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 unto Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of 'Uzziyah, Jotham, Achaz, [and] Hezekiah, the kings of Judah, and in the days of Jerobo'am the son of Joash the 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 word of the Lord by Hosea was, that the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of prostitution and children of prostitution; for the [inhabitants of the] land go far astray, departing from the Lord.

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

So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblayim, 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 unto him, Call his name Yizre'el; for but yet a little while, when I will visit the blood of Yizre'el 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 it shall come to pass on that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Yizre'el.

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 unto him, Call her name Lo-ruchamah [[Not finding mercy]]; for I will not farther have any more mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will give them their full recompense.

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

But upon the house of Judah will I have mercy, and I will save them through the Lord their God, and I will not save them by the bow, or by the sword, or by battle, by horses, or by horsemen.

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

Now when she had weaned Lo-ruchamah, she conceived, and bore a son.

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

Then said he, Call his name Lo-'ammi [[Not my people]]; for ye are not my people, and I will indeed not be unto you [a God].

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.

Yet shall the number of the children of Israel [once] be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that instead that people say of them, Ye are not my people [[Lo-'ammi]], shall they call them, 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».

Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one head, and they shall go up out of the land, for great shall be the day of Yizre'el.