هُوشَع 5

١ 1 اسْمَعُوا هَذَا أَيُّهَا الْكَهَنَةُ وَأَنْصِتُوا يَا شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَصْغُوا يَا أَهْلَ بَيْتِ الْمَلِكِ، لأَنَّ الْقَضَاءَ حَالٌّ بِكُمْ إِذْ كُنْتُمْ فَخّاً فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ وَشَبَكَةً مَنْصُوبَةً عَلَى جَبَلِ تَابُورَ.

Hear this, priests, and pay attention, house of Israel, and listen closely, house of the king. For there is a judgment against you, because you have become a trap for those you watched over, and a net stretched out over Tabor.

٢ 2 لَقَدْ حَفَرْتُمْ حُفْرَةً عَمِيقَةً فِي شِطِّيمَ، لَكِنِّي أَقُومُ بِتَأْدِيبِهِمْ جَمِيعاً.

And you have led astray victims into the depths, though I am the teacher of them all.

٣ 3 إِنِّي أَعْرِفُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلا يَخْفَى عَنِّي مِنْهُ خَافِيَةٌ، فَأَنْتَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ قَدْ زَنَيْتَ الآنَ وَتَنَجَّسْتَ.

I know Ephraim, and Israel has not been hidden from me, yet now Ephraim has committed fornication, and Israel has been contaminated.

٤ 4 إِنَّ أَعْمَالَ شَرِّهِمْ تَحُولُ دُونَ رُجُوعِهِمْ إِلَى إِلَهِهِمْ، لأَنَّ رُوحَ الزِّنَى (أَيْ خِيَانَةِ الرَّبِّ) كَامِنَةٌ فِيهِمْ، وَهُمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ الرَّبَّ.

They will not set their thoughts to return to their God, for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.

٥ 5 هَا صَلَفُ إِسْرَائِيلَ يَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِ فِي وَجْهِهِ، وَإِسْرَائِيلُ وَأَفْرَايِمُ يَكْبُوَانِ بِإِثْمِهِمَا، وَيَتَعَثَّرُ مَعَهُمَا يَهُوذَا أَيْضاً.

And the arrogance of Israel will answer to his face. And Israel and Ephraim will fall in their iniquity, and even Judah will fall with them.

٦ 6 وَحِينَ يَنْطَلِقُونَ بِمَوَاشِيهِمْ لِيَلْتَمِسُوا الرَّبَّ لَا يَجِدُونَهُ، إِذْ قَدِ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُمْ.

With their flocks and their herds, they will go to seek the Lord, and they will not find him. He has taken himself away from them.

٧ 7 لَقَدْ خَانُوا الرَّبَّ لأَنَّهُمْ أَنْجَبُوا أَبْنَاءَ غُرَبَاءَ عَنْهُ، لِذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ مَوَاسِمَ أَوَائِلِ الشَّهْرِ الْجَدِيدِ تَلْتَهِمُهُمْ مَعَ حُقُولِهِمْ.

They have sinned against the Lord. For they have conceived sons that are strangers. Now one month will devour them with all their own.

٨ 8 انْفُخُوا فِي أَبْوَاقِ الْحَرْبِ فِي جِبْعَةَ وَفِي الرَّامَةِ، وَأَطْلِقُوا صَيْحَةَ الْقِتَالِ فِي بَيْتِ آوَنَ: تَقَدَّمْ يَا بَنْيَامِينُ.

Sound the bugle in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah. Shout in Bethaven, behind your back, O Benjamin.

٩ 9 أَرْضُ أَفْرَايِمَ سَتُصْبِحُ خَرَاباً فِي يَوْمِ الْقَضَاءِ، وَبَيْنَ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَظْهَرْتُ مَا هُوَ يَقِينٌ.

Ephraim will be in desolation on the day of correction, for within the tribes of Israel, I have revealed faith.

١٠ 10 قَدْ صَارَ رُؤَسَاءُ يَهُوذَا مُتَعَدِّينَ كَالَّذِينَ يَنْقُلُونَ تُخُومَ الأَرْضِ لَيَسْلُبُوا سِوَاهُمْ. لِهَذَا سَأَصُبُّ عَلَيْهِمْ سَخَطِي كَالْمَاءِ.

The leaders of Judah have become like those who assume the end. I will pour my wrath over them like water.

١١ 11 لَقَدْ لَحِقَ الضِّيقُ بِإِسْرَائِيلَ، وَسَحَقَهُ الْقَضَاءُ لأَنَّهُ وَطَّدَ الْعَزْمَ عَلَى الْغَوَايَةِ وَرَاءَ الأَوْثَانِ.

Ephraim has been enduring malicious slander and broken judgment, because he began to go after filth.

١٢ 12 لِهَذَا أَكُونُ كَالْعُثِّ لإِسْرَائِيلَ، وَكالسُّوسِ النَّاخِرِ لِشَعْبِ يَهُوذَا.

And I will be like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.

١٣ 13 عِنْدَمَا تَبَيَّنَ إِسْرَائِيلُ دَاءَهُ، وَيَهُوذَا جِرَاحَهُ، لَجَأَ إِسْرَائِيلُ إِلَى أَشُّورَ يَلْتَمِسُ مَعُونَةَ الْمَلِكِ الْعَظِيمِ، إِلّا أَنَّهُ أَخْفَقَ فِي عِلاجِهِ أَوْ فِي مُدَاوَاةِ جِرَاحِهِ.

And Ephraim saw his own weakness, and Judah his chains. And Ephraim went to Assur, and he sent to the Avenging king. But he will not be able to heal you, nor is he able to release you from your chains.

١٤ 14 فَإِنِّي سَأَكُونُ كَالأَسَدِ الْمُفْتَرِسِ لإِسْرَائِيلَ، وَكَالشِّبْلِ لأَبْنَاءِ يَهُوذَا. أَفْتَرِسُ وَأَمْضِي. أَخْطَفُ وَلَيْسَ مِنْ يُنْقِذُ.

For I will be like a lioness to Ephraim, and like a lion’s offspring to the house of Judah. I myself will seize and go forth. I will take away, and there is no one who can rescue.

١٥ 15 ثُمَّ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَوْضِعِي إِلَى أَنْ يَعْتَرِفُوا بِإِثْمِهِمْ وَيَطْلُبُوا وَجْهِي، وَفِي ضِيقِهِمْ يَلْتَمِسُونَنِي (قَائِلِينَ):

I will go and return to my place, until you shall grow faint and seek my face.