هُوشَع 5

١ 1 «اِسْمَعُوا هَذَا أَيُّهَا ٱلْكَهَنَةُ! وَٱنْصِتُوا يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ! وَأَصْغُوا يَا بَيْتَ ٱلْمَلِكِ! لِأَنَّ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْقَضَاءَ، إِذْ صِرْتُمْ فَخًّا فِي مِصْفَاةَ، وَشَبَكَةً مَبْسُوطَةً عَلَى تَابُورَ.

Hear this, O ye priests, and attend, ye house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king, for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

٢ 2 وَقَدْ تَوَغَّلُوا فِي ذَبَائِحِ ٱلزَّيَغَانِ، فَأَنَا تَأْدِيبٌ لِجَمِيعِهِمْ.

And they that fall away are gone deep in making slaughter; and I am rejected of them all.

٣ 3 أَنَا أَعْرِفُ أَفْرَايِمَ. وَإِسْرَائِيلُ لَيْسَ مَخْفِيًّا عَنِّي. إِنَّكَ ٱلْآنَ زَنَيْتَ يَا أَفْرَايِمُ. قَدْ تَنَجَّسَ إِسْرَائِيلُ.

I, even I, know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from Me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast committed harlotry, Israel is defiled.

٤ 4 أَفْعَالُهُمْ لَا تَدَعُهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ إِلَى إِلَهِهِمْ، لِأَنَّ رُوحَ ٱلزِّنَى فِي بَاطِنِهِمْ، وَهُمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ ٱلرَّبَّ.

Their doings will not suffer them to return unto their God; for the spirit of harlotry is within them, and they know not the LORD.

٥ 5 وَقَدْ أُذِلَّتْ عَظَمَةُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي وَجْهِهِ، فَيَتَعَثَّرُ إِسْرَائِيلُ وَأَفْرَايِمُ فِي إِثْمِهِمَا، وَيَتَعَثَّرُ يَهُوذَا أَيْضًا مَعَهُمَا.

But the pride of Israel shall testify to his face; and Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity, Judah also shall stumble with them.

٦ 6 يَذْهَبُونَ بِغَنَمِهِمْ وَبَقَرِهِمْ لِيَطْلُبُوا ٱلرَّبَّ وَلَا يَجِدُونَهُ. قَدْ تَنَحَّى عَنْهُمْ.

With their flocks and with their herds they shall go to seek the LORD, but they shall not find Him; He hath withdrawn Himself from them.

٧ 7 قَدْ غَدَرُوا بِٱلرَّبِّ. لِأَنَّهُمْ وَلَدُوا أَوْلَادًا أَجْنَبِيِّينَ، اَلْآنَ يَأْكُلُهُمْ شَهْرٌ مَعَ أَنْصِبَتِهِمْ.

They have dealt treacherously against the LORD, for they have begotten strange children; now shall the new moon devour them with their portions.

٨ 8 «اِضْرِبُوا بِٱلْبُوقِ فِي جِبْعَةَ، بِٱلْقَرْنِ فِي ٱلرَّامَةِ. ٱصْرُخُوا فِي بَيْتِ آوَنَ. وَرَاءَكَ يَا بَنْيَامِينُ.

Blow ye the horn in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah; sound an alarm at Beth-aven: 'Behind thee, O Benjamin!'

٩ 9 يَصِيرُ أَفْرَايِمُ خَرَابًا فِي يَوْمِ ٱلتَّأْدِيبِ. فِي أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَعْلَمْتُ ٱلْيَقِينَ.

Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke; among the tribes of Israel do I make known that which shall surely be.

١٠ 10 صَارَتْ رُؤَسَاءُ يَهُوذَا كَنَاقِلِي ٱلتُّخُومِ. فَأَسْكُبُ عَلَيْهِمْ سَخَطِي كَٱلْمَاءِ.

The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark; I will pour out My wrath upon them like water.

١١ 11 أَفْرَايِمُ مَظْلُومٌ مَسْحُوقُ ٱلْقَضَاءِ، لِأَنَّهُ ٱرْتَضَى أَنْ يَمْضِيَ وَرَاءَ ٱلْوَصِيَّةِ.

Oppressed is Ephraim, crushed in his right; because he willingly walked after filth.

١٢ 12 فَأَنَا لِأَفْرَايِمَ كَٱلْعُثِّ، وَلِبَيْتِ يَهُوذَا كَٱلسُّوسِ.

Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

١٣ 13 «وَرَأَى أَفْرَايِمُ مَرَضَهُ وَيَهُوذَا جُرْحَهُ، فَمَضَى أَفْرَايِمُ إِلَى أَشُّورَ، وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى مَلِكٍ عَدُوٍّ. وَلَكِنَّهُ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكُمْ وَلَا أَنْ يُزِيلَ مِنْكُمُ ٱلْجُرْحَ.

And when Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to King Contentious; but he is not able to heal you, neither shall he cure you of your wound.

١٤ 14 لِأَنِّي لِأَفْرَايِمَ كَٱلْأَسَدِ، وَلِبَيْتِ يَهُوذَا كَشِبْلِ ٱلْأَسَدِ. فَإِنِّي أَنَا أَفْتَرِسُ وَأَمْضِي وَآخُذُ وَلَا مُنْقِذٌ.

For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah; I, even I, will tear and go away, I will take away, and there shall be none to deliver.

١٥ 15 أَذْهَبُ وَأَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَكَانِي حَتَّى يُجَازَوْا وَيَطْلُبُوا وَجْهِي. فِي ضِيقِهِمْ يُبَكِّرُونَ إِلَيَّ».

I will go and return to My place, till they acknowledge their guilt, and seek My face; in their trouble they will seek Me earnestly: