Osée 2
1 Dites à vos frères: « Ammi! » et à vos sœurs: « Ruchama! »
[At that time, ] you will say to your fellow-Israeli men, “[You are] God’s people,” and [you will say] to your fellow-Israeli women, “You are ones whom God loves.”
2 Plaidez contre votre mère, plaidez! car elle n’est plus ma femme, et moi je ne suis plus son mari. Qu’elle éloigne de sa face ses prostitutions, et ses adultères du milieu de ses seins,
[Yahweh also said to me], “I want you to accuse the Israeli people. [It is as though] [MET] this nation is your mother, but this nation is [no longer as though it is] [MET] my wife, and it is [no longer as though] [MET] I am its husband. Tell the Israeli people that they must stop [acting like] a prostitute [by worshiping other gods]; they must stop showing by their behavior that they (are unfaithful to/have abandoned) [me] [MET].
3 de peur que je ne la déshabille à nu, et que je ne la mette telle qu’au jour de sa naissance, que je ne la rende pareille au désert, faisant d’elle une terre desséchée, et que je ne la fasse mourir de soif.
If they do not do that, I will not give them [food and] clothes [as a husband should give to his wife]; I will take away those things, and I will cause their nation to become [as deserted] as it was on the day that I [brought their ancestors out of Egypt and caused them to become a nation] [MET]. I will cause their country to be like [SIM] a desert; there will be no rain to water the ground [MET].
4 Je n’aurai pas compassion de ses enfants, car ce sont des enfants de prostitution.
I will not pity the people, because they have [abandoned me] as [MET] prostitutes abandon their husbands.
5 Car leur mère s’est prostituée, celle qui les a conçus a fait des choses honteuses; elle a dit: « J’irai après mes amants, qui me donnent mon pain et mon eau, ma laine et mon lin, mon huile et ma boisson. »
Their parents are like prostitutes [MET]: they have been unfaithful [to me], and they have done [very] disgraceful things. They said, ‘We will run to [our idols/gods] who love us; [they are the ones] who give us food and water and wool and linen and [olive] oil, and [wine to] drink.’
6 C’est pourquoi voici que je vais fermer ton chemin avec des ronces; j’élèverai un mur, et elle ne trouvera plus ses sentiers.
So [it will be as though] [MET] I am blocking their road with thornbushes, and putting put a wall around them so that they do not know which way to go.
7 Elle poursuivra ses amants et ne les atteindra pas; elle les cherchera et ne les trouvera pas. Puis elle dira: « J’irai et je retournerai vers mon premier mari, car j’étais plus heureuse alors que maintenant. »
They will run to their idols/gods that [they think] love them, but they will not find them. They will search for their false gods, but they will not find them. Then they will say, ‘[Perhaps] we should return to [Yahweh], whom we worshiped previously [MET], because things were better for us then than they are now.’
8 Elle n’a pas reconnu que c’est moi qui lui ai donné le froment, le vin nouveau et l’huile, qui lui ai multiplié l’argent et l’or, qu’ils ont employés pour Baal.
But they do not realize that I, [Yahweh], am the one who gave them grain and wine and [olive] oil; I am the one who gave them silver and gold which they used to worship Baal.
9 C’est pourquoi je reprendrai mon froment en son temps, et mon vin nouveau dans sa saison, et je retirerai ma laine et mon lin, qui servent à couvrir sa nudité.
Therefore I will return and take my grain and grapes from them when they are ripe. I will take from them the wool and linen that I gave to them [to make their clothes] [MTY].
10 Et maintenant je découvrirai sa honte, aux yeux de ses amants, et personne ne la dégagera de ma main.
I will show those false gods/idols that what my people are doing is disgusting [MET], and no one will be able to hinder me from [punishing them].
11 Je ferai cesser toutes ses réjouissances, ses fêtes, ses nouvelles lunes, ses sabbats, et toutes ses solennités.
I will cause their religious celebrations to cease, the festivals that they celebrate every year and at every new moon and on their (Sabbath days/weekly days of rest). I will cause all their religious celebrations to cease.
