Osée 3

1 Et le Seigneur me dit: Vas encore, et aime une femme aimée par un ami, et adultère; comme le Seigneur aime les enfants d’Israël, et eux se tournent vers les dieux étrangers, et ils aiment le marc de raisins.

Then Yahweh said to me, “Go and show to your wife that you still love her, even though she has been committing adultery with another man who loves her. [That will show that] I still love the people of Israel, even though they worship other gods/idols and eat raisin cakes [in feasts that honor those gods].”

2 Et j’achetai cette femme quinze pièces d’argent, et un cor d’orge, et un demi-cor d’orge.

[My wife had become a slave, ] but I bought her for (6 ounces/179 grams) of silver and ten bushels of barley.

3 Et je lui dis: Tu m’attendras durant de longs jours; tu ne forniqueras pas, et tu ne seras à aucun homme; et moi aussi je t’attendrai.

Then I said to her, “You must wait for many days [before we sleep together] [EUP]. During that time, you must not be a prostitute, and you must not have sex with any other man; but I will live with you.”

4 Parce que durant de longs jours, les enfants d’Israël seront sans roi et sans prince, et sans sacrifice et sans autel, et sans éphod et sans théraphim.

[Our doing that will show that] in the same way, the people of Israel will not have a king and [other] leaders for many years. They will not offer sacrifices or [have sacred stone] pillars, no sacred vest [for the Supreme Priest], and no idols!

5 Et après cela, les enfants d’Israël reviendront, et ils chercheront le Seigneur leur Dieu et David leur roi; et ils craindront en approchant du Seigneur et de ses biens au dernier des jours.

But later, the people of Israel will return to Yahweh their God and [be guided by him and] by a king who is a descendant of [King] David. In the last/future days they will come to Yahweh, revering him and trembling [in his presence], and he will bless them.