1 W hen I would heal Israel, then Ephraim’s guilt is uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; how they practice falsehood, and the thief enters and the troop of bandits ravage and raid without.

«حِينَ أشفِي إسْرائِيلَ، سَيَنكَشِفُ إثمُ أفْرايِمَ، وَالشُّرُورُ الَّتِي عُمِلَت فِي السّامِرَةِ. لأنَّهُمْ خَدَعُوا النّاسَ. أتَى السّارِقُ، وَعِصابَةٌ تَسلِبُ فِي الشّارِعِ.

2 B ut they do not consider and say to their minds and hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own doings surround and entangle them; they are before My face.

لا يُفَكِّرُونَ بِالأمرِ مَلِيّاً، وَلَكِنِّي تَذَكَّرتُ كُلَّ شَرِّهِمْ. وَالآنَ عادَت أعمالُهُمْ لِتَمسِكَ بِهِمْ. وَأنا أراهُمْ بِوُضُوحٍ.

3 T hey make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

يُسعِدُونَ المَلِكَ بِشَرِّهِمْ، وَبِكَذِبِهِمْ يُفَرِّحُونَ الرُّؤَساءَ.

4 T hey are all adulterers; their passion smolders like heat of an oven when the baker ceases to stir the fire from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.

كُلُّهُمْ زُناةٌ. إنَّهُمْ مِثلُ فُرنٍ مَحَمىً، لا يَحْتاجُ الخَبّازُ أن يَنشَغِلَ بِإحمائِهِ مُنْذُ العَجِينِ وَحَتَّى نُضُوجِ الخُبزِ.

5 O n the day of our king the princes made themselves and him sick with the heat of wine; stretched out his hand with scoffers and lawless men.

سَبَّبُوا المَرَضَ للِمَلِكِ خِلالَ النَّهارِ، وَللِرُؤَساءِ مِنْ حَرارَةِ الخَمرِ. وَالمَلِكُ يَنْضَمُّ إلَى الَّذِينَ يَستَهزِئُونَ بِاللهِ.

6 F or they have made ready their heart, and their mind burns like an oven while they lie in wait. Their anger smolders all night; in the morning it blazes forth as a flaming fire.

إنَّهُمْ يَشتَعِلُونَ كَنارٍ، قُلُوبُهُمْ تَشتَعِلُ فِيهِمْ. يَنامُ غَضَبُهُمْ طَوالَ اللَّيلِ، لَكِن فِي الصَّباحِ يَشتَعِلُ كَالنّارِ المُلتَهِبَةِ.

7 T hey are all hot as an oven and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen; there is none among them who calls to Me.

كُلُّهُمْ حامُونَ كَالفُرنِ وَيُفسِدُونَ قُضاتَهُمْ. كُلُّ مُلُوكِهِمْ يَسقُطُونَ، وَلا أحَدَ مِنهُمْ يَدعُونَنِي. جَهلُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ لِدَمارِهِمِ الوَشِيك

8 E phraim mixes himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

«أفْرايِمُ مُختَلِطٌ بِالأُمَمِ. أفْرايِمُ كَعكَةٌ احْتَرَقَ أحَدُ جانِبَيها لأنَّها لَمْ تُقلَبْ فِي الفُرنِ.

9 S trangers have devoured his strength, and he knows it not; yes, gray hairs are sprinkled here and there upon him, and he does not know it.

يَأكُلُ الغُرَباءُ قُوَّتَهُ دُونَ أن يَعرِفَ. العَفَنُ مَرْشُوشٌ عَلِيهِ وَهُوَ لا يَعرِفُ.

10 A nd the pride of Israel testifies against him and to his face. But they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek nor inquire of nor require Him in spite of all this.

سَيَشهَدُ كِبرِياءُ إسْرائِيلَ ضِدَّهُ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَن يَرجِعُوا إلَى إلَهِهِمْ ، وَلَن يَطلُبُوهُ حَتَّى حِينَ يَعرِفُونَ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ.

11 E phraim also is like a silly dove without heart or understanding; they call to Egypt; they go to Assyria.

أفْرايِمُ مِثلُ حَمامَةٍ طائِشَةٍ لا تُفَكِّرُ. يَدعُونَ مِصرَ لأجلِ الحُصُولِ عَلَى العَونِ، وَيَذهَبُونَ إلَى أشُّورَ لأجلِ الحُصُولِ عَلَى المُساعَدَةِ.»

12 A s they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the heavens. I will chastise them according to the announcement to their congregation.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «حَيثُما ذَهَبُوا سَأبسِطُ شَبَكَةً عَلَيهِمْ. سَوفَ أُوقِعُهُمْ بِالفَخِّ كَما يُوقَعُ بِالطُّيُورِ. سَأُعاقِبُهُمْ عَلَى كُلِّ المَرّاتِ الَّتِي استَعانُوا فِيها بِالأُمَمِ الأُخرَى بَدَلاً مِنِّي.

13 W oe to them, for they have wandered from Me! Destruction to them, because they have rebelled and trespassed against Me! Though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against Me.

فَليَستَعِدُّوا لِلمُعاناةِ، لأنَّهُمْ ضَلُّوا عَنِّي. سَيُعانُونَ مِنَ الضِّيقِ لأنَّهُمْ أخطَأُوا إلَيَّ. أنا أفدِيهُمْ، وَأمّا هُمْ فَيَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِالكَذِبِ عَنِّي.

14 T hey do not cry to Me from their heart, but they wail upon their beds; they gash and distress and assemble themselves for grain and new wine; they rebel against Me.

لا يَصرُخُونَ إلَيَ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ. سَيَنُوحُونَ عَلَى أسِرَّتِهِمْ. يَذهَبُونَ إلَى البَعلِ لأجلِ قَمحِهِمْ وَنَبيذِهِمُ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ يَبتَعِدُونَ عَنِّي.

15 A lthough I have chastened them and trained and strengthened their arms, yet they think and devise evil against Me.

مَعَ أنِّي دَرَّبتُهُمْ، وَقَوَّيْتُ أيدِيهِمْ، إلّا أنَّهُمْ تَآمَرُوا بِالشَّرِّ عَلَيَّ.

16 T hey turn back, shift, or change, but not upwards. They are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the insolence and rage of their tongue. This shall be their derision and scorning in the land of Egypt.

التَفَتُوا إلَى عِبادَةِ ما لَيسَ إلَهاً. كانُوا مِثلَ القَوسِ المُنحَرِفِ. سَقَطَ رُؤَساءُهُمْ بِالسَّيفِ، بِسَبَبِ غَضَبِ الَّذِينَ استَهزَأوا بِهِمْ، حِينَ كانُوا فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ.