هُوشَع 6

١ 1 «تَعَالَوْا نَرْجِعْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ. هُوَ الَّذِي مَزَّقَنَا إِرْباً إِرْباً، وَهُوَ وَحْدَهُ يُبْرِئُنَا. هُوَ الَّذِي ضَرَبَنَا، وَهُوَ وَحْدَهُ الَّذِي يَجْبُرُنَا.

“Come, and we turn back to YHWH, For He has torn, and He heals us, He strikes, and He binds us up.

٢ 2 بَعْدَ يَوْمَيْنِ يُحْيِينَا، وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ يُقِيمُنَا، لِنَحْيَا أَمَامَهُ.

He revives us after two days, In the third day He raises us up, And we live before Him.

٣ 3 لِنَعْرِفْ، بَلْ لِنَجِدَّ حَتَّى نَعْرِفَ الرَّبَّ، فَمَجِيئُهُ يَقِينٌ كَالْفَجْرِ، يُقْبِلُ إِلَيْنَا كَإِقْبَالِ الْمَطَرِ وَكَغُيُوثِ الرَّبِيعِ الَّتِي تَرْوِي الأَرْضَ».

And we know—we pursue to know YHWH, His going forth is prepared as the dawn, And He comes in as a shower to us, As spring rain [and] autumn rain to the earth.”

٤ 4 مَاذَا أَصْنَعُ بِكَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَفْعَلُهُ بِكَ يَا يَهُوذَا؟ إِنَّ حُبَّكُمْ يَتَلاشَى كَسَحَابَةِ الصُّبْحِ وَيَتَبَخَّرُ كَالنَّدَى.

“What do I do to you, O Ephraim? What do I do to you, O Judah? Your goodness [is] as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early—going.

٥ 5 لِذَلِكَ مَزَّقْتُكُمْ بِإِنْذَارَاتِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ، وَقَضَيْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِأَحْكَامِي، فَقَضَائِي عَلَيْكُمْ يَشِعُّ كَالنُّورِ.

Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments go forth to the light.

٦ 6 إِنِّي أَطْلُبُ رَحْمَةً لَا ذَبِيحَةً، وَمَعْرِفَتِي أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ.

For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.

٧ 7 وَلَكِنَّكُمْ مِثْلُ آدَمَ، نَقَضْتُمْ عَهْدِي وَغَدَرْتُمْ بِي.

And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against Me.

٨ 8 جِلْعَادُ، مَدِينَةُ فَاعِلِي الشَّرِّ، دَاسَتْ عَلَيْهَا أَقْدَامٌ مُلَطَّخَةٌ بِالدَّمِ.

Gilead [is] a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from blood.

٩ 9 وَكَمَا يَكْمِنُ اللُّصُوصُ، كَمَنَ الْكَهَنَةُ عَلَى طَرِيقِ شَكِيمَ لِيَرْتَكِبُوا جَرَائِمَ الْقَتْلِ. حَقّاً إِنَّهُمْ يَقْتَرِفُونَ الْفَوَاحِشَ.

And as bands wait for a man, A company of priests murder—the way to Shechem, For they have done wickedness.

١٠ 10 لَقَدْ شَهِدْتُ فِي وَسَطِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَظَائِعَ، فَقَدْ زَنَى هُنَاكَ أَفْرَايِمُ وَتَنَجَّسَ إِسْرَائِيلُ.

In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing, There [is] the whoredom of Ephraim—Israel is defiled.

١١ 11 أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا يَهُوذَا فَقَدْ تَحَدَّدَ مَوْعِدُ عِقَابِكَ عِنْدَمَا أَرُدُّ سَبْيَ شَعْبِي.

Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed to you, In My turning back [to] the captivity of My people!”