Michée 6
1 Écoutez donc ce que dit l'Éternel! « Lève-toi, plaide 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 Écoutez, montagnes, le procès de l'Éternel, et vous, immobiles fondements de la terre! car l'Éternel fait un procès à son peuple, et avec Israël Il entre en débat.
[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? et en quoi t'ai-je peiné? 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 te tirai du pays d'Egypte, et de la maison de servitude je te rachetai, et j'envoyai 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! rappelle-toi donc ce que projetait Balak, roi de Moab, et ce que lui répondit Balaam, fils de Béor, de Sittim à Guilgal, afin que tu reconnaisses les bontés de l'Éternel. »
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-me présenterai-je devant l'Éternel, rendrai-je mon hommage au Dieu suprême! Me présenterai-je avec des holocaustes, 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'Éternel agréera-t-Il des milliers de béliers, des myriades de torrents d'huile? Offrirai-je mon premier-né pour expier mon crime, le fruit de mes entrailles pour expier 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 O homme, Il t'a révélé ce qui est bien; et que requiert de toi l'Éternel, sinon de pratiquer la justice, et d'aimer la piété, et de marcher humblement 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'Éternel fait appel à la Ville; et salut à qui prend garde à ton nom! Entendez la verge et qui l'envoie!
“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 Y a-t-il encore dans la maison de l'impie des trésors iniques et un épha réduit, abominable?
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 Puis-je être pur pour qui a une balance inique et une bourse avec de faux poids?
[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 Parce que ses riches sont pleins de violence, et que ses habitants profèrent le mensonge, et ont dans la bouche une langue trompeuse,
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 moi aussi je te frapperai à mort, exerçant des ravages 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 et ne te rassasieras pas, et l'inanition sera dans ton corps; tu mettras à part, mais ne sauveras pas, et ce que tu sauveras, 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 et ne moissonneras pas; tu pressureras l'olive et ne t'oindras point d'huile; le moût, et ne boiras point de 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 Et l'on observe les règles d'Omri et toute la manière de la maison d'Achab, et vous suivez leurs conseils, afin que je fasse de toi un objet d'horreur et de ses habitants un objet de dérision, et vous porterez 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.’”
