هُوشَع 14

١ 1 اِرْجِعْ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ، لِأَنَّكَ قَدْ تَعَثَّرْتَ بِإِثْمِكَ.

“Turn back, O Israel, to your God YHWH, For you have stumbled by your iniquity.

٢ 2 خُذُوا مَعَكُمْ كَلَامًا وَٱرْجِعُوا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ. قُولُوا لَهُ: «ٱرْفَعْ كُلَّ إِثْمٍ وَٱقْبَلْ حَسَنًا، فَنُقَدِّمَ عُجُولَ شِفَاهِنَا.

Take words with you, and turn to YHWH, Say to Him, Take away all iniquity, and give good, And we render the fruit of our lips.

٣ 3 لَا يُخَلِّصُنَا أَشُّورُ. لَا نَرْكَبُ عَلَى ٱلْخَيْلِ، وَلَا نَقُولُ أَيْضًا لِعَمَلِ أَيْدِينَا: آلِهَتَنَا. إِنَّهُ بِكَ يُرْحَمُ ٱلْيَتِيمُ».

Asshur does not save us, we do not ride on a horse, Nor do we say anymore, Our god, to the work of our hands, For in You the fatherless find mercy.

٤ 4 «أَنَا أَشْفِي ٱرْتِدَادَهُمْ. أُحِبُّهُمْ فَضْلًا، لِأَنَّ غَضَبِي قَدِ ٱرْتَدَّ عَنْهُ.

I heal their backsliding, I love them freely, For My anger has turned back from him.

٥ 5 أَكُونُ لِإِسْرَائِيلَ كَٱلنَّدَى. يُزْهِرُ كَٱلسَّوْسَنِ، وَيَضْرِبُ أُصُولَهُ كَلُبْنَانَ.

I am as dew to Israel, he flourishes as a lily, And he strikes forth his roots as Lebanon.

٦ 6 تَمْتَدُّ خَرَاعِيبُهُ، وَيَكُونُ بَهَاؤُهُ كَٱلزَّيْتُونَةِ، وَلَهُ رَائِحَةٌ كَلُبْنَانَ.

His shoots go on, And his splendor is as an olive, And he has fragrance as Lebanon.

٧ 7 يَعُودُ ٱلسَّاكِنُونَ فِي ظِلِّهِ يُحْيُونَ حِنْطَةً وَيُزْهِرُونَ كَجَفْنَةٍ. يَكُونُ ذِكْرُهُمْ كَخَمْرِ لُبْنَانَ.

The dwellers return under his shadow, They revive [as] grain, and flourish as a vine, His memorial [is] as wine of Lebanon.

٨ 8 يَقُولُ أَفْرَايِمُ: مَا لِي أَيْضًا وَلِلْأَصْنَامِ؟ أَنَا قَدْ أَجَبْتُ فَأُلَاحِظُهُ. أَنَا كَسَرْوَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ. مِنْ قِبَلِي يُوجَدُ ثَمَرُكِ».

O Ephraim, what have I anymore to do with idols? I have answered, and I look after him: I [am] as a green fir-tree, Your fruit is found from Me.

٩ 9 مَنْ هُوَ حَكِيمٌ حَتَّى يَفْهَمَ هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورَ، وَفَهِيمٌ حَتَّى يَعْرِفَهَا! فَإِنَّ طُرُقَ ٱلرَّبِّ مُسْتَقِيمَةٌ، وَٱلْأَبْرَارَ يَسْلُكُونَ فِيهَا، وَأَمَّا ٱلْمُنَافِقُونَ فَيَعْثُرُونَ فِيهَا.

Who [is] wise, and understands these? Prudent, and knows them? For upright are the ways of YHWH, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!”