< Hosea 5 >

1 Hear this, ye priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ear, O house of the king: for this judgment is for you; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
اسْمَعُوا هَذَا أَيُّهَا الْكَهَنَةُ وَأَنْصِتُوا يَا شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَصْغُوا يَا أَهْلَ بَيْتِ الْمَلِكِ، لأَنَّ الْقَضَاءَ حَالٌّ بِكُمْ إِذْ كُنْتُمْ فَخّاً فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ وَشَبَكَةً مَنْصُوبَةً عَلَى جَبَلِ تَابُورَ.١
2 And they have plunged themselves in the corruption of apostasy, but I will be a chastiser of them all.
لَقَدْ حَفَرْتُمْ حُفْرَةً عَمِيقَةً فِي شِطِّيمَ، لَكِنِّي أَقُومُ بِتَأْدِيبِهِمْ جَمِيعاً.٢
3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, Ephraim, thou hast committed whoredom; Israel is defiled.
إِنِّي أَعْرِفُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلا يَخْفَى عَنِّي مِنْهُ خَافِيَةٌ، فَأَنْتَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ قَدْ زَنَيْتَ الآنَ وَتَنَجَّسْتَ.٣
4 Their doings do not allow them to return unto their God; for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they know not Jehovah.
إِنَّ أَعْمَالَ شَرِّهِمْ تَحُولُ دُونَ رُجُوعِهِمْ إِلَى إِلَهِهِمْ، لأَنَّ رُوحَ الزِّنَى (أَيْ خِيَانَةِ الرَّبِّ) كَامِنَةٌ فِيهِمْ، وَهُمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ الرَّبَّ.٤
5 And Israel's pride doth testify to his face; and Israel and Ephraim shall fall by their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them.
هَا صَلَفُ إِسْرَائِيلَ يَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِ فِي وَجْهِهِ، وَإِسْرَائِيلُ وَأَفْرَايِمُ يَكْبُوَانِ بِإِثْمِهِمَا، وَيَتَعَثَّرُ مَعَهُمَا يَهُوذَا أَيْضاً.٥
6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find [him]: he hath withdrawn himself from them.
وَحِينَ يَنْطَلِقُونَ بِمَوَاشِيهِمْ لِيَلْتَمِسُوا الرَّبَّ لَا يَجِدُونَهُ، إِذْ قَدِ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُمْ.٦
7 They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have begotten strange children: now shall the new moon devour them, with their allotted possessions.
لَقَدْ خَانُوا الرَّبَّ لأَنَّهُمْ أَنْجَبُوا أَبْنَاءَ غُرَبَاءَ عَنْهُ، لِذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ مَوَاسِمَ أَوَائِلِ الشَّهْرِ الْجَدِيدِ تَلْتَهِمُهُمْ مَعَ حُقُولِهِمْ.٧
8 Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; cry aloud [at] Beth-aven: behind thee, O Benjamin!
انْفُخُوا فِي أَبْوَاقِ الْحَرْبِ فِي جِبْعَةَ وَفِي الرَّامَةِ، وَأَطْلِقُوا صَيْحَةَ الْقِتَالِ فِي بَيْتِ آوَنَ: تَقَدَّمْ يَا بَنْيَامِينُ.٨
9 Ephraim shall be a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which is sure.
أَرْضُ أَفْرَايِمَ سَتُصْبِحُ خَرَاباً فِي يَوْمِ الْقَضَاءِ، وَبَيْنَ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَظْهَرْتُ مَا هُوَ يَقِينٌ.٩
10 The princes of Judah are become like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
قَدْ صَارَ رُؤَسَاءُ يَهُوذَا مُتَعَدِّينَ كَالَّذِينَ يَنْقُلُونَ تُخُومَ الأَرْضِ لَيَسْلُبُوا سِوَاهُمْ. لِهَذَا سَأَصُبُّ عَلَيْهِمْ سَخَطِي كَالْمَاءِ.١٠
11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because in selfwill he walked after the commandment [of man].
لَقَدْ لَحِقَ الضِّيقُ بِإِسْرَائِيلَ، وَسَحَقَهُ الْقَضَاءُ لأَنَّهُ وَطَّدَ الْعَزْمَ عَلَى الْغَوَايَةِ وَرَاءَ الأَوْثَانِ.١١
12 And I will be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
لِهَذَا أَكُونُ كَالْعُثِّ لإِسْرَائِيلَ، وَكالسُّوسِ النَّاخِرِ لِشَعْبِ يَهُوذَا.١٢
13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sore, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb; but he was unable to heal you, nor hath he removed your sore.
عِنْدَمَا تَبَيَّنَ إِسْرَائِيلُ دَاءَهُ، وَيَهُوذَا جِرَاحَهُ، لَجَأَ إِسْرَائِيلُ إِلَى أَشُّورَ يَلْتَمِسُ مَعُونَةَ الْمَلِكِ الْعَظِيمِ، إِلّا أَنَّهُ أَخْفَقَ فِي عِلاجِهِ أَوْ فِي مُدَاوَاةِ جِرَاحِهِ.١٣
14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, I will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.
فَإِنِّي سَأَكُونُ كَالأَسَدِ الْمُفْتَرِسِ لإِسْرَائِيلَ، وَكَالشِّبْلِ لأَبْنَاءِ يَهُوذَا. أَفْتَرِسُ وَأَمْضِي. أَخْطَفُ وَلَيْسَ مِنْ يُنْقِذُ.١٤
15 I will go away, I will return to my place, till they acknowledge their trespass, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
ثُمَّ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَوْضِعِي إِلَى أَنْ يَعْتَرِفُوا بِإِثْمِهِمْ وَيَطْلُبُوا وَجْهِي، وَفِي ضِيقِهِمْ يَلْتَمِسُونَنِي (قَائِلِينَ):١٥

< Hosea 5 >