1 الى فمك بالبوق. كالنسر على بيت الرب. لانهم قد تجاوزوا عهدي وتعدّوا على شريعتي. | 1 A trumpet to your lips, You who watch over the house of the LORD! Since they have violated my covenant, and sinned against my law, |
2 اليّ يصرخون يا الهي نعرفك نحن اسرائيل | 2 While to me they cry out, "O, God of Israel, we know you!" |
3 قد كره اسرائيل الصلاح فيتبعه العدو. | 3 The men of Israel have thrown away what is good; the enemy shall pursue them. |
4 هم اقاموا ملوكا وليس مني. اقاموا رؤساء وانا لم اعرف. صنعوا لانفسهم من فضتهم وذهبهم اصناما لكي ينقرضوا. | 4 They made kings, but not by my authority; they established princes, but without my approval. With their silver and gold they made idols for themselves, to their own destruction. |
5 قد زنخ عجلك يا سامرة. حمي غضبي عليهم. الى متى لا يستطيعون النقاوة. | 5 Cast away your calf, O Samaria! my wrath is kindled against them; How long will they be unable to attain innocence in Israel? |
6 انه هو ايضا من اسرائيل. صنعه الصانع وليس هو الها. ان عجل السامرة يصير كسرا | 6 The work of an artisan no god at all, Destined for the flames-- such is the calf of Samaria! |
7 انهم يزرعون الريح ويحصدون الزوبعة. زرع ليس له غلّة لا يصنع دقيقا. وان صنع فالغرباء تبتلعه. | 7 When they sow the wind, they shall reap the whirlwind; The stalk of grain that forms no ear can yield no flour; Even if it could, strangers would swallow it. |
8 قد ابتلع اسرائيل. الآن صاروا بين الامم كاناء لا مسرّة فيه. | 8 Israel is swallowed up; he is now among the nations a thing of no value. |
9 لانهم صعدوا الى اشور مثل حمار وحشي معتزل بنفسه. استأجر افرايم محبين. | 9 They went up to Assyria-- a wild ass off on its own-- Ephraim bargained for lovers. |
10 اني وان كانوا يستأجرون بين الامم الآن اجمعهم فينفكّون قليلا من ثقل ملك الرؤساء | 10 Even though they bargain with the nations, I will now gather an army; King and princes shall shortly succumb under the burden. |
11 لان افرايم كثّر مذابح للخطية صارت له المذابح للخطية. | 11 When Ephraim made many altars to expiate sin, his altars became occasions of sin. |
12 اكتب له كثرة شرائعي فهي تحسب اجنبية. | 12 Though I write for him my many ordinances, they are considered as a stranger's. |
13 اما ذبائح تقدماتي فيذبحون لحما وياكلون. الرب لا يرتضيها. الآن يذكر اثمهم ويعاقب خطيتهم. انهم الى مصر يرجعون. | 13 Though they offer sacrifice, immolate flesh and eat it, the LORD is not pleased with them. He shall still remember their guilt and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt. |
14 وقد نسي اسرائيل صانعه وبنى قصورا وكثّر يهوذا مدنا حصينة. لكني ارسل على مدنه نارا فتأكل قصوره | 14 Israel has forgotten his maker and built palaces. Judah, too, has fortified many cities, but I will send fire upon his cities, to devour their castles. |