Osée 12
1 Éphraïm se repaît de vent, et poursuit le vent d’orient; tout le jour il multiplie le mensonge et la dévastation; et ils font alliance avec l’Assyrie, et portent de l’huile 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 L’Éternel a aussi un débat avec Juda, et il punira Jacob selon ses voies, et il lui rendra selon ses actions.
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 ventre il prit son frère par le talon, et par sa force 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 oui, il lutta avec l’Ange et prévalut: il pleura et le supplia. À Béthel, il le trouva; et là, il parla 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 et l’Éternel, le Dieu des armées, – l’Éternel, est son mémorial.
[That was] the Commander of the armies of angels whose name is Yahweh [who talked with him]!
6 Et toi, retourne à ton Dieu, garde la piété et le jugement, et attends-toi à ton Dieu continuellement.
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 C’est un marchand; la fausse balance est dans sa main; il aime à extorquer.
The merchants [among you] use scales that do not weigh correctly; they love/like to cheat people.
8 Et Éphraïm dit: Toutefois je me suis enrichi, je me suis procuré des biens. Dans tout mon travail on n’a trouvé contre moi aucune iniquité qui soit 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, l’Éternel ton Dieu dès le pays d’Égypte, je te ferai encore habiter sous des tentes, comme aux jours de la fête solennelle.
“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 les visions, et, par les prophètes, j’ai parlé en similitudes.
[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, eux, ils ne seront que néant. À Guilgal, ils ont sacrifié des bœufs; leurs autels aussi seront comme des tas de pierres dans 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 Et Jacob s’enfuit dans la plaine de Syrie; et 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, l’Éternel fit monter Israël 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 amèrement provoqué la colère: son Seigneur laissera sur lui son sang, et lui rendra ses mépris.
[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.
