هُوشَع 11

١ 1 عِنْدَمَا كَانَ إِسْرَائِيلُ صَغِيراً أَحْبَبْتُهُ، وَمِنْ مِصْرَ دَعَوْتُ ابْنِي.

Early in the morning were they cast off, the king of Israel has been cast off: for Israel is a child, and I loved him, and out of Egypt have I called his children.

٢ 2 لَكِنْ كُلَّمَا دَعَاهُمُ الأَنْبِيَاءُ لِعِبَادَتِي أَعْرَضُوا عَنِّي، ذَابِحِينَ قَرَابِينَ لِلْبَعْلِ، وَمُصْعِدِينَ بَخُوراً لِلأَوْثَانِ.

As I called them, so they departed from my presence: they sacrificed to Baalim, and burnt incense to graven images.

٣ 3 أَنَا الَّذِي دَرَّبْتُ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى الْمَشْيِ، وَحَمَلْتُهُ عَلَى ذِرَاعَيَّ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُدْرِكُوا أَنِّي أَنَا الَّذِي أَبْرَأْتُهُمْ.

Yet I bound the feet of Ephraim, I took him on my arm; but they knew not that I healed them.

٤ 4 قُدْتُهُمْ بِحِبَالِ اللُّطْفِ الْبَشَرِيَّةِ وَبِرُبُطِ الْمَحَبَّةِ، فَكُنْتُ لَهُمْ كَمَنْ يَرْفَعُ النِّيرَ عَنْ أَعْنَاقِهِمْ وَيَنْحَنِي بِنَفْسِهِ لِيُطْعِمَهُمْ.

When men were destroyed, I drew them with the bands of my love: and I will be to them as a man smiting [another] on his cheek: and I will have respect to him, I will prevail with him.

٥ 5 وَلَكِنَّهُمْ رَفَضُوا أَنْ يَتَحَوَّلُوا إِلَيَّ تَائِبِينَ، لِذَلِكَ لَنْ يَرْجِعُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ بَلْ يُصْبِحُ أَشُّورُ مَلِكاً عَلَيْهِمْ.

Ephraim dwelt in Egypt; and [as for] the Assyrian, he was his king, because he would not return.

٦ 6 يَهْجُمُ السَّيْفُ عَلَى مُدُنِهِمْ، وَيَلْتَهِمُ بَوَّابَاتِهَا، وَيُهْلِكُهُمْ لِمَشُورَاتِهِمِ الْخَاطِئَةِ.

And in his cities he prevailed not with the sword, and he ceased [to war] with his hands: and they shall eat [of the fruit] of their own devices:

٧ 7 قَدْ وَطَّدَ شَعْبِي الْعَزْمَ عَلَى الاِرْتِدَادِ عَنِّي، لِهَذَا وَلَوِ اسْتَغَاثُوا بِالْعَلِيِّ، فَإِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَجِدُونَ مَنْ يَرْفَعُ النِّيرَ عَنْهُمْ.

and his people [shall] cleave fondly to their habitation; but God shall be angry with his precious things, and shall not at all exalt him.

٨ 8 كَيْفَ أَتَخَلَّى عَنْكَ يَاأَفْرَايِمُ؟ وَكَيْفَ أُسَلِّمُكَ إِلَى الْعَدُوِّ يَاإِسْرَائِيلُ؟ كَيْفَ أُعَامِلُكَ كَمَا عَامَلْتُ أَدَمَةَ؟ وَكَيْفَ أُجْرِي عَلَيْكَ مَا أَجْرَيْتُهُ عَلَى صَبُوئِيمَ؟ إِنَّ قَلْبِي يَتَلَوَّى أَسىً فِي دَاخِلِي وَتَضْرَمُ فِيَّ مَرَاحِمِي.

How shall I deal with thee, Ephraim? [how] shall I protect thee, Israel? what shall I do with thee? I will make thee as Adama, and as Seboim; my heart is turned at once, my repentance is powerfully excited.

٩ 9 لَنْ أُنَفِّذَ فِيهِمْ قَضَاءَ احْتِدَامِ غَضَبِي، وَلَنْ أُدَمِّرَ أَفْرَايِمَ ثَانِيَةً، لأَنِّيَ اللهُ لاَ إِنْسَانٌ، أَنَا الْقُدُّوسُ الَّذِي فِي وَسَطِكَ لاَ أُقْبِلُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِسَخَطٍ.

I will not act according to the fury of my wrath, I will not abandon Ephraim to be utterly destroyed: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One within thee: and I will not enter into the city.

١٠ 10 يَسِيرُونَ وَرَائِي أَنَا الرَّبَّ، فَأَزْأَرُ كَالأَسَدِ، وَعِنْدَئِذٍ يُسْرِعُ أَبْنَائِي قَادِمِينَ مِنَ الْغَرْبِ.

I will go after the Lord: he shall utter [his voice] as a lion: for he shall roar, and the children of the waters shall be amazed.

١١ 11 وَيُهْرَعُونَ كَالطُّيُورِ مِنْ مِصْرَ، وَكَحَمَامٍ مِنْ أَرْضِ أَشُّورَ، وَأَرُدُّهُمْ إِلَى بُيُوتِهِمْ.

They shall be amazed [and fly] as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of the Assyrians: and I will restore them to their houses, saith the Lord.

١٢ 12 لَقَدْ حَاصَرَنِي أَفْرَايِمُ بِالْكَذِبِ وَبَيْتُ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِالنِّفَاقِ، وَمَا زَالَ يَهُوذَا شَارِداً عَنِّي أَنَا اللهِ الْقُدُّوسِ الأَمِينِ.

Ephraim has compassed me with falsehood, and the house of Israel and Juda with ungodliness: [but] now God knows them, and they shall be called God's holy people.