Osée 6
1 « Venez, retournons à l'Éternel, car Il a déchiré et Il nous guérira, Il a frappé et Il bandera nos plaies.
[The Israeli people say, ] “Come, let’s return to Yahweh! He has caused [us] to be injured, but he will heal us. He has caused [us] to be wounded, but [it is as though] he will put bandages on our wounds [MET].
2 Il nous rendra la vie dans deux jours, et le troisième Il nous mettra debout, afin que nous vivions devant lui.
After a very short time he will revive us; in less than three days he will restore us in order that we may live in his presence.
3 Apprenons donc à connaître, appliquons-nous à connaître l'Éternel! Tel que celui de l'aurore, son lever est certain; Il viendra à nous comme la rosée, comme la seconde pluie qui arrose la terre. »
We must try to know Yahweh; [if we do that, ] he will come [and help] us, as surely as the sun rises [every morning], as surely as rain falls every winter/cold season, and as surely as the rain falls again (in the springtime/at the end of the cold season).”
4 Que te ferai-je, Éphraïm, que te ferai-je, Juda? Car votre piété est comme les vapeurs du matin, et comme la rosée qui bientôt s'évanouit.
[But Yahweh knows they are insincere; ] [so he says to them, ] “You [people of] Israel, and you [people of] Judah, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should do to you. Your being faithful [to me will disappear as quickly] as [SIM] the morning mist [disappears], like [SIM] the dew [on the ground] that disappears quickly [when the sun shines].
5 Pour cela je les frappe par mes prophètes, je les tue par les paroles de ma bouche, et tes châtiments apparaîtront comme la lumière.
I warned [HYP] you by [the messages that I gave to] the prophets, [but you did not pay attention to my messages]. Therefore I will completely destroy you; the punishment that I give you will strike you like lightning.
6 Car j'aime la piété et non les sacrifices, et la connaissance de Dieu plus que les victimes.
I want [my people] to faithfully love [me] more than [I want them to offer] sacrifices [to me]; [I want them] to know me more than [I want them to] completely burn sacrifices [on the altar].
7 Mais eux, comme Adam, violent l'alliance; ici même ils me sont infidèles.
But they have refused to obey my agreement, [just] like Adam did; they have not been faithful to me.
8 Galaad est une ville de malfaiteurs, elle porte des traces de sang.
Gilead is a city [full] of people who do wicked things; [in the streets] are the bloody footprints [of those who have murdered others].
9 Telle une bande de brigands aux aguets, telle est la confrérie des sacrificateurs; ils tuent sur le chemin de Sichem, oui, ils commettent des crimes.
The priests are like [SIM] bandits who wait (in ambushes/along the road) to attack people; they murder [people who are walking] on the road to Shechem, and they commit other disgraceful crimes.
10 Dans la maison d'Israël je vois des horreurs; c'est la prostitution d'Éphraïm; Israël est souillé.
I have seen horrible things [being done] in Israel [MTY]. The people have abandoned me [like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands] [MET]; [so the people of] Israel have become unacceptable to me.
11 A toi aussi, Juda, est préparée une moisson, quand je ramènerai les captifs de mon peuple.
And you [people of] Judah, I have appointed a time when I will punish [MET] you, too. Whenever I wanted to enable my people to prosper again,”
