هُوشَع 10

١ 1 إِنَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِثْلُ كَرْمَةٍ مُخْصِبَةٍ يُغِلُّ ثَمَراً لِنَفْسِهِ. كُلَّمَا تَكَاثَرَ مَحْصُولُ ثَمَرِهِ، زَادَ فِي بِنَاءِ الْمَذَابِحِ، وَبِمِقْدَارِ مَا تَجُودُ أَرْضُهُ، يُتْقِنُ بِنَاءَ أَنْصَابِهِ.

A luxuriant vine is Israel. He bore fruit lavishly. In proportion to the increase of his fruit he increased altars to idols. In proportion to the beauty of his land he made beautiful the sacred pillars.

٢ 2 قُلُوبُهُمْ كُلُّهَا خِدَاعٌ، وَعَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَتَحَمَّلُوا عِقَابَ ذُنُوبِهِمْ. إِنَّ الرَّبَّ يَهْدِمُ مَذَابِحَهُمْ وَيُدَمِّرُ أَوْثَانَهُمْ.

Their heart is false, now they must be punished. God himself will break the necks of their altars, he will destroy their sacred pillars.

٣ 3 يَقُولُونَ الآنَ: «لَيْسَ لَنَا مَلِكٌ لأَنَّنَا لَمْ نَخْشَ اللهَ، وَمَاذَا فِي وُسْعِ الْمَلِكِ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ لَنَا؟»

Yes, soon they will be saying, “We have no king, for we have not revered the Lord, and a king, what could he do for us anyway?”

٤ 4 يَنْطِقُونَ بِكَلامِ لَغْوٍ وَيُبْرِمُونَ عُهُوداً بِأَقسَامٍ بَاطِلَةٍ، فَيَحُلُّ بِهِمِ الْقَضَاءُ كَأَعْشَابٍ سَامَّةٍ نَبَتَتْ فِي أَرْضٍ مَحْرُوثَةٍ.

Speaking words, perjuring themselves, making agreements, and litigation springs up like a poisonous weed in a plowed field.

٥ 5 يَخْشَى أَهْلُ السَّامِرَةِ عَلَى عِجْلِ بَيْتِ آوَنَ، لأَنَّ شَعْبَهُ يَنُوحُونَ عَلَيْهِ، وَكَذَلِكَ كَهَنَتَهُ الْخَوَنَةَ الَّذِينَ ابْتَهَجُوا بِبَهَائِهِ الَّذِي سُلِبَ مِنْهُ.

The inhabitants of Samaria will tremble with fear for their calf of Beth-aven. Its people will mourn over it, and so will its priests, who had rejoiced for its glory, now departed from it.

٦ 6 سَيُحْمَلُ هَذَا الْعِجْلُ إِلَى أَشُّورَ هَدِيَّةً لِلْمَلِكِ الْعَظِيمِ، فَيَخْزَى أَفْرَايِمُ وَيَعْتَرِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْخَجَلُ مِنِ اتِّكَالِهِ عَلَيْهِ.

It will be carried off to Assyria as a present to the patron king. Disgrace will Ephraim bear and Israel will be ashamed of its idol.

٧ 7 يَهْلِكُ مَلِكُ السَّامِرَةِ كَقَشَّةٍ عَائِمَةٍ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْمِيَاهِ.

As for Samaria, her king will disappear, like foam on the face of the waters.

٨ 8 وَتُدَمَّرُ أَمَاكِنُ الْعِبَادَةِ عَلَى مَشَارِفِ آوَنَ الَّتِي أَضْحَتْ خَطِيئَةَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَيَنْمُو الشَّوْكُ وَالْحَسَكُ عَلَى مَذَابِحِهِمْ، فَيَقُولُونَ لِلْجِبَالِ: غَطِّينَا، وَلِلتِّلالِ: اسْقُطِي عَلَيْنَا.

