Osée 12
1 Éphraïm se repaît de vent, et poursuit le vent d’orient; Chaque jour il multiplie le mensonge et la violence; Il fait alliance avec l’Assyrie, Et on porte 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 est aussi en contestation avec Juda, Et il punira Jacob pour sa conduite, 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 maternel Jacob saisit son frère par le talon, 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 fut vainqueur, Il pleura, et lui adressa des supplications. Jacob l’avait trouvé à Béthel, Et c’est là que Dieu nous a 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 L’Éternel est le Dieu des armées; Son nom est l’Éternel.
[That was] the Commander of the armies of angels whose name is Yahweh [who talked with him]!
6 Et toi, reviens à ton Dieu, Garde la piété et la justice, Et espère toujours en 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 Éphraïm est un marchand qui a dans sa main des balances fausses, Il aime à tromper.
The merchants [among you] use scales that do not weigh correctly; they love/like to cheat people.
8 Et Éphraïm dit: A la vérité, je me suis enrichi, J’ai acquis de la fortune; Mais c’est entièrement le produit de mon travail; On ne trouvera chez moi aucune iniquité, rien qui soit un crime.
[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 l’Éternel, ton Dieu, dès le pays d’Égypte; Je te ferai encore habiter sous des tentes, comme aux jours de fêtes.
“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, J’ai multiplié les visions, Et par les prophètes j’ai proposé des 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 n’est que néant, ils seront certainement anéantis. Ils sacrifient des bœufs dans Guilgal: 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 au pays 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 Par un prophète l’Éternel fit monter Israël hors d’Égypte, Et par un prophète Israël 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 irrité l’Éternel amèrement: Son Seigneur rejettera sur lui le sang qu’il a répandu, Il fera retomber sur lui la honte qui lui appartient.
[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.
