Hosea 12
1 Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
| يَرْعَى أَفْرَايِمُ الرِّيحَ، وَيُطَارِدُ الرِّيحَ الشَّرْقِيَّةَ طَوَالَ الْيَوْمِ، وَيَرْتَكِبُ الأَكَاذِيبَ وَالْجَوْرَ بِكَثْرَةٍ، وَيُبْرِمُ عَهْداً مَعَ أَشُّورَ، وَيَبْعَثُ بِزَيْتِ الزَّيْتُونِ إِلَى مِصْرَ. | ١ |
2 The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
| لِلرَّبِّ دَعْوَى عَلَى يَهُوذَا، وَسَيُعَاقِبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِمُقْتَضَى طُرُقِهِ وَيُجَازِيهِ بِمُوجِبِ أَعْمَالِهِ. | ٢ |
3 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
| فَقَبَضَ يَعْقُوبُ وَهُوَ مَا بَرِحَ فِي الرَّحِمِ عَلَى عَقِبِ أَخِيهِ، وَفِي رُجُولَتِهِ جَاهَدَ مَعَ اللهِ. | ٣ |
4 Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there —
| تَصَارَعَ مَعَ الْمَلاكِ وَغَلَبَ. بَكَى وَالْتَمَسَ رِضَاهُ وَبَرَكَتَهُ، الْتَقَاهُ اللهُ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ فَخَاطَبَهُ هُنَاكَ. | ٤ |
5 the LORD is the God of Hosts— the LORD is His name of renown.
| هُوَ اللهُ الْقَدِيرُ وَيَهْوَهُ اسْمُهُ. | ٥ |
6 But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.
| أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَارْجِعُوا إِلَى إِلَهِكُمْ تَائِبِينَ. تَمَسَّكُوا بِرَحْمَتِهِ وَعَدْلِهِ، وَدَاوِمُوا عَلَى الِاتِّكَالِ عَلَيْهِ. | ٦ |
7 A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
| إِنَّ أَفْرَايِمَ مِثْلُ التَّاجِرِ الْكَنْعَانِيِّ يَحْمِلُ بِيَدِهِ مِيزَاناً مَغْشُوشاً لأَنَّهُ يُحِبُّ الظُّلْمَ. | ٧ |
8 And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
| وَيَقُولُ: «قَدْ أَصْبَحْتُ غَنِيًّا، وَضَمِنْتُ لِنَفْسِي ثَرْوَةً، وَلا يُمْكِنُ لأَحَدٍ إِنْ يَجِدَ فِي كُلِّ مَا اكْتَسَبْتُهُ مِنْ غِنىً مَالاً حَرَاماً أَثِيماً». | ٨ |
9 But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.
| وَلَكِنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ مُنْذُ أَنْ كُنْتَ فِي دِيَارِ مِصْرَ. سَأَجْعَلُكَ تُقِيمُ فِي خِيَامٍ ثَانِيَةً كَمَا كُنْتَ فِي أَيَّامِ أَعْيَادِكَ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ. | ٩ |
10 I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.
| قَدْ خَاطَبْتُ الأَنْبِيَاءَ، وَأَكْثَرْتُ لَهُمُ الرُّؤَى، وَنَطَقْتُ عَلَى أَلْسِنَتِهِمْ بِأَمْثَالٍ. | ١٠ |
11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
| أَفِي جِلْعَادَ إِثْمٌ؟ حَتْماً قَدِ انْتَهَوْا إِلَى بُطْلٍ. إِنْ ذَبَحُوا فِي الْجِلْجَالِ ثِيرَاناً لِوَثَنٍ، فَإِنَّ مَذَابِحَهُمْ تَصِيرُ كَرُكَامِ حِجَارَةٍ فِي حَقْلٍ مَحْرُوثٍ. | ١١ |
12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife— for a wife he tended sheep.
| قَدْ لَجَأَ يَعْقُوبُ إِلَى أَرْضِ أَرَامَ، حَيْثُ خَدَمَ كَرَاعٍ لِيَحْظَى بِزَوْجَةٍ. | ١٢ |
13 But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
| وَبِقِيَادَةِ نَبِيٍّ أَخْرَجَ الرَّبُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، وَبِنَبِيٍّ حَافَظَ عَلَيْهِ. | ١٣ |
14 Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.
| غَيْرَ أَنَّ أَفْرَايِمَ أَثَارَ غَضَبَ الرَّبِّ أَشَدَّ إِثَارَةٍ لِهَذَا فَإِنَّهُ سَيَتْرُكُ لَطَخَاتِ إِثْمِ دَمِهِ عَلَيْهِ وَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِ تَعْيِيرَهُ. | ١٤ |
