هُوشَع 14

١ 1 اِرْجِعْ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ، لِأَنَّكَ قَدْ تَعَثَّرْتَ بِإِثْمِكَ.

O Israel, return unto Yhwh thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

٢ 2 خُذُوا مَعَكُمْ كَلَامًا وَٱرْجِعُوا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ. قُولُوا لَهُ: «ٱرْفَعْ كُلَّ إِثْمٍ وَٱقْبَلْ حَسَنًا، فَنُقَدِّمَ عُجُولَ شِفَاهِنَا.

Take with you words, and turn to Yhwh: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.

٣ 3 لَا يُخَلِّصُنَا أَشُّورُ. لَا نَرْكَبُ عَلَى ٱلْخَيْلِ، وَلَا نَقُولُ أَيْضًا لِعَمَلِ أَيْدِينَا: آلِهَتَنَا. إِنَّهُ بِكَ يُرْحَمُ ٱلْيَتِيمُ».

Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

٤ 4 «أَنَا أَشْفِي ٱرْتِدَادَهُمْ. أُحِبُّهُمْ فَضْلًا، لِأَنَّ غَضَبِي قَدِ ٱرْتَدَّ عَنْهُ.

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

٥ 5 أَكُونُ لِإِسْرَائِيلَ كَٱلنَّدَى. يُزْهِرُ كَٱلسَّوْسَنِ، وَيَضْرِبُ أُصُولَهُ كَلُبْنَانَ.

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

٦ 6 تَمْتَدُّ خَرَاعِيبُهُ، وَيَكُونُ بَهَاؤُهُ كَٱلزَّيْتُونَةِ، وَلَهُ رَائِحَةٌ كَلُبْنَانَ.

His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

٧ 7 يَعُودُ ٱلسَّاكِنُونَ فِي ظِلِّهِ يُحْيُونَ حِنْطَةً وَيُزْهِرُونَ كَجَفْنَةٍ. يَكُونُ ذِكْرُهُمْ كَخَمْرِ لُبْنَانَ.

They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the grain, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

٨ 8 يَقُولُ أَفْرَايِمُ: مَا لِي أَيْضًا وَلِلْأَصْنَامِ؟ أَنَا قَدْ أَجَبْتُ فَأُلَاحِظُهُ. أَنَا كَسَرْوَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ. مِنْ قِبَلِي يُوجَدُ ثَمَرُكِ».

Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

٩ 9 مَنْ هُوَ حَكِيمٌ حَتَّى يَفْهَمَ هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورَ، وَفَهِيمٌ حَتَّى يَعْرِفَهَا! فَإِنَّ طُرُقَ ٱلرَّبِّ مُسْتَقِيمَةٌ، وَٱلْأَبْرَارَ يَسْلُكُونَ فِيهَا، وَأَمَّا ٱلْمُنَافِقُونَ فَيَعْثُرُونَ فِيهَا.

Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of Yhwh are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.