Osée 10
1 Israël est une vigne branchue; il porte du fruit pour lui-même. Selon l’abondance de son fruit, il a multiplié les autels; selon la beauté de son pays, il a rendu belles ses statues.
“Israel was [like a large] healthy/luxuriant vine [MET] that produced [a lot of] grapes. But as the people became richer, they made more altars [at which to worship idols]. As the people prospered, they [built and] decorated sacred pillars [that they worshiped].
2 Leur cœur est flatteur; maintenant ils seront tenus pour coupables. Il abattra leurs autels, il détruira leurs statues;
They are deceitful; [so] now they are guilty and must be punished. [I], Yahweh, will tear down their altars and smash those pillars.
3 car maintenant ils diront: Nous n’avons pas de roi, car nous n’avons pas craint l’Éternel; et un roi, que ferait-il pour nous?
Then they will say, ‘It is because we did not revere Yahweh that we no [longer] have a king. But [even if we had] a king, he certainly could not [RHQ] do anything to help us.’
4 Ils prononcent des paroles, ils jurent faussement, [et] ils concluent une alliance; aussi le jugement poussera comme une plante vénéneuse dans les sillons des champs.
They falsely promise [that they will do many things]; they solemnly promise and make agreements, but they do not do what they promise. So people accuse and sue [each other in the courts]; they are like [SIM] poisonous weeds [that grow] in a plowed field.
5 L’habitant de Samarie a peur pour le veau de Beth-Aven; car son peuple mènera deuil sur lui, et ses Camarim trembleront à cause de lui, pour sa gloire, car elle a été transportée d’auprès de lui;
The people who live in Samaria [city] are worried about [what may happen to the idol that resembles] a calf [that they set up] at Beth-Aven [town]. The people in Samaria will mourn, and the priests there will cry about it [if it is damaged or destroyed]. [Previously] they shouted joyfully about its being very great; but now it will not be great any more.
6 on le porte à l’Assyrie, comme présent au roi Jareb. Éphraïm est saisi de honte, et Israël aura honte de son conseil.
It will be taken to Assyria to be a gift for the great King [of Assyria]. [So the people of] Israel will be disgraced, and they will be ashamed because [they trusted in] that idol.
7 Samarie [est détruite], son roi a péri, comme un fétu sur la face des eaux;
The King of Samaria [and the other people in Samaria] will be gone; they will be like [SIM] a twig [that floats away] on the surface of the water [and disappears].
8 et les hauts lieux d’Aven, le péché d’Israël, seront détruits. L’épine et la ronce monteront sur leurs autels; et ils diront aux montagnes: Couvrez-nous! et aux collines: Tombez sur nous!
The altars on the tops of hills [where the people worshiped idols] will be destroyed; those have been the places where the people of Israel sinned greatly. Thorns and weeds will grow and cover those altars. Then the people will plead to the mountains and hills, ‘Fall [down and] cover us [to protect us from God punishing us]!’
9 Dès les jours de Guibha, tu as péché, Israël: là ils sont restés; la guerre contre les fils d’iniquité ne les atteignit pas à Guibha.
[You people of] Israel, [ever since your ancestors did evil things] at Gibeah, you have continued to sin. [When the people at] [PRS] Gibeah [did evil things], the result was a war [in which thousands of people died].
10 Selon mon bon plaisir, je les châtierai; et les peuples seront rassemblés contre eux, quand ils seront liés pour leurs deux iniquités.
[So now], when I want to, I will punish the Israeli people. Because of the many sins that they have committed, [the armies of other] nations will gather to attack them, and they will cause the Israeli people to become their slaves.
11 Et Éphraïm est une génisse dressée, qui aime à fouler le blé; et j’ai passé sur son beau cou: je ferai tirer le chariot à Éphraïm; Juda labourera, et Jacob hersera.
Israel is [like] [MET] a well-trained (heifer/young cow) that likes to thresh [grain]. [So now you will become slaves]. [It will be as though] I will put a yoke on your neck, and you will be forced to work hard for your enemies in their fields. [You people of] Israel and Judah [will be forced to go to Assyria]; there you [DOU] will pull plows to break up the ground [for planting seeds].
12 Semez pour vous en justice, moissonnez selon la piété. Défrichez pour vous un terrain neuf; [c’est] le temps pour chercher l’Éternel, jusqu’à ce qu’il vienne et qu’il fasse pleuvoir sur vous la justice.
[You plow your fields and plant your seeds] and harvest [your crops] [MET], [but what you need to do is] to act righteously and to faithfully love [me]; you need to repent [MET], because it is time to try to know [me], Yahweh; and if you do that, I will pour out [MET] many blessings on you.
13 Vous avez labouré la méchanceté, moissonné l’iniquité, mangé le fruit du mensonge; car tu as eu confiance en ta voie, en la multitude de tes hommes forts.
You [plant seeds and harvest the crops and eat them]; [but what I consider that you have really done is] that you have planted wicked things and harvested evil things and eaten [MET] the results [IDM] of the lies [that you have told]. [Instead of trusting in me, ] you have (depended on/trusted in) your own power and in your many soldiers.
14 Et un tumulte s’élèvera parmi tes peuples, et toutes tes forteresses seront détruites, comme Shalman détruisit Beth-Arbel, au jour de la guerre: la mère fut écrasée avec les fils.
As a result, you will [soon] hear the roar of battle, and all your cities that have walls around them will be destroyed, like [SIM] Shalman’s [army] destroyed Beth-Arbel [city] in a battle, and the women [in that city] and their children were bashed to death.
15 Béthel vous fera de même, à cause de la méchanceté de votre méchanceté: à l’aube du jour, le roi d’Israël aura entièrement cessé d’être.
[You people of] [APO] Bethel [city], that is what will happen to you, because you are very wicked. And when the sun rises [on that day], the King of Israel will be killed [in the battle].”