And the high places of Aven will be destroyed, the shrines of Israel’s sin, thorns and thistles will grow on their altars, and they will say to the mountains, “Cover us,” and to the hills, “Fall upon us.”

٩ 9 لَقَدْ أَخْطَأْتَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ مُنْذُ أَيَّامِ جِبْعَةَ وَلَمْ تَكُفَّ عَنِ ارْتِكَابِ الإِثْمِ، أَلَمْ تُدْرِكْهُمُ الْحَرْبُ فِي جِبْعَةَ؟

From the time of Gibeah, Israel has sinned. There they took their stand. Will not war overtake them in Gibeah because of the wicked?

١٠ 10 فَأُعَاقِبُهُمْ عِنْدَمَا أَشَاءُ، إِذْ تَتَأَلَّبُ عَلَيْهِمْ أُمَمٌ وَتُقَيِّدُهُمْ بِالأَغْلالِ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ إِثْمِهِمِ الْمُتَكَاثِرِ.

When I please, I will punish them. Nations will gather against them to chain them for their double crimes.

١١ 11 كَانَ أَفْرَايِمُ كَعِجْلَةٍ مُرَوَّضَةٍ تُحِبُّ أَنْ تَدُوسَ الْقَمْحَ، وَلَكِنِّي سَأَضَعُ نِيراً عَلَى عُنُقِهَا الْجَمِيلِ الَّذِي حَافَظَتْ عَلَى سَلامَتِهِ، وَأَدْفَعُهَا إِلَى الْعَمَلِ الشَّاقِ، وَيَحْرُثُ يَهُوذَا وَيُمَهِّدُ إِسْرَائِيلُ الأَرْضَ.

Ephraim indeed was a trained heifer that loved to thresh grain, and I myself laid a yoke upon his fair neck, I made Ephraim draw and Judah must plow, Jacob must turn the soil for himself.

١٢ 12 ازْرَعُوا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ بِذَارَ الْبِرِّ، فَتَحْصُدُوا بِمُقْتَضَاهُ ثِمَارَ الرَّحْمَةِ، اُحْرُثُوا لَكُمْ حَرْثاً لأَنَّ هَذَا أَوَانُ الْتِمَاسِ الرَّبِّ، حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ وَيُمْطِرَ عَلَيْكُمْ غُيُوثَ صَلاحِهِ.

Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruits of love. Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, so righteousness may come to you.

١٣ 13 لَكِنَّكُمْ زَرَعْتُمُ الشَّرَّ فَحَصَدْتُمُ الإِثْمَ، وَأَكَلْتُمْ ثِمَارَ الْكَذِبِ لأَنَّكُمُ اتَّكَلْتُمْ عَلَى مَرْكَبَاتِكُمْ وَعَلَى كَثْرَةِ مُحَارِبِيكُمُ الْجَبَابِرَةِ.

But you have plowed wickedness, iniquity have you reaped. You have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own path, in the multitude of your warriors,

١٤ 14 لِذَلِكَ يُدَوِّي زَئِيرُ الْمَعْرَكَةِ بَيْنَ شَعْبِكَ، وَتُدَمَّرُ جَمِيعُ حُصُونِكَ كَمَا دَمَّرَ شَلْمَانُ بَيْتَ أَرَبْئِيلَ فِي يَوْمِ الْقِتَالِ إِذْ أَصْبَحَتِ الأُمُّ مَعَ أَوْلادِهَا حُطَاماً.

the alarm of war will sound in your cities and all your fortresses will be ruined, as Shalman laid in ruins Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces over their children.

١٥ 15 هَذَا مَا يَجْرِي عَلَيْكُمْ يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ عِقَاباً لَكُمْ عَلَى إِثْمِكُمُ الْعَظِيمِ، وَيَتِمُّ الْقَضَاءُ عَلَى مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ عِنْدَ انْبِلاجِ الْفَجْرِ.

Thus will I do to you, Bethel, because of the enormity of your wickedness. When dawn breaks, so will the king of Israel be broken.