Hosea 1

1 Yahweh’s word that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

١ هَذِهِ هِيَ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ الَّتِي أَوْحَى بِها إِلَى هُوشَعَ بْنِ بِئِيرِي فِي أَثْنَاءِ حُكْمِ كُلٍّ مِنْ عُزِّيَّا وَيُوثَامَ وَآحَازَ وَحَزَقِيَّا مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا، وَفِي أَيَّامِ يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ يُوآشَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

2 When Yahweh spoke at first by Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits great adultery, forsaking Yahweh.”

٢ وَأَوَّلُ مَا خَاطَبَ الرَّبُّ بِهِ هُوشَعَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَهُ: «اذْهَبْ وَتَزَوَّجْ مِنْ عَاهِرَةٍ، تُنْجِبُ لَكَ أَبْنَاءَ زِنىً، لأَنَّ الأَرْضَ قَدْ زَنَتْ إِذْ تَرَكَتِ الرَّبَّ».

3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son.

٣ فَمَضَى هُوشَعُ وَتَزَوَّجَ جُومَرَ بِنْتَ دِبْلايِمَ، فَحَمَلَتْ وَأَنْجَبَتْ لَهُ ابْناً.

4 Yahweh said to him, “Call his name Jezreel, for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.

٤ فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لَهُ: «ادْعُ اسْمَهُ يَزْرَعِيلَ، لأَنِّي مُوشِكٌ أَنْ أَقْضِيَ عَلَى بَيْتِ يَاهُو انْتِقَاماً لِدَمِ يَزْرَعِيلَ، وَأُبِيدَ مَمْلَكَةَ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

5 It will happen in that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”

٥ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أُحَطِّمُ قَوْسَ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي وَادِي يَزْرَعِيلَ».

6 She conceived again, and bore a daughter. Then he said to him, “Call her name Lo-Ruhamah, for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them.

٦ ثُمَّ حَمَلَتْ ثَانِيَةً فَأَنْجَبَتِ ابْنَةً، فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ: «سَمِّهَا لُورُحَامَةَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: لَا رَحْمَةَ) لأَنِّي لَا أَعُودُ أَرْحَمُ بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلَنْ أَصْفَحَ عَنْهُمْ.

7 But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by Yahweh their God, and will not save them by bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.”

٧ وَلَكِنِّي أَرْحَمُ بَيْتَ يَهُوذَا وَأُخَلِّصُهُمْ بِقُوَّتِي أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُهُمْ. لَنْ أُنْقِذَهُمْ بِقَوْسٍ أَوْ بِسَيْفٍ، وَلا بِحَرْبٍ وَلا بِخَيْلٍ أَوْ فُرْسَانٍ».

8 Now when she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived, and bore a son.

٨ وَبَعْدَ أَنْ فَطَمَتْ «لُورُحَامَةَ» حَمَلَتْ وَأَنْجَبَتِ ابْناً.

9 He said, “Call his name Lo-Ammi, for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.

٩ وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «سَمِّهِ لُوعَمِّي (وَمَعْنَاهُ: لَيْسَ شَعْبِي) لأَنَّكُمْ لَسْتُمْ شَعْبِي وَأَنَا لَسْتُ إِلَهَكُمْ.

10 Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

١٠ وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ عَدَدَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يَكُونُ كَرَمْلِ الْبَحْرِ الَّذِي لَا يُكَالُ وَلا يُحْصَى. وَفِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي قِيلَ لَهُمْ فِيهِ: أَنْتُمْ لَسْتُمْ شَعْبِي، يُقَالُ لَهُمْ: أَنْتُمْ أَبْنَاءُ اللهِ الْحَيِّ.

11 The children of Judah and the children of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint themselves one head, and will go up from the land; for great will be the day of Jezreel.

١١ وَيَجْتَمِعُ أَبْنَاءُ يَهُوذَا وَأَبْنَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَعاً وَيَنْصِبُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَائِداً وَاحِداً، وَيَرْجِعُونَ مِنْ أَرْضِ السَّبْيِ، لأَنَّ يَوْمَ يَزْرَعِيلَ عَظِيمٌ».