هُوشَع 8

١ 1 «إِلَى فَمِكَ بِٱلْبُوقِ! كَٱلنَّسْرِ عَلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ. لِأَنَّهُمْ قَدْ تَجَاوَزُوا عَهْدِي وَتَعَدَّوْا عَلَى شَرِيعَتِي.

[Set] the trumpet to thy mouth. [He shall come] as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

٢ 2 إِلَيَّ يَصْرُخُونَ: يَا إِلَهِي، نَعْرِفُكَ نَحْنُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Israel shall cry to me, My God, we know thee.

٣ 3 «قَدْ كَرِهَ إِسْرَائِيلُ ٱلصَّلَاحَ فَيَتْبَعُهُ ٱلْعَدُوُّ.

Israel hath cast off [the thing that is] good: the enemy shall pursue him.

٤ 4 هُمْ أَقَامُوا مُلُوكًا وَلَيْسَ مِنِّي. أَقَامُوا رُؤَسَاءَ وَأَنَا لَمْ أَعْرِفْ. صَنَعُوا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنْ فِضَّتِهِمْ وَذَهَبِهِمْ أَصْنَامًا لِكَيْ يَنْقَرِضُوا.

They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew [it] not: of their silver and their gold have they made for themselves idols, that they may be cut off.

٥ 5 قَدْ زَنِخَ عِجْلُكِ يَا سَامِرَةُ. حَمِيَ غَضَبِي عَلَيْهِمْ. إِلَى مَتَى لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ٱلنَّقَاوَةَ!

Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast [thee] off; my anger is kindled against them: how long [will it be] ere they attain to innocence?

٦ 6 إِنَّهُ هُوَ أَيْضًا مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ. صَنَعَهُ ٱلصَّانِعُ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ إِلَهًا. إِنَّ عِجْلَ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ يَصِيرُ كِسَرًا.

For from Israel [was] it also: the workman made it; therefore it [is] not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

٧ 7 «إِنَّهُمْ يَزْرَعُونَ ٱلرِّيحَ وَيَحْصُدُونَ ٱلزَّوْبَعَةَ. زَرْعٌ لَيْسَ لَهُ غَلَّةٌ لَا يَصْنَعُ دَقِيقًا. وَإِنْ صَنَعَ، فَٱلْغُرَبَاءُ تَبْتَلِعُهُ.

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if it shall yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

٨ 8 قَدِ ٱبْتُلِعَ إِسْرَائِيلُ. ٱلْآنَ صَارُوا بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ كَإِنَاءٍ لَا مَسَرَّةَ فِيهِ.

Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel in which [is] no pleasure.

٩ 9 لِأَنَّهُمْ صَعِدُوا إِلَى أَشُّورَ مِثْلَ حِمَارٍ وَحْشِيٍّ مُعْتَزِلٍ بِنَفْسِهِ. ٱسْتَأْجَرَ أَفْرَايِمُ مُحِبِّينَ.

For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

١٠ 10 إِنِّي وَإِنْ كَانُوا يَسْتَأْجِرُونَ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، ٱلْآنَ أَجْمَعُهُمْ فَيَنْفَكُّونَ قَلِيلًا مِنْ ثِقْلِ مَلِكِ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ.

Yes, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

١١ 11 «لِأَنَّ أَفْرَايِمَ كَثَّرَ مَذَابِحَ لِلْخَطِيَّةِ، صَارَتْ لَهُ ٱلْمَذَابِحُ لِلْخَطِيَّةِ.

Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be to him to sin.

١٢ 12 أَكْتُبُ لَهُ كَثْرَةَ شَرَائِعِي، فَهِيَ تُحْسَبُ أَجْنَبِيَّةً.

I have written to him the great things of my law, [but] they were counted as a strange thing.

١٣ 13 أَمَّا ذَبَائِحُ تَقْدِمَاتِي فَيَذْبَحُونَ لَحْمًا وَيَأْكُلُونَ. ٱلرَّبُّ لَا يَرْتَضِيهَا. ٱلْآنَ يَذْكُرُ إِثْمَهُمْ وَيُعَاقِبُ خَطِيَّتَهُمْ. إِنَّهُمْ إِلَى مِصْرَ يَرْجِعُونَ.

They sacrifice flesh [for] the sacrifices of my offerings, and eat [it]; [but] the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

١٤ 14 وَقَدْ نَسِيَ إِسْرَائِيلُ صَانِعَهُ وَبَنَى قُصُورًا، وَكَثَّرَ يَهُوذَا مُدُنًا حَصِينَةً. لَكِنِّي أُرْسِلُ عَلَى مُدُنِهِ نَارًا فَتَأْكُلُ قُصُورَهُ».

For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.