< هُوشَع 3 >

وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِي: «ٱذْهَبْ أَيْضًا أَحْبِبِ ٱمْرَأَةً حَبِيبَةَ صَاحِبٍ وَزَانِيَةً، كَمَحَبَّةِ ٱلرَّبِّ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَهُمْ مُلْتَفِتُونَ إِلَى آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى وَمُحِبُّونَ لِأَقْرَاصِ ٱلزَّبِيبِ». ١ 1
Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go again, show love to this woman, who is loved by another, who commits adultery. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods, and love the raisin cakes offered to idols.
فَٱشْتَرَيْتُهَا لِنَفْسِي بِخَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ شَاقِلَ فِضَّةٍ وَبِحُومَرَ وَلَثَكِ شَعِيرٍ. ٢ 2
So I redeemed her for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a lethek of barley.
وَقُلْتُ لَهَا: «تَقْعُدِينَ أَيَّامًا كَثِيرَةً لَا تَزْنِي وَلَا تَكُونِي لِرَجُلٍ، وَأَنَا كَذَلِكَ لَكِ». ٣ 3
And I told her, ‘You must live with me for many days and you must not sleep around or marry another. And I will do the same for you.
لِأَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ سَيَقْعُدُونَ أَيَّامًا كَثِيرَةً بِلَا مَلِكٍ، وَبِلَا رَئِيسٍ، وَبِلَا ذَبِيحَةٍ، وَبِلَا تِمْثَالٍ، وَبِلَا أَفُودٍ وَتَرَافِيمَ. ٤ 4
And like this the Israelites will live for a long time without king and without prince, without sacrifice and without pillar, without ephod and without teraphim.
بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَعُودُ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَطْلُبُونَ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُمْ وَدَاوُدَ مَلِكَهُمْ، وَيَفْزَعُونَ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ وَإِلَى جُودِهِ فِي آخِرِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ. ٥ 5
Yet afterward the Israelites will return, and seek the Lord their God and their Davidic king, and in the days to come they will turn with awe to the Lord and his goodness.

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