Hosea 10

1 Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.

1 إِنَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِثْلُ كَرْمَةٍ مُخْصِبَةٍ يُغِلُّ ثَمَراً لِنَفْسِهِ. كُلَّمَا تَكَاثَرَ مَحْصُولُ ثَمَرِهِ، زَادَ فِي بِنَاءِ الْمَذَابِحِ، وَبِمِقْدَارِ مَا تَجُودُ أَرْضُهُ، يُتْقِنُ بِنَاءَ أَنْصَابِهِ.

2 Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.

2 قُلُوبُهُمْ كُلُّهَا خِدَاعٌ، وَعَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَتَحَمَّلُوا عِقَابَ ذُنُوبِهِمْ. إِنَّ الرَّبَّ يَهْدِمُ مَذَابِحَهُمْ وَيُدَمِّرُ أَوْثَانَهُمْ.

3 Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”

3 يَقُولُونَ الآنَ: «لَيْسَ لَنَا مَلِكٌ لأَنَّنَا لَمْ نَخْشَ اللهَ، وَمَاذَا فِي وُسْعِ الْمَلِكِ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ لَنَا؟»

4 They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

4 يَنْطِقُونَ بِكَلامِ لَغْوٍ وَيُبْرِمُونَ عُهُوداً بِأَقسَامٍ بَاطِلَةٍ، فَيَحُلُّ بِهِمِ الْقَضَاءُ كَأَعْشَابٍ سَامَّةٍ نَبَتَتْ فِي أَرْضٍ مَحْرُوثَةٍ.

5 The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn over it with its idolatrous priests—those who rejoiced in its glory—for it has been taken from them into exile.

5 يَخْشَى أَهْلُ السَّامِرَةِ عَلَى عِجْلِ بَيْتِ آوَنَ، لأَنَّ شَعْبَهُ يَنُوحُونَ عَلَيْهِ، وَكَذَلِكَ كَهَنَتَهُ الْخَوَنَةَ الَّذِينَ ابْتَهَجُوا بِبَهَائِهِ الَّذِي سُلِبَ مِنْهُ.

6 Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.

6 سَيُحْمَلُ هَذَا الْعِجْلُ إِلَى أَشُّورَ هَدِيَّةً لِلْمَلِكِ الْعَظِيمِ، فَيَخْزَى أَفْرَايِمُ وَيَعْتَرِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْخَجَلُ مِنِ اتِّكَالِهِ عَلَيْهِ.

7 Samaria will be carried off with her king like a twig on the surface of the water.

7 يَهْلِكُ مَلِكُ السَّامِرَةِ كَقَشَّةٍ عَائِمَةٍ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْمِيَاهِ.

8 The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

8 وَتُدَمَّرُ أَمَاكِنُ الْعِبَادَةِ عَلَى مَشَارِفِ آوَنَ الَّتِي أَضْحَتْ خَطِيئَةَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَيَنْمُو الشَّوْكُ وَالْحَسَكُ عَلَى مَذَابِحِهِمْ، فَيَقُولُونَ لِلْجِبَالِ: غَطِّينَا، وَلِلتِّلالِ: اسْقُطِي عَلَيْنَا.

9 Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel, and there you have remained. Did not the battle in Gibeah overtake the sons of iniquity?

9 لَقَدْ أَخْطَأْتَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ مُنْذُ أَيَّامِ جِبْعَةَ وَلَمْ تَكُفَّ عَنِ ارْتِكَابِ الإِثْمِ، أَلَمْ تُدْرِكْهُمُ الْحَرْبُ فِي جِبْعَةَ؟

10 I will chasten them when I please; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bondage for their double transgression.

10 فَأُعَاقِبُهُمْ عِنْدَمَا أَشَاءُ، إِذْ تَتَأَلَّبُ عَلَيْهِمْ أُمَمٌ وَتُقَيِّدُهُمْ بِالأَغْلالِ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ إِثْمِهِمِ الْمُتَكَاثِرِ.

11 Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.

11 كَانَ أَفْرَايِمُ كَعِجْلَةٍ مُرَوَّضَةٍ تُحِبُّ أَنْ تَدُوسَ الْقَمْحَ، وَلَكِنِّي سَأَضَعُ نِيراً عَلَى عُنُقِهَا الْجَمِيلِ الَّذِي حَافَظَتْ عَلَى سَلامَتِهِ، وَأَدْفَعُهَا إِلَى الْعَمَلِ الشَّاقِ، وَيَحْرُثُ يَهُوذَا وَيُمَهِّدُ إِسْرَائِيلُ الأَرْضَ.

12 Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.

12 ازْرَعُوا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ بِذَارَ الْبِرِّ، فَتَحْصُدُوا بِمُقْتَضَاهُ ثِمَارَ الرَّحْمَةِ، اُحْرُثُوا لَكُمْ حَرْثاً لأَنَّ هَذَا أَوَانُ الْتِمَاسِ الرَّبِّ، حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ وَيُمْطِرَ عَلَيْكُمْ غُيُوثَ صَلاحِهِ.

13 You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,

13 لَكِنَّكُمْ زَرَعْتُمُ الشَّرَّ فَحَصَدْتُمُ الإِثْمَ، وَأَكَلْتُمْ ثِمَارَ الْكَذِبِ لأَنَّكُمُ اتَّكَلْتُمْ عَلَى مَرْكَبَاتِكُمْ وَعَلَى كَثْرَةِ مُحَارِبِيكُمُ الْجَبَابِرَةِ.

14 the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.

14 لِذَلِكَ يُدَوِّي زَئِيرُ الْمَعْرَكَةِ بَيْنَ شَعْبِكَ، وَتُدَمَّرُ جَمِيعُ حُصُونِكَ كَمَا دَمَّرَ شَلْمَانُ بَيْتَ أَرَبْئِيلَ فِي يَوْمِ الْقِتَالِ إِذْ أَصْبَحَتِ الأُمُّ مَعَ أَوْلادِهَا حُطَاماً.

15 Thus it will be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day dawns, the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.

15 هَذَا مَا يَجْرِي عَلَيْكُمْ يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ عِقَاباً لَكُمْ عَلَى إِثْمِكُمُ الْعَظِيمِ، وَيَتِمُّ الْقَضَاءُ عَلَى مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ عِنْدَ انْبِلاجِ الْفَجْرِ.