هُوشَع 1

١ 1 هَذِهِ هِيَ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ الَّتِي أَوْحَى بِها إِلَى هُوشَعَ بْنِ بِئِيرِي فِي أَثْنَاءِ حُكْمِ كُلٍّ مِنْ عُزِّيَّا وَيُوثَامَ وَآحَازَ وَحَزَقِيَّا مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا، وَفِي أَيَّامِ يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ يُوآشَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

The word of the Lord, that came to Osee the son of Beeri, in the days of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias kings of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joas king of Israel.

٢ 2 وَأَوَّلُ مَا خَاطَبَ الرَّبُّ بِهِ هُوشَعَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَهُ: «اذْهَبْ وَتَزَوَّجْ مِنْ عَاهِرَةٍ، تُنْجِبُ لَكَ أَبْنَاءَ زِنىً، لأَنَّ الأَرْضَ قَدْ زَنَتْ إِذْ تَرَكَتِ الرَّبَّ».

The beginning of the Lord’s speaking by Osse: and the Lord said to Osee: Go, take thee a wife of fornications, and have of her children of fornications: for the land by fornication shall depart from the Lord.

٣ 3 فَمَضَى هُوشَعُ وَتَزَوَّجَ جُومَرَ بِنْتَ دِبْلايِمَ، فَحَمَلَتْ وَأَنْجَبَتْ لَهُ ابْناً.

So he went, and took Gomer the daughter of Debelaim: and she conceived and bore him a son.

٤ 4 فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لَهُ: «ادْعُ اسْمَهُ يَزْرَعِيلَ، لأَنِّي مُوشِكٌ أَنْ أَقْضِيَ عَلَى بَيْتِ يَاهُو انْتِقَاماً لِدَمِ يَزْرَعِيلَ، وَأُبِيدَ مَمْلَكَةَ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And the Lord said to him: Call his name Jezrahel: for yet a little while, and I will visit the blood of Jezrahel upon the house of Jehu, and I will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

٥ 5 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أُحَطِّمُ قَوْسَ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي وَادِي يَزْرَعِيلَ».

And in that day I will break in pieces the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezrahel.

٦ 6 ثُمَّ حَمَلَتْ ثَانِيَةً فَأَنْجَبَتِ ابْنَةً، فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ: «سَمِّهَا لُورُحَامَةَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: لَا رَحْمَةَ) لأَنِّي لَا أَعُودُ أَرْحَمُ بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلَنْ أَصْفَحَ عَنْهُمْ.

And she conceived again, and bore a daughter, and he said to him: Call her name, Without mercy: for I will not add any more to have mercy on the house of Israel, but I will utterly forget them.

٧ 7 وَلَكِنِّي أَرْحَمُ بَيْتَ يَهُوذَا وَأُخَلِّصُهُمْ بِقُوَّتِي أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُهُمْ. لَنْ أُنْقِذَهُمْ بِقَوْسٍ أَوْ بِسَيْفٍ، وَلا بِحَرْبٍ وَلا بِخَيْلٍ أَوْ فُرْسَانٍ».

And I will have mercy on the house of Juda, and I will save them by the Lord their God: and I will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, nor by horses, nor by horsemen.

٨ 8 وَبَعْدَ أَنْ فَطَمَتْ «لُورُحَامَةَ» حَمَلَتْ وَأَنْجَبَتِ ابْناً.

And she weaned her that was called Without mercy. And she conceived, and bore a son.

٩ 9 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «سَمِّهِ لُوعَمِّي (وَمَعْنَاهُ: لَيْسَ شَعْبِي) لأَنَّكُمْ لَسْتُمْ شَعْبِي وَأَنَا لَسْتُ إِلَهَكُمْ.

And he said: Call his name, Not my people: for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.

١٠ 10 وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ عَدَدَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يَكُونُ كَرَمْلِ الْبَحْرِ الَّذِي لَا يُكَالُ وَلا يُحْصَى. وَفِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي قِيلَ لَهُمْ فِيهِ: أَنْتُمْ لَسْتُمْ شَعْبِي، يُقَالُ لَهُمْ: أَنْتُمْ أَبْنَاءُ اللهِ الْحَيِّ.

And the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, that is without measure, and shall not be numbered. And it shall be in the place where it shall be said to them: You are not my people: it shall be said to them: Ye are the sons of the living God.

١١ 11 وَيَجْتَمِعُ أَبْنَاءُ يَهُوذَا وَأَبْنَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَعاً وَيَنْصِبُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَائِداً وَاحِداً، وَيَرْجِعُونَ مِنْ أَرْضِ السَّبْيِ، لأَنَّ يَوْمَ يَزْرَعِيلَ عَظِيمٌ».

And the children of Juda, and the children of Israel shall be gathered together: and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall come up out of the land: for great is the day of Jezrahel.