هُوشَع 10

١ 1 إِسْرَائِيلُ جَفْنَةٌ مُمْتَدَّةٌ. يُخْرِجُ ثَمَرًا لِنَفْسِهِ. عَلَى حَسَبِ كَثْرَةِ ثَمَرِهِ قَدْ كَثَّرَ ٱلْمَذَابِحَ. عَلَى حَسَبِ جُودَةِ أَرْضِهِ أَجَادَ ٱلْأَنْصَابَ.

“Israel [is] an empty vine, He makes fruit like to himself, According to the abundance of his fruit, He has multiplied for the altars, According to the goodness of his land, They have made good standing-pillars.

٢ 2 قَدْ قَسَمُوا قُلُوبَهُمْ. اَلْآنَ يُعَاقَبُونَ. هُوَ يُحَطِّمُ مَذَابِحَهُمْ، يُخْرِبُ أَنْصَابَهُمْ.

Their heart has been divided, now they are guilty, He breaks down their altars, He destroys their standing-pillars.

٣ 3 إِنَّهُمُ ٱلْآنَ يَقُولُونَ: «لَا مَلِكَ لَنَا لِأَنَّنَا لَا نَخَافُ ٱلرَّبَّ، فَٱلْمَلِكُ مَاذَا يَصْنَعُ بِنَا؟».

For now they say: We have no king, Because we have not feared YHWH, And the king—what does he do for us?

٤ 4 يَتَكَلَّمُونَ كَلَامًا بِأَقْسَامٍ بَاطِلَةٍ. يَقْطَعُونَ عَهْدًا فَيَنْبُتُ ٱلْقَضَاءُ عَلَيْهِمْ كَٱلْعَلْقَمِ فِي أَتْلَامِ ٱلْحَقْلِ.

They have spoken words, To swear falsehood in making a covenant, And flourished as a poisonous herb has judgment, on the furrows of a field.

٥ 5 عَلَى عُجُولِ بَيْتِ آوَنَ يَخَافُ سُكَّانُ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ. إِنَّ شَعْبَهُ يَنُوحُ عَلَيْهِ، وَكَهَنَتَهُ عَلَيْهِ يَرْتَعِدُونَ عَلَى مَجْدِهِ، لِأَنَّهُ ٱنْتَفَى عَنْهُ.

For the inhabitants of Samaria fear the calves of Beth-Aven, Surely its people have mourned on account of it, And its priests leap about on account of it, Because of its glory, for it has removed from it,

٦ 6 وَهُوَ أَيْضًا يُجْلَبُ إِلَى أَشُّورَ هَدِيَّةً لِمَلِكٍ عَدُوٍّ. يَأْخُذُ أَفْرَايِمُ خِزْيًا، وَيَخْجَلُ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَلَى رَأْيِهِ.

Also, it is carried to Asshur, a present to a warlike king, Ephraim receives shame, And Israel is ashamed of its own counsel.

٧ 7 اَلسَّامِرَةُ مَلِكُهَا يَبِيدُ كَغُثَاءٍ عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْمَاءِ،

Samaria is cut off! Its king [is] as wrath on the face of the waters.

٨ 8 وَتُخْرَبُ شَوَامِخُ آوَنَ، خَطِيَّةُ إِسْرَائِيلَ. يَطْلُعُ ٱلشَّوْكُ وَٱلْحَسَكُ عَلَى مَذَابِحِهِمْ، وَيَقُولُونَ لِلْجِبَالِ: غَطِّينَا، وَلِلتِّلَالِ: ٱسْقُطِي عَلَيْنَا.

And high places of Aven have been destroyed, the sin of Israel. Thorn and bramble go up on their altars, And they have said to hills, Cover us, And to heights, Fall on us.

٩ 9 «مِنْ أَيَّامِ جِبْعَةَ أَخْطَأْتَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ. هُنَاكَ وَقَفُوا. لَمْ تُدْرِكْهُمْ فِي جِبْعَةَ ٱلْحَرْبُ عَلَى بَنِي ٱلْإِثْمِ.

From the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel, There they have stood, Battle does not overtake them in Gibeah, Because of sons of perverseness.

١٠ 10 حِينَمَا أُرِيدُ أُؤَدِّبُهُمْ، وَيَجْتَمِعُ عَلَيْهِمْ شُعُوبٌ فِي ٱرْتِبَاطِهِمْ بِإِثْمَيْهِمْ.

When I desire, then I bind them, And peoples have gathered against them, When they bind themselves to their two iniquities.

١١ 11 وَأَفْرَايِمُ عِجْلَةٌ مُتَمَرِّنَةٌ تُحِبُّ ٱلدِّرَاسَ، وَلَكِنِّي أَجْتَازُ عَلَى عُنُقِهَا ٱلْحَسَنِ. أُرْكِبُ عَلَى أَفْرَايِمَ. يَفْلَحُ يَهُوذَا. يُمَهِّدُ يَعْقُوبُ.

And Ephraim [is] a trained heifer—loving to thresh, And I have passed over on the goodness of its neck, I cause [one] to ride Ephraim, Judah plows, Jacob harrows for him.

١٢ 12 «اِزْرَعُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ بِٱلْبِرِّ. ٱحْصُدُوا بِحَسَبِ ٱلصَّلَاحِ. ٱحْرُثُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ حَرْثًا، فَإِنَّهُ وَقْتٌ لِطَلَبِ ٱلرَّبِّ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ وَيُعَلِّمَكُمُ ٱلْبِرَّ.

Sow for yourselves in righteousness, Reap according to loving-kindness, Till for yourselves tillage of knowledge, To seek YHWH, Until He comes and shows righteousness to you.

١٣ 13 قَدْ حَرَثْتُمُ ٱلنِّفَاقَ، حَصَدْتُمُ ٱلْإِثْمَ، أَكَلْتُمْ ثَمَرَ ٱلْكَذِبِ. لِأَنَّكَ وَثَقْتَ بِطَرِيقِكَ، بِكَثْرَةِ أَبْطَالِكَ.

You have plowed wickedness, Perversity you have reaped, You have eaten the fruit of lying, For you have trusted in your way, In the abundance of your might.

١٤ 14 يَقُومُ ضَجِيجٌ فِي شُعُوبِكَ، وَتُخْرَبُ جَمِيعُ حُصُونِكَ كَإِخْرَابِ شَلْمَانَ بَيْتَ أَرَبْئِيلَ فِي يَوْمِ ٱلْحَرْبِ. اَلْأُمُّ مَعَ ٱلْأَوْلَادِ حُطِّمَتْ.

And a tumult rises among your people, And all your fortresses are spoiled, As the spoiling of Shalman of Beth-Arbel, In a day of battle, Mother against sons dashed in pieces.

١٥ 15 هَكَذَا تَصْنَعُ بِكُمْ بَيْتُ إِيلَ مِنْ أَجْلِ رَدَاءَةِ شَرِّكُمْ. فِي ٱلصُّبْحِ يَهْلِكُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ هَلَاكًا.

Thus has Beth-El done to you, Because of the evil of your wickedness, In the dawn a king of Israel is utterly cut off!”