Michée 6
1 Écoutez maintenant ce que dit Yahvé: « Lève-toi, plaide ta cause devant les montagnes, et laissez les collines entendre ce que vous avez à dire.
Pay attention to what Yahweh says [to you Israeli people]: “Stand up [in court] and state what you are accusing [me] about. And allow the hills and mountains to hear what you will say.
2 Écoutez, montagnes, l'accusation de Yahvé, et vous, fondations durables de la terre; car Yahvé a un procès contre son peuple, et il se disputera avec Israël.
[But then] you mountains must [also] listen [carefully] [DOU] to what I, Yahweh, am complaining [about my people]. I have something to say about what [DOU] my Israeli people are doing that displeases me.
3 Mon peuple, que vous ai-je fait? Comment vous ai-je accablé? Réponds-moi!
My people, what have I done to [cause trouble for] you [RHQ]? What have I done to cause you to experience difficulties? Answer me!
4 Car je vous ai fait monter du pays d'Égypte, et vous a rachetés de la maison d'esclavage. J'ai envoyé devant vous Moïse, Aaron et Miriam.
I [did great things for your ancestors]; I brought them out of Egypt; I rescued them from that land where they were slaves. I sent Moses to [lead] them, and [his older brother] Aaron and [his older sister] Miriam.
5 Mon peuple, rappelez-vous maintenant ce que Balak, roi de Moab, a imaginé, et ce que lui répondit Balaam, fils de Beor, de Shittim à Gilgal, afin que vous puissiez connaître les actes justes de Yahvé. »
My people, think about when Balak, the king of Moab, requested Beor’s son Balaam [to curse your ancestors], and think about what Balaam replied. Think about [how your ancestors crossed the Jordan River miraculously while] they were traveling from Acacia to Gilgal. [Think about those things in order] that you may know that [I], Yahweh, do what is right.”
6 Comment vais-je me présenter devant Yahvé? et m'incliner devant le Dieu exalté? Je me présenterai devant lui avec des holocaustes, avec des veaux d'un an?
[The Israeli people ask, ] “What shall we bring to Yahweh [who lives in] heaven when we come to him and bow down before him? Should we bring calves that are a year-old that will be offerings that will be [killed and] completely burned [on the altar]?
7 Yahvé sera-t-il satisfait de milliers de béliers? Avec des dizaines de milliers de rivières de pétrole? Dois-je donner mon premier-né pour ma désobéissance? Le fruit de mon corps pour le péché de mon âme?
Will Yahweh be pleased [if we offer to him] 1,000 rams and 10,000 streams of [olive] oil? Should we offer our firstborn children [to be sacrifices] to pay for the sins that we have committed [DOU]?”
8 Il t'a montré, ô homme, ce qui est bon. Que demande Yahvé de vous, sinon d'agir avec justice, d'aimer la miséricorde, et de marcher humblement avec ton Dieu?
[No, because] he has shown each of us what is good [to do]; he has shown [RHQ] us what he requires each of us [to do]: He wants us to do what is just/fair and to love and to be merciful [to others], and [he wants us] to live humbly [while we fellowship] with him, our God.
9 La voix de Yahvé appelle la ville... et la sagesse craint ton nom. « Écoute la baguette, et celui qui l'a nommé.
“I am Yahweh, so if you are wise, you should revere me. I am calling out to [you people of] Jerusalem, ‘The armies [MET] that will destroy your city are coming, so pay careful attention to me, the one who is causing them to punish you with my rod.
10 Il y a encore des trésors de méchanceté dans la maison des méchants, et un petit épha qui est maudit?
Do you think that [RHQ] I should forget that you wicked people filled your homes with valuable things that you acquired by cheating [others]? Do you think that [RHQ] I should forget that you used false measures [when you bought and sold things]? Those are things that I hate.
11 Je tolère les balances malhonnêtes, et un sac de poids trompeurs?
[Do you think] that [RHQ] I should say nothing about people who use scales that do not weigh correctly, and who use weights that are not accurate?
12 Ses riches sont pleins de violence, ses habitants disent des mensonges, et leur langue est trompeuse dans leur discours.
The rich people among you always act violently [to get money from poor people]. All of the people [in Jerusalem] are liars, and they [SYN] always deceive people.
13 C'est pourquoi je t'ai aussi frappé d'une blessure grave. Je vous ai rendus désolés à cause de vos péchés.
Therefore, I have [already] begun to get rid of you, to ruin you because of the sins that you have committed.
14 Vous mangerez, mais vous ne serez pas rassasiés. Votre faim sera en vous. Vous allez stocker, mais pas épargner, et ce que tu as sauvé, je le livrerai à l'épée.
[Soon] you will eat food, but you will not have enough to satisfy you; your stomachs will [still feel as though they are] empty. You will try to save up [money], but you will not be able to save anything, because I will send your enemies to take it from you in wars [MTY].
15 Vous sèmerez, mais vous ne récolterez pas. Tu fouleras les olives, mais tu ne t'oindras pas d'huile; et écrasent les raisins, mais ne boivent pas le vin.
You will plant [seeds], but you will not harvest [anything]. You will press olives, but [others], not you, will use the [olive] oil. You will trample on grapes [and make wine from the juice], but [others], not you, will drink the wine.
16 Car on observe les lois d'Omri, et toutes les œuvres de la maison d'Achab. Vous suivez leurs conseils, pour que je fasse de toi une ruine, et tes habitants un sifflement. Tu porteras l'opprobre de mon peuple. »
[Those things will happen to you because] you obey [only] the wicked laws of [King] Omri, and [you do the terrible things that wicked King] Ahab and his descendants commanded. So, I will destroy your [country], and I will cause your people to be despised; people [of other nations] will insult you.’”
