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, [diront-ils], et retournons à l'Eternel, car c'est lui qui a déchiré, mais il nous guérira; il a frappé, mais il nous 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.
Il nous aura remis en vie dans deux jours, et au troisième jour il nous aura rétablis, et nous vivrons en sa présence.
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).”
Car nous connaîtrons l'Eternel, et nous continuerons à le connaître; son lever se prépare comme celui du point du jour, et il viendra à nous comme la pluie, comme la pluie de la dernière saison qui humecte 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, Ephraïm? que te ferai-je, Juda? puisque votre piété est comme une nuée du matin, comme une rosée du matin qui s'en va.
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 charpentés par mes Prophètes, je les ai tués par les paroles de ma bouche, et mes jugements sur eux seront [comme] la lumière qui se lève.
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 je prends plaisir à la miséricorde, et non point aux sacrifices; et à la connaissance de Dieu, plus qu'aux holocaustes.
7 But they have refused to obey my agreement, [just] like Adam did; they have not been faithful to me.
Mais ils ont transgressé l'alliance, comme [si elle eût été] d'un homme, en quoi ils se sont portés perfidement contre 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, rusée à tuer.
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 bandes des voleurs attendent quelqu'un, ainsi les Sacrificateurs, après avoir comploté, tuent les gens sur le chemin, du côté de Sichem; car ils exécutent leurs méchants desseins.
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 une chose infâme dans la maison d'Israël; là est la prostitution d'Ephraïm, Israël en 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,”
Aussi Juda te moissonnera, quand je ramènerai mon peuple captif.
