Osée 8
1 Embouche la trompette! L’ennemi fond comme un aigle sur la maison de l’Éternel, Parce qu’ils ont violé mon alliance, Et transgressé ma loi.
[Yahweh said to me], “Blow [MTY] your trumpet [to warn the people]! My people have rejected the agreement that I made with them, and they have rebelled against [obeying] my laws. Therefore, [their enemies] are swooping down on my people’s country like [SIM] an eagle.
2 Ils crieront vers moi: Mon Dieu, nous te connaissons, nous Israël!
My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
3 Israël a rejeté le bien; L’ennemi le poursuivra.
But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
4 Ils ont établi des rois sans mon ordre, Et des chefs à mon insu; Ils ont fait des idoles avec leur argent et leur or; C’est pourquoi ils seront anéantis.
The Israel people appointed [their last three] kings, but they did not ask me if I agreed to [what they were doing]. They chose their own leaders without asking if I would approve of them. They used their own silver and gold to make for themselves idols, and doing that led them to be destroyed.
5 L’Éternel a rejeté ton veau, Samarie! Ma colère s’est enflammée contre eux. Jusques à quand refuseront-ils de se purifier?
You people of Samaria, throw away your [idol that resembles a] calf! I am extremely angry with you people! How long [RHQ] will you [do things that cause] you to be unacceptable to me?
6 Il vient d’Israël, un ouvrier l’a fabriqué, Et ce n’est pas un Dieu; C’est pourquoi le veau de Samarie sera mis en pièces.
[Someone in] Israel made that idol for you; [but I am] God and it is not. So that idol of a calf in Samaria must be smashed to pieces.
7 Puisqu’ils ont semé du vent, ils moissonneront la tempête; Ils n’auront pas un épi de blé; Ce qui poussera ne donnera point de farine, Et s’il y en avait, des étrangers la dévoreraient.
[The foolish thing that the people of Israel have done is like] [MET] trying to plant wind; but what they harvest will be like [MET] a whirlwind. So the grain that they planted will have no heads [on the stalks], and as a result [there will be no grain] from which to make flour. And if it did produce good grain, foreigners would [come and] steal it.
8 Israël est anéanti! Ils sont maintenant parmi les nations Comme un vase qui n’a pas de prix.
[The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
9 Car ils sont allés en Assyrie, Comme un âne sauvage qui se tient à l’écart; Éphraïm a fait des présents pour avoir des amis.
Like [MET] donkeys that are looking for mates, they have requested [help] from Assyria; they paid money to [the leaders of Assyria] in order to [persuade those leaders to] protect them.
10 Quand même ils font des présents parmi les nations, Je vais maintenant les rassembler, Et bientôt ils souffriront sous le fardeau du roi des princes.
But although they have agreed to pay money each year to [the leaders of] those countries, I will soon gather them together [to punish them]. The great King [of Assyria] will cause them to suffer greatly.
11 Éphraïm a multiplié les autels pour pécher, Et ces autels l’ont fait tomber dans le péché.
Although [the people of] Israel built many altars to present offerings [to their idols] to take away [their guilt for] sinning, those altars have become places where they commit [more] sins.
12 Que j’écrive pour lui toutes les ordonnances de ma loi, Elles sont regardées comme quelque chose d’étranger.
I wrote many laws for them, but they disregarded them, saying that [they did not have to obey them because] they were different from laws that they had known previously.
13 Ils immolent des victimes qu’ils m’offrent, Et ils en mangent la chair: L’Éternel n’y prend point de plaisir. Maintenant l’Éternel se souvient de leur iniquité, Et il punira leurs péchés: Ils retourneront en Égypte.
They offer sacrifices to me, and they eat [some of] the meat of those sacrifices, [which is what I permitted them to do]. But I, Yahweh, am not pleased with those sacrifices. I remember the evil things that they have done, and I will punish them for the sins that they have committed: I will force them to [go to other countries] [and become slaves like they were] [MET] in Egypt.
14 Israël a oublié celui qui l’a fait, Et a bâti des palais, Et Juda a multiplié les villes fortes; Mais j’enverrai le feu dans leurs villes, Et il en dévorera les palais.
[The people of] Israel have abandoned/forgotten me, the one who created their [nation]; they have built palaces, and [the people of] Judah have built walls around many towns. But I will send a fire that will destroy all their cities and their fortresses.”
