Osée 12
1 Éphraïm a poursuivi un vent funeste qui a fait durer tout le jour l'ardente chaleur; il a multiplié les vanités et les folies; il a fait alliance avec les Assyriens; il a vendu 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 Et le Seigneur entrera en jugement avec Juda, afin de punir Jacob; et Il le rétribuera selon ses voies et 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 les entrailles de sa mère, il supplanta son frère, et, de ses travaux, il fut fort contre 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 fut fort avec un ange, et il prévalut; et ils pleurèrent, et ils Me prièrent, ils Me trouvèrent en la maison d'On; et là il leur fut parlé.
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 le Seigneur Dieu Tout-Puissant sera le mémorial de Jacob.
[That was] the Commander of the armies of angels whose name is Yahweh [who talked with him]!
6 Et toi, Éphraïm, tu te convertiras à ton Dieu; garde donc Sa miséricorde et Sa justice, et approche-toi toujours de ton Dieu.
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 d'iniquité; il a aimé à opprimer avec violence.
The merchants [among you] use scales that do not weigh correctly; they love/like to cheat people.
8 Et Éphraïm a dit: Cependant je me suis enrichi, je me suis acquis le repos. Mais aucun de ses labeurs ne lui sera compté, à cause des injustices qu'il a commises.
[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 Moi, le Seigneur ton Dieu, Je t'ai fait sortir de l'Égypte; Je te ferai encore camper sous des tentes, comme dans les 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 J'ai parlé aux prophètes, et J'ai multiplié les visions, et J'ai parlé par la bouche des prophètes.
[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 n'est plus, c'est qu'il y avait en Galaad des princes menteurs faisant des sacrifices, et leurs autels sont comme des amas de pierres dans un champ.
[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 se retira en 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 Son prophète le Seigneur conduisit Israël hors de la terre d'Égypte, et c'est encore par Son prophète qu'Il le sauva.
[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 Et Éphraïm le provoqua et souleva Sa colère; mais le sang versé par Éphraïm retombera sur sa tête, et le Seigneur le rétribuera selon Son opprobre.
[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.
