Michée 2
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Contre les accapareurs
2 Malheur à ceux ╵qui méditent le mal
et trament des méfaits ╵alors qu’ils sont couchés.
Au point du jour, ╵ils vont les accomplir
en profitant de leur pouvoir.
2 Ils convoitent des champs, ╵ils s’en emparent,
des maisons, et ils s’en saisissent.
Ils oppriment les gens,
les dépouillant de leurs habitations ╵et de leurs terres.
3 C’est pourquoi l’Eternel déclare :
Contre cette nation ╵je projette un malheur :
il sera comme un joug ╵dont vous ne pourrez plus ╵vous dégager le cou.
Vous ne marcherez plus ╵la tête haute,
car ce temps qui arrive ╵est un temps de malheur.
4 En ce jour-là, ╵on vous citera en exemple ╵dans les proverbes.
On chantera sur vous ╵une lamentation.
On dira : « C’en est fait, ╵nous sommes dévastés, ╵totalement détruits ;
il fait passer à d’autres ╵la propriété de mon peuple.
Hélas, il me l’enlève
pour donner aux rebelles ╵nos terres en partage. »
5 Voilà pourquoi ╵vous n’aurez plus personne
dans l’assemblée de l’Eternel
pour vous distribuer ╵votre part du pays.
Contre les prophètes de la facilité
6 Voilà quelles paroles ╵débitent tous ces faux prophètes : ╵« Cessez donc de débiter des paroles[a] ! »
Cela ne détournera pas ╵l’outrage pour autant[b] !
7 Cependant, que dit-on
parmi le peuple de Jacob ?
« L’Eternel aurait-il ╵perdu patience,
est-ce bien là ╵sa manière d’agir ? »
Certes, pour ceux dont la conduite ╵est droite,
mes paroles sont bienveillantes[c].
8 Mais hier encore, ╵on a traité mon peuple ╵en ennemi[d].
Vous ôtez le manteau ╵de dessus la tunique
à ceux qui, sans défiance, ╵passent auprès de vous
au retour du combat.
9 Vous expulsez ╵des maisons qu’elles aiment,
les femmes de mon peuple ;
à leurs enfants ╵vous ôtez pour toujours
le glorieux patrimoine ╵que je leur ai donné[e].
10 Debout ! Allez-vous-en !
Car ce pays n’est plus ╵un lieu paisible
parce qu’il est souillé,
et il sera la cause
d’une terrible destruction[f] ;
la douleur en sera extrême.
11 Car si un homme vient ╵qui court après le vent,
qui profère des mensonges et qui dit :
« Pour toi je vais débiter des paroles[g],
distiller du bon vin[h], ╵des boissons enivrantes »,
cet homme-là devient ╵le distillateur de paroles ╵pour tout ce peuple !
Le Dieu qui rassemble
12 Descendants de Jacob, ╵je vous rassemblerai, ╵oui, Jacob tout entier,
et je vais réunir ╵les restes d’Israël,
je les ferai venir ensemble ╵tels des moutons ╵dans un enclos[i].
Et ils seront comme un troupeau ╵au milieu de son pâturage :
on entendra le bruit ╵d’une foule humaine en tumulte[j].
13 Celui qui fait la brèche ╵marchera devant eux.
Ils se presseront par la brèche,
ils franchiront la porte ╵et sortiront par elle.
Leur Roi marchera devant eux,
l’Eternel sera à leur tête.
Footnotes
- 2.6 Le verbe hébreu signifie couler, distiller, d’où le sens figuré de distiller ou débiter des paroles.
- 2.6 Il s’agit de la réponse de Michée aux réactions indignées des faux prophètes à sa prédication. Autre traduction, en mettant la fin du v. 6 dans la bouche des faux prophètes : Cessez donc de débiter des paroles pour dire : « Certainement, l’outrage ne vous sera pas épargné. »
- 2.7 Il s’agit, ici et dans les versets qui suivent, de la réponse de l’Eternel. L’ancienne version grecque, suivie par plusieurs, ajoute : ses paroles et met ces mots dans la bouche du peuple de Jacob, d’où la traduction : est-ce bien là sa manière d’agir ? Ses paroles ne sont-elles pas bienveillantes pour ceux dont la conduite est pleine de droiture ?
- 2.8 on a traité… en ennemi: texte peu clair. Autres traductions : Hier, mon peuple se dressait contre un ennemi (l’ennemi étant l’Eternel), ou, en modifiant légèrement le texte hébreu traditionnel : vous vous dressez en ennemi de mon peuple.
- 2.9 Autre traduction : la gloire d’être à moi.
- 2.10 Voir Lv 18.25, 28.
- 2.11 Voir 2.6 et note.
- 2.11 Autre traduction : pour du bon vin. Soit les paroles agréables distillées par les faux prophètes sont comparées à du bon vin, soit les faux prophètes distillent de telles paroles pour être payés en retour par du bon vin de la part de leurs auditeurs.
