< Hosea 14 >

1 O Israel, return unto YHWH thy Elohim; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
ارْجِعْ تَائِباً يَاإِسْرَائِيلُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ، لأَنَّكَ قَدْ تَعَثَّرْتَ بِخَطِيئَتِكَ.١
2 Take with you words, and turn to YHWH: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
احْمِلُوا مَعَكُمْ كَلاَمَ ابْتِهَالٍ وَارْجِعُوا إِلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلِينَ لَهُ: «انْزِعْ إِثْمَنَا، وَتَقَبَّلْنَا بِفَائِقِ رَحْمَتِكَ، فَنُزْجِيَ إِلَيْكَ حَمْدَ شِفَاهِنَا كَالْقَرَابِينِ.٢
3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our elohim: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
إِنَّ أَشُّورَ لَنْ تُخَلِّصَنَا، وَلَنْ نَعْتَمِدَ عَلَى خُيُولِ مِصْرَ لإِنْقَاذِنَا، وَلَنْ نَقُولَ لِلأَوْثَانِ صَنْعَةِ أَيْدِينَا: «أَنْتُمْ آلِهَتُنَا» لأَنَّ فِيكَ وَحْدَكَ يَجِدُ الْيَتِيمُ رَحْمَةً».٣
4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
أَنَا أُبْرِئُ ارْتِدَادَهُمْ وَأُحِبُّهُمْ فَضْلاً، لأَنَّ غَضَبِي قَدْ تَحَوَّلَ عَنْهُمْ.٤
5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
وَأَكُونُ كَالطَّلِّ لإِسْرَائِيلَ، فَيُزْهِرُ كَالسَّوْسَنِ، وَتَتَأَصَّلُ جُذُورُهُ كَأَرْزِ لُبْنَانَ.٥
6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
تَمْتَدُّ أَغْصَانُهُ وَيَصِيرُ جَمَالُهُ كَشَجَرَةِ الزَّيْتُونِ وَشَذَاهُ كَأَرْزِ لُبْنَانَ.٦
7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
وَيَعُودُونَ وَيُقِيمُونَ فِي ظِلِّهِ وَيَزْدَهِرُونَ كَالْحِنْطَةِ، وَيُزْهِرُونَ كَالْكَرْمَةِ، وَيَذِيعُ ذِكْرُهُمْ كَخَمْرِ لُبْنَانَ.٧
8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
يَقُولُ أَفْرَايِمُ تَائِباً: «مَالِي وَلِلأَصْنَامِ!» فَيُجِيبُ الرَّبُّ: «قَدِ اسْتَمَعْتُ وَأَنَا رَعَيْتُكَ بِعَيْنِ الرِّضَى وَصِرْتُ لَكَ كَشَجَرَةِ سَرْوٍ خَضْرَاءَ، وَمِنِّي أَمُدُّكَ بِثَمَرِكَ».٨
9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of YHWH are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
مَنْ هُوَ حَكِيمٌ فَلْيَسْمَعْ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ، وَمَنْ هُوَ فَطِنٌ فَلْيَفْهَمْهَا، لأَنَّ طُرُقَ اللهِ مُسْتَقِيمَةٌ، فِيهَا يَسْلُكُ الأَبْرَارُ، أَمَّا الْمُنَافِقُونَ فَيَعْثُرُونَ.٩

< Hosea 14 >