Hosea 10
1 “Israel was [like a large] healthy/luxuriant vine [MET] that produced [a lot of] grapes. But as the people became richer, they made more altars [at which to worship idols]. As the people prospered, they [built and] decorated sacred pillars [that they worshiped].
| إِسْرَائِيلُ جَفْنَةٌ مُمْتَدَّةٌ. يُخْرِجُ ثَمَرًا لِنَفْسِهِ. عَلَى حَسَبِ كَثْرَةِ ثَمَرِهِ قَدْ كَثَّرَ ٱلْمَذَابِحَ. عَلَى حَسَبِ جُودَةِ أَرْضِهِ أَجَادَ ٱلْأَنْصَابَ. | ١ |
2 They are deceitful; [so] now they are guilty and must be punished. [I], Yahweh, will tear down their altars and smash those pillars.
| قَدْ قَسَمُوا قُلُوبَهُمْ. اَلْآنَ يُعَاقَبُونَ. هُوَ يُحَطِّمُ مَذَابِحَهُمْ، يُخْرِبُ أَنْصَابَهُمْ. | ٢ |
3 Then they will say, ‘It is because we did not revere Yahweh that we no [longer] have a king. But [even if we had] a king, he certainly could not [RHQ] do anything to help us.’
| إِنَّهُمُ ٱلْآنَ يَقُولُونَ: «لَا مَلِكَ لَنَا لِأَنَّنَا لَا نَخَافُ ٱلرَّبَّ، فَٱلْمَلِكُ مَاذَا يَصْنَعُ بِنَا؟». | ٣ |
4 They falsely promise [that they will do many things]; they solemnly promise and make agreements, but they do not do what they promise. So people accuse and sue [each other in the courts]; they are like [SIM] poisonous weeds [that grow] in a plowed field.
| يَتَكَلَّمُونَ كَلَامًا بِأَقْسَامٍ بَاطِلَةٍ. يَقْطَعُونَ عَهْدًا فَيَنْبُتُ ٱلْقَضَاءُ عَلَيْهِمْ كَٱلْعَلْقَمِ فِي أَتْلَامِ ٱلْحَقْلِ. | ٤ |
5 The people who live in Samaria [city] are worried about [what may happen to the idol that resembles] a calf [that they set up] at Beth-Aven [town]. The people in Samaria will mourn, and the priests there will cry about it [if it is damaged or destroyed]. [Previously] they shouted joyfully about its being very great; but now it will not be great any more.
| عَلَى عُجُولِ بَيْتِ آوَنَ يَخَافُ سُكَّانُ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ. إِنَّ شَعْبَهُ يَنُوحُ عَلَيْهِ، وَكَهَنَتَهُ عَلَيْهِ يَرْتَعِدُونَ عَلَى مَجْدِهِ، لِأَنَّهُ ٱنْتَفَى عَنْهُ. | ٥ |
6 It will be taken to Assyria to be a gift for the great King [of Assyria]. [So the people of] Israel will be disgraced, and they will be ashamed because [they trusted in] that idol.
| وَهُوَ أَيْضًا يُجْلَبُ إِلَى أَشُّورَ هَدِيَّةً لِمَلِكٍ عَدُوٍّ. يَأْخُذُ أَفْرَايِمُ خِزْيًا، وَيَخْجَلُ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَلَى رَأْيِهِ. | ٦ |
7 The King of Samaria [and the other people in Samaria] will be gone; they will be like [SIM] a twig [that floats away] on the surface of the water [and disappears].
| اَلسَّامِرَةُ مَلِكُهَا يَبِيدُ كَغُثَاءٍ عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْمَاءِ، | ٧ |
8 The altars on the tops of hills [where the people worshiped idols] will be destroyed; those have been the places where the people of Israel sinned greatly. Thorns and weeds will grow and cover those altars. Then the people will plead to the mountains and hills, ‘Fall [down and] cover us [to protect us from God punishing us]!’
| وَتُخْرَبُ شَوَامِخُ آوَنَ، خَطِيَّةُ إِسْرَائِيلَ. يَطْلُعُ ٱلشَّوْكُ وَٱلْحَسَكُ عَلَى مَذَابِحِهِمْ، وَيَقُولُونَ لِلْجِبَالِ: غَطِّينَا، وَلِلتِّلَالِ: ٱسْقُطِي عَلَيْنَا. | ٨ |
9 [You people of] Israel, [ever since your ancestors did evil things] at Gibeah, you have continued to sin. [When the people at] [PRS] Gibeah [did evil things], the result was a war [in which thousands of people died].
