Osée 12
1 Éphraïm se repaît de vent, et poursuit le vent d'est, toujours il entasse mensonge et violence, avec l'Assyrie ils font alliance et l'huile est portée en Egypte.
[The leaders of] Israel are constantly wavering [about seeking help from other countries]. [Seeking their help is as useless as] [MET] chasing the wind. They pile up their lies and violent acts. [First, ] they make a treaty with Assyria, and [then they] send olive oil to [the rulers of] Egypt [to seek their help].
2 Aussi l'Éternel est en procès avec Juda, et va punir Jacob de sa conduite, selon ses œuvres Il le rétribuera.
Yahweh [says that he] will bring accusations against [the leaders of] Judah, and that he will punish [the descendants of] Jacob for what they have done.
3 Dans le sein maternel Jacob saisit son frère au talon, et par sa force il lutta avec Dieu;
[When Jacob was] in his mother’s womb, he grabbed his brother [Esau’s] heel [because he wanted to be born first]. When Jacob grew up, he wrestled with God.
4 il lutta avec l'ange, et eut l'avantage; il pleura et le supplia, à Béthel il le trouva, et là il nous parla.
He struggled with [the one who had appeared to him in the form of] an angel, and Jacob defeated him, but [then] he cried and asked the angel to bless him. [Later], God came to Jacob at Bethel and talked with him there.
5 Et l'Éternel est le Dieu des armées, son nom est l'Éternel.
[That was] the Commander of the armies of angels whose name is Yahweh [who talked with him]!
6 Toi donc, reviens à ton Dieu, garde la piété et la justice, et espère dans ton Dieu constamment.
But you [people of Israel] must return to your God! You must faithfully love [him], and you must do what is fair/just and always depend on him.
7 Cananéen, dans sa main il a une balance fausse; il aime à frauder.
The merchants [among you] use scales that do not weigh correctly; they love/like to cheat people.
8 Ainsi parle Éphraïm: Oui, je me suis enrichi, j'ai acquis de l'opulence! dans tous mes gains on ne trouvera rien d'inique, rien qui soit un péché.
[The people of] Israel boast, saying “We are [very] rich [DOU]; and we got all that money by our own efforts, and without committing any sin.”
9 Mais moi, l'Éternel, ton Dieu depuis le pays d'Egypte, je te laisse encore habiter sous tes tentes comme aux jours de tes fêtes;
“I am Yahweh your God, [the one who brought your ancestors] out of Egypt. [And some day] I will force you to live in tents again [like your ancestors did] when [they celebrated] the Festival [of Living in Temporary Shelters].
10 et je parle aux prophètes et je multiplie les révélations, et par les prophètes je propose des paraboles.
[Many times] I spoke to the prophets, and I gave them many visions, and I gave them parables to tell [to the people].”
11 A Galaad règne l'idolâtrie; c'est méchanceté pure; à Guilgal ils sacrifient des taureaux; eux aussi ont autant d'autels qu'il y a de monceaux de pierres sur les sillons des champs.
[The people of] Gilead [city] are [RHQ] extremely wicked; they are worthless. The people sacrifice bulls in Gilgal [city], but their altars will [soon] become like [SIM] piles of stone [at the edge of] a plowed field.
12 Et Jacob s'enfuit aux campagnes d'Aram, et Israël fut serviteur pour une femme, et pour une femme il fut gardien.
[Your ancestor] Jacob fled [from his brother Esau] and went to northwest Mesopotamia. He worked [for his uncle Laban for many years] to get a wife; he took care of [his uncle’s] sheep [to pay] for her.
13 Et par un prophète l'Éternel ramena Israël de l'Egypte, et par un prophète il fut gardé.
[Many years later, ] Yahweh enabled a prophet to bring the [ancestors of you] people of Israel here from Egypt; that prophet, [Moses], took care of them.
14 Mais Éphraïm a fait [à l'Éternel] une offense amère; aussi laissera-t-Il ses meurtres peser sur lui, et son Seigneur lui rendra l'opprobre qu'il a reçu de lui.
[But now the people of] Israel have caused [Yahweh] to become very angry; Yahweh says that they deserve to die because they caused [many others] to die [MTY]; he will pay them back for the sins that they have committed against him and for insulting him.
