Osée 1
1 La parole de l’Éternel qui vint à Osée, fils de Beéri, aux jours d’Ozias, de Jotham, d’Achaz, et d’Ézéchias, rois de Juda, et aux jours de Jéroboam, fils de Joas, roi d’Israël.
[I am] Hosea, the son of Beeri. Yahweh gave me these messages [at various times] during the years that Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah, and Jeroboam the son of Jehoash was the King of Israel.
2 Commencement de la parole de l’Éternel par Osée. Et l’Éternel dit à Osée: Va, prends-toi une femme prostituée et des enfants de prostitution; car le pays s’est entièrement prostitué en abandonnant l’Éternel.
When Yahweh first [began to] give messages to me [to tell to the people of Israel], he said to me, “Go and marry a prostitute. But [some of] her children will be born as a result of her having sex with men to whom she is not married. That will illustrate how the people of Israel have turned away from me and worship (idols/other gods).”
3 Et il s’en alla et prit Gomer, fille de Diblaïm; et elle conçut, et lui enfanta un fils.
So I married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. She became pregnant and gave birth to my son.
4 Et l’Éternel lui dit: Appelle son nom Jizreël, car encore un peu de temps, et je visiterai le sang de Jizreël sur la maison de Jéhu, et je ferai cesser le royaume de la maison d’Israël;
Yahweh said to me, “Give him the name Jezreel, [which means ‘God scatters’], because I will soon punish the descendants [MTY] of [King] Jehu [by scattering them], because he killed many of my people at Jezreel [town]. [Some day] I will end the kingdom of Israel,
5 et il arrivera, en ce jour-là, que je briserai l’arc d’Israël dans la vallée de Jizreël.
by destroying the power [MTY] of [the army of] Israel in Jezreel Valley.”
6 Et elle conçut encore, et enfanta une fille; et il lui dit: Appelle son nom Lo-Rukhama, car je ne ferai plus miséricorde à la maison d’Israël, pour leur pardonner encore;
[Later] Gomer became pregnant [again], and she gave birth to a daughter. Yahweh said to me “Give her the name Lo-ruhamah, [which means ‘not loved],’ because I will no longer [show that I] love the people [MET] of Israel, and I will not forgive them [for the sins that they have committed].
7 mais je ferai miséricorde à la maison de Juda, et je les sauverai par l’Éternel leur Dieu; et je ne les sauverai pas par l’arc, ni par l’épée, ni par la guerre, [ni] par des chevaux, ni par des cavaliers.
But I will [show that I] love the people [MTY] of Judah [by saving them from their enemies]. However, it will not be by weapons and armies or horses and chariots that I will save them. Instead, it will be by [the power that I], Yahweh their God, [have].”
8 Et elle sevra Lo-Rukhama. Et elle conçut, et enfanta un fils.
After Gomer had (weaned/stopped breast-feeding) Lo-ruhamah, she became pregnant again, and she gave birth to another son.
9 Et il dit: Appelle son nom Lo-Ammi, car vous n’êtes pas mon peuple, et je ne serai pas à vous.
Yahweh said “Give him the name Lo-ammi, [which means 'not my people', ] because the people of Israel are no [longer my people], and I am not their God.
10 Cependant le nombre des fils d’Israël sera comme le sable de la mer, qui ne peut se mesurer ni nombrer; et il arrivera que, dans le lieu où il leur a été dit: Vous n’êtes pas mon peuple, il leur sera dit: Fils du Dieu vivant.
But [some day] the people of Israel will be [as numerous] as [SIM] the [grains of] sand on the seashore; no one will be able to count them. Now [I] am saying to them, ‘You are not my people,’ but then people will say to them, ‘[You are the] children of God who is all-powerful.’
11 Et les fils de Juda et les fils d’Israël se rassembleront, et s’établiront un chef, et monteront du pays; car la journée de Jizreël est grande.
[At that time], the people of Judah and the people of Israel will unite. They will appoint one leader for all of them, and they will return from the countries [to which they have been (exiled/forced to go)]. That will be a great time; Jezreel [also means ‘God plants’, and it will be as though God will plant them in this country again].”
