< Hosea 5 >

1 'Hear this, O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, And, O house of the king, give ear, For the judgment [is] for you, For, a snare ye have been on Mizpah, And a net spread out on Tabor.
اسْمَعُوا هَذَا أَيُّهَا الْكَهَنَةُ وَأَنْصِتُوا يَا شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَصْغُوا يَا أَهْلَ بَيْتِ الْمَلِكِ، لأَنَّ الْقَضَاءَ حَالٌّ بِكُمْ إِذْ كُنْتُمْ فَخّاً فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ وَشَبَكَةً مَنْصُوبَةً عَلَى جَبَلِ تَابُورَ.١
2 And to slaughter sinners have gone deep, And I [am] a fetter to them all.
لَقَدْ حَفَرْتُمْ حُفْرَةً عَمِيقَةً فِي شِطِّيمَ، لَكِنِّي أَقُومُ بِتَأْدِيبِهِمْ جَمِيعاً.٢
3 I have known Ephraim, And Israel hath not been hid from me, For now thou hast gone a-whoring, Ephraim, Defiled is Israel.
إِنِّي أَعْرِفُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلا يَخْفَى عَنِّي مِنْهُ خَافِيَةٌ، فَأَنْتَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ قَدْ زَنَيْتَ الآنَ وَتَنَجَّسْتَ.٣
4 They give not up their habitual doings, To turn back unto their God, For a spirit of whoredoms [is] in their midst, And Jehovah they have not known.
إِنَّ أَعْمَالَ شَرِّهِمْ تَحُولُ دُونَ رُجُوعِهِمْ إِلَى إِلَهِهِمْ، لأَنَّ رُوحَ الزِّنَى (أَيْ خِيَانَةِ الرَّبِّ) كَامِنَةٌ فِيهِمْ، وَهُمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ الرَّبَّ.٤
5 And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And Israel and Ephraim stumble by their iniquity, Stumbled also hath Judah with them.
هَا صَلَفُ إِسْرَائِيلَ يَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِ فِي وَجْهِهِ، وَإِسْرَائِيلُ وَأَفْرَايِمُ يَكْبُوَانِ بِإِثْمِهِمَا، وَيَتَعَثَّرُ مَعَهُمَا يَهُوذَا أَيْضاً.٥
6 With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them.
وَحِينَ يَنْطَلِقُونَ بِمَوَاشِيهِمْ لِيَلْتَمِسُوا الرَّبَّ لَا يَجِدُونَهُ، إِذْ قَدِ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُمْ.٦
7 Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month [with] their portions.
لَقَدْ خَانُوا الرَّبَّ لأَنَّهُمْ أَنْجَبُوا أَبْنَاءَ غُرَبَاءَ عَنْهُ، لِذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ مَوَاسِمَ أَوَائِلِ الشَّهْرِ الْجَدِيدِ تَلْتَهِمُهُمْ مَعَ حُقُولِهِمْ.٧
8 Blow ye a cornet in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, Shout, O Beth-Aven, after thee, O Benjamin.
انْفُخُوا فِي أَبْوَاقِ الْحَرْبِ فِي جِبْعَةَ وَفِي الرَّامَةِ، وَأَطْلِقُوا صَيْحَةَ الْقِتَالِ فِي بَيْتِ آوَنَ: تَقَدَّمْ يَا بَنْيَامِينُ.٨
9 Ephraim is for a desolation in a day of reproof, Among the tribes of Israel I have made known a sure thing.
أَرْضُ أَفْرَايِمَ سَتُصْبِحُ خَرَاباً فِي يَوْمِ الْقَضَاءِ، وَبَيْنَ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَظْهَرْتُ مَا هُوَ يَقِينٌ.٩
10 Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, On them I do pour out as water My wrath.
قَدْ صَارَ رُؤَسَاءُ يَهُوذَا مُتَعَدِّينَ كَالَّذِينَ يَنْقُلُونَ تُخُومَ الأَرْضِ لَيَسْلُبُوا سِوَاهُمْ. لِهَذَا سَأَصُبُّ عَلَيْهِمْ سَخَطِي كَالْمَاءِ.١٠
11 Oppressed is Ephraim, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command.
لَقَدْ لَحِقَ الضِّيقُ بِإِسْرَائِيلَ، وَسَحَقَهُ الْقَضَاءُ لأَنَّهُ وَطَّدَ الْعَزْمَ عَلَى الْغَوَايَةِ وَرَاءَ الأَوْثَانِ.١١
12 And I [am] as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.
لِهَذَا أَكُونُ كَالْعُثِّ لإِسْرَائِيلَ، وَكالسُّوسِ النَّاخِرِ لِشَعْبِ يَهُوذَا.١٢
13 And see doth Ephraim his sickness, and Judah his wound, And Ephraim goeth unto Asshur, And sendeth unto a warlike king, And he is not able to give healing to you, Nor doth he remove from you a scar.
عِنْدَمَا تَبَيَّنَ إِسْرَائِيلُ دَاءَهُ، وَيَهُوذَا جِرَاحَهُ، لَجَأَ إِسْرَائِيلُ إِلَى أَشُّورَ يَلْتَمِسُ مَعُونَةَ الْمَلِكِ الْعَظِيمِ، إِلّا أَنَّهُ أَخْفَقَ فِي عِلاجِهِ أَوْ فِي مُدَاوَاةِ جِرَاحِهِ.١٣
14 For I [am] as a lion to Ephraim, And as a young lion to the house of Judah, I — I tear and go, I bear away, and there is no deliverer.
فَإِنِّي سَأَكُونُ كَالأَسَدِ الْمُفْتَرِسِ لإِسْرَائِيلَ، وَكَالشِّبْلِ لأَبْنَاءِ يَهُوذَا. أَفْتَرِسُ وَأَمْضِي. أَخْطَفُ وَلَيْسَ مِنْ يُنْقِذُ.١٤
15 I go — I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!'
ثُمَّ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَوْضِعِي إِلَى أَنْ يَعْتَرِفُوا بِإِثْمِهِمْ وَيَطْلُبُوا وَجْهِي، وَفِي ضِيقِهِمْ يَلْتَمِسُونَنِي (قَائِلِينَ):١٥

< Hosea 5 >