Hosea 9
1 [You people of] Israel, do not shout joyfully [during your festivals] like [people of other] nations do! [I say that] because you have (not been faithful to/abandoned) me, your God. At every place where the people thresh grain you have [presented gifts to your idols like men] pay money to prostitutes.
| لَا تَبْتَهِجْ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ وَلا تَطْرَبْ كَبَقِيَّةِ الشُّعُوبِ، لأَنَّكَ قَدْ خُنْتَ إِلَهَكَ وَهَجَرْتَهُ، وَأَحْبَبْتَ أُجْرَةَ الزِّنَى عَلَى كُلِّ بَيَادِرِ الْحِنْطَةِ. | ١ |
2 [But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.
| لِهَذَا فَإِنَّ الْبَيْدَرَ وَالْمِعْصَرَةَ لَا يُطْعِمَانِكُمْ وَالْخَمْرَةَ الْجَدِيدَةَ لَا تُلَبِّي حَاجَتَكُمْ. | ٢ |
3 And you people will not remain in the land that I, Yahweh, [gave to your ancestors]. You will be [captured and] taken to [Assyria], [where you will become slaves like your ancestors were] in Egypt; and in Assyria you will be forced to eat food that Yahweh has forbidden you to eat.
| لَنْ تَظَلُّوا مُقِيمِينَ فِي أَرْضِ الرَّبِّ بَلْ يَرْجِعَ أَفْرَايِمُ إِلَى دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، وَيَأْكُلُوا لَحْماً نَجِساً فِي أَشُّورَ. | ٣ |
4 You Israelis will not [be able to] give wine offerings to him, or bring sacrifices to him. None of your other sacrifices will please him; they will be unacceptable to him, like [SIM] food that is touched by people at funerals, and everyone who eats that food will become unacceptable to him. They will be permitted to eat that food themselves, but they will not [be permitted to] bring it into the temple.
| لَا تَسْكُبُوا لِلرَّبِّ خَمْراً وَلَنْ تَسُرَّهُ ذَبَائِحُكُمْ، بَلْ تَكُونُ لَكُمْ كَخُبْزِ النَّائِحِينَ. كُلُّ مَنْ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ يَتَنَجَّسُ، إِذْ يَكُونُ خُبْزُكُمْ لِسَدِّ جُوعِكُمْ فَقَطْ، وَلا يَدْخُلُ أَبَداً إِلَى بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ. | ٤ |
5 At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.
| مَاذَا تَفْعَلُونَ فِي يَوْمِ الاِحْتِفَالِ وَفِي يَوْمِ عِيدِ الرَّبِّ؟ | ٥ |
6 And even if you escape and are not killed [by the Assyrians], you will be captured by [the army of] Egypt, and you will [die and] be buried in Memphis, [the capital of Egypt]. Briers will [grow up and] cover your treasures of silver, and thorns will grow in your [ruined] tents/houses.
| حَتَّى لَوْ سَلِمْتُمْ مِنَ الْخَرَابِ فَإِنَّ مِصْرَ تَجْمَعُكُمْ وَمَنْفَ تُفْنِيكُمْ وَتَدْفِنُكُمْ. يَرِثُ الْقَرِيصُ نَفَائِسَ فِضَّتِكُمْ، وَيَنْمُو الْعَوْسَجُ فِي مَنَازِلِكُمْ. | ٦ |
7 It is now the time for Yahweh to punish you, to pay you back for all the sins that you have committed. You people will [soon] know that. You have [committed] very many sins, and you very much hate Yahweh. You consider that the prophets are foolish, and you think that those who proclaim messages from him are crazy.
| لَقَدْ أَزِفَتْ أَيَّامُ الْعِقَابِ وَحَانَ يَوْمُ الْحِسَابِ، فَلْيَعْلَمْ إِسْرَائِيلُ هَذَا. لِكَثْرَةِ إِثْمِكَ وَفَرْطِ حِقْدِكَ حُسِبَ النَّبِيُّ أَحْمَقَ، وَرَجُلُ الرُّوحِ مَجْنُوناً. | ٧ |
8 My God appointed [me and the other] prophets to be [like] [MET] watchmen [to warn] you people of Israel, but everywhere that we go, [it is as though] people set traps for us and people are hostile [to us, even] in the temple of our God.
| إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ هُوَ رَقِيبُ أَفْرَايِمَ شَعْبِ إِلَهِي، غَيْرَ أَنَّ فَخَّ صَيَّادٍ قَدْ نُصِبَ فِي كُلِّ طُرُقِهِ، وَطَغَى الْحِقْدُ عَلَى بَيْتِ إِلَهِي. | ٨ |
9 The sins that the Israeli people have committed are as awful as [what the men of] Gibeah did long ago; [so] God will not forget the wicked things that they have done; he will punish the Israelis for [all] those sins.
| قَدْ أَوْغَلُوا فِي الْفَسَادِ كَمَا حَدَثَ فِي أَيَّامِ جِبْعَةَ، لِهَذَا سَيَذْكُرُ إِثْمَهُمْ وَيُعَاقِبُهُمْ عَلَى خَطَايَاهُمْ. | ٩ |
10 [Yahweh says], “When I first started [to do things to help] Israel, it seemed to me as though [SIM] I had found grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were [delightful], like [SIM] the first figs that grow on fig trees [each year]. But when they came to Peor [Mountain], they worshiped that disgusting idol Baal, and they became as disgusting as the idol that they loved.
| وَجَدْتُ إِسْرَائِيلَ كَعِنَبٍ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ، وَرَأَيْتُ آبَاءَهُمْ كَبَاكُورَةِ ثَمَرِ شَجَرَةِ التِّينِ فِي أَوَّلِ مَوْسِمِهَا. وَلَكِنَّهُمُ الْتَصَقُوا بِبَعْلِ فَغُورَ وَنَذَرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ لِلصَّنَمِ الْمُخْزِي، فَأَصْبَحُوا رِجْساً نَظِيرَ الشَّيْءِ الَّذِي أَحَبُّوهُ. | ١٠ |
11 The things that cause Israel to be great will disappear like [SIM] a bird that flies away; [most of their women will] not become pregnant [DOU] or give birth to children.
| إِنَّ مَجْدَ أَفْرَايِمَ يَتَوَارَى كَالطَّائِرِ الْمُحَلِّقِ إِذْ يَمُوتُ أَوْلادُكُمْ فِي أَثْنَاءِ الْوِلادَةِ أَوْ فِي الأَرْحَامِ، أَوْ لَا يُحْبَلُ بِهِمْ أَبَداً. | ١١ |
12 Even if their children are born and start to grow up, I will cause all of them to die [while they are still young]. Terrible things will happen to them when I abandon them!
| وَحَتَّى إِنْ أَنْجَبُوا أَوْلاداً فَإِنِّي أَحْرِمُكُمْ مِنْهُمْ حَتَّى لَا يَبْقَى مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ. وَيْلٌ لَكُمْ حِينَ أَنْصَرِفُ عَنْكُمْ. | ١٢ |
13 I have seen Israel become beautiful and prosperous like Tyre [city] was [before it was destroyed], but now the people of Israel will [be forced to] take their children to be slaughtered [by their enemies].”
| مَصِيرُ أَبْنَاءِ أَفْرَايِمَ، كَمَا أَرَى، هُوَ الوُقُوعُ فِي قَبْضَةِ الصَّيَّادِ، لأَنَّ أَفْرَايِمَ، يَقْتَادُ أَبْنَاءَهُ لِلذَّبْحِ. | ١٣ |
14 Yahweh, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should ask for my people. So I ask that you do this one thing: Cause the women who are pregnant to have miscarriages and unable [to nurse their babies].
| أَعْطِهِمْ يَا رَبُّ: وَلَكِنْ مَاذَا تُعْطِيهِمْ؟ أَعْطِهِمْ نِسَاءً ذَوَاتِ أَرْحَامٍ مُسْقِطَةٍ، وَأَثْدَاءَ جَافَّةٍ. | ١٤ |
15 [Yahweh says], “Because of all the wicked things that my people did at Gilgal, that is where I started to hate them. [And now], because of [all] the sinful things that they have done, I will expel them from my country. I will not love them any longer; all their leaders rebel [against me].
| فِي الْجِلْجَالِ ارْتَكَبُوا جَمِيعَ شُرُورِهِمْ، فَكَرِهْتُهُمْ هُنَاكَ. لِسُوءِ أَعْمَالِهِمْ أَطْرُدُهُمْ مِنْ بَيْتِي وَلا أَعُودُ أُحِبُّهُمْ، فَكُلُّ رُؤَسَائِهِمْ مُتَمَرِّدُونَ. | ١٥ |
16 Israel is like [MET] a grapevine that is dried up; [like a vine] [MET] whose roots are withered and that produces no fruit. Even if the [women of Israel] give birth to [more] children, I will cause those children, whom they love, to die.
| أَفْرَايِمُ مُصَابٌ. قَدْ جَفَّتْ أُصُولُهُمْ فَلَنْ يُثْمِرُوا، وَإِنْ أَنْجَبُوا فَإِنِّي أُهْلِكُ أَبْنَاءَهُمُ الأَعِزَّاءَ. | ١٦ |
17 The people of Israel have not obeyed me, their God, so I will reject them. [As a result], they will wander among the [other] nations, [searching for a place to live].”
| يَنْبِذُهُمْ إِلَهِي لأَنَّهُمْ أَبَوْا الِاسْتِمَاعَ إِلَيْهِ، لِهَذَا يَتَشَرَّدُونَ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ. | ١٧ |
