Hosea 2

«قُولُوا لإِخْوَتِكُمْ «عَمِّي» وَلأَخَوَاتِكُمْ «رُحَامَةَ».

Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ru–hamah.

حَاكِمُوا أُمَّكُمْ حَاكِمُوا، لأَنَّهَا لَيْسَتِ امْرَأَتِي وَأَنَا لَسْتُ رَجُلَهَا، لِكَيْ تَعْزِلَ زِنَاهَا عَنْ وَجْهِهَا وَفِسْقَهَا مِنْ بَيْنِ ثَدْيَيْهَا،

Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

لِئَلاَّ أُجَرِّدَهَا عُرْيَانَةً وَأَوْقِفَهَا كَيَوْمِ وِلاَدَتِهَا، وَأَجْعَلَهَا كَقَفْرٍ، وَأُصَيِّرَهَا كَأَرْضٍ يَابِسَةٍ، وَأُمِيتَهَا بِالْعَطَشِ.

Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

وَلاَ أَرْحَمُ أَوْلاَدَهَا لأَنَّهُمْ أَوْلاَدُ زِنًى.

And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.

«لأَنَّ أُمَّهُمْ قَدْ زَنَتِ. الَّتِي حَبِلَتْ بِهِمْ صَنَعَتْ خِزْيًا. لأَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: أَذْهَبُ وَرَاءَ مُحِبِّيَّ الَّذِينَ يُعْطُونَ خُبْزِي وَمَائِي، صُوفِي وَكَتَّانِي، زَيْتِي وَأَشْرِبَتِي.

For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

لِذلِكَ هأَنَذَا أُسَيِّجُ طَرِيقَكِ بِالشَّوْكِ، وَأَبْنِي حَائِطَهَا حَتَّى لاَ تَجِدَ مَسَالِكَهَا.

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

فَتَتْبَعُ مُحِبِّيهَا وَلاَ تُدْرِكُهُمْ، وَتُفَتِّشُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ تَجِدُهُمْ. فَتَقُولُ: أَذْهَبُ وَأَرْجعُ إِلَى رَجُلِي الأَوَّلِ، لأَنَّهُ حِينَئِذٍ كَانَ خَيْرٌ لِي مِنَ الآنَ.

And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.

«وَهِيَ لَمْ تَعْرِفْ أَنِّي أَنَا أَعْطَيْتُهَا الْقَمْحَ وَالْمِسْطَارَ وَالزَّيْتَ، وَكَثَّرْتُ لَهَا فِضَّةً وَذَهَبًا جَعَلُوهُ لِبَعْل.

For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.

لِذلِكَ أَرْجعُ وَآخُذُ قَمْحِي فِي حِينِهِ، وَمِسْطَارِي فِي وَقْتِهِ، وَأَنْزِعُ صُوفِي وَكَتَّانِي اللَّذَيْنِ لِسَتْرِ عَوْرَتِهَا.

Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.

وَالآنَ أَكْشِفُ عَوْرَتَهَا أَمَامَ عُيُونِ مُحِبِّيهَا وَلاَ يُنْقِذُهَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ يَدِي.

And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.

وَأُبَطِّلُ كُلَّ أَفْرَاحِهَا: أَعْيَادَهَا وَرُؤُوسَ شُهُورِهَا وَسُبُوتَهَا وَجَمِيعَ مَوَاسِمِهَا.

I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.

وَأُخَرِّبُ كَرْمَهَا وَتِينَهَا اللَّذَيْنِ قَالَتْ: هُمَا أُجْرَتِي الَّتِي أَعْطَانِيهَا مُحِبِّيَّ، وَأَجْعَلُهُمَا وَعْرًا فَيَأْكُلُهُمَا حَيَوَانُ الْبَرِّيَّةِ.

And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

وَأُعَاقِبُهَا عَلَى أَيَّامِ بَعْلِيمَ الَّتِي فِيهَا كَانَتْ تُبَخِّرُ لَهُمْ وَتَتَزَيَّنُ بِخَزَائِمِهَا وَحُلِيهَا وَتَذْهَبُ وَرَاءَ مُحِبِّيهَا وَتَنْسَانِي أَنَا، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.

«لكِنْ هأَنَذَا أَتَمَلَّقُهَا وَأَذْهَبُ بِهَا إِلَى الْبَرِّيَّةِ وَأُلاَطِفُهَا،

Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

وَأُعْطِيهَا كُرُومَهَا مِنْ هُنَاكَ، وَوَادِي عَخُورَ بَابًا لِلرَّجَاءِ. وَهِيَ تُغَنِّي هُنَاكَ كَأَيَّامِ صِبَاهَا، وَكَيَوْمِ صُعُودِهَا مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ.

And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

وَيَكُونُ فِي ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، أَنَّكِ تَدْعِينَنِي: رَجُلِي، وَلاَ تَدْعِينَنِي بَعْدُ بَعْلِي.

And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.

وَأَنْزِعُ أَسْمَاءَ الْبَعْلِيمِ مِنْ فَمِهَا، فَلاَ تُذْكَرُ أَيْضًا بِأَسْمَائِهَا.

For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.

وَأَقْطَعُ لَهُمْ عَهْدًا فِي ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ مَعَ حَيَوَانِ الْبَرِّيَّةِ وَطُيُورِ السَّمَاءِ وَدَبَّابَاتِ الأَرْضِ، وَأَكْسِرُ الْقَوْسَ وَالسَّيْفَ وَالْحَرْبَ مِنَ الأَرْضِ، وَأَجْعَلُهُمْ يَضْطَجِعُونَ آمِنِينَ.

And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

وَأَخْطُبُكِ لِنَفْسِي إِلَى الأَبَدِ. وَأَخْطُبُكِ لِنَفْسِي بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْحَقِّ وَالإِحْسَانِ وَالْمَرَاحِمِ.

And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

أَخْطُبُكِ لِنَفْسِي بِالأَمَانَةِ فَتَعْرِفِينَ الرَّبَّ.

I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.

وَيَكُونُ فِي ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَنِّي أَسْتَجِيبُ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، أَسْتَجِيبُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَهِيَ تَسْتَجِيبُ الأَرْضَ،

And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;

وَالأَرْضُ تَسْتَجِيبُ الْقَمْحَ وَالْمِسْطَارَ وَالزَّيْتَ، وَهِيَ تَسْتَجِيبُ يَزْرَعِيلَ.

And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.

وَأَزْرَعُهَا لِنَفْسِي فِي الأَرْضِ، وَأَرْحَمُ لُورُحَامَةَ، وَأَقُولُ لِلُوعَمِّي: أَنْتَ شَعْبِي، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: أَنْتَ إِلهِي».

And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.