Osée 6
1 « Venez! Revenons à Yahvé; car il nous a mis en pièces, et il nous guérira; il nous a blessés, et il pansera nos plaies.
[The Israeli people say, ] “Come, let’s return to Yahweh! He has caused [us] to be injured, but he will heal us. He has caused [us] to be wounded, but [it is as though] he will put bandages on our wounds [MET].
2 Après deux jours, il nous fera revivre. Le troisième jour, il nous ressuscitera, et nous vivrons devant lui.
After a very short time he will revive us; in less than three days he will restore us in order that we may live in his presence.
3 Reconnaissons Yahvé. Continuons à nous efforcer de connaître Yahvé. Aussi sûrement que le soleil se lève, Yahvé apparaîtra. Il viendra à nous comme la pluie, comme la pluie de printemps qui arrose la terre. »
We must try to know Yahweh; [if we do that, ] he will come [and help] us, as surely as the sun rises [every morning], as surely as rain falls every winter/cold season, and as surely as the rain falls again (in the springtime/at the end of the cold season).”
4 « Ephraïm, que te ferai-je? Judah, que vais-je te faire? Car ton amour est comme un nuage du matin, et comme la rosée qui disparaît tôt.
[But Yahweh knows they are insincere; ] [so he says to them, ] “You [people of] Israel, and you [people of] Judah, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should do to you. Your being faithful [to me will disappear as quickly] as [SIM] the morning mist [disappears], like [SIM] the dew [on the ground] that disappears quickly [when the sun shines].
5 C'est pourquoi je les ai taillés en pièces avec les prophètes; Je les ai tués avec les mots de ma bouche. Vos jugements sont comme un éclair.
I warned [HYP] you by [the messages that I gave to] the prophets, [but you did not pay attention to my messages]. Therefore I will completely destroy you; the punishment that I give you will strike you like lightning.
6 Car je désire la miséricorde, et non les sacrifices; et la connaissance de Dieu plus que les holocaustes.
I want [my people] to faithfully love [me] more than [I want them to offer] sacrifices [to me]; [I want them] to know me more than [I want them to] completely burn sacrifices [on the altar].
7 Mais eux, comme Adam, ont rompu l'alliance. Ils m'ont été infidèles là-bas.
But they have refused to obey my agreement, [just] like Adam did; they have not been faithful to me.
8 Galaad est une ville de ceux qui commettent l'iniquité; elle est tachée de sang.
Gilead is a city [full] of people who do wicked things; [in the streets] are the bloody footprints [of those who have murdered others].
9 Comme des bandes de voleurs attendent pour tendre une embuscade à un homme, Ainsi, la troupe de prêtres assassine sur le chemin de Sichem, commettre des crimes honteux.
The priests are like [SIM] bandits who wait (in ambushes/along the road) to attack people; they murder [people who are walking] on the road to Shechem, and they commit other disgraceful crimes.
10 Dans la maison d'Israël, j'ai vu une chose horrible. Il y a de la prostitution en Ephraïm. Israël est souillé.
I have seen horrible things [being done] in Israel [MTY]. The people have abandoned me [like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands] [MET]; [so the people of] Israel have become unacceptable to me.
11 « Et toi, Juda, une moisson t'est réservée, quand je restaurerai la fortune de mon peuple.
And you [people of] Judah, I have appointed a time when I will punish [MET] you, too. Whenever I wanted to enable my people to prosper again,”
