Hosea 14

1 “Turn back, O Israel, to your God YHWH, For you have stumbled by your iniquity.

١ ارْجِعْ تَائِباً يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ، لأَنَّكَ قَدْ تَعَثَّرْتَ بِخَطِيئَتِكَ.

2 Take words with you, and turn to YHWH, Say to Him, Take away all iniquity, and give good, And we render the fruit of our lips.

٢ احْمِلُوا مَعَكُمْ كَلامَ ابْتِهَالٍ وَارْجِعُوا إِلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلِينَ لَهُ: «انْزِعْ إِثْمَنَا، وَتَقَبَّلْنَا بِفَائِقِ رَحْمَتِكَ، فَنُزْجِيَ إِلَيْكَ حَمْدَ شِفَاهِنَا كَالْقَرَابِينِ.

3 Asshur does not save us, we do not ride on a horse, Nor do we say anymore, Our god, to the work of our hands, For in You the fatherless find mercy.

٣ إِنَّ أَشُّورَ لَنْ تُخَلِّصَنَا، وَلَنْ نَعْتَمِدَ عَلَى خُيُولِ مِصْرَ لإِنْقَاذِنَا، وَلَنْ نَقُولَ لِلأَوْثَانِ صَنْعَةِ أَيْدِينَا:’أَنْتُمْ آلِهَتُنَا‘لأَنَّ فِيكَ وَحْدَكَ يَجِدُ الْيَتِيمُ رَحْمَةً».

4 I heal their backsliding, I love them freely, For My anger has turned back from him.

٤ أَنَا أُبْرِئُ ارْتِدَادَهُمْ وَأُحِبُّهُمْ فَضْلاً، لأَنَّ غَضَبِي قَدْ تَحَوَّلَ عَنْهُمْ.

5 I am as dew to Israel, he flourishes as a lily, And he strikes forth his roots as Lebanon.

٥ وَأَكُونُ كَالطَّلِّ لإِسْرَائِيلَ، فَيُزْهِرُ كَالسَّوْسَنِ، وَتَتَأَصَّلُ جُذُورُهُ كَأَرْزِ لُبْنَانَ.

6 His shoots go on, And his splendor is as an olive, And he has fragrance as Lebanon.

٦ تَمْتَدُّ أَغْصَانُهُ وَيَصِيرُ جَمَالُهُ كَشَجَرَةِ الزَّيْتُونِ وَشَذَاهُ كَأَرْزِ لُبْنَانَ.

7 The dwellers return under his shadow, They revive [as] grain, and flourish as a vine, His memorial [is] as wine of Lebanon.

٧ وَيَعُودُونَ وَيُقِيمُونَ فِي ظِلِّهِ وَيَزْدَهِرُونَ كَالْحِنْطَةِ، وَيُزْهِرُونَ كَالْكَرْمَةِ، وَيَذِيعُ ذِكْرُهُمْ كَخَمْرِ لُبْنَانَ.

8 O Ephraim, what have I anymore to do with idols? I have answered, and I look after him: I [am] as a green fir-tree, Your fruit is found from Me.

٨ يَقُولُ أَفْرَايِمُ تَائِباً: «مَالِي وَلِلأَصْنَامِ!» فَيُجِيبُ الرَّبُّ: «قَدِ اسْتَمَعْتُ وَأَنَا رَعَيْتُكَ بِعَيْنِ الرِّضَى وَصِرْتُ لَكَ كَشَجَرَةِ سَرْوٍ خَضْرَاءَ، وَمِنِّي أَمُدُّكَ بِثَمَرِكَ».

9 Who [is] wise, and understands these? Prudent, and knows them? For upright are the ways of YHWH, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!”

٩ مَنْ هُوَ حَكِيمٌ فَلْيَسْمَعْ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ، وَمَنْ هُوَ فَطِنٌ فَلْيَفْهَمْهَا، لأَنَّ طُرُقَ اللهِ مُسْتَقِيمَةٌ، فِيهَا يَسْلُكُ الأَبْرَارُ، أَمَّا الْمُنَافِقُونَ فَيَعْثُرُونَ.