation. Ils font une alliance avec l'Assyrie, et le pétrole est transporté en Égypte.
[The leaders of] Israel are constantly wavering [about seeking help from other countries]. [Seeking their help is as useless as] [MET] chasing the wind. They pile up their lies and violent acts. [First, ] they make a treaty with Assyria, and [then they] send olive oil to [the rulers of] Egypt [to seek their help].
2 Yahvé a également une controverse avec Juda, et punira Jacob selon ses voies; il lui rendra selon ses actes.
Yahweh [says that he] will bring accusations against [the leaders of] Judah, and that he will punish [the descendants of] Jacob for what they have done.
3 Dans le ventre de sa mère, il a pris son frère par le talon, et dans sa vie d'homme, il s'est disputé avec Dieu.
[When Jacob was] in his mother’s womb, he grabbed his brother [Esau’s] heel [because he wanted to be born first]. When Jacob grew up, he wrestled with God.
4 En effet, il a lutté avec l'ange et l'a emporté; il pleura, et lui fit des supplications. Il l'a trouvé à Bethel, et là il a parlé avec nous...
He struggled with [the one who had appeared to him in the form of] an angel, and Jacob defeated him, but [then] he cried and asked the angel to bless him. [Later], God came to Jacob at Bethel and talked with him there.
5 même Yahvé, le Dieu des armées. Yahvé est son nom de renom!
[That was] the Commander of the armies of angels whose name is Yahweh [who talked with him]!
6 C'est pourquoi, tournez-vous vers votre Dieu. Gardez la bonté et la justice, et attendez sans cesse votre Dieu.
But you [people of Israel] must return to your God! You must faithfully love [him], and you must do what is fair/just and always depend on him.
7 Un marchand a dans sa main des balances malhonnêtes. Il aime frauder.
The merchants [among you] use scales that do not weigh correctly; they love/like to cheat people.
8 Ephraïm dit: « Certes, je me suis enrichi. Je me suis trouvé de la richesse. Dans toute ma richesse, ils ne trouveront en moi aucune iniquité qui soit un péché. »
[The people of] Israel boast, saying “We are [very] rich [DOU]; and we got all that money by our own efforts, and without committing any sin.”
9 « Mais moi, je suis Yahvé, ton Dieu, depuis le pays d'Égypte. Je vous ferai à nouveau habiter dans des tentes, comme aux jours de la fête solennelle.
“I am Yahweh your God, [the one who brought your ancestors] out of Egypt. [And some day] I will force you to live in tents again [like your ancestors did] when [they celebrated] the Festival [of Living in Temporary Shelters].
10 J'ai aussi parlé aux prophètes, et j'ai multiplié les visions; et par le ministère des prophètes, j'ai utilisé des paraboles.
[Many times] I spoke to the prophets, and I gave them many visions, and I gave them parables to tell [to the people].”
11 Si Galaad est méchant, ils sont sûrement sans valeur. A Gilgal, on sacrifie des taureaux. En effet, leurs autels sont comme des tas dans les sillons du champ.
[The people of] Gilead [city] are [RHQ] extremely wicked; they are worthless. The people sacrifice bulls in Gilgal [city], but their altars will [soon] become like [SIM] piles of stone [at the edge of] a plowed field.
12 Jacob s'enfuit dans le pays d'Aram. Israël a servi pour avoir une femme. Comme épouse, il s'occupait de troupeaux.
[Your ancestor] Jacob fled [from his brother Esau] and went to northwest Mesopotamia. He worked [for his uncle Laban for many years] to get a wife; he took care of [his uncle’s] sheep [to pay] for her.
13 C'est par un prophète que Yahvé a fait monter Israël hors d'Égypte, et par un prophète, il a été préservé.
[Many years later, ] Yahweh enabled a prophet to bring the [ancestors of you] people of Israel here from Egypt; that prophet, [Moses], took care of them.
14 Ephraïma provoqué la colère avec amertume. Son sang restera donc sur lui, et son Seigneur lui rendra son mépris.
[But now the people of] Israel have caused [Yahweh] to become very angry; Yahweh says that they deserve to die because they caused [many others] to die [MTY]; he will pay them back for the sins that they have committed against him and for insulting him.
