Amos 3
1 Enfants d'Israël, écoutez la parole que l'Eternel a prononcée contre vous, contre toutes les familles, [dis-je], que j'ai tirées du pays d'Egypte, en disant:
“You people of Israel, I brought all your ancestors out of Egypt; so listen to what I am saying about you.
2 Je vous ai connus vous seuls d'entre toutes les familles de la terre; c'est pourquoi je visiterai sur vous toutes vos iniquités.
From all the people-groups on the earth, I [chose and] took care of only you. That is the reason that I will punish you for the sins that you have committed.”
3 Deux hommes marcheront-ils ensemble, s'ils ne s'en sont accordés?
Two [people] certainly cannot [RHQ] walk together if they have not [already] agreed [about what place they will start walking from].
4 Le lion rugira-t-il dans la forêt, s'il n'a quelque proie? Le lionceau jettera-t-il son cri de son gîte, s'il n'a pris quelque chose?
A lion certainly does not [RHQ] roar in the bushes/forest if it has not killed another animal. It does not [RHQ] growl in its den if it is not eating [the flesh of an animal that it has caught].
5 L'oiseau tomberait-il dans le filet sur la terre, sans qu'on lui eût tendu des pièges? Lèverait-on le filet de dessus la terre, sans avoir du tout rien pris?
No one can [RHQ] catch a bird if [he does] not [set] a trap for it. A trap does not spring shut unless some [animal] has not sprung the trap.
6 Le cor sonnera-t-il par la ville sans que le peuple en étant tout effrayé [s'assemble]? ou y aura-t-il dans la ville quelque mal que l'Éternel n'ait fait?
[Similarly, all] the people in a city certainly [RHQ] become afraid when [they hear someone] blowing a trumpet [to signal that enemies are attacking]. And when a city experiences disaster, Yahweh is the one who has caused it [RHQ].
7 Car le Seigneur l'Eternel ne fera aucune chose qu'il n'ait révélé son secret aux Prophètes ses serviteurs.
And whatever Yahweh plans to do, he tells his prophets about it.
8 Le lion a rugi, qui ne craindra? Le Seigneur l'Eternel a parlé, qui ne prophétisera?
Everyone certainly becomes terrified [RHQ] when they hear a lion roar, and if Yahweh the Lord has given messages [to prophets like me], we certainly must [RHQ] proclaim those messages, [even if they cause people to become terrified].
9 Faites entendre ceci dans les palais d'Asdod, et dans les palais du pays d'Egypte, et dites: Assemblez-vous sur les montagnes de Samarie, et regardez les grands désordres qui y sont, et ceux auxquels on fait tort au-dedans d'elle.
[I said this to the leaders of Samaria] (OR, [Yahweh said this to me]): Send this message to the leaders [MET] in Ashdod [city] and to Egypt: “Come to the hills of Samaria and see [the way that their (leaders/wealthy people)] are causing people in that city to be terrified, and [the way that they] are causing the people to suffer!”
10 Car ils n'ont point su faire ce qui est juste, dit l'Eternel, amassant la violence et la rapine dans leurs palais.
Yahweh says that the people there do not know how to do things that are right. Their homes are filled with [valuable things] that they have stolen or [taken] violently [from others].
11 C'est pourquoi ainsi a dit le Seigneur l'Eternel: L'ennemi [viendra], et sera autour du pays, et il t'ôtera ta force, et tes palais seront pillés.
So Yahweh [our] God says that [soon] their enemies will come and tear down their (defenses/high city walls) and take away those valuable things.
12 Ainsi a dit l'Eternel: comme si un berger sauvait de la gueule d'un lion les deux jarrets, ou le bout d'une oreille, ainsi les enfants d'Israël, qui demeurent en Samarie, seront arrachés du coin du lit, et de leur asile de Damas.
Yahweh has declared this: “When a lion attacks a sheep, [sometimes] a shepherd will be able to snatch from the lion’s mouth only two legs or an ear of the sheep. Similarly, [only] a few people from Samaria will escape, and [they will be able to rescue only] a part of a couch and a part of a bed.”
13 Ecoutez, et protestez contre la maison de Jacob, dit le Seigneur l'Eternel, le Dieu des armées;
The Commander of the armies of angels said this: “Proclaim [this message] about the descendants [MTY] of Jacob:
14 qu'au jour que je visiterai les crimes d'Israël sur lui, aussi je ferai visitation sur les autels de Béthel, et les cornes de l'autel seront retranchées, et tomberont par terre.
When I, Yahweh, punish [the people of] Israel because of the sins that they have committed, I will cause the altars at Bethel [town] to be destroyed; even the projections at the corners of the altars will be cut off and fall to the ground.
15 Et je frapperai la maison d'hiver et la maison d'été; et les maisons d'ivoire seront détruites, et les grandes maisons prendront fin, dit l'Eternel.
I will cause the houses [that they live in during] the (winter/rainy season) and those [in which they live during] the (summer/dry season) to be torn down. [Beautiful] big houses and houses [that are decorated] with ivory will be destroyed. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!”
