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Amos 2
La Bible du Semeur
Amos 2
La Bible du Semeur
Contre les Moabites
2 L’Eternel dit ceci :
Moab[a] a perpétré ╵de nombreux crimes ;
il a dépassé les limites. ╵Voilà pourquoi ╵je ne reviendrai pas ╵sur l’arrêt que j’ai pris,
car ce peuple a brûlé ╵les os du roi d’Edom, ╵pour les réduire en chaux.
2 Je mettrai le feu à Moab
et il consumera ╵les palais de Qeriyoth[b],
et Moab périra ╵en plein tumulte
au bruit des cris de guerre, ╵au son du cor.
3 Je ferai disparaître ╵son chef, et avec lui,
je vais exterminer ╵tous ses ministres,
l’Eternel le déclare.
Contre le royaume de Juda
4 L’Eternel dit ceci :
Juda a perpétré ╵de nombreux crimes ;
il a dépassé les limites. ╵Voilà pourquoi ╵je ne reviendrai pas ╵sur l’arrêt que j’ai pris,
car ils ont méprisé ╵la Loi de l’Eternel
et n’ont pas obéi ╵à ses commandements.
Ils se sont égarés ╵en suivant les faux dieux
qu’autrefois leurs ancêtres ╵avaient déjà suivis.
5 Je mettrai le feu à Juda
et il consumera ╵les palais de Jérusalem.
Contre Israël
6 L’Eternel dit ceci :
Israël a commis ╵de nombreux crimes ;
il a dépassé les limites. ╵Voilà pourquoi ╵je ne reviendrai pas ╵sur l’arrêt que j’ai pris,
car pour un pot-de-vin ╵ils vendent l’innocent,
et l’indigent ╵pour une paire de sandales.
7 Ils piétinent la tête ╵des démunis dans la poussière[c],
et ils faussent le droit des pauvres[d].
Le fils comme le père ╵vont vers la même fille[e],
c’est ainsi qu’ils m’outragent, ╵moi qui suis saint.
8 Près de chaque autel, ils s’étendent
sur des vêtements pris en gage[f]
et, dans le temple de leurs dieux, ╵ils vont boire
le vin ╵que l’on a perçu comme amende.
9 Pourtant, moi j’ai détruit ╵devant eux les Amoréens[g]
qui sont aussi grands que des cèdres
et forts comme des chênes,
et j’ai détruit leurs fruits en haut
et en bas leurs racines.
10 Pourtant, moi je vous ai fait ╵sortir d’Egypte
et je vous ai conduits ╵pendant quarante ans au désert
pour que vous possédiez ╵le pays des Amoréens.
11 J’ai choisi certains de vos fils ╵pour être des prophètes
et certains de vos jeunes gens ╵pour m’être consacrés par vœu[h].
N’en est-il pas ainsi, ╵Israélites ?
l’Eternel le demande.
12 Mais à ces hommes consacrés, ╵vous avez fait boire du vin
et aux prophètes, ╵vous avez ordonné :
« Ne prophétisez pas. »
13 Je vais vous écraser sur place
comme écrase un chariot ╵chargé de gerbes.
14 Alors les plus agiles mêmes ╵ne trouveront pas de refuge,
et les plus vigoureux ╵ne pourront rassembler leurs forces,
ni le guerrier ╵sauver sa vie.
15 Celui qui manie l’arc ╵ne résistera pas.
L’homme le plus agile ╵ne s’échappera pas,
même le meilleur cavalier ╵ne pourra pas sauver sa vie.
16 En ce jour-là, ╵le guerrier le plus valeureux
fuira, tout nu,
l’Eternel le déclare.
Footnotes
- 2.1 Le territoire de Moab s’étendait à l’est de la mer Morte.
- 2.2 Site inconnu (voir Jr 48.24). Autre traduction : de ses villes.
- 2.7 Ils piétinent la tête des démunis dans la poussière: c’est ainsi qu’ont compris les versions. Autre traduction : ils convoitent même jusqu’à la poussière du sol que les démunis se jettent sur la tête en signe de deuil.
- 2.7 Autre traduction : ils détournent les humbles du droit chemin.
- 2.7 Voir Lv 18.15 ; Dt 22.28-29.
- 2.8 Voir Ex 22.25-26 ; Dt 24.10-13.
- 2.9 Un terme qui englobe tous les anciens habitants de Canaan (voir v. 10 ; Gn 15.16 ; Dt 7.1).
- 2.11 Voir Nb 6.1-21.
Amos 2
BRG Bible
Amos 2
BRG Bible
2 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord.
4 ¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
6 ¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
9 ¶ Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the Lord.
12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.
Amos 2
New International Version
Amos 2
New International Version
2 This is what the Lord says:
“For three sins of Moab,(A)
even for four, I will not relent.
Because he burned to ashes(B)
the bones of Edom’s king,
2 I will send fire on Moab
that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth.[a](C)
Moab will go down in great tumult
amid war cries(D) and the blast of the trumpet.(E)
3 I will destroy her ruler(F)
and kill all her officials with him,”(G)
says the Lord.(H)
4 This is what the Lord says:
“For three sins of Judah,(I)
even for four, I will not relent.
Because they have rejected the law(J) of the Lord
and have not kept his decrees,(K)
because they have been led astray(L) by false gods,[b](M)
the gods[c] their ancestors followed,(N)
5 I will send fire(O) on Judah
that will consume the fortresses(P) of Jerusalem.(Q)”
Judgment on Israel
6 This is what the Lord says:
“For three sins of Israel,
even for four, I will not relent.(R)
They sell the innocent for silver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals.(S)
7 They trample on the heads of the poor
as on the dust of the ground
and deny justice to the oppressed.
Father and son use the same girl
and so profane my holy name.(T)
8 They lie down beside every altar
on garments taken in pledge.(U)
In the house of their god
they drink wine(V) taken as fines.(W)
9 “Yet I destroyed the Amorites(X) before them,
though they were tall(Y) as the cedars
and strong as the oaks.(Z)
I destroyed their fruit above
and their roots(AA) below.
10 I brought you up out of Egypt(AB)
and led(AC) you forty years in the wilderness(AD)
to give you the land of the Amorites.(AE)
11 “I also raised up prophets(AF) from among your children
and Nazirites(AG) from among your youths.
Is this not true, people of Israel?”
declares the Lord.
12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.(AH)
13 “Now then, I will crush you
as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.(AI)
14 The swift will not escape,(AJ)
the strong(AK) will not muster their strength,
and the warrior will not save his life.(AL)
15 The archer(AM) will not stand his ground,
the fleet-footed soldier will not get away,
and the horseman(AN) will not save his life.(AO)
16 Even the bravest warriors(AP)
will flee naked on that day,”
declares the Lord.
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