Hosea 7
1 “and when I wanted to heal them [again], [I did not do it, ] [because] I saw the wicked things that [the people of] Samaria [city] and [other places in] Israel [DOU] have done. They constantly deceive others; bandits rob people in the streets.
Quand je voulus guérir Israël, alors se révélèrent le crime d'Éphraïm et les méfaits de Samarie. Car ils font des fraudes et les voleurs s'insinuent, et des bandes de pillards se répandent au dehors.
2 But they do not realize that I do not forget all the evil things that they do. [It is as though] they are surrounded by [all] the sins that they commit; and [it is though] those sins are [always right] in front of me [MTY].
Et ils ne se disent pas en leur cœur que de tous leurs crimes je garde la mémoire: or, leurs forfaits les entourent, ils sont présents à mes yeux.
3 Their king is delighted with the wicked things that the people do; his officials are happy about the people’s lies.
Par leur méchanceté ils font la joie du roi, et par leurs mensonges celle des princes.
4 [The king and his officials] are all treacherous. [They are always eager to do wicked things; ] they are like [SIM] an oven that is [very] hot: a baker mixes the dough and waits for it to expand, and he does not [need to] cause the oven to become hotter.
Tous ils sont adultères, comme un four chauffé par le boulanger: il cesse de le chauffer depuis qu'il pétrit la pâte jusqu'à ce qu'elle fermente.
5 The king and his officials get very drunk during their festivals, carousing with others who also do foolish things.
Au jour de notre roi les princes se rendent malades dans l'ardeur de l'ivresse; il tend la main aux moqueurs.
6 The officials angrily plan to murder the king; it is like [SIM] they have an oven in their inner beings. All during the night their [eagerness/wanting to murder the king] is like a fire that is smouldering, but in the morning it becomes like [MET] a roaring fire.
Car leur cœur est comme un four, quand ils l'appliquent à leurs embûches; toute la nuit dort leur boulanger; le matin le four brûle comme un feu allumé.
7 All those officials are like [MET] hot flames that completely burn up their rulers, so all their kings are murdered, and no one pleads with me [to help them].”
Tous ils sont ardents comme le four, et ils dévorent leurs juges; tous leurs rois tombent, aucun d'eux ne m'invoque!
8 “[The leaders of] Israel join with leaders of [godless] nations; so [the leaders of] Israel are [as worthless as] a pancake that is cooked on only one side.
Éphraïm aux peuples se mêle, Éphraïm est une galette qui n'est pas retournée;
9 Joining with the rulers of foreign nations has caused Israel to be a weak [nation], but the Israelis do not realize that. Israel has become [like] [MET] a gray-haired old man, but the people of Israel do not realize it.
des étrangers consument sa force et il ne le sent pas; les cheveux blancs sont aussi semés sur sa tête, et il ne le sent pas.
10 Their being proud [PRS] testifies against them, but in spite of that, they do not return to [me], Yahweh, their God, or [even] try to know me.
Ainsi l'orgueil d'Israël, s'exprime sur son visage, cependant ils ne reviennent point à l'Éternel leur Dieu, et ne le cherchent point malgré tout cela.
11 [The people of] Israel have become foolish and stupid like [SIM] doves. [First] they called out to Egypt [to help them], [and then] they sought help from Assyria.
Et Éphraïm est comme la colombe facile à tromper, sans intelligence, ils implorent l'Egypte, vont en Assyrie.
12 But wherever they go [to get help], [I will not allow them to succeed]; [it will be as though] [MET] I will throw a net over them like [SIM] [a hunter uses a net to capture] birds; I will punish them for the evil things that they do.
Puisqu'ils y vont, j'étends sur eux mon filet, comme les oiseaux des Cieux je les précipite, les châtie comme je l'ai annoncé à leur assemblée!
13 Terrible things will happen to them because they abandoned/deserted me! They will be destroyed because they rebelled against me. I wanted to rescue them, but they tell lies about me.
Malheur à eux! car ils me fuient; ruine sur eux! car ils se rebellent contre moi. Moi je tente de les sauver, et eux ils se montrent menteurs pour moi;
14 They do not cry out to me sincerely [IDM]; they [only] lie on their beds and wail. They gather together and ask [me to give them] grain and wine, but they turn away from me.
ce n'est pas à moi qu'ils crient du fond de leur cœur, quand ils se lamentent sur leurs lits pour le blé et le moût; ils se détournent, s'éloignent de moi.
15 I trained/taught them and enabled them to become strong, but now they plan [to do] evil things to me.
Je formai, fortifiai leurs bras, et contre moi ils méditent le mal.
16 They have rejected me, their Great God, and turned to their god Baal; they are [as useless] as [SIM] a crooked bow. Their leaders boast [that they are very strong], but they will be killed by [their enemies’] swords. As a result, [the people of] Egypt will laugh at them.”
Ils se retournent, mais non pas vers les lieux très hauts; ils sont comme un arc trompeur; leurs princes périront par l'épée à cause des bravades de leur langue; c'est ce qui en fera la risée du pays d'Egypte.
