Hosea 13

1 When Ephraim speaketh tremblingly, He hath been lifted up in Israel, When he becometh guilty in Baal he dieth.

١ عِنْدَمَا تَكَلَّمَ أَفْرَايِمُ اعْتَرَى الرُّعْبُ الأُمَمَ، وَعَظُمَ شَأْنُهُ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَلَكِنْ حِينَ عَبَدَ الْبَعْلَ وَأَثِمَ مَاتَ.

2 And now do they add to sin, And make to them a molten image of their silver, By their own understanding — idols, A work of artisans — all of it, Of them they say, who [are] sacrificers among men, 'The calves let them kiss.'

٢ وَهَا هُمْ يُكَثِّرُونَ الآنَ مَعَاصِيَهُمْ، وَيَصُوغُونَ بِبَرَاعَةٍ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ تَمَاثِيلَ وَأَصْنَاماً مِنْ فِضَّتِهِمْ، كُلُّهَا صَنْعَةُ عُمَّالٍ حَاذِقِينَ قَائِلِينَ: «قَبِّلُوا تَمَاثِيلَ الْعُجُولِ هَذِهِ يَا مُقَرِّبِي الذَّبَائِحِ الْبَشَرِيَّةِ».

3 Therefore they are as a cloud of the morning, And as dew, rising early, going away, As chaff tossed about out of a floor, And as smoke out of a window.

٣ لِهَذَا يَتَلاشَوْنَ كَضَبَابِ الصَّبَاحِ وَكَالنَّدَى الَّذِي يَتَبَخَّرُ سَرِيعاً، أَوْ كَعُصَافَةٍ مُذَرَّاةٍ مِنَ الْبَيْدَرِ، أَوْ دُخَانٍ مُتَسَرِّبٍ مِنَ الْكُوَّةِ.

4 And I [am] Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, And a God besides Me thou dost not know, And a Saviour — there is none save Me.

٤ أَنَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ مُنْذُ أَنْ كُنْتَ فِي دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، وَلَسْتَ تَعْرِفُ إِلَهاً غَيْرِي، وَلا مُنْقِذَ لَكَ سِوَايَ.

5 I — I have known thee in a wilderness, In a land of droughts.

٥ أَنَا الَّذِي اعْتَنَيْتُ بِكَ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ الْجَرْدَاءِ، فِي أَرْضِ الظَّمَإِ

6 According to their feedings they are satiated, They have been satiated, And their heart is lifted up, Therefore they have forgotten Me,

٦ وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا رَعَوْا وَشَبِعُوا خَامَرَتْ قُلُوبَهُمُ الْكِبْرِيَاءُ، لِذَلِكَ نَسُونِي.

7 And I am to them as a lion, As a leopard by the way I look out.

٧ لِهَذَا أَكُونُ لَهُمْ كَأَسَدٍ، وَأَكْمُنُ كَنَمِرٍ لَهُمْ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ.

8 I do meet them as a bereaved bear, And I rend the enclosure of their heart.

٨ وَأَنْقَضُّ عَلَيْهِمْ كَدُبَّةٍ ثَاكِلٍ، وَأُمَزِّقُ قُلُوبَهُمْ أَشْلاءَ وَأَفْتَرِسُهُمْ هُنَاكَ كَلَبُوءَةٍ، وَوَحْشِ الْبَرِّ يُقَطِّعُهُمْ إِرْباً إِرْباً.

9 And I consume them there as a lioness, A beast of the field doth rend them.

٩ هَلاكُكَ مِنْكَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ لأَنَّكَ عَادَيْتَنِي. عَادَيْتَ مُعِينَكَ.

10 Thou hast destroyed thyself, O Israel, But in Me [is] thy help, Where [is] thy king now — And he doth save thee in all thy cities? And thy judges of whom thou didst say, 'Give to me a king and heads?'

١٠ أَيْنَ هُوَ مَلِكُكَ لِيُنْقِذَكَ؟ أَيْنَ هُمْ حُكَّامُكَ الْمُنْتَشِرُونَ فِي جَمِيعِ مُدُنِكَ الَّذِينَ قُلْتَ عَنْهُمْ: أَعْطِنِي مَلِكاً وَرُؤَسَاءَ؟

11 I give to thee a king in Mine anger, And I take away in My wrath.

١١ قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُكَ مَلِكاً فِي إِبَّانِ غَضَبِي وَأَخَذْتُهُ فِي شِدَّةِ غَيْظِي.

12 Bound up [is] the iniquity of Ephraim, Hidden [is] his sin,

١٢ إِثْمُ أَفْرَايِمَ مَحْفُوظٌ فِي صُرَّةٍ، وَخَطِيئَتُهُ مُدَّخَرَةٌ

13 Pangs of a travailing woman come to him, He [is] a son not wise, For he remaineth not the time for the breaking forth of sons.

١٣ آلامُ مَخَاضِ امْرَأَةٍ مُشْرِفَةٍ عَلَى الْوِلادَةِ حَلَّتْ بِهِ، وَلَكِنَّهُ ابْنٌ جَاهِلٌ يَأْبَى أَنْ يَقْتَرِبَ مِنْ فُوَّهَةِ الرَّحِمِ عِنْدَ أَوَانِ وِلادَتِهِ.

14 From the hand of Sheol I do ransom them, From death I redeem them, Where [is] thy plague, O death? Where thy destruction, O Sheol? Repentance is hid from Mine eyes. (Sheol h7585)

١٤ هَلْ أَفْتَدِيهِمْ مِنْ قُوَّةِ الْهَاوِيَةِ؟ هَلْ أُنَجِّيهِمْ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ؟ أَيْنَ أَوْبِئَتُكَ يَا مَوْتُ؟ أَيْنَ هَلاكُكِ يَا هَاوِيَةُ؟ قَدِ احْتَجَبَتِ الرَّحْمَةُ عَنْ عَيْنَيَّ. (Sheol h7585)

15 Though he among brethren produceth fruit, Come in doth an east wind, a wind of Jehovah, From a wilderness it is coming up, And it drieth up his fountain, And become dry doth his spring, It — it spoileth a treasure — every desirable vessel.

١٥ وَحَتَّى وَلَوِ ازْدَهَرَ كَالْعُشْبِ بَيْنَ إِخْوَتِهِ تَهُبُّ رِيحٌ شَرْقِيَّةٌ، رِيحُ الرَّبِّ الْمُقْبِلَةُ مِنَ الصَّحْرَاءِ فَتُجَفِّفُ يَنْبُوعَهُ وَتُنْضِبُ عَيْنَهُ وَتَنْهَبُ مَخَابِئَ كَنْزِهِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ نَفِيسٍ.

16 Become desolate doth Samaria, Because she hath rebelled against her God, By sword they do fall, Their sucklings are dashed in pieces, And its pregnant ones are ripped up!

١٦ لابُدَّ أَنْ تَتَحَمَّلَ السَّامِرَةُ وِزْرَ خَطِيئَتِهَا لأَنَّهَا تَمَرَّدَتْ عَلَى إِلَهِهَا، فَيَفْنَى أَهْلُهَا بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ، وَيَتَمَزَّقُ أَطْفَالُهَا أَشْلاءَ، وَتُشَقُّ بُطُونُ حَوَامِلِهَا.