Osée 7
Nouvelle Edition de Genève – NEG1979
Iniquité d’Israël
7 Lorsque je voulais guérir Israël,
L’iniquité d’Ephraïm et la méchanceté de Samarie se sont révélées,
Car ils ont agi frauduleusement;
Le voleur est arrivé, la bande s’est répandue au-dehors.
2 Ils ne se disent pas dans leur cœur
Que je me souviens de toute leur méchanceté;
Maintenant leurs œuvres les entourent,
Elles sont devant ma face.
3 Ils réjouissent le roi par leur méchanceté,
Et les chefs par leurs mensonges.
4 Ils sont tous adultères,
Semblables à un four chauffé par le boulanger:
Il cesse d’attiser le feu
Depuis qu’il a pétri la pâte jusqu’à ce qu’elle soit levée.
5 Au jour de notre roi,
Les chefs se rendent malades par les excès du vin;
Le roi tend la main aux moqueurs.
6 Ils appliquent aux embûches leur cœur pareil à un four;
Toute la nuit dort leur boulanger,
Et au matin le four brûle comme un feu embrasé.
7 Ils sont tous ardents comme un four,
Et ils dévorent leurs juges;
Tous leurs rois tombent:
Aucun d’eux ne m’invoque.
8 Ephraïm se mêle avec les peuples,
Ephraïm est un gâteau qui n’a pas été retourné.
9 Des étrangers consument sa force,
Et il ne s’en doute pas;
La vieillesse s’empare de lui,
Et il ne s’en doute pas.
10 L’orgueil d’Israël témoigne contre lui;
Ils ne reviennent pas à l’Eternel, leur Dieu,
Et ils ne le cherchent pas, malgré tout cela.
11 Ephraïm est comme une colombe stupide, sans intelligence;
Ils implorent l’Egypte, ils vont en Assyrie.
12 S’ils partent, j’étendrai sur eux mon filet,
Je les précipiterai comme les oiseaux du ciel;
Je les châtierai, comme ils en ont été avertis dans leur assemblée.
13 Malheur à eux, parce qu’ils me fuient!
Ruine sur eux, parce qu’ils me sont infidèles!
Je voudrais les sauver,
Mais ils disent contre moi des paroles mensongères.
14 Ils ne crient pas vers moi dans leur cœur,
Mais ils se lamentent sur leur couche;
Ils se rassemblent pour avoir du blé et du moût,
Et ils s’éloignent de moi.
15 Je les ai châtiés, j’ai fortifié leurs bras;
Et ils méditent le mal contre moi.
16 Ce n’est pas au Très-Haut qu’ils retournent;
Ils sont comme un arc trompeur.
Leurs chefs tomberont par l’épée,
A cause de l’insolence de leur langue.
C’est ce qui les rendra un objet de risée dans le pays d’Egypte.
Hosea 7
King James Version
7 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
5 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him for all this.
11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
12 When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
13 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
16 They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
Hosea 7
New International Version
7 1 whenever I would heal Israel,
the sins of Ephraim are exposed
and the crimes of Samaria revealed.(A)
They practice deceit,(B)
thieves break into houses,(C)
bandits rob in the streets;(D)
2 but they do not realize
that I remember(E) all their evil deeds.(F)
Their sins engulf them;(G)
they are always before me.
3 “They delight the king with their wickedness,
the princes with their lies.(H)
4 They are all adulterers,(I)
burning like an oven
whose fire the baker need not stir
from the kneading of the dough till it rises.
5 On the day of the festival of our king
the princes become inflamed with wine,(J)
and he joins hands with the mockers.(K)
6 Their hearts are like an oven;(L)
they approach him with intrigue.
Their passion smolders all night;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot as an oven;
they devour their rulers.
All their kings fall,(M)
and none of them calls(N) on me.
8 “Ephraim mixes(O) with the nations;
Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.
9 Foreigners sap his strength,(P)
but he does not realize it.
His hair is sprinkled with gray,
but he does not notice.
10 Israel’s arrogance testifies against him,(Q)
but despite all this
he does not return(R) to the Lord his God
or search(S) for him.
11 “Ephraim is like a dove,(T)
easily deceived and senseless—
now calling to Egypt,(U)
now turning to Assyria.(V)
12 When they go, I will throw my net(W) over them;
I will pull them down like the birds in the sky.
When I hear them flocking together,
I will catch them.
13 Woe(X) to them,
because they have strayed(Y) from me!
Destruction to them,
because they have rebelled against me!
I long to redeem them
but they speak about me(Z) falsely.(AA)
14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts(AB)
but wail on their beds.
They slash themselves,[a] appealing to their gods
for grain and new wine,(AC)
but they turn away from me.(AD)
15 I trained(AE) them and strengthened their arms,
but they plot evil(AF) against me.
16 They do not turn to the Most High;(AG)
they are like a faulty bow.(AH)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
because of their insolent(AI) words.
For this they will be ridiculed(AJ)
in the land of Egypt.(AK)
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts They gather together
Hosea 7
English Standard Version
7 (A)when I would heal Israel,
the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed,
and the evil deeds of (B)Samaria,
for (C)they deal falsely;
the thief breaks in,
and the bandits raid outside.
2 But they do not consider
that (D)I remember all their evil.
Now (E)their deeds surround them;
(F)they are before my face.
3 By their evil (G)they make (H)the king glad,
and the princes by their treachery.
4 (I)They are all adulterers;
they are like a heated oven
whose baker ceases to stir the fire,
from the kneading of the dough
until it is leavened.
5 On the day of (J)our king, the princes
became sick with the heat of wine;
he stretched out his hand with mockers.
6 For with hearts like an oven (K)they approach their intrigue;
all night their anger smolders;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot as an oven,
and they devour their rulers.
All (L)their kings (M)have fallen,
and none of them calls upon me.
8 Ephraim (N)mixes himself with the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake not turned.
9 (O)Strangers devour his strength,
and (P)he knows it not;
gray hairs are sprinkled upon him,
and (Q)he knows it not.
10 (R)The pride of Israel testifies to his face;[a]
(S)yet they do not return to the Lord their God,
nor seek him, for all this.
11 Ephraim is like a dove,
(T)silly and without sense,
calling to (U)Egypt, going to (V)Assyria.
12 As they go, (W)I will spread over them my net;
I will bring them down like birds of the heavens;
(X)I will discipline them (Y)according to the report made to their congregation.
13 (Z)Woe to them, for they have strayed from me!
Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me!
(AA)I would redeem them,
but (AB)they speak lies against me.
14 (AC)They do not cry to me from the heart,
but (AD)they wail upon their beds;
for grain and wine they gash themselves;
they rebel against me.
15 Although (AE)I trained and strengthened their arms,
yet they devise evil against me.
16 They (AF)return, but not upward;[b]
they are (AG)like a treacherous bow;
their princes shall fall by the sword
because of (AH)the insolence of their tongue.
This shall be their derision (AI)in the land of Egypt.
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:10 Or in his presence
- Hosea 7:16 Or to the Most High
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