Osée 12
1 Éphraïm se repaît de vent, et il court après le vent d’orient. Tout le jour il accumule le mensonge et la violence; ils concluent alliance avec Assur, et l’huile est transportée 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 Yahweh a aussi procès avec Juda; il va châtier Jacob selon ses voies, il lui rendra selon ses œuvres.
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 sein de sa mère, Jacob supplanta son frère, et dans sa vigueur il lutta 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 Il lutta avec l’ange et il eut le dessus; il pleura et lui demanda grâce; il le trouva ensuite à Béthel, et là Dieu 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 Or Yahweh est le Dieu des armées, son nom est Yahweh.
[That was] the Commander of the armies of angels whose name is Yahweh [who talked with him]!
6 Et toi, tu reviendras à ton Dieu; garde la bonté et la justice, et espère en ton Dieu toujours.
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 Chanaan tient dans sa main une balance fausse, il aime à extorquer.
The merchants [among you] use scales that do not weigh correctly; they love/like to cheat people.
8 Éphraïm dit: « Pourtant je me suis enrichi, je me suis fait une fortune; dans tous mes gains, on ne trouvera pas pour moi un tort 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 Et moi je suis Yahweh, ton Dieu, depuis le pays d’Égypte; je te ferai encore habiter dans les tentes, comme aux jours de fête.
“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 Et j’ai parlé aux prophètes, et moi, j’ai multiplié la vision; et, par l’intermédiaire des prophètes, j’ai parlé en 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 vanité, ils ne seront que néant; à Galgal, ils ont sacrifié des taureaux; aussi leurs autels seront comme des monceaux de pierres, sur les sillons des champs.
[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 la plaine d’Aram; Israël servit pour une femme, et pour une femme il garda les 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 Et par un prophète, Yahweh fit monter Israël hors d’Égypte, et par un prophète il fut gardé.
[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 Éphraïm a provoqué amèrement la colère divine; laissera tomber son sang sur lui, et son Seigneur lui rendra son outrage.
[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.
