هُوشَع 14

١ 1 ارْجِعْ تَائِباً يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ، لأَنَّكَ قَدْ تَعَثَّرْتَ بِخَطِيئَتِكَ.

O israel, return unto the LORD your God; for you have fallen by your iniquity.

٢ 2 احْمِلُوا مَعَكُمْ كَلامَ ابْتِهَالٍ وَارْجِعُوا إِلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلِينَ لَهُ: «انْزِعْ إِثْمَنَا، وَتَقَبَّلْنَا بِفَائِقِ رَحْمَتِكَ، فَنُزْجِيَ إِلَيْكَ حَمْدَ شِفَاهِنَا كَالْقَرَابِينِ.

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

٣ 3 إِنَّ أَشُّورَ لَنْ تُخَلِّصَنَا، وَلَنْ نَعْتَمِدَ عَلَى خُيُولِ مِصْرَ لإِنْقَاذِنَا، وَلَنْ نَقُولَ لِلأَوْثَانِ صَنْعَةِ أَيْدِينَا:’أَنْتُمْ آلِهَتُنَا‘لأَنَّ فِيكَ وَحْدَكَ يَجِدُ الْيَتِيمُ رَحْمَةً».

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

٤ 4 أَنَا أُبْرِئُ ارْتِدَادَهُمْ وَأُحِبُّهُمْ فَضْلاً، لأَنَّ غَضَبِي قَدْ تَحَوَّلَ عَنْهُمْ.

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

٥ 5 وَأَكُونُ كَالطَّلِّ لإِسْرَائِيلَ، فَيُزْهِرُ كَالسَّوْسَنِ، وَتَتَأَصَّلُ جُذُورُهُ كَأَرْزِ لُبْنَانَ.

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

٦ 6 تَمْتَدُّ أَغْصَانُهُ وَيَصِيرُ جَمَالُهُ كَشَجَرَةِ الزَّيْتُونِ وَشَذَاهُ كَأَرْزِ لُبْنَانَ.

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

٧ 7 وَيَعُودُونَ وَيُقِيمُونَ فِي ظِلِّهِ وَيَزْدَهِرُونَ كَالْحِنْطَةِ، وَيُزْهِرُونَ كَالْكَرْمَةِ، وَيَذِيعُ ذِكْرُهُمْ كَخَمْرِ لُبْنَانَ.

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

٨ 8 يَقُولُ أَفْرَايِمُ تَائِباً: «مَالِي وَلِلأَصْنَامِ!» فَيُجِيبُ الرَّبُّ: «قَدِ اسْتَمَعْتُ وَأَنَا رَعَيْتُكَ بِعَيْنِ الرِّضَى وَصِرْتُ لَكَ كَشَجَرَةِ سَرْوٍ خَضْرَاءَ، وَمِنِّي أَمُدُّكَ بِثَمَرِكَ».

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 your fruit found.

٩ 9 مَنْ هُوَ حَكِيمٌ فَلْيَسْمَعْ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ، وَمَنْ هُوَ فَطِنٌ فَلْيَفْهَمْهَا، لأَنَّ طُرُقَ اللهِ مُسْتَقِيمَةٌ، فِيهَا يَسْلُكُ الأَبْرَارُ، أَمَّا الْمُنَافِقُونَ فَيَعْثُرُونَ.

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