Osée 9
1 Israël, ne te livre pas à la joie, à l’allégresse, comme les peuples, De ce que tu t’es prostitué en abandonnant l’Éternel, De ce que tu as aimé un salaire impur dans toutes les aires à blé!
[You people of] Israel, do not shout joyfully [during your festivals] like [people of other] nations do! [I say that] because you have (not been faithful to/abandoned) me, your God. At every place where the people thresh grain you have [presented gifts to your idols like men] pay money to prostitutes.
2 L’aire et le pressoir ne les nourriront pas, Et le moût leur fera défaut.
[But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.
3 Ils ne resteront pas dans le pays de l’Éternel; Éphraïm retournera en Égypte, Et ils mangeront en Assyrie des aliments impurs.
And you people will not remain in the land that I, Yahweh, [gave to your ancestors]. You will be [captured and] taken to [Assyria], [where you will become slaves like your ancestors were] in Egypt; and in Assyria you will be forced to eat food that Yahweh has forbidden you to eat.
4 Ils ne feront pas à l’Éternel des libations de vin: Elles ne lui seraient point agréables. Leurs sacrifices seront pour eux comme un pain de deuil; Tous ceux qui en mangeront se rendront impurs; Car leur pain ne sera que pour eux, Il n’entrera point dans la maison de l’Éternel.
You Israelis will not [be able to] give wine offerings to him, or bring sacrifices to him. None of your other sacrifices will please him; they will be unacceptable to him, like [SIM] food that is touched by people at funerals, and everyone who eats that food will become unacceptable to him. They will be permitted to eat that food themselves, but they will not [be permitted to] bring it into the temple.
5 Que ferez-vous aux jours solennels, Aux jours des fêtes de l’Éternel?
At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.
6 Car voici, ils partent à cause de la dévastation; L’Égypte les recueillera, Moph leur donnera des sépulcres; Ce qu’ils ont de précieux, leur argent, sera la proie des ronces, Et les épines croîtront dans leurs tentes.
And even if you escape and are not killed [by the Assyrians], you will be captured by [the army of] Egypt, and you will [die and] be buried in Memphis, [the capital of Egypt]. Briers will [grow up and] cover your treasures of silver, and thorns will grow in your [ruined] tents/houses.
7 Ils arrivent, les jours du châtiment, Ils arrivent, les jours de la rétribution: Israël va l’éprouver! Le prophète est fou, l’homme inspiré a le délire, A cause de la grandeur de tes iniquités et de tes rébellions.
It is now the time for Yahweh to punish you, to pay you back for all the sins that you have committed. You people will [soon] know that. You have [committed] very many sins, and you very much hate Yahweh. You consider that the prophets are foolish, and you think that those who proclaim messages from him are crazy.
8 Éphraïm est une sentinelle contre mon Dieu; Le prophète… un filet d’oiseleur est sur toutes ses voies, Un ennemi dans la maison de son Dieu.
My God appointed [me and the other] prophets to be [like] [MET] watchmen [to warn] you people of Israel, but everywhere that we go, [it is as though] people set traps for us and people are hostile [to us, even] in the temple of our God.
9 Ils sont plongés dans la corruption, comme aux jours de Guibea; L’Éternel se souviendra de leur iniquité, Il punira leurs péchés.
The sins that the Israeli people have committed are as awful as [what the men of] Gibeah did long ago; [so] God will not forget the wicked things that they have done; he will punish the Israelis for [all] those sins.
10 J’ai trouvé Israël comme des raisins dans le désert, J’ai vu vos pères comme les premiers fruits d’un figuier; Mais ils sont allés vers Baal-Peor, Ils se sont consacrés à l’infâme idole, Et ils sont devenus abominables comme l’objet de leur amour.
[Yahweh says], “When I first started [to do things to help] Israel, it seemed to me as though [SIM] I had found grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were [delightful], like [SIM] the first figs that grow on fig trees [each year]. But when they came to Peor [Mountain], they worshiped that disgusting idol Baal, and they became as disgusting as the idol that they loved.
11 La gloire d’Éphraïm s’envolera comme un oiseau: Plus de naissance, plus de grossesse, plus de conception.
The things that cause Israel to be great will disappear like [SIM] a bird that flies away; [most of their women will] not become pregnant [DOU] or give birth to children.
12 S’ils élèvent leurs enfants, Je les en priverai avant qu’ils soient des hommes; Et malheur à eux, quand je les abandonnerai!
Even if their children are born and start to grow up, I will cause all of them to die [while they are still young]. Terrible things will happen to them when I abandon them!
13 Éphraïm, aussi loin que portent mes regards du côté de Tyr, Est planté dans un lieu agréable; Mais Éphraïm mènera ses enfants vers celui qui les tuera.
I have seen Israel become beautiful and prosperous like Tyre [city] was [before it was destroyed], but now the people of Israel will [be forced to] take their children to be slaughtered [by their enemies].”
14 Donne-leur, ô Éternel!… Que leur donneras-tu?… Donne-leur un sein qui avorte et des mamelles desséchées!
Yahweh, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should ask for my people. So I ask that you do this one thing: Cause the women who are pregnant to have miscarriages and unable [to nurse their babies].
15 Toute leur méchanceté se montre à Guilgal; C’est là que je les ai pris en aversion. A cause de la malice de leurs œuvres, Je les chasserai de ma maison. Je ne les aimerai plus; Tous leurs chefs sont des rebelles.
[Yahweh says], “Because of all the wicked things that my people did at Gilgal, that is where I started to hate them. [And now], because of [all] the sinful things that they have done, I will expel them from my country. I will not love them any longer; all their leaders rebel [against me].
16 Éphraïm est frappé, sa racine est devenue sèche; Ils ne porteront plus de fruit; Et s’ils ont des enfants, Je ferai périr les objets de leur tendresse.
Israel is like [MET] a grapevine that is dried up; [like a vine] [MET] whose roots are withered and that produces no fruit. Even if the [women of Israel] give birth to [more] children, I will cause those children, whom they love, to die.
17 Mon Dieu les rejettera, parce qu’ils ne l’ont pas écouté, Et ils seront errants parmi les nations.
The people of Israel have not obeyed me, their God, so I will reject them. [As a result], they will wander among the [other] nations, [searching for a place to live].”