| «مِنْ أَيَّامِ جِبْعَةَ أَخْطَأْتَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ. هُنَاكَ وَقَفُوا. لَمْ تُدْرِكْهُمْ فِي جِبْعَةَ ٱلْحَرْبُ عَلَى بَنِي ٱلْإِثْمِ. | ٩ |
10 [So now], when I want to, I will punish the Israeli people. Because of the many sins that they have committed, [the armies of other] nations will gather to attack them, and they will cause the Israeli people to become their slaves.
| حِينَمَا أُرِيدُ أُؤَدِّبُهُمْ، وَيَجْتَمِعُ عَلَيْهِمْ شُعُوبٌ فِي ٱرْتِبَاطِهِمْ بِإِثْمَيْهِمْ. | ١٠ |
11 Israel is [like] [MET] a well-trained (heifer/young cow) that likes to thresh [grain]. [So now you will become slaves]. [It will be as though] I will put a yoke on your neck, and you will be forced to work hard for your enemies in their fields. [You people of] Israel and Judah [will be forced to go to Assyria]; there you [DOU] will pull plows to break up the ground [for planting seeds].
| وَأَفْرَايِمُ عِجْلَةٌ مُتَمَرِّنَةٌ تُحِبُّ ٱلدِّرَاسَ، وَلَكِنِّي أَجْتَازُ عَلَى عُنُقِهَا ٱلْحَسَنِ. أُرْكِبُ عَلَى أَفْرَايِمَ. يَفْلَحُ يَهُوذَا. يُمَهِّدُ يَعْقُوبُ. | ١١ |
12 [You plow your fields and plant your seeds] and harvest [your crops] [MET], [but what you need to do is] to act righteously and to faithfully love [me]; you need to repent [MET], because it is time to try to know [me], Yahweh; and if you do that, I will pour out [MET] many blessings on you.
| «اِزْرَعُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ بِٱلْبِرِّ. ٱحْصُدُوا بِحَسَبِ ٱلصَّلَاحِ. ٱحْرُثُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ حَرْثًا، فَإِنَّهُ وَقْتٌ لِطَلَبِ ٱلرَّبِّ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ وَيُعَلِّمَكُمُ ٱلْبِرَّ. | ١٢ |
13 You [plant seeds and harvest the crops and eat them]; [but what I consider that you have really done is] that you have planted wicked things and harvested evil things and eaten [MET] the results [IDM] of the lies [that you have told]. [Instead of trusting in me, ] you have (depended on/trusted in) your own power and in your many soldiers.
| قَدْ حَرَثْتُمُ ٱلنِّفَاقَ، حَصَدْتُمُ ٱلْإِثْمَ، أَكَلْتُمْ ثَمَرَ ٱلْكَذِبِ. لِأَنَّكَ وَثَقْتَ بِطَرِيقِكَ، بِكَثْرَةِ أَبْطَالِكَ. | ١٣ |
14 As a result, you will [soon] hear the roar of battle, and all your cities that have walls around them will be destroyed, like [SIM] Shalman’s [army] destroyed Beth-Arbel [city] in a battle, and the women [in that city] and their children were bashed to death.
| يَقُومُ ضَجِيجٌ فِي شُعُوبِكَ، وَتُخْرَبُ جَمِيعُ حُصُونِكَ كَإِخْرَابِ شَلْمَانَ بَيْتَ أَرَبْئِيلَ فِي يَوْمِ ٱلْحَرْبِ. اَلْأُمُّ مَعَ ٱلْأَوْلَادِ حُطِّمَتْ. | ١٤ |
15 [You people of] [APO] Bethel [city], that is what will happen to you, because you are very wicked. And when the sun rises [on that day], the King of Israel will be killed [in the battle].”
| هَكَذَا تَصْنَعُ بِكُمْ بَيْتُ إِيلَ مِنْ أَجْلِ رَدَاءَةِ شَرِّكُمْ. فِي ٱلصُّبْحِ يَهْلِكُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ هَلَاكًا. | ١٥ |
