1 حينما كنت اشفي اسرائيل أعلن اثم افرايم وشرور السامرة فانهم قد صنعوا غشا. السارق دخل والغزاة نهبوا في الخارج. | 1 Whenever I would heal Israel, I am confronted by the guilt of Ephraim and the evil-doings of Samaria;for deceit is their principle of behaviour; the thief breaks into the house, marauders raid in the open; |
2 ولا يفتكرون في قلوبهم اني قد تذكرت كل شرهم. الآن قد احاطت بهم افعالهم. صارت امام وجهي | 2 and they never pause to consider that I remember al their wicked deeds; and now their own deeds hemthem in and stare me in the face. |
3 بشرّهم يفرّحون الملك وبكذبهم الرؤساء. | 3 They amuse the king with their wickedness and the chief men with their lies. |
4 كلهم فاسقون كتنور محمى من الخباز. يبطّل الايقاد من وقتما يعجن العجين الى ان يختمر. | 4 They are al adulterers, hot as an oven which the baker need not stoke from the time he has kneadedthe dough until it rises. |
5 يوم ملكنا يمرض الرؤساء من سورة الخمر. يبسط يده مع المستهزئين. | 5 At the holiday for our king, the ministers become inflamed with wine, while he accepts the homage ofpeople |
6 لانهم يقربون قلوبهم في مكيدتهم كالتنور. كل الليل ينام خبازهم وفي الصباح يكون محمى كنار ملتهبة. | 6 who laugh at him. Their hearts are like an oven as they plot, all night their passion slumbers, then in themorning it bursts into flame; |
7 كلهم حامون كالتنور واكلوا قضاتهم. جميع ملوكهم سقطوا. ليس بينهم من يدعو اليّ | 7 yes, al of them as hot as ovens, they consume their rulers. All their kings have fal en thus, not one ofthem has ever cal ed on me. |
8 افرايم يختلط بالشعوب. افرايم صار خبز ملّة لم يقلب. | 8 Ephraim mixes with the nations. Ephraim is a half-baked cake. |
9 اكل الغرباء ثروته وهو لا يعرف وقد رشّ عليه الشيب وهو لا يعرف. | 9 Foreigners have eaten his strength away but he is unconscious of it; even his hair is turning grey but heis unconscious of it. |
10 وقد أذلّت عظمة اسرائيل في وجهه وهم لا يرجعون الى الرب الههم ولا يطلبونه مع كل هذا. | 10 (Israel's arrogance is his own accuser; but they do not come back to Yahweh their God or seek him,despite al this.) |
11 وصار افرايم كحمامة رعناء بلا قلب. يدعون مصر. يمضون الى اشور. | 11 Ephraim is like a silly, witless pigeon cal ing on Egypt, turning to Assyria. |
12 عندما يمضون ابسط عليهم شبكتي. القيهم كطيور السماء. أودّبهم بحسب خبر جماعتهم | 12 Wherever they turn, I shal spread my net over them, I shal bring them down like the birds of the sky, Ishall punish them for their perversity. |
13 ويل لهم لانهم هربوا عني. تبّا لهم لانهم اذنبوا اليّ. انا افديهم وهم تكلموا عليّ بكذب. | 13 Woe to them for having fled from me! Ruin seize them for having wronged me! I have rescued themagain and again and they have only told lies about me. |
14 ولا يصرخون اليّ بقلوبهم حينما يولولون على مضاجعهم. يتجمعون لاجل القمح والخمر ويرتدّون عني. | 14 Theirs is no heartfelt cry to me when they lament on their beds; when they gash themselves over thegrain and new wine, they are stil rebelling against me. |
15 وانا انذرتهم وشددت اذرعهم وهم يفكرون عليّ بالشر. | 15 Though I supported and gave strength to their arms, they plan how to hurt me. |
16 يرجعون ليس الى العلي. قد صاروا كقوس مخطئة. يسقط رؤساؤهم بالسيف من اجل سخط ألسنتهم. هذا هزؤهم في ارض مصر | 16 They turn to what does not exist, they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders wil fal by the swordbecause of their arrogant talk; how they wil be laughed at in Egypt! |