Osée 8
1 La trompette à la bouche! Qu’on s’élance comme un aigle contre la maison de l’Eternel, parce qu’ils ont transgressé mon alliance et trahi ma doctrine!
[Yahweh said to me], “Blow [MTY] your trumpet [to warn the people]! My people have rejected the agreement that I made with them, and they have rebelled against [obeying] my laws. Therefore, [their enemies] are swooping down on my people’s country like [SIM] an eagle.
2 Ils crient bien vers moi: "Mon Dieu, nous te reconnaissons, nous Israël!"
My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’
3 Israël a délaissé le bien, l’ennemi le poursuivra.
But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them.
4 Ils ont établi des rois sans mon aveu, des chefs à mon insu: de leur argent et de leur or ils se sont fait des idoles de façon à causer leur perte.
The Israel people appointed [their last three] kings, but they did not ask me if I agreed to [what they were doing]. They chose their own leaders without asking if I would approve of them. They used their own silver and gold to make for themselves idols, and doing that led them to be destroyed.
5 Ton veau, ô Samarie, a cédé la place, ma colère s’est allumée contre eux: jusqu’à quand seront-ils incapables de pureté?
You people of Samaria, throw away your [idol that resembles a] calf! I am extremely angry with you people! How long [RHQ] will you [do things that cause] you to be unacceptable to me?
6 Il est bien l’œuvre d’Israël; un artisan l’a confectionné, et il n’est pas un dieu: certes, le veau de Samarie sera réduit en menus morceaux.
[Someone in] Israel made that idol for you; [but I am] God and it is not. So that idol of a calf in Samaria must be smashed to pieces.
7 Car ils sèment le vent et ils récoltent la tempête; pour eux, point de blé! C’Est une végétation qui ne produit pas de farine: dût-elle en produire, des étrangers la dévoreraient.
[The foolish thing that the people of Israel have done is like] [MET] trying to plant wind; but what they harvest will be like [MET] a whirlwind. So the grain that they planted will have no heads [on the stalks], and as a result [there will be no grain] from which to make flour. And if it did produce good grain, foreigners would [come and] steal it.
8 Israël lui-même est dévoré; le voici parmi les nations comme un vase dont personne ne veut.
[The people of] Israel will be defeated [MET] [by their enemies]; they will be [scattered] among other nations and become worthless.
9 Car ils sont montés vers Achour comme un âne sauvage qui s’isole: Ephraïm achète l’amour par des présents.
Like [MET] donkeys that are looking for mates, they have requested [help] from Assyria; they paid money to [the leaders of Assyria] in order to [persuade those leaders to] protect them.
10 Mais ils ont beau prodiguer leurs présents parmi les nations, déjà je les rassemble contre eux, et bientôt ils seront accablés sous la charge du roi des princes.
But although they have agreed to pay money each year to [the leaders of] those countries, I will soon gather them together [to punish them]. The great King [of Assyria] will cause them to suffer greatly.
11 C’Est qu’Ephraïm a multiplié les autels pour avoir des occasions de pécher; il en a eu en quantité, des autels pour pécher.
Although [the people of] Israel built many altars to present offerings [to their idols] to take away [their guilt for] sinning, those altars have become places where they commit [more] sins.
12 Lui mettrai-je par écrit les principes de mon enseignement? Ils seraient considérés par lui comme venant d’un étranger.
I wrote many laws for them, but they disregarded them, saying that [they did not have to obey them because] they were different from laws that they had known previously.
13 Les victimes qu’ils m’offrent, ils les immolent pour en manger la chair, l’Eternel n’y prend point plaisir. C’Est une occasion pour lui de se rappeler leurs fautes et de punir leurs péchés: qu’ils retournent donc en Egypte!
They offer sacrifices to me, and they eat [some of] the meat of those sacrifices, [which is what I permitted them to do]. But I, Yahweh, am not pleased with those sacrifices. I remember the evil things that they have done, and I will punish them for the sins that they have committed: I will force them to [go to other countries] [and become slaves like they were] [MET] in Egypt.
14 Israël a oublié son Créateur, et s’est construit des palais; Juda a multiplié les villes fortes, et moi, je mettrai le feu à leurs villes, et il consumera leurs châteaux-forts.
[The people of] Israel have abandoned/forgotten me, the one who created their [nation]; they have built palaces, and [the people of] Judah have built walls around many towns. But I will send a fire that will destroy all their cities and their fortresses.”
