Hosea 12
1 Ephraim striveth after wind, and followeth after the east wind; all the day he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into 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 hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways, according to his doings will He recompense him.
| لِلرَّبِّ دَعْوَى عَلَى يَهُوذَا، وَسَيُعَاقِبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِمُقْتَضَى طُرُقِهِ وَيُجَازِيهِ بِمُوجِبِ أَعْمَالِهِ. | ٢ |
3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and by his strength he strove with a godlike being;
| فَقَبَضَ يَعْقُوبُ وَهُوَ مَا بَرِحَ فِي الرَّحِمِ عَلَى عَقِبِ أَخِيهِ، وَفِي رُجُولَتِهِ جَاهَدَ مَعَ اللهِ. | ٣ |
4 So he strove with an angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him; at Beth-el he would find him, and there he would speak with us;
| تَصَارَعَ مَعَ الْمَلاكِ وَغَلَبَ. بَكَى وَالْتَمَسَ رِضَاهُ وَبَرَكَتَهُ، الْتَقَاهُ اللهُ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ فَخَاطَبَهُ هُنَاكَ. | ٤ |
5 But the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD is His name.
| هُوَ اللهُ الْقَدِيرُ وَيَهْوَهُ اسْمُهُ. | ٥ |
6 Therefore turn thou to thy God; keep mercy and justice, and wait for thy God continually.
| أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَارْجِعُوا إِلَى إِلَهِكُمْ تَائِبِينَ. تَمَسَّكُوا بِرَحْمَتِهِ وَعَدْلِهِ، وَدَاوِمُوا عَلَى الِاتِّكَالِ عَلَيْهِ. | ٦ |
7 As for the trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand. He loveth to oppress.
| إِنَّ أَفْرَايِمَ مِثْلُ التَّاجِرِ الْكَنْعَانِيِّ يَحْمِلُ بِيَدِهِ مِيزَاناً مَغْشُوشاً لأَنَّهُ يُحِبُّ الظُّلْمَ. | ٧ |
8 And Ephraim said: 'Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth; in all my labours they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.'
| 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 thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed season.
| 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 have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.
| قَدْ خَاطَبْتُ الأَنْبِيَاءَ، وَأَكْثَرْتُ لَهُمُ الرُّؤَى، وَنَطَقْتُ عَلَى أَلْسِنَتِهِمْ بِأَمْثَالٍ. | ١٠ |
11 If Gilead be given to iniquity becoming altogether vanity, in Gilgal they sacrifice unto bullocks; yea, their altars shall be as heaps 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 And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
| قَدْ لَجَأَ يَعْقُوبُ إِلَى أَرْضِ أَرَامَ، حَيْثُ خَدَمَ كَرَاعٍ لِيَحْظَى بِزَوْجَةٍ. | ١٢ |
13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he kept.
| وَبِقِيَادَةِ نَبِيٍّ أَخْرَجَ الرَّبُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، وَبِنَبِيٍّ حَافَظَ عَلَيْهِ. | ١٣ |
14 Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly; therefore shall his blood be cast upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
| غَيْرَ أَنَّ أَفْرَايِمَ أَثَارَ غَضَبَ الرَّبِّ أَشَدَّ إِثَارَةٍ لِهَذَا فَإِنَّهُ سَيَتْرُكُ لَطَخَاتِ إِثْمِ دَمِهِ عَلَيْهِ وَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِ تَعْيِيرَهُ. | ١٤ |
