Michée 7
1 Malheur à moi! car je suis comme quand on a cueilli les fruits d'Eté, et les grappillages de la vendange; il n'y a point de grappe pour manger, et mon âme désirait des premiers fruits.
I am very miserable/frustrated! I am like [SIM] someone who is hungry, [who searches for fruit to pick] after all the fruit had been picked and who finds no grapes or figs to eat.
2 Le débonnaire est péri de dessus la terre, et il n'y a pas un homme juste entre les hommes; ils sont tous en embûche pour verser le sang, chacun chasse après son frère avec des filets.
[All] the godly people have disappeared from this land; there is not one of them left. [The people who are left] are all murderers [MTY]; [it is as though] everyone is eager to kill his fellow countryman.
3 Pour faire du mal avec les [deux] mains; le Gouverneur exige, et le Juge [court] après la récompense, et les grands ne parlent que des outrages qu'ils souhaitent, et qu'ils entortillent.
They [all] use both hands to do what is evil. [Government] officials and judges [all] ask for bribes. Important people tell others what they want, and they plot/scheme together [about how to get it done].
4 Le plus homme de bien d'entre eux est comme une ronce, et le plus juste est pire qu'une haie d'épines: ta visitation, qui est le jour de tes surveillants, est venue, [et] leur perplexité sera bientôt.
[Even] the best people are [as worthless] [SIM] as briers; the people [who are considered by others to be] [IRO] the most honest are worse than clumps of thornbushes. But, [Yahweh] will soon judge them; now is the time that he will punish people, a time when they will be [very] confused [because of being defeated].
5 Ne croyez point à [votre intime] ami, et ne vous confiez point en vos conducteurs; garde-toi d'ouvrir ta bouche devant la [femme] qui dort en ton sein.
[So], do not trust anyone! Do not trust [even] a friend; [even] be careful what you say to your wife whom you love!
6 Car le fils déshonore le père, la fille s'élève contre sa mère, la belle-fille contre sa belle-mère, et les domestiques de chacun sont ses ennemis.
Boys will despise their fathers, and girls will defy their mothers. Women will defy their mothers-in-law. Your enemies will be those who live in your own houses.
7 Mais moi, je serai au guet, attendant l'Eternel; j'attendrai le Dieu de mon salut; mon Dieu m'exaucera.
As for me, I wait for Yahweh [to help me]. I confidently expect that God, my Savior, will answer me [when I pray].
8 Toi, mon ennemie, ne te réjouis point sur moi; si je suis tombée, je me relèverai; si j'ai été gisante dans les ténèbres, l'Eternel m'éclairera.
You who are our enemies, do not gloat/rejoice about [what has happened to] us, [because even] if we have experienced disasters, [those disasters will end and] we will be restored. [Even] if [it is as though] we are sitting in the darkness, Yahweh will be our light.
9 Je porterai l'indignation de l'Eternel, parce que j'ai péché contre lui, jusqu'à ce qu'il ait défendu ma cause, et qu'il m'ait fait justice; il me conduira à la lumière, je verrai sa justice.
We must be patient while Yahweh punishes us because we have sinned against him. But later, [it will be as though] he will go to court and defend us, and he will make sure that the judge makes a right decision about us. [It will be as though] he will bring us out into the light, and we will see it when he rescues us.
10 Et mon ennemie le verra, et la honte la couvrira; celle qui me disait: Où est l'Eternel, ton Dieu? mes yeux la verront, et elle sera bientôt pour être foulée comme la boue des rues.
Our enemies will [also] see that, and they will be disgraced because they [ridiculed us], saying “Why is [RHQ] Yahweh, that God of yours, [not helping you]?” But with our own eyes we will see them when they are defeated; we will see them trampled like [SIM] mud in the streets.
11 Au temps qu'il rebâtira tes cloisons, en ce temps là les édits seront étendus au loin.
[You people of Israel, ] at that time your cities will be rebuilt, and your territory will become larger.
12 En ce temps-là on viendra jusqu'à toi, même d'Assyrie et des villes fortes, et depuis les villes fortes jusqu'au fleuve, et depuis une mer jusqu'à l'autre, et depuis une montagne jusqu'à l'autre montagne;
[People from many countries will come to honor you]: people from Assyria and from [near] the [Euphrates] River [in the east] and from Egypt [in the south], from distant seas, and from many mountains.
13 Après que le pays aura été en désolation à cause de ses habitants, et pour le fruit de leurs actions.
But [the other countries on] the earth will become desolate because of the [evil] things that their people have done.
14 Pais avec ta houlette ton peuple, le troupeau de ton héritage, qui demeure seul dans les forêts au milieu de Carmel; et fais qu'ils paissent en Basan et en Galaad, comme au temps d'autrefois.
Yahweh, protect your people like [MET] [a shepherd protects his sheep] by using his walking stick; lead your people [MET] whom you have chosen to belong to you. [Even though some of them] live by themselves in a forest, give them the fertile pastureland in the Bashan and Gilead [regions] that they possessed long ago.
15 Je lui ferai voir des choses merveilleuses, comme au temps que tu sortis du pays d'Egypte.
[Yahweh says/replies], “[Yes], I will perform miracles for you like the miracles that I performed when I rescued your [ancestors] from [being slaves in] Egypt.”
16 Les nations le verront, et elles seront honteuses avec toute leur force; elles mettront la main sur la bouche, et leurs oreilles seront sourdes.
[People from many] nations will see [what Yahweh does for you], and they will be ashamed because they do not have any power. They will put their hands over their mouths and their ears [because they will be very amazed because of what Yahweh does], [and they will not be able to say anything or hear anything].
17 Elles lécheront la poudre comme le serpent, et trembleront dans leurs enclos comme les reptiles de la terre; elles accourront tout effrayées vers l'Eternel, notre Dieu, et te craindront.
[Being very humiliated, ] they will crawl on the ground [MTY] like [SIM] snakes. They will come out of their homes trembling, and stand revering Yahweh our God. They will be very afraid of him, and will tremble in front of him.
18 Qui est le [Dieu] Fort comme toi, [qui es un Dieu] qui ôte l'iniquité, et qui passe par-dessus les péchés du reste de son héritage? Il ne tient point à toujours sa colère, parce qu'il se plaît en la gratuité.
[Yahweh], there is no [RHQ] God like you; you forgive the sins [DOU] that were committed by the people who have survived, the people who belong to you. You do not remain angry forever; you are very happy [to show us] that you faithfully love [us].
19 Il aura encore compassion de nous; il effacera nos iniquités, et jettera tous nos péchés au fond de la mer.
You will again act kindly/compassionately toward us. You will get rid of [the scroll on which you have written] the sins that we have committed [as though you were] trampling it under your feet or throwing it into the deep ocean.
20 Tu maintiendras ta vérité à Jacob, et ta gratuité à Abraham, laquelle tu as jurée à nos pères dès les siècles passés.
You will show that you faithfully [do what you promised for us] and faithfully love us, just like you solemnly promised long ago to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob that you would do.
