Osee 2

1 Say to your brother, My people, and to your sister, Pitied.

١ «قُولُوا لإِخْوَتِكُمْ عَمِّي (أَنْتُمْ شَعْبِي) وَلأَخَوَاتِكُمْ رُحَامَةَ (أَنَا أَرْحَمُكُم).

2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband: and I will remove her fornication out of my presence, and her adultery from between her breasts:

٢ حَاكِمُوا أُمَّكُمْ، لأَنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ زَوْجَتِي، وَأَنَا لَسْتُ رَجُلَهَا، حَتَّى تَخْلَعَ زِنَاهَا عَنْ وَجْهِهَا وَفُجُورَهَا مِنْ بَيْنِ ثَدْيَيْهَا.

3 that I may strip her naked, and make her again as she was at the day of her birth: and I will make her desolate, and make her as a dry land, and will kill her with thirst.

٣ لِئَلّا أُعَرِّيَهَا وَأَرُدَّهَا كَمَا كَانَتْ يَوْمَ مَوْلِدِهَا، وَأَجْعَلَهَا كَالْقَفْرِ أَوْ كَأَرْضٍ جَرْدَاءَ، وَأُمِيتَهَا ظَمَأً.

4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are children of fornication.

٤ وَلا أَرْحَمُ أَبْنَاءَهَا لأَنَّهُمْ أَوْلادُ زِنىً.

5 And their mother went a-whoring: she that bore them disgraced [them]: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, and my garments, and my linen clothes, my oil and my necessaries.

٥ فَأُمُّهُمْ قَدْ زَنَتْ، وَالَّتِي حَمَلَتْهُمُ ارْتَكَبَتِ الْمُوبِقَاتِ، لأَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: أَسْعَى وَرَاءَ عُشَّاقِي الَّذِينَ يُقَدِّمُونَ لِي خُبْزِي وَمَائِي وَصُوفِي وَكَتَّانِي وَزَيْتِي وَمَشْرُوبَاتِي.

6 Therefore, behold, I hedge up her way with thorns, and I will stop the ways, and she shall not find her path.

٦ لِذَلِكَ أُسَيِّجُ طَرِيقَهَا بِالشَّوْكِ وَأَحُوطُهَا بِسُورٍ حَتَّى لَا تَجِدَ لَهَا مَسْلَكاً.

7 And she shall follow after her lovers, and shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: and she shall say, I will go, and return to my former husband; for it was better with me than now.

٧ فَتَسْعَى وَرَاءَ عُشَّاقِهَا وَلَكِنَّهَا لَا تُدْرِكُهُمْ، وَتَلْتَمِسُهُمْ فَلا تَجِدُهُمْ، ثُمَّ تَقُولُ، لأَنْطَلِقَنَّ وَأَرْجِعَنَّ إِلَى زَوْجِي الأَوَّلِ، فَقَدْ كُنْتُ مَعَهُ فِي حَالٍ خَيْرٍ مِمَّا أَنَا عَلَيْهِ الآنَ.

8 And she knew not that I gave her her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied silver to her: but she made silver and gold [images] for Baal.

٨ إِنَّهَا لَمْ تَعْرِفْ أَنَّنِي أَنَا الَّذِي أَعْطَيْتُهَا الْقَمْحَ وَالْخُبْزَ وَالزَّيْتَ، وَأَغْدَقْتُ عَلَيْهَا الْفِضَّةَ وَالذَّهَبَ الَّتِي قَدَّمُوهَا لِلْبَعْلِ.

9 Therefore I will return, and take away my corn in its season, and my wine in its time; and I will take away my raiment and my linen clothes, so that she shall not cover her nakedness.

٩ لِذَلِكَ أَسْتَرِدُّ حِنْطَتِي فِي حِينِهَا، وَخَمْرِي فِي أَوَانِهِ، وَأَنْتَزِعُ صُوفِي وَكَتَّانِي اللَّذَيْنِ تَسْتُرُ بِهِمَا عُرْيَهَا.

10 And now I will expose her uncleanness before her lovers, and no one shall by any means deliver her out of my hand.

١٠ وَأَكْشِفُ عَوْرَتَهَا أَمَامَ عُشَّاقِهَا، وَلا يُنْقِذُهَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ يَدِي.

11 And I will take away all her gladness, her feasts, and her festivals at the new moon, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.

١١ وَأُبَطِّلُ كُلَّ أَفْرَاحِهَا وَأَعْيَادِهَا وَاحْتِفَالاتِ رُؤُوسِ شُهُورِهَا وَسُبُوتِهَا وَجَمِيعَ مَوَاسِمِهَا.

12 And I will utterly destroy her vines, and her fig-trees, all things of which she said, These are my hire which my lovers have given me: and I will make them a testimony, and the wild beasts of the field, and the birds of the sky, and the reptiles of the earth shall devour them.

