Hosea 8

«إِلَى فَمِكَ بِالْبُوقِ! كَالنَّسْرِ عَلَى بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ. لأَنَّهُمْ قَدْ تَجَاوَزُوا عَهْدِي وَتَعَدَّوْا عَلَى شَرِيعَتِي.

Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

إِلَيَّ يَصْرُخُونَ: يَا إِلهِي، نَعْرِفُكَ نَحْنُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.

«قَدْ كَرِهَ إِسْرَائِيلُ الصَّلاَحَ فَيَتْبَعُهُ الْعَدُوُّ.

Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

هُمْ أَقَامُوا مُلُوكًا وَلَيْسَ مِنِّي. أَقَامُوا رُؤَسَاءَ وَأَنَا لَمْ أَعْرِفْ. صَنَعُوا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنْ فِضَّتِهِمْ وَذَهَبِهِمْ أَصْنَامًا لِكَيْ يَنْقَرِضُوا.

They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

قَدْ زَنِخَ عِجْلُكِ يَا سَامِرَةُ. حَمِيَ غَضَبِي عَلَيْهِمْ. إِلَى مَتَى لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ النَّقَاوَةَ!

Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

إِنَّهُ هُوَ أَيْضًا مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ. صَنَعَهُ الصَّانِعُ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ إِلهًا. إِنَّ عِجْلَ السَّامِرَةِ يَصِيرُ كِسَرًا.

For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

«إِنَّهُمْ يَزْرَعُونَ الرِّيحَ وَيَحْصُدُونَ الزَّوْبَعَةَ. زَرْعٌ لَيْسَ لَهُ غَلَّةٌ لاَ يَصْنَعُ دَقِيقًا. وَإِنْ صَنَعَ، فَالْغُرَبَاءُ تَبْتَلِعُهُ.

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

قَدِ ابْتُلِعَ إِسْرَائِيلُ. الآنَ صَارُوا بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ كَإِنَاءٍ لاَ مَسَرَّةَ فِيهِ.

Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

لأَنَّهُمْ صَعِدُوا إِلَى أَشُّورَ مِثْلَ حِمَارٍ وَحْشِيٍّ مُعْتَزِل بِنَفْسِهِ. اسْتَأْجَرَ أَفْرَايِمُ مُحِبِّينَ.

For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

إِنِّي وَإِنْ كَانُوا يَسْتَأْجِرُونَ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ، الآنَ أَجْمَعُهُمْ فَيَنْفَكُّونَ قَلِيلاً مِنْ ثِقْلِ مَلِكِ الرُّؤَسَاءِ.

Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

«لأَنَّ أَفْرَايِمَ كَثَّرَ مَذَابحَ لِلْخَطِيَّةِ، صَارَتْ لَهُ الْمَذَابحُ لِلْخَطِيَّةِ.

Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

أَكْتُبُ لَهُ كَثْرَةَ شَرَائِعِي، فَهِيَ تُحْسَبُ أَجْنَبِيَّةً.

I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

أَمَّا ذَبَائِحُ تَقْدِمَاتِي فَيَذْبَحُونَ لَحْمًا وَيَأْكُلُونَ. الرَّبُّ لاَ يَرْتَضِيهَا. الآنَ يَذْكُرُ إِثْمَهُمْ وَيُعَاقِبُ خَطِيَّتَهُمْ. إِنَّهُمْ إِلَى مِصْرَ يَرْجِعُونَ.

They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

وَقَدْ نَسِيَ إِسْرَائِيلُ صَانِعَهُ وَبَنَى قُصُورًا، وَكَثَّرَ يَهُوذَا مُدُنًا حَصِينَةً. لكِنِّي أُرْسِلُ عَلَى مُدُنِهِ نَارًا فَتَأْكُلُ قُصُورَهُ».

For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.