1 و َاعْتَلَى هُوشَعُ بْنُ أيلَةَ عَرْشَ إسْرائِيلَ فِي السّامِرَةِ. وَكانَ ذَلِكَ فِي السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ آحازَ لِيَهُوذا. وَحَكَمَ هُوشَعُ تِسْعَ سَنَواتٍ.

In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, and reigned nine years.

2 و َفَعَلَ هُوشَعُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَى نَفْسِ الدَّرَجَةِ مِنَ الشَّرِّ كَالمُلُوكِ الَّذِينَ سَبَقُوهُ.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

3 و َجاءَ شَلْمَنْأسَّرُ، مَلِكُ أشُّورَ، لِمُحارَبَةِ هُوشَعَ فَهَزَمَهُ. فَصارَ هُوشَعُ يَدفَعُ لَهُ الجِزْيَةَ.

Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.

4 ل كِنْ في وَقْتٍ لاحِقٍ رَأى مَلِكُ أشُّورَ أنَّ هُوشَعَ قَدْ نَقَضَ عَهْدَهُ مَعَهُ. فَقَدْ أرْسَلَ رُسُلاً إلَى سَوا مَلِكِ مِصْرَ، لِيَعقِدَ مَعَهُ اتِّفاقاً مِنْ غَيْرِ مَعْرِفَةِ مَلِكِ أشُّورَ. وَامتَنَعَ عَنْ دَفعِ الجِزيَةِ السَّنَوِيَّةِ المُتَّفَقِ عَلَيها. فَقَبَضَ عَلَيهِ وَسَجَنَهُ.

And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

5 و شَنَّ مَلِكُ أشُّورَ هَجَماتٍ عَلَى جَمِيعِ مَناطِقِ إسْرائِيلَ. ثُمَّ جاءَ إلَى السّامِرَةِ، وَحاصَرَها ثَلاثَ سَنَواتٍ.

Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

6 و َتَمَكَّنَ مَلِكُ أشُّورَ مِنَ الاسْتِيلاءِ عَلَى السّامِرَةِ فِي السَّنَةِ التّاسِعَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ هُوشَعَ لإسْرائِيلَ. وَسَبَى كَثِيرِينَ مِنْ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ إلَى أشُّورَ. وَأسْكَنَهُمْ فِي حَلَحَ عِنْدَ نَهْرِ خابُورَ فِي جُوزانَ وَفِي مُدُنِ المادِيِّينَ.

In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

7 ح َدَثَتْ هَذِهِ الأُمُورُ لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ لِأنَّهُمْ أخْطَأُوا إلَى إلَهِهِمْ الَّذِي أخرَجَهُمْ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصْرَ. فَقَدْ حَرَّرَهُمْ مِنْ قُوَّةِ فِرعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ، لَكِنَّهُمْ راحُوا يَعبُدُونَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى.

And it was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

8 و َتَبَنَّوْا المُمارَساتِ البَغِيضَةَ لِلأُمَمِ الَّتِي اسْتَأْصَلَها اللهُ لِيَزرَعَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مَكانَهُمْ. وَتَبَنَّوْا المُمارَساتِ الَتِي أتَى بِها مُلوكُ إسْرائِيلَ.

and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.

9 ا رتَكَبَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ خَطايا كَثِيرَةً ضِدَّ إلَهِهِمْ عَلَناً وَسِرّاً. فَبَنُوا مُرْتَفَعاتٍ فِي كُلِّ مُدُنِهِمْ، مِنَ المُدُنِ الصَّغِيرَةِ إلَى الكَبِيرَةِ.

And the children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against Jehovah their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;

10 و َأقامُوا أنصاباً تَذْكارِيَّةً وَأعمِدَةَ عَشْتَرُوتَ عَلَى كُلِّ تَلٍّ عالٍ وَتَحتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْراءَ.

and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree;

11 و َأحْرَقُوا بَخُوراً هُناكَ فِي كُلِّ مُرتَفَعاتِ العِبادَةِ تِلْكَ. تَبَنُّوا نَفسَ المُمارَساتِ البَغِيضَةِ