- 2.12 dans un enclos. Sens obtenu en modifiant très légèrement le texte hébreu traditionnel qui porte : de Botsra.
- 2.12 Voir v. 12-13 : c’est certainement à ce passage qui unit l’image du berger et de la porte que Jésus fait avant tout allusion en Jn 10 (voir Jn 10.1, 11).
Micah 2
New King James Version
Woe to Evildoers
2 Woe to those who devise iniquity,
And [a]work out evil on their beds!
At (A)morning light they practice it,
Because it is in the power of their hand.
2 They (B)covet fields and take them by violence,
Also houses, and seize them.
So they oppress a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.
3 Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, against this (C)family I am devising (D)disaster,
From which you cannot remove your necks;
Nor shall you walk haughtily,
For this is an evil time.
4 In that day one shall take up a proverb against you,
And (E)lament with a bitter lamentation, saying:
‘We are utterly destroyed!
He has changed the [b]heritage of my people;
How He has removed it from me!
To [c]a turncoat He has divided our fields.’ ”
5 Therefore you will have no [d]one to determine boundaries by lot
In the assembly of the Lord.
Lying Prophets
6 “Do not prattle,” you say to those who [e]prophesy.
So they shall not prophesy [f]to you;
[g]They shall not return insult for insult.
7 You who are named the house of Jacob:
“Is the Spirit of the Lord restricted?
Are these His doings?
Do not My words do good
To him who walks uprightly?
8 “Lately My people have risen up as an enemy—
You pull off the robe with the garment
From those who trust you, as they pass by,
Like men returned from war.
9 The women of My people you cast out
From their pleasant houses;
From their children
You have taken away My glory forever.
10 “Arise and depart,
For this is not your (F)rest;
Because it is (G)defiled, it shall destroy,
Yes, with utter destruction.
11 If a man should walk in a false spirit
And speak a lie, saying,
‘I will [h]prophesy to you [i]of wine and drink,’
Even he would be the (H)prattler of this people.
Israel Restored
12 “I(I) will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob,
I will surely gather the remnant of Israel;
I will put them together (J)like sheep of [j]the fold,
Like a flock in the midst of their pasture;
(K)They shall make a loud noise because of so many people.
13 The one who breaks open will come up before them;
They will break out,
Pass through the gate,
And go out by it;
(L)Their king will pass before them,
(M)With the Lord at their head.”
Footnotes
- Micah 2:1 Plan
- Micah 2:4 Lit. portion
- Micah 2:4 Lit. one turning back, an apostate
- Micah 2:5 Lit. one casting a surveyor’s line
- Micah 2:6 Or preach, lit. drip words
- Micah 2:6 Lit. to these
- Micah 2:6 Vg. He shall not take shame
- Micah 2:11 Or preach, lit. drip
- Micah 2:11 concerning
- Micah 2:12 Heb. Bozrah
Micah 2
King James Version
2 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
3 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.
4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.
5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord.
6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the Lord straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
8 Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.
9 The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.
13 The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them.
Micah 2
English Standard Version
Woe to the Oppressors
2 (A)Woe to those who devise wickedness
and work evil (B)on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in the power of their hand.
2 They covet fields and (C)seize them,
and houses, and take them away;
they oppress a man and his house,
a man and his inheritance.
3 Therefore thus says the Lord:
behold, against (D)this family I am devising disaster,[a]
from which you cannot remove your necks,
and you (E)shall not walk haughtily,
(F)for it will be a time of disaster.
4 In that day (G)they shall take up a taunt song against you
and moan bitterly,
and say, “We are utterly ruined;
(H)he changes the portion of my people;
(I)how he removes it from me!
(J)To an apostate he allots our fields.”
5 Therefore you will have none (K)to cast the line by lot
in the assembly of the Lord.
6 (L)“Do not preach”—thus they preach—
(M)“one should not preach of such things;
(N)disgrace will not overtake us.”
7 Should this be said, O house of Jacob?
(O)Has the Lord grown impatient?[b]
Are these his deeds?
Do not my words do good
to him who walks uprightly?
8 But lately (P)my people have risen up as an enemy;
you strip the rich robe from those who pass by trustingly
with no thought of war.[c]
9 The women of my people you drive out
from their delightful houses;
from their young children you take away
my splendor forever.
10 (Q)Arise and go,
for this is no (R)place to rest,
because of (S)uncleanness that destroys
with a grievous destruction.
11 If a man should go about and (T)utter wind and lies,
saying, “I will preach to you (U)of wine and strong drink,”
he would be the preacher for this people!
12 I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob;
(V)I will gather (W)the remnant of Israel;
I will set them together
like sheep in a fold,
(X)like a flock in its pasture,
a noisy multitude of men.
13 (Y)He who opens the breach goes up before them;
they break through and pass the gate,
(Z)going out by it.
Their king passes on before them,
(AA)the Lord at their head.
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