Osée 4
1 Écoutez la parole du Seigneur, fils d’Israël, parce que voici venir le jugement du Seigneur avec les habitants de la terre; car il n’y a pas de vérité, et il n’y a pas de miséricorde, et il n’y a pas de science de Dieu sur la terre.
You Israeli people, listen to this message from Yahweh! He is accusing you people who live in this country, [saying] “The people are not faithfully [doing what pleases me], they are not kind [to others], and they do not [even] know me!
2 L’imprécation, et le mensonge, et l’homicide, et le vol, et l’adultère, ont inondé la terre, et le sang s’est mêlé au sang.
Everywhere in this land they curse [others], they murder [others], they steal, and they commit adultery. They act violently toward others and commit one murder after another.
3 À cause de cela, la terre sera dans le deuil, et quiconque l’habite languira avec la bête de la campagne, et avec l’oiseau du ciel; et même les poissons de la mer seront enveloppés dans cette ruine.
It is because of their doing those things that there is no rain [MTY], the land has become dry, the people are mourning, and the people are dying [from hunger]. Even the wild animals and the birds and the fish in the sea are dying.
4 Mais cependant que personne ne juge, et qu’aucun homme ne soit repris; car ton peuple est comme ceux qui contredisent le prêtre.
But no one should accuse someone else and say it is his fault. It is you priests whom I am accusing.
5 Et tu succomberas aujourd’hui, et succombera aussi le prophète avec toi: la nuit j’ai réduit ta mère au silence.
So I will punish [MTY] you priests, night and day, and I will punish the prophets with you. I am going to destroy [Israel, the nation that is like] [MET] a mother to you.
6 Mon peuple s’est tu à cause qu’il n’a pas eu la science; parce que toi, tu as rejeté la science, je te rejetterai, afin que tu n’exerces pas le sacerdoce pour moi; et comme tu as oublié la loi de ton Dieu, j’oublierai tes enfants, moi aussi.
It is because my people do not know [about me] that they will be destroyed. And their not knowing about me is because you priests have refused [to teach them about me]; so I will no longer allow you to be my priests. You have forgotten the things that I taught you, so I will forget [to bless] your children.
7 À proportion de leur multitude, ils ont péché contre moi; je changerai leur gloire en ignominie.
As there are more and more priests, they have sinned against me more and more. So I will no longer allow them to be honored; instead, I will cause them to be disgraced.
8 Ils se nourriront des péchés de mon peuple, et ils encourageront leurs âmes dans leurs iniquités.
The priests get food from [the offerings that the] people [bring in order to be forgiven for having sinned], [so] the priests want the people to sin more and more [in order that the people will bring them more and more offerings].
9 Et comme sera le peuple, ainsi sera le prêtre; et je visiterai sur lui sa voie, et je lui rendrai selon ses pensées.
The priests [are as sinful] as the [other] people, and I will punish [all of] them for what they have done; I will pay them back for the [evil] things that they have done.
10 Et ils mangeront, et ils ne seront pas rassasiés; ils ont forniqué, et ils n’ont pas cessé, parce qu’ils ont abandonné le Seigneur en ne gardant point sa loi.
[The priests] will eat, but they will still be hungry; they will have sex with prostitutes, but they will not have any children, because they have abandoned [me], Yahweh,
11 La fornication, et le vin, et l’ivresse emportent le cœur.
and they are devoting themselves to sleeping with prostitutes, and to [drinking] old wine and new wine, which results in their not being able to think clearly.”
12 Mon peuple a interrogé son bois, et son bâton lui a annoncé l’avenir, car l’esprit de fornication les a déçus; et ils ont forniqué en se séparant de leur Dieu.
“[You] my people request wooden idols [to tell you what you should do]! Like prostitutes who have left/abandoned their husbands,
13 Sur les sommets des montagnes ils sacrifiaient; et sur les collines ils brûlaient de l’encens; sous un chêne, et un peuplier, et un térébinthe, parce que bonne en était l’ombre; pour cela forniqueront vos filles, et vos femmes seront adultères.
you have abandoned [me] your God, and you are chasing after [other gods] on the tops of hills and mountains; you burn incense under oak [trees], poplar [trees], and other trees where there is nice/pleasing shade. So your daughters have become prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law have committed adultery.
14 Je ne punirai pas vos filles lorsqu’elles auront forniqué, ni vos femmes lorsqu’elles auront commis l’adultère; puisqu’eux mêmes vivaient avec des femmes de mauvaise vie, et qu’avec des efféminés ils sacrifiaient, et qu’un peuple non intelligent sera châtié.
But it is not [only] your daughters [whom I will punish] for having become prostitutes, and it is not [only] your daughters-in-law whom I will punish for committing adultery, because the men also are having sex with prostitutes, and they offer sacrifices with the prostitutes [who search for men at the] shrines [of the idols]. [They are all] foolish people, and they will [all] be ruined.
15 Si tu forniques, toi, Israël, que Juda au moins ne pèche point, et n’entre pas à Galgala, et ne monte pas à Bethaven, et ne jure pas: Le Seigneur vit.
You Israeli [people] have abandoned me like [MET] those who commit adultery have abandoned their spouses. But do not cause [the people of] Judah to sin [also]. Do not go to Gilgal or go up to Beth-Aven [towns] [to worship idols there]. Do not make solemn promises [there, saying ‘Just as surely] as Yahweh lives, [I will do what I am promising].’
16 Puisque, comme une génisse bondissante, Israël s’est détourné, maintenant le Seigneur les fera paître comme un agneau dans une vaste campagne.
You [people of Israel] are as stubborn as [SIM] a young cow. So there is no way [RHQ] that [I], Yahweh, will [provide food for them] [like a shepherd provides food for his] lambs [by leading them] to a nice meadow.
17 Ephraïm est attaché aux idoles; abandonne-le.
The people of Israel have chosen to worship idols [MET], [so] allow them [to do what they want to do].
18 Leur festin est séparé du vôtre; ils ont forniqué par la fornication; ses protecteurs ont aimé à le couvrir d’ignominie.
When their rulers finish drinking [their wine], they go to find prostitutes; they love their disgraceful behavior.
19 Un vent l’a enveloppé dans ses ailes, et ils seront confondus par leurs sacrifices.
But they will disappear [as though] [MET] they were blown away by a whirlwind. They will become [very] ashamed because of their offering sacrifices [to idols].”
