هُوشَع 8

١ 1 ضَعِ الْبُوقَ بَيْنَ شَفَتَيْكَ لِتَنْفُخَ فِيهِ، لأَنَّ نَسْراً يَنْقَضُّ عَلَى بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ، فَإِنَّ الشَّعْبَ قَدْ نَقَضُوا عَهْدِي وَتَعَدَّوْا عَلَى شَرِيعَتِي.

Put a trumpet to your lips! An eagle swoops over the house of the Lord because they have broken my agreement and rebelled against my law.

٢ 2 يَسْتَغِيثُونَ بِي قَائِلِينَ: «يَا إِلَهَنَا، إِنَّنَا نَعْرِفُكَ، فَنَحْنُ إِسْرَائِيلَ شَعْبُكَ».

Israel calls out to me, “Our God, we know you!”

٣ 3 غَيْرَ أَنَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ مَقَتَ الْخَيْرَ، لِهَذَا يُطَارِدُهُ عَدُوٌّ.

But Israel has rejected what is good. An enemy will chase after them.

٤ 4 قَدْ نَصَبُوا لَهُمْ مُلُوكاً وَلَكِنْ مِنْ غَيْرِ رِضَايَ، وَأَقَامُوا رُؤَسَاءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ مُوَافَقَتِي، وَصَنَعُوا بِذَهَبِهِمْ وَفِضَّتِهِمْ أَصْنَاماً تَؤُولُ إِلَى هَلاكِهِمْ.

They appointed kings without my consent and chose princes without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction.

٥ 5 لَشَدَّ مَا أَزْدَرِي عِجْلَكِ أَيَّتُهَا السَّامِرَةُ، وَهَا غَضَبِي قَدِ احْتَدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَإِلَى مَتَى يَظَلُّونَ عَاجِزيِنَ عَنِ النَّقَاوَةِ؟

Samaria, I reject this calf idol you have made! My anger burns against them! How long will you be incapable of being good?

٦ 6 إِنَّهُ صَنْعَةُ عَامِلٍ إِسْرَائِيلِيٍّ وَلَيْسَ إِلَهاً، وَلابُدَّ أَنْ يَصِيرَ عِجْلُ السَّامِرَةِ حُطَاماً.

This idol is from Israel! A craftsman made it—it's not God! The calf of Samaria will be broken in pieces!

٧ 7 إِنَّهُمْ يَزْرَعُونَ الرِّيحَ، وَسَيَحْصُدُونَ الزَّوْبَعَةَ. زَرْعٌ عَقِيمٌ لَا يَصْنَعُ دَقِيقاً، وَإِنْ صَنَعَ يَلْتَهِمُهُ الْغُرَبَاءُ.

Those who sow the wind will reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head of grain; it will produce no flour. Even if it did produce grain, foreigners would swallow it all up.

٨ 8 قَدِ ابْتُلِعَ إِسْرَائِيلُ، وَأَصْبَحَ بَيْنَ الشُّعُوبِ كَإِنَاءٍ لَا جَدْوَى مِنْهُ،

Israel is swallowed up; among the nations they are like something nobody wants.

٩ 9 لأَنَّ أَبْنَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَجَأُوا إِلَى أَشُّورَ كَحِمَارٍ وَحْشِيٍّ مُتَوَحِّدٍ شَرِيدٍ، وَاسْتَأْجَرَ أَفْرَايِمُ مُحِبِّينَ

They have gone up to Assyria like a donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers.

١٠ 10 وَإِنْ كَانُوا يَسْتَأْجِرُونَ حُلَفَاءَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأُمَمِ، فَإِنِّي أَجْمَعُهُمُ الآنَ، فَيَتَحَرَّرُونَ إِلَى حِينٍ مِنْ نِيرِ الْمَلِكِ وَالرُّؤَسَاءِ.

Even though they have hired allies among the nations, I will gather them together. Then they will writhe under the burden of the great king.

١١ 11 أَكْثَرَ أَفْرَايِمُ مِنْ تَشْيِيدِ الْمَذَابِحِ لِيُصْعِدَ عَلَيْهَا ذَبَائِحَ الْخَطِيئَةِ، فَأَصْبَحَتْ هَذِهِ مَذَابِحَ لاِرْتِكَابِ الْخَطِيئَةِ.

Though Ephraim built many altars to make sin offerings, they instead became altars of sin!

١٢ 12 قَدْ كَتَبْتُ لَهُمْ بِكَثْرَةٍ شَرِيعَتِي لَكِنَّهُمْ حَسَبُوهَا غَرِيبَةً عَنْهُمْ.

I wrote down for them the many aspects of my law, but they looked on them as foreign.

١٣ 13 يَذْبَحُونَ الذَّبَائِحَ الْمُقَرَّبَةَ إِلَيَّ لِيَأْكُلُوا لُحُومَهَا، لَا لِيُقَدِّمُوهَا إِلَيَّ. وَلَكِنِّي لَا أُسَرُّ بِها. وَالآنَ أَذْكُرُ إِثْمَهُمْ وَأُعَاقِبُهُمْ عَلَى خَطَايَاهُمْ وَإِلَى مِصْرَ يَرْجِعُونَ.

They present me with their sacrifices, and they eat the meat, but I the Lord do not accept them. Now he will remember their wickedness, and punish them for their sins. They will return to Egypt.

١٤ 14 لأَنَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ نَسِيَ خَالِقَهُ، وَشَيَّدَ قُصُوراً، وَأَكْثَرَ يَهُوذَا مِنْ بِنَاءِ الْمُدُنِ الْمُحَصَّنَةِ، لِهَذَا سَأُرْسِلُ نَاراً عَلَى هَذِهِ الْمُدُنِ فَتَلْتَهِمُ حُصُونَهُ.

Israel has forgotten his maker, and built palaces; Judah has built many fortified cities. But I will rain fire down on their cities and burn up their fortresses.