Hosea 11
1 “When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
| عِنْدَمَا كَانَ إِسْرَائِيلُ صَغِيراً أَحْبَبْتُهُ، وَمِنْ مِصْرَ دَعَوْتُ ابْنِي. | ١ |
2 They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baals, and burned incense to engraved images.
| لَكِنْ كُلَّمَا دَعَاهُمُ الأَنْبِيَاءُ لِعِبَادَتِي أَعْرَضُوا عَنِّي، ذَابِحِينَ قَرَابِينَ لِلْبَعْلِ، وَمُصْعِدِينَ بَخُوراً لِلأَوْثَانِ. | ٢ |
3 Yet I taught Ephraim to walk. I took them by their arms, but they didn’t know that I healed them.
| أَنَا الَّذِي دَرَّبْتُ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى الْمَشْيِ، وَحَمَلْتُهُ عَلَى ذِرَاعَيَّ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُدْرِكُوا أَنِّي أَنَا الَّذِي أَبْرَأْتُهُمْ. | ٣ |
4 I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; and I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks; and I bent down to him and I fed him.
| قُدْتُهُمْ بِحِبَالِ اللُّطْفِ الْبَشَرِيَّةِ وَبِرُبُطِ الْمَحَبَّةِ، فَكُنْتُ لَهُمْ كَمَنْ يَرْفَعُ النِّيرَ عَنْ أَعْنَاقِهِمْ وَيَنْحَنِي بِنَفْسِهِ لِيُطْعِمَهُمْ. | ٤ |
5 “They won’t return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian will be their king, because they refused to repent.
| وَلَكِنَّهُمْ رَفَضُوا أَنْ يَتَحَوَّلُوا إِلَيَّ تَائِبِينَ، لِذَلِكَ لَنْ يَرْجِعُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ بَلْ يُصْبِحُ أَشُّورُ مَلِكاً عَلَيْهِمْ. | ٥ |
6 The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans.
| يَهْجِمُ السَّيْفُ عَلَى مُدُنِهِمْ، وَيَلْتَهِمُ بَوَّابَاتِهَا، وَيُهْلِكُهُمْ لِمَشُورَاتِهِمِ الْخَاطِئَةِ. | ٦ |
7 My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won’t exalt them.
| قَدْ وَطَّدَ شَعْبِي الْعَزْمَ عَلَى الاِرْتِدَادِ عَنِّي، لِهَذَا وَلَوِ اسْتَغَاثُوا بِالْعَلِيِّ، فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَجِدُونَ مَنْ يَرْفَعُ النِّيرَ عَنْهُمْ. | ٧ |
8 “How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is aroused.
| كَيْفَ أَتَخَلَّى عَنْكَ يَا أَفْرَايِمُ؟ وَكَيْفَ أُسَلِّمُكَ إِلَى الْعَدُوِّ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ؟ كَيْفَ أُعَامِلُكَ كَمَا عَامَلْتُ أَدَمَةَ؟ وَكَيْفَ أُجْرِي عَلَيْكَ مَا أَجْرَيْتُهُ عَلَى صَبُوئِيمَ؟ إِنَّ قَلْبِي يَتَلَوَّى أَسىً فِي دَاخِلِي وَتَضْرَمُ فِيَّ مَرَاحِمِي. | ٨ |
9 I will not execute the fierceness of my anger. I will not return to destroy Ephraim, for I am God, and not man—the Holy One among you. I will not come in wrath.
| لَنْ أُنَفِّذَ فِيهِمْ قَضَاءَ احْتِدَامِ غَضَبِي، وَلَنْ أُدَمِّرَ أَفْرَايِمَ ثَانِيَةً، لأَنِّيَ اللهُ لَا إِنْسَانٌ، أَنَا الْقُدُّوسُ الَّذِي فِي وَسَطِكَ لَا أُقْبِلُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِسَخَطٍ. | ٩ |
10 They will walk after the LORD, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.
| يَسِيرُونَ وَرَائِي أَنَا الرَّبَّ، فَأَزْأَرُ كَالأَسَدِ، وَعِنْدَئِذٍ يُسْرِعُ أَبْنَائِي قَادِمِينَ مِنَ الْغَرْبِ. | ١٠ |
11 They will come trembling like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of Assyria; and I will settle them in their houses,” says the LORD.
| وَيُهْرَعُونَ كَالطُّيُورِ مِنْ مِصْرَ، وَكَحَمَامٍ مِنْ أَرْضِ أَشُّورَ، وَأَرُدُّهُمْ إِلَى بُيُوتِهِمْ. | ١١ |
12 Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit. Judah still strays from God, and is unfaithful to the Holy One.
| لَقَدْ حَاصَرَنِي أَفْرَايِمُ بِالْكَذِبِ وَبَيْتُ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِالنِّفَاقِ، وَمَازَالَ يَهُوذَا شَارِداً عَنِّي أَنَا اللهِ الْقُدُّوسِ الأَمِينِ. | ١٢ |
