Michée 1
1 Parole de Yahvé qui fut adressée à Michée, de Morasheth, aux jours de Jotham, d'Achaz et d'Ézéchias, rois de Juda, et qu'il vit concernant Samarie et Jérusalem.
[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.
2 Écoutez, vous, peuples, vous tous! Écoute, ô terre, et tout ce qu'elle contient. Que le Seigneur Yahvé soit témoin contre vous, le Seigneur de son temple sacré.
You people everywhere on the earth, pay attention to this [DOU]! Yahweh our God is accusing you from his holy temple [in heaven].
3 Car voici, Yahvé sort de son lieu, et descendra et foulera les hauts lieux de la terre.
He will come down [from heaven] and walk on the tops of the highest mountains.
4 Les montagnes fondent sous lui, et les vallées se fendent comme la cire devant le feu, comme des eaux qui se déversent dans un endroit escarpé.
[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.
5 « Tout cela à cause de la désobéissance de Jacob, et pour les péchés de la maison d'Israël. Quelle est la désobéissance de Jacob? Ce n'est pas la Samarie? Et quels sont les hauts lieux de Juda? N'est-ce pas Jérusalem?
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.
6 C'est pourquoi je rendrai Samarie semblable à un tas de décombres des champs, comme des endroits pour planter des vignes; et je déverserai ses pierres dans la vallée, et je découvrirai ses fondations.
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.
7 Toutes ses idoles seront mises en pièces, tous ses dons au temple seront brûlés par le feu, et je détruirai toutes ses images; car elle les a recueillis sur le salaire d'une prostituée, et au salaire d'une prostituée, ils retourneront. »
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].
8 C'est pourquoi je me plains et je gémis. J'irai dépouillé et nu. Je hurlerai comme les chacals et se lamenter comme les autruches.
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,
9 Car ses blessures sont incurables; car elle est arrivée jusqu'à Juda. Elle atteint la porte de mon peuple, même à Jérusalem.
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].
10 Ne le dis pas à Gath. Ne pleurez pas du tout. A Beth Ophrah, je me suis roulé dans la poussière.
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].’
11 Passe, habitant de Shaphir, dans la nudité et la honte. L'habitant de Zaanan ne sortira pas. Les lamentations de Beth Ezel t'enlèveront sa protection.
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.
12 Car l'habitant de Maroth attend impatiemment le bien, car le mal est descendu de Yahvé jusqu'à la porte de Jérusalem.
[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.
13 Attelez le char au coursier rapide, habitant de Lakis. Elle a été le début du péché pour la fille de Sion; car les transgressions d'Israël se sont retrouvées en toi.
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.
14 Vous ferez donc un cadeau d'adieu à Moresheth Gath. Les maisons d'Aczib seront un objet de tromperie pour les rois d'Israël.
[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.
15 Je vous amènerai encore un vainqueur, habitants de Mareshah. La gloire d'Israël viendra à Adullam.
[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].
16 Rasez-vous la tête, et coupez vos cheveux pour les enfants de vos délices. Agrandissez votre calvitie comme le vautour, car ils sont partis en captivité loin de toi!
[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).
