Osée 6
1 Dans leur tribulation, ils se lèveront dès le matin pour venir vers moi: Venez, et retournons au Seigneur.
[The Israeli people say, ] “Come, let’s return to Yahweh! He has caused [us] to be injured, but he will heal us. He has caused [us] to be wounded, but [it is as though] he will put bandages on our wounds [MET].
2 Parce que c’est lui qui nous a pris et qui nous sauvera; il nous frappera et il nous guérira;
After a very short time he will revive us; in less than three days he will restore us in order that we may live in his presence.
3 Il nous rendra la vie après deux jours; au troisième jour, il nous ressuscitera, et nous vivrons en sa présence. Nous connaîtrons, et nous chercherons à connaître, le Seigneur; comme le point du jour a été préparée sa sortie, et il viendra pour nous comme la pluie de la première et de l’arrière-saison.
We must try to know Yahweh; [if we do that, ] he will come [and help] us, as surely as the sun rises [every morning], as surely as rain falls every winter/cold season, and as surely as the rain falls again (in the springtime/at the end of the cold season).”
4 Que ferai-je pour toi, Ephraïm? Que ferai-je pour toi, Juda? Votre miséricorde est comme la nuée du matin et comme la rosée qui se dissipe.
[But Yahweh knows they are insincere; ] [so he says to them, ] “You [people of] Israel, and you [people of] Judah, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should do to you. Your being faithful [to me will disappear as quickly] as [SIM] the morning mist [disappears], like [SIM] the dew [on the ground] that disappears quickly [when the sun shines].
5 À cause de cela, je les ai traités durement par les prophètes, je les ai tués par les paroles de ma bouche; et tes jugements éclateront comme la lumière.
I warned [HYP] you by [the messages that I gave to] the prophets, [but you did not pay attention to my messages]. Therefore I will completely destroy you; the punishment that I give you will strike you like lightning.
6 Parce que c’est la miséricorde que je veux et non le sacrifice, et la science de Dieu plus que les holocaustes.
I want [my people] to faithfully love [me] more than [I want them to offer] sacrifices [to me]; [I want them] to know me more than [I want them to] completely burn sacrifices [on the altar].
7 Mais eux comme Adam, ils ont prévariqué contre moi.
But they have refused to obey my agreement, [just] like Adam did; they have not been faithful to me.
8 Galaad est une cité de fabricateurs d’idoles, renversée par le sang.
Gilead is a city [full] of people who do wicked things; [in the streets] are the bloody footprints [of those who have murdered others].
9 Et elle est comme le gosier des voleurs altéré de carnage, alliée aux prêtres qui sur la voie tuent ceux qui viennent de Sichem; parce qu’ils sont livrés au crime.
The priests are like [SIM] bandits who wait (in ambushes/along the road) to attack people; they murder [people who are walking] on the road to Shechem, and they commit other disgraceful crimes.
10 Dans la maison d’Israël j’ai vu une chose horrible; là sont les fornications d’Ephraïm; Israël s’est souillé.
I have seen horrible things [being done] in Israel [MTY]. The people have abandoned me [like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands] [MET]; [so the people of] Israel have become unacceptable to me.
11 Mais toi aussi, Juda, prépare-toi une moisson, lorsque je ramènerai de la captivité mon peuple.
And you [people of] Judah, I have appointed a time when I will punish [MET] you, too. Whenever I wanted to enable my people to prosper again,”