١٢ وَأُتْلِفُ كُرُومَهَا وَتِينَهَا الَّتِي قَالَتْ عَنْهَا: هِيَ أُجْرَتِي الَّتِي قَبَضْتُهَا مِنْ عُشَّاقِي، فَأُحَوِّلُهَا إِلَى غَابَةٍ يَلْتَهِمُهَا وَحْشُ الصَّحْرَاءِ.

13 And I will recompense on her the days of Baalim, wherein she sacrificed to them, and put on her ear-rings, and her necklaces, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, says the Lord.

١٣ وَأُعَاقِبُهَا عَلَى أَيَّامِ احْتِفَالاتِهَا بِآلِهَةِ الْبَعْلِ، حِينَ أَحْرَقَتْ لَهَا الْبَخُورَ، وَتَزَيَّنَتْ بِخَوَاتِمِهَا وَحُلِّيِهَا وَضَلَّتْ وَرَاءَ عُشَّاقِهَا وَنَسِيَتْنِي، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

14 Therefore, behold, I [will] cause her to err, and will make her as desolate, and will speak comfortably to her.

١٤ لِهَذَا، هَا أَنَا أَتَمَلَّقُهَا وَآخُذُهَا إِلَى الصَّحْرَاءِ وَأُخَاطِبُهَا بِحَنَانٍ،

15 And I will giver her possessions from thence, and the valley of Achor to open her understanding: and she shall be afflicted there according to the days of her infancy, and according to the days of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.

١٥ وَأَرُدُّ لَهَا كُرُومَهَا هُنَاكَ، وَأَجْعَلُ مِنْ وَادِي عَخُورَ (أَيْ وَادِي الإِزْعَاجِ) بَاباً لِلرَّجَاءِ، فَتَتَجَاوَبُ مَعِي كَالْعَهْدِ بِها فِي أَيَّامِ صِبَاهَا، حِينَ خَرَجَتْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ.

16 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord, [that] she shall call me, My husband, and shall no longer call me Baalim.

١٦ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، تَدْعِينَنِي: زَوْجِي، وَلا تَدْعِينَنِي أَبَداً: بَعْلِي.

17 And I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and their names shall be remembered no more at all.

١٧ لأَنِّي أَنْزِعُ أَسْمَاءَ الْبَعْلِ مِنْ فَمِكِ، وَلا يَرِدُ ذِكْرُهَا بِأَسْمَائِهَا مِنْ بَعْدُ.

18 And I will make for them in that day a covenant with the wild beasts of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the reptiles of the earth: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle from off the earth, and will cause you to dwell safely.

١٨ وَأُبْرِمُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ مِنْ أَجْلِكِ عَهْداً مَعَ وَحْشِ الْبَرِّيَّةِ وَطُيُورِ السَّمَاءِ وَزَوَاحِفِ الأَرْضِ وَأُحَطِّمُ الْقَوْسَ وَالسَّيْفَ، وَأُبْطِلُ الْحَرْبَ مِنَ الأَرْضِ، وَأَجْعَلُكِ تَنَامِينَ مُطْمَئِنَّةً

19 And I will betroth you to myself for ever; yes, I will betroth you to myself in righteousness, and in judgement, and in mercy, and in tender compassions;

١٩ وَأَخْطُبُكِ لِنَفْسِي إِلَى الأَبَدِ، أَخْطُبُكِ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْحَقِّ وَالإِحْسَانِ وَالْمَرَاحِمِ.

20 and I will betroth you to myself in faithfulness: and you shall know the Lord.

٢٠ أَخْطُبُكِ لِنَفْسِي بِالأَمَانَةِ فَتَعْرِفِينَ الرَّبَّ.

21 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord, I will listen to the heaven, and it shall listen to the earth;

٢١ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَسْتَجِيبُ لِشَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَغْمُرُ أَرْضَهُمْ بِالْمَطَرِ، فَتُثْمِرُ.

22 and the earth shall listen to the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall listen to Jezrael.

٢٢ فَتُنْبِتُ الأَرْضُ الْقَمْحَ وَالْعِنَبَ وَالزَّيْتَ، وَكُلُّهَا تَسْتَجِيبُ لِيَزْرَعِيلَ (أَيْ: اللهُ يَزْرَعُ)

23 And I will sow her to me on the earth; and will love her that was not loved, and will say to that which was not my people, You are my people; and they shall say, You are the Lord my God.

٢٣ وَأَزْرَعُ شَعْبِي فِي الأَرْضِ لِنَفْسِي، وَأَرْحَمُ لُورُحَامَةَ (أَيْ: لَا رَحْمَةَ)، وَأَقُولُ: لِلُوعَمِّي (أَيْ: لَيْسَ شَعْبِي) أَنْتَ شَعْبِي، فَيَقُولُ: أَنْتَ إِلَهِي».