Hosea 8
1 “Place a trumpet at your lips! An eagle is coming over the house of Yahweh because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.
| «إِلَى فَمِكَ بِٱلْبُوقِ! كَٱلنَّسْرِ عَلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ. لِأَنَّهُمْ قَدْ تَجَاوَزُوا عَهْدِي وَتَعَدَّوْا عَلَى شَرِيعَتِي. | ١ |
2 They cry out to me, 'My God, we in Israel know you.'
| إِلَيَّ يَصْرُخُونَ: يَا إِلَهِي، نَعْرِفُكَ نَحْنُ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٢ |
3 But Israel has rejected what is good, and the enemy will pursue him.
| «قَدْ كَرِهَ إِسْرَائِيلُ ٱلصَّلَاحَ فَيَتْبَعُهُ ٱلْعَدُوُّ. | ٣ |
4 They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made princes, but without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves, but it was only so they might be cut off.”
| هُمْ أَقَامُوا مُلُوكًا وَلَيْسَ مِنِّي. أَقَامُوا رُؤَسَاءَ وَأَنَا لَمْ أَعْرِفْ. صَنَعُوا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنْ فِضَّتِهِمْ وَذَهَبِهِمْ أَصْنَامًا لِكَيْ يَنْقَرِضُوا. | ٤ |
5 “Your calf has been rejected, Samaria. My anger is burning against these people. For how long will they stay guilty?
| قَدْ زَنِخَ عِجْلُكِ يَا سَامِرَةُ. حَمِيَ غَضَبِي عَلَيْهِمْ. إِلَى مَتَى لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ٱلنَّقَاوَةَ! | ٥ |
6 For this idol came from Israel; a workman made it; it is not God! The calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.
| إِنَّهُ هُوَ أَيْضًا مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ. صَنَعَهُ ٱلصَّانِعُ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ إِلَهًا. إِنَّ عِجْلَ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ يَصِيرُ كِسَرًا. | ٦ |
7 For the people sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it yields no flour. If it does come to maturity, foreigners will devour it.
| «إِنَّهُمْ يَزْرَعُونَ ٱلرِّيحَ وَيَحْصُدُونَ ٱلزَّوْبَعَةَ. زَرْعٌ لَيْسَ لَهُ غَلَّةٌ لَا يَصْنَعُ دَقِيقًا. وَإِنْ صَنَعَ، فَٱلْغُرَبَاءُ تَبْتَلِعُهُ. | ٧ |
8 Israel is swallowed up; now they lie among the nations like something useless.
| قَدِ ٱبْتُلِعَ إِسْرَائِيلُ. ٱلْآنَ صَارُوا بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ كَإِنَاءٍ لَا مَسَرَّةَ فِيهِ. | ٨ |
9 For they went up to Assyria like a wild donkey all alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for herself.
| لِأَنَّهُمْ صَعِدُوا إِلَى أَشُّورَ مِثْلَ حِمَارٍ وَحْشِيٍّ مُعْتَزِلٍ بِنَفْسِهِ. ٱسْتَأْجَرَ أَفْرَايِمُ مُحِبِّينَ. | ٩ |
10 Even though they have hired lovers among the nations, I will now gather them together. They will begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of princes.
| إِنِّي وَإِنْ كَانُوا يَسْتَأْجِرُونَ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، ٱلْآنَ أَجْمَعُهُمْ فَيَنْفَكُّونَ قَلِيلًا مِنْ ثِقْلِ مَلِكِ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ. | ١٠ |
11 For Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin offerings, but they have become altars for committing sins instead.
| «لِأَنَّ أَفْرَايِمَ كَثَّرَ مَذَابِحَ لِلْخَطِيَّةِ، صَارَتْ لَهُ ٱلْمَذَابِحُ لِلْخَطِيَّةِ. | ١١ |
12 I could write down my law for them ten thousand times, but they would view it as something strange to them.
| أَكْتُبُ لَهُ كَثْرَةَ شَرَائِعِي، فَهِيَ تُحْسَبُ أَجْنَبِيَّةً. | ١٢ |
13 As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but I, Yahweh, do not accept them. Now I will think about their iniquity and punish their sins. They will return to Egypt.
| أَمَّا ذَبَائِحُ تَقْدِمَاتِي فَيَذْبَحُونَ لَحْمًا وَيَأْكُلُونَ. ٱلرَّبُّ لَا يَرْتَضِيهَا. ٱلْآنَ يَذْكُرُ إِثْمَهُمْ وَيُعَاقِبُ خَطِيَّتَهُمْ. إِنَّهُمْ إِلَى مِصْرَ يَرْجِعُونَ. | ١٣ |
14 Israel has forgotten me, his Maker, and has built palaces. Judah has fortified many cities, but I will send fire on his cities; it will destroy his fortresses.
| وَقَدْ نَسِيَ إِسْرَائِيلُ صَانِعَهُ وَبَنَى قُصُورًا، وَكَثَّرَ يَهُوذَا مُدُنًا حَصِينَةً. لَكِنِّي أُرْسِلُ عَلَى مُدُنِهِ نَارًا فَتَأْكُلُ قُصُورَهُ». | ١٤ |
