Hosea 6
1 [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].
Venez, retournons à l’Éternel, car lui a déchiré, et il nous guérira; il a frappé, et il bandera nos plaies.
2 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.
Dans deux jours, il nous fera vivre; au troisième jour, il nous mettra debout, et nous vivrons devant sa face,
3 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).”
et nous connaîtrons [et] nous nous attacherons à connaître l’Éternel. Sa sortie est préparée comme l’aube du jour; et il viendra à nous comme la pluie, comme la pluie de la dernière saison arrose la terre.
4 [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].
Que te ferai-je, Éphraïm? Que te ferai-je, Juda? Votre piété est comme la nuée du matin et comme la rosée qui s’en va de bonne heure.
5 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.
C’est pourquoi je les ai hachés par les prophètes, je les ai tués par les paroles de ma bouche… Et mon jugement sort comme la lumière.
6 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].
Car j’ai aimé la bonté, et non le sacrifice, et la connaissance de Dieu plus que les holocaustes;
7 But they have refused to obey my agreement, [just] like Adam did; they have not been faithful to me.
mais eux, comme Adam, ont transgressé [l’]alliance; là ils ont agi perfidement envers moi.
8 Gilead is a city [full] of people who do wicked things; [in the streets] are the bloody footprints [of those who have murdered others].
Galaad est une ville d’ouvriers d’iniquité, couverte de traces de sang.
9 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.
Et comme les troupes [de voleurs] guettent un homme, la bande des sacrificateurs assassine sur le chemin de Sichem; car ils commettent des infamies.
10 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.
J’ai vu des choses horribles dans la maison d’Israël: là est la prostitution d’Éphraïm! Israël s’est souillé!
11 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,”
Pour toi aussi, Juda, une moisson t’est assignée, quand je rétablirai les captifs de mon peuple.
