Osée 9
1 Israël ne te réjouis point jusqu'à t'égayer comme les [autres] peuples, de ce que tu as commis adultère, [te retirant] loin de ton Dieu. Tu as aimé le salaire [de la fornication] dans toutes les aires de froment.
[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 la cuve ne les repaîtra point, et le vin doux leur mentira.
[But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.
3 Ils ne demeureront point en la terre de l'Eternel, mais Ephraïm retournera en Egypte, et ils mangeront en Assyrie la viande souillée.
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 point aspersion de vin à l'Eternel, et leurs sacrifices ne lui plairont point; [mais ils] leur seront comme le pain de deuil; tous ceux qui en mangeront seront souillés; parce que leur pain est pour leurs trépassés, il n'entrera point dans la maison de l'Eternel.
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 des fêtes solennelles, et aux jours des fêtes de l'Eternel?
At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.
6 Car voici, ils s'en sont allés à cause du dégât; l'Egypte les serrera, Memphis les ensevelira; on ne désirera que leur argent; le chardon sera leur héritier, et l'épine sera dans leurs tabernacles.
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 Les jours de la visitation sont venus, les jours de la rétribution sont venus, et Israël le saura. Les Prophètes sont fous, les hommes de révélation sont insensés à cause de la grandeur de ton iniquité, et de [ta] grande aversion.
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 La sentinelle d'Ephraïm est avec mon Dieu; [mais] le Prophète est un filet d'oiseleur dans tous les chemins d'Ephraïm, il [est] l'aversion contre 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 se sont extrêmement corrompus, comme aux jours de Guibha; il 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'avais, [dira-t-il], trouvé Israël comme des grappes dans un désert; j'avais vu vos pères comme un premier fruit en un figuier dans son commencement; [mais] ils sont entrés vers Bahal-péhor, et se sont séparés pour aller après une chose honteuse, et se sont rendus abominables comme ce qu'ils ont aimé.
[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'Ephraïm s'envolera aussi vite qu'un oiseau, dès la naissance, dès le ventre, et dès la 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 Que s'ils élèvent leurs enfants, je les en priverai, [tellement que pas un d'entre eux] ne deviendra homme; car aussi, malheur à eux, quand je me serai retiré d'eux.
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 Ephraïm était comme j'ai vu Tyr, plantée en un lieu agréable, mais néanmoins Ephraïm mènera ses fils au meurtrier.
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 Ô Eternel! donne-leur; [mais] que leur donnerais-tu? donne-leur un sein sujet à avorter, et des mamelles taries.
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 est à Guilgal; c'est pourquoi je les ai là haïs; je les chasserai de ma maison à cause de la malice de leurs actions; je ne continuerai plus à les aimer; tous les principaux d'entre eux sont revêches.
[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 Ephraïm a été frappé; et leur racine est asséchée, ils ne feront plus de fruit; et s'ils engendrent [des enfants], je mettrai à mort les [fruits] désirables de leur ventre.
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 point écouté, et ils seront vagabonds 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].”
