Osée 5
1 Entendez-le, sacrificateurs, écoute-le, maison d'Israël! et maison du roi, sois-y attentive! car pour vous il s'agit du jugement; car vous fûtes un filet à Mitspa, et une toile tendue sur le Thabor.
“Listen, you priests! And you [other] Israeli people, you also pay attention! And you who are members of the king’s family, [you also need to] listen, because [I am going to] judge you! Your [worshiping idols] has been [like] [MET] a trap for [the people at] Mizpah [town]; it has been [like][MET] a net spread out [to catch people] at Tabor [Mountain].
2 Ils accumulent les sacrifices coupables; mais moi [j'accumulerai] les châtiments sur eux tous.
You have done many evil things, so I will punish all of you.
3 Je connais Éphraïm, et Israël ne m'est point caché; car maintenant tu te prostitues, Éphraïm, et Israël se souille.
I know [everything about the people of] Israel; nothing that they have done is hidden from me. Because [the people of] Israel have given themselves [to worshiping idols] like [MET] prostitutes [give themselves to the men they sleep with], they have become unacceptable to me.
4 Ils ne font point leur œuvre de revenir à leur Dieu, car l'esprit d'impudicité est en eux, et de l'Éternel ils n'ont nulle connaissance.
Because they [like to do evil] things, they will not return to [me], their God. Like prostitutes [who have abandoned their husbands] [MET], they have [IDM] abandoned [MET] me; they do not [even] know me, Yahweh.
5 Ainsi l'orgueil d'Israël s'exprime sur son visage, et Israël et Éphraïm tomberont par l'effet de leur péché; avec eux tombera aussi Juda.
[It is as though] their being proud testifies [PRS] against them. The sins that [the people of] Israel have committed [are like a heavy load that] causes them to stumble, and [the people of] Judah stumble with them.
6 Avec leurs brebis et leurs taureaux ils viendront chercher l'Éternel et ne le trouveront pas; Il se dérobe à eux.
They will come to worship [me], Yahweh, bringing their herds of sheep and cattle, but they will not [be able to] find me, because I have abandoned them.
7 A l'Éternel ils furent infidèles; car ils donnèrent naissance à des enfants bâtards; maintenant il ne faudra qu'une nouvelle lune pour les dévorer, eux et leurs possessions.
They have abandoned me; and their children do not belong to me [MET]. So [they will not be able to celebrate their festivals at] the new moons [because I] will destroy them and [the crops in] their fields.
8 Sonnez de la trompette en Guibha, et du clairon à Rama! pousse des cris, Bethaven! on est à ta poursuite, Benjamin!
Blow the [rams’] horns in Gibeah [town] [and blow] the trumpets in Ramah [town]! Warn [the people at] Beth-Aven [town]; you warriors of the tribe of Benjamin, lead the troops [into the battle].
9 Éphraïm sera un désert au jour du châtiment; parmi les tribus d'Israël j'annonce une chose certaine.
Israel will be ruined on the day that [I] destroy them. What I am telling to the tribes of Israel will certainly [happen].
10 Les princes de Juda sont comme ceux qui déplacent les bornes; sur eux je verserai comme les eaux ma colère.
[Because] the leaders of Judah [seized some land that belonged to Israel], they are like [SIM] those who move boundary markers [to get more land for themselves]; [so] I will punish them severely [MET].
11 Éphraïm est accablé, écrasé par le jugement, car il se plaît à suivre la voie qu'il se trace.
And [the people of] Israel will suffer greatly when I punish them, because they are [very] determined to worship idols.
12 Et je suis comme une teigne pour Éphraïm, comme une carie pour la maison de Juda.
I will destroy [the people of] Israel like [SIM] ([larvae of] moths/cockroaches) destroy wool, and I will cause [the people of] Judah to be like [SIM] rotten wood.
13 Et Éphraïm voit sa maladie, et Juda sa blessure, et Éphraïm se rend auprès d'Assur, et députe vers un roi qui le venge; mais il ne pourra vous guérir, ni enlever votre plaie.
When [the leaders of] Israel and Judah saw that the people were suffering because of what [their enemies were doing to them] [MET], they sent [messages] to the great King of Assyria requesting [his help]. But he cannot help you; he cannot cause you to stop suffering, [because I am the one who is punishing Israel and Judah].
14 Car je suis comme un lion pour Éphraïm, et comme un jeune lion pour la maison de Juda; moi, moi je déchire, puis je m'en vais, j'emporte, et personne qui sauve.
I will become like [SIM] a lion [DOU] to both nations; I will [attack them and] tear them to pieces. I will drag them away, and no one will [be able to] rescue them.
15 Je m'en vais et retourne à ma demeure, jusqu'à ce qu'ils se reconnaissent et cherchent ma face; dans leur angoisse ils voudront me trouver.
[After that], I will return to my place [in heaven] until they admit that they have sinned [MTY] and return to me; when they will experience [many] troubles, they will request me [to help them].”
