Michée 6
1 Ecoutez maintenant ce que dit l'Eternel: Lève-toi, plaide par-devant les montagnes, et que les collines entendent ta voix.
Pay attention to what Yahweh says [to you Israeli people]: “Stand up [in court] and state what you are accusing [me] about. And allow the hills and mountains to hear what you will say.
2 Ecoutez, montagnes, le procès de l'Eternel, [écoutez-le] aussi vous qui êtes les plus fermes fondements de la terre; car l'Eternel a un procès avec son peuple, et il plaidera avec Israël.
[But then] you mountains must [also] listen [carefully] [DOU] to what I, Yahweh, am complaining [about my people]. I have something to say about what [DOU] my Israeli people are doing that displeases me.
3 Mon peuple, que t'ai-je fait, ou en quoi t'ai-je causé de la peine? Réponds-moi.
My people, what have I done to [cause trouble for] you [RHQ]? What have I done to cause you to experience difficulties? Answer me!
4 Car je t'ai fait remonter hors du pays d'Egypte, et t'ai délivré de la maison de servitude, et j'ai envoyé devant toi Moïse, Aaron et Marie.
I [did great things for your ancestors]; I brought them out of Egypt; I rescued them from that land where they were slaves. I sent Moses to [lead] them, and [his older brother] Aaron and [his older sister] Miriam.
5 Mon peuple, qu'il te souvienne, je te prie, quel conseil Balak Roi de Moab avait pris [contre toi], et de ce que Balaam fils de Béhor lui répondit: [et de ce que j'ai fait] depuis Sittim jusqu'à Guilgal, afin que tu connaisses les justices de l'Eternel.
My people, think about when Balak, the king of Moab, requested Beor’s son Balaam [to curse your ancestors], and think about what Balaam replied. Think about [how your ancestors crossed the Jordan River miraculously while] they were traveling from Acacia to Gilgal. [Think about those things in order] that you may know that [I], Yahweh, do what is right.”
6 Avec quoi préviendrai-je l'Eternel, et me prosternerai-je devant le Dieu souverain? Le préviendrai-je avec des holocaustes, et avec des veaux d'un an?
[The Israeli people ask, ] “What shall we bring to Yahweh [who lives in] heaven when we come to him and bow down before him? Should we bring calves that are a year-old that will be offerings that will be [killed and] completely burned [on the altar]?
7 L'Eternel prendra-t-il plaisir aux milliers de moutons, ou à dix mille torrents d'huile? Donnerai-je mon premier-né [pour] mon crime, le fruit de mon ventre [pour] le péché de mon âme?
Will Yahweh be pleased [if we offer to him] 1,000 rams and 10,000 streams of [olive] oil? Should we offer our firstborn children [to be sacrifices] to pay for the sins that we have committed [DOU]?”
8 Ô homme! Il t'a déclaré ce qui [est] bon; et qu'est-ce que l'Eternel requiert de toi, sinon que tu fasses ce qui est juste, que tu aimes la bénignité, et que tu marches en toute humilité avec ton Dieu.
[No, because] he has shown each of us what is good [to do]; he has shown [RHQ] us what he requires each of us [to do]: He wants us to do what is just/fair and to love and to be merciful [to others], and [he wants us] to live humbly [while we fellowship] with him, our God.
9 La voix de l'Eternel crie à la ville, (car ton Nom voit comme il va de tout: ) Ecoutez la verge, et celui qui l'a assignée?
“I am Yahweh, so if you are wise, you should revere me. I am calling out to [you people of] Jerusalem, ‘The armies [MET] that will destroy your city are coming, so pay careful attention to me, the one who is causing them to punish you with my rod.
10 Chacun n'a-t-il pas encore une maison de méchant, des trésors de méchanceté, et un Epha court, et détestable?
Do you think that [RHQ] I should forget that you wicked people filled your homes with valuable things that you acquired by cheating [others]? Do you think that [RHQ] I should forget that you used false measures [when you bought and sold things]? Those are things that I hate.
11 Tiendrai-je pour net celui qui a de fausses balances, et de fausses pierres [à peser] dans son sachet?
[Do you think] that [RHQ] I should say nothing about people who use scales that do not weigh correctly, and who use weights that are not accurate?
12 Car ses riches sont remplis de choses ravies par violence, ses habitants usent de mensonge, et il y a une langue trompeuse dans leur bouche.
The rich people among you always act violently [to get money from poor people]. All of the people [in Jerusalem] are liars, and they [SYN] always deceive people.
13 C'est pourquoi je t'ai rendue languissante en te frappant, et te rendant désolée à cause de tes péchés.
Therefore, I have [already] begun to get rid of you, to ruin you because of the sins that you have committed.
14 Tu mangeras, mais tu ne seras point rassasiée; et [la cause de] ton abaissement [sera] au-dedans de toi-même; tu ôteras de devant, mais tu ne sauveras point; et ce que tu auras sauvé, je le livrerai à l'épée.
[Soon] you will eat food, but you will not have enough to satisfy you; your stomachs will [still feel as though they are] empty. You will try to save up [money], but you will not be able to save anything, because I will send your enemies to take it from you in wars [MTY].
15 Tu sèmeras, mais tu ne moissonneras point; tu presseras l'olive, mais tu ne t'oindras point d'huile; et le moût, mais tu ne boiras point le vin.
You will plant [seeds], but you will not harvest [anything]. You will press olives, but [others], not you, will use the [olive] oil. You will trample on grapes [and make wine from the juice], but [others], not you, will drink the wine.
16 Car on a gardé les ordonnances de Homri, et toute l'œuvre de la maison d'Achab, et vous avez marché dans leurs conseils, afin que je mette en désolation et en opprobre ceux qui habitent en elle, et que vous portiez l'opprobre de mon peuple.
[Those things will happen to you because] you obey [only] the wicked laws of [King] Omri, and [you do the terrible things that wicked King] Ahab and his descendants commanded. So, I will destroy your [country], and I will cause your people to be despised; people [of other nations] will insult you.’”
