| | Louis Segond | | |
| 1 | Écoutez la parole de l'Éternel, enfants d'Israël ! Car l'Éternel a un procès avec les habitants du pays, Parce qu'il n'y a point de vérité, point de miséricorde, Point de connaissance de Dieu dans le pays. | Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. | Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land. |
| 2 | Il n'y a que parjures et mensonges, Assassinats, vols et adultères ; On use de violence, on commet meurtre sur meurtre. | By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. | There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood. |
| 3 | C'est pourquoi le pays sera dans le deuil, Tous ceux qui l'habitent seront languissants, Et avec eux les bêtes des champs et les oiseaux du ciel ; Même les poissons de la mer disparaîtront. | Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. | Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. |
| 4 | Mais que nul ne conteste, que nul ne se livre aux reproches ; Car ton peuple est comme ceux qui disputent avec les sacrificateurs. | Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. | Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. |
| 5 | Tu tomberas de jour, Le prophète avec toi tombera de nuit, Et je détruirai ta mère. | Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. | And thou shalt stumble in the day, and the prophet also shall stumble with thee in the night; and I will destroy thy mother. |
| 6 | Mon peuple est détruit, parce qu'il lui manque la connaissance. Puisque tu as rejeté la connaissance, Je te rejetterai, et tu seras dépouillé de mon sacerdoce ; Puisque tu as oublié la loi de ton Dieu, J'oublierai aussi tes enfants. | My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. | My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children. |
| 7 | Plus ils se sont multipliés, plus ils ont péché contre moi : Je changerai leur gloire en ignominie. | As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. | As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame. |
| 8 | Ils se repaissent des péchés de mon peuple, Ils sont avides de ses iniquités. | They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. | They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity. |
| 9 | Il en sera du sacrificateur comme du peuple ; Je le châtierai selon ses voies, Je lui rendrai selon ses oeuvres. | And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. | And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings. |
| 10 | Ils mangeront sans se rassasier, Ils se prostitueront sans multiplier, Parce qu'ils ont abandonné l'Éternel et ses commandements. | For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD. | And they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall play the harlot, and shall not increase; because they have left off taking heed to Jehovah. |
| 11 | La prostitution, le vin et le moût, font perdre le sens. | Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. | Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding. |
| 12 | Mon peuple consulte son bois, Et c'est son bâton qui lui parle ; Car l'esprit de prostitution égare, Et ils se prostituent loin de leur Dieu. | My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. | My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, [departing] from under their God. |
| 13 | Ils sacrifient sur le sommet des montagnes, Ils brûlent de l'encens sur les collines, Sous les chênes, les peupliers, les térébinthes, Dont l'ombrage est agréable. C'est pourquoi vos filles se prostituent, Et vos belles-filles sont adultères. | They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. | They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters play the harlot, and your brides commit adultery. |
| 14 | Je ne punirai pas vos filles parce qu'elles se prostituent, Ni vos belles-filles parce qu'elles sont adultères, Car eux-mêmes vont à l'écart avec des prostituées, Et sacrifient avec des femmes débauchées. Le peuple insensé court à sa perte. | I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall. | I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for [the men] themselves go apart with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes; and the people that doth not understand shall be overthrown. |
| 15 | Si tu te livres à la prostitution, ô Israël, Que Juda ne se rende pas coupable ; N'allez pas à Guilgal, ne montez pas à Beth Aven, Et ne jurez pas : L'Éternel est vivant ! | Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth. | Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, As Jehovah liveth. |
| 16 | Parce qu'Israël se révolte comme une génisse indomptable, Maintenant l'Éternel le fera paître Comme un agneau dans de vastes plaines. | For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place. | For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place. |
| 17 | Éphraïm est attaché aux idoles : laisse-le ! | Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. | Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone. |
| 18 | A peine ont-ils cessé de boire Qu'ils se livrent à la prostitution ; Leurs chefs sont avides d'ignominie. | Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye. | Their drink is become sour; they play the harlot continually; her rulers dearly love shame. |
| 19 | Le vent les enveloppa de ses ailes, Et ils auront honte de leurs sacrifices. | The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. | The wind hath wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be put to shame because of their sacrifices. |
