Osée 3

1 L’Éternel me dit: Va encore, et aime une femme aimée d’un amant, et adultère; aime-la comme l’Éternel aime les enfants d’Israël, qui se tournent vers d’autres dieux et qui aiment les gâteaux de raisins.

Then Yahweh said to me, “Go and show to your wife that you still love her, even though she has been committing adultery with another man who loves her. [That will show that] I still love the people of Israel, even though they worship other gods/idols and eat raisin cakes [in feasts that honor those gods].”

2 Je l’achetai pour quinze sicles d’argent, un homer d’orge et un léthec d’orge.

[My wife had become a slave, ] but I bought her for (6 ounces/179 grams) of silver and ten bushels of barley.

3 Et je lui dis: Reste longtemps pour moi, ne te livre pas à la prostitution, ne sois à aucun homme, et je serai de même envers toi.

Then I said to her, “You must wait for many days [before we sleep together] [EUP]. During that time, you must not be a prostitute, and you must not have sex with any other man; but I will live with you.”

4 Car les enfants d’Israël resteront longtemps sans roi, sans chef, sans sacrifice, sans statue, sans éphod, et sans théraphim.

[Our doing that will show that] in the same way, the people of Israel will not have a king and [other] leaders for many years. They will not offer sacrifices or [have sacred stone] pillars, no sacred vest [for the Supreme Priest], and no idols!

5 Après cela, les enfants d’Israël reviendront; ils chercheront l’Éternel, leur Dieu, et David, leur roi; et ils tressailliront à la vue de l’Éternel et de sa bonté, dans la suite des temps.

But later, the people of Israel will return to Yahweh their God and [be guided by him and] by a king who is a descendant of [King] David. In the last/future days they will come to Yahweh, revering him and trembling [in his presence], and he will bless them.