Osée 1
1 La parole de l'Eternel qui fut [adressée] à Osée fils de Béeri, au temps de Hozias, Jotham, Achaz et Ezéchias, Rois de Juda, et au temps de Jéroboam fils de Joas, Roi d'Israël.
[I am] Hosea, the son of Beeri. Yahweh gave me these messages [at various times] during the years that Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah, and Jeroboam the son of Jehoash was the King of Israel.
2 Au commencement que l'Eternel parla par Osée, l'Eternel dit à Osée: Va, prends-toi une femme débauchée, et [aie d'elle] des enfants illégitimes; car le pays ne fait que commettre adultère, [se détournant] de l'Eternel.
When Yahweh first [began to] give messages to me [to tell to the people of Israel], he said to me, “Go and marry a prostitute. But [some of] her children will be born as a result of her having sex with men to whom she is not married. That will illustrate how the people of Israel have turned away from me and worship (idols/other gods).”
3 Il s'en alla donc, et prit Gomer, fille de Diblajim, laquelle conçut, et lui enfanta un fils.
So I married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. She became pregnant and gave birth to my son.
4 Et l'Eternel lui dit: Appelle son nom Jizréhel; car encore un peu de temps, et je visiterai le sang de Jizréhel sur la maison de Jéhu, et ferai cesser le règne de la maison d'Israël.
Yahweh said to me, “Give him the name Jezreel, [which means ‘God scatters’], because I will soon punish the descendants [MTY] of [King] Jehu [by scattering them], because he killed many of my people at Jezreel [town]. [Some day] I will end the kingdom of Israel,
5 Et il arrivera qu'en ce jour-là je romprai l'arc d'Israël dans la vallée de Jizréhel.
by destroying the power [MTY] of [the army of] Israel in Jezreel Valley.”
6 Elle conçut encore, et elle enfanta une fille, et [l'Eternel] lui dit: Appelle son nom Lo-ruhama; car je ne continuerai plus de faire miséricorde à la maison d'Israël, mais je les enlèverai entièrement.
[Later] Gomer became pregnant [again], and she gave birth to a daughter. Yahweh said to me “Give her the name Lo-ruhamah, [which means ‘not loved],’ because I will no longer [show that I] love the people [MET] of Israel, and I will not forgive them [for the sins that they have committed].
7 Mais je ferai miséricorde à la maison de Juda, et je les délivrerai par l'Eternel leur Dieu; et je ne les délivrerai point par l'arc, ni par l'épée, ni par des combats, ni par des chevaux, ni par des gens de cheval.
But I will [show that I] love the people [MTY] of Judah [by saving them from their enemies]. However, it will not be by weapons and armies or horses and chariots that I will save them. Instead, it will be by [the power that I], Yahweh their God, [have].”
8 Puis quand elle eut sevré Lo-ruhama, elle conçut, et enfanta un fils.
After Gomer had (weaned/stopped breast-feeding) Lo-ruhamah, she became pregnant again, and she gave birth to another son.
9 Et [l'Eternel] dit: Appelle son nom Lo-hammi; car vous n'êtes point mon peuple, et je ne serai point votre [Dieu].
Yahweh said “Give him the name Lo-ammi, [which means 'not my people', ] because the people of Israel are no [longer my people], and I am not their God.
10 Toutefois il arrivera que le nombre des enfants d'Israël sera comme le sable de la mer, qui ne se peut ni mesurer, ni compter; et il arrivera qu'au lieu où on leur aura dit: Vous êtes Lo-hammi, il leur sera dit: Vous êtes les enfants du Dieu vivant.
But [some day] the people of Israel will be [as numerous] as [SIM] the [grains of] sand on the seashore; no one will be able to count them. Now [I] am saying to them, ‘You are not my people,’ but then people will say to them, ‘[You are the] children of God who is all-powerful.’
11 Aussi les enfants de Juda, et les enfants d'Israël seront assemblés, et ils s'établiront un Chef, et remonteront hors du pays; car la journée de Jizréhel aura été grande.
[At that time], the people of Judah and the people of Israel will unite. They will appoint one leader for all of them, and they will return from the countries [to which they have been (exiled/forced to go)]. That will be a great time; Jezreel [also means ‘God plants’, and it will be as though God will plant them in this country again].”