12 Je dévasterai ses vignes et ses figuiers dont elle disait: « C’est le salaire que m’ont donné mes amants; » et je les réduirai en forêts, et les bêtes sauvages les dévoreront.
I will destroy [all] their grapevines and fig trees, which they said were what their [idols/gods] who loved them paid them for worshiping those idols. I will cause those places to become a desert, and wild animals will eat the fruit [that remains].
13 Je la punirai pour les jours des Baals; auxquels elle offrait de l’encens; alors qu’elle se parait de son anneau et de son collier et allait après ses amants; et moi, elle m’oubliait, — oracle de Yahweh.
I will punish my people for [all] the times that they burned incense to [honor] the idols of Baal. They decorated themselves with rings and jewelry, and they went to worship those [false gods/idols] that [they thought] [IRO] loved them, but they abandoned/forgot me! [That is what I], Yahweh, say.
14 C’est pourquoi, voici que moi je l’attirerai, et la conduirai au désert, et je lui parlerai au cœur;
But listen! [Some day] I will persuade my people [to worship me again]; I will lead them [out] into the desert and speak kindly to them [there].
15 et de là je lui donnerai ses vignes, et la vallée d’Achor comme une porte d’espérance; et elle répondra là comme aux jours de sa jeunesse, et comme au jour où elle monta hors du pays d’Égypte.
I will give their vineyards [back] to them, and I will cause Achor Valley, [which means ‘valley of trouble'], to become a valley where they will confidently expect [me to do good things for them]. They will (respond to/want to please) me there like they did long ago, when I freed them from [being slaves in] Egypt.
16 En ce jour-là, — oracle de Yahweh, tu m’appelleras: « Mon mari », et tu ne m’appelleras plus: « Mon Baal ».
At that time, they will say to me, ‘[It is as though] [MET] you are our husband.’ They will not say that I am their [master, like they considered that] Baal [was].
17 J’ôterai de sa bouche les noms des Baals, et ils ne seront plus mentionnés par leur nom.
I will not allow them to speak [MTY] the names of Baal; they will never use those names again.
18 Je ferai pour eux un pacte, en ce jour, avec les bêtes sauvages, avec les oiseaux du ciel, et les reptiles de la terre; je ferai disparaître du pays l’arc, l’épée et la guerre, et je les ferai reposer en sécurité.
At that time [it will be as though] I will make an agreement with [all] the wild animals and birds, and [even with] the little animals that scurry across the ground, so that they will never harm my people [again]. And I will remove from their nation all the weapons [for fighting] battles, [like] swords and bows [and arrows]. The result will be that my people will live peacefully and safely, and will not be afraid.
19 Je te fiancerai à moi pour toujours; je te fiancerai à moi dans la justice et le jugement, dans la grâce et la tendresse;
I will cause them to be [as though they are] [MET] my bride forever. I will be righteous and fair/just; I will faithfully love them and be kind to them.
20 je te fiancerai à moi dans la fidélité, et tu connaîtras Yahweh.
I will not abandon them, and they will realize [that I] Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do.]
21 Et il arrivera en ce jour, je répondrai, — oracle de Yahweh, je répondrai aux cieux, et eux répondront à la terre;
At that time, [when they request me to do things for them], [I will do those things]. When they request clouds and rain to fall on their land, I will speak to the clouds, and rain will fall on the earth,
22 la terre répondra au froment, au vin nouveau et à l’huile, et eux répondront à Jezrahel.
and grain will grow, and the vineyards and the olive trees will grow in Jezreel [Valley].
23 J’ensemencerai pour moi Israël dans le pays, et je ferai miséricorde à Lô-Ruchama; je dirai à Lô-Ammi: « Tu es mon peuple! » et il dira: « Mon Dieu! »
[At that time], I will take care of the Israeli people [like a farmer plants and takes care of his crops] [MET]. I will love those people that I previously said were ones I did not love, and I previously said, ‘You are not my people,’ and [then] they will say to me, ‘You are our God.’”
