Hosea 4
1 Listen to the word of the Lord, sons of Israel, for the Lord is judge of the inhabitants of the land. Yet there is no truth, and there is no mercy, and there is no knowledge of God, in the land.
Ecoutez la parole de Yahweh, enfants d'Israël; car Yahweh a un procès avec les habitants du pays. Car il n'y a ni vérité, ni compassion, ni connaissance de Dieu dans le pays.
2 Slander, and lying, and killing, and theft, and adultery have overflowed, and bloodshed has brought more bloodshed.
On se parjure, on ment, on tue, on vole, on commet l'adultère; ils font violence, et le sang versé touche le sang versé.
3 Because of this, the land will mourn, and all who dwell in it will languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air. And the fishes of the sea also will be gathered together.
C'est pourquoi le pays est dans le deuil, et quiconque y habite est sans force, jusqu'aux bêtes des champs et aux oiseaux du ciel; même les poissons de la mer disparaissent.
4 So, truly, let each and every one not judge, and let no man be accused, for your people are just like those who speak against the priesthood.
Mais que nul ne conteste, et que nul ne réclame! Car ton peuple est comme ceux qui auraient un procès avec le prêtre.
5 And you will be ruined on this day, and now the prophet will be ruined with you. In the night, I have made your mother to be silent.
Tu trébucheras pendant le jour, le prophète aussi trébuchera avec toi pendant la nuit; et je ferai périr ta mère.
6 My people have become silent because they had no knowledge. Since you have rejected knowledge, I will drive you away; you do not perform the duties of the priesthood for me, and you have forgotten the law of your God, and so I will forget your sons.
Mon peuple périt faute de connaissance; parce que tu as rejeté la connaissance, je te rejetterai de mon sacerdoce. Tu as oublié la loi de ton Dieu; moi aussi, j'oublierai tes enfants.
7 According to the multitude of them, so have they sinned against me. I will change their glory into disgrace.
Tant qu'ils sont, ils ont péché contre moi; je changerai leur gloire en ignominie.
8 They will devour the sins of my people, and they will lift up their souls towards their iniquity.
Ils se repaissent des péchés de mon peuple, ils ne désirent que ses iniquités.
9 And, just as it is with the people, so will it be with the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them, and I will repay them for their intentions.
Il en sera du prêtre comme du peuple; je vengerai sur lui ses voies, et je ferai retomber sur lui ses œuvres.
10 And they will eat and not be satisfied. They have been committing fornication, and they did not cease. Since they have abandoned the Lord, they will not be safeguarded.
Ils mangeront et ne seront pas rassasiés, ils se prostitueront et ne se multiplieront pas; car ils ont abandonné Yahweh pour ne plus le servir.
11 Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness, have taken away their heart.
La luxure, le vin et le moût enlèvent le sens.
12 My people have inquired of their stave, and their staff has announced to them. For the spirit of fornication has deceived them, and they have been fornicating before their God.
Mon peuple consulte son bois, et son bâton lui apprend l'avenir; car un esprit de prostitution les a égarés, et ils se sont prostitués loin de leur Dieu.
13 They have offered sacrifice on the tops of the mountains and burnt incense on the hills, under the oak, and the poplar, and the terebinth tree, because its shadow was good; therefore, your daughters will commit fornication and your spouses will be adulteresses.
Ils offrent des sacrifices sur les sommets des montagnes, et ils brûlent de l'encens sur les collines, sous le chêne, le peuplier, le térébinthe, parce que l'ombrage en est bon. C'est pourquoi, si vos filles se prostituent, et si vos jeunes femmes sont adultères,
14 I will not send afflictions on your daughters, when they will commit fornication, nor on your spouses, when they will commit adultery, because you yourselves have associated with harlots and have offered sacrifice with the effeminate, and because the people who do not understand will be defeated.
je ne punirai pas vos filles parce qu'elles se sont prostituées, ni vos jeunes brus pour leurs adultères; car eux-mêmes vont à l'écart avec les prostituées, et sacrifient avec les courtisanes. Et le peuple sans intelligence court à sa perte.
15 If you commit fornication, Israel, at least let Judah not commit offenses; and do not be willing to enter into Gilgal, nor to ascend to Bethaven, and neither should you swear, “As the Lord lives.”
Si tu te prostitues, O Israël, que Juda ne se rende point coupable! Ne venez pas à Galgala, et ne montez pas à Bethaven, et ne jurez pas en disant: " Yahweh est vivant! "
16 For Israel has gone astray like a wanton heifer; so now the Lord will pasture them like a young lamb in a wide expanse.
Parce que pareil à une génisse rétive, Israël a été rétif, maintenant Yahweh les fera paître, comme des agneaux, dans une plaine ouverte.
17 Ephraim participates in idolatry, so send him away.
Ephraïm est attaché aux idoles; laisse-le!
18 Their feasting has been set aside; they have committed fornication after fornication. They love to bring disgrace to their protectors.
Dès qu'ils ont fini de boire, ils se livrent à la prostitution; leurs chefs n'aspirent qu'à l'ignominie.
19 The wind has fastened them to its wings, and they will be confounded because of their sacrifices.
Le vent les a enserrés dans ses ailes, et ils seront confus à cause de leurs sacrifices.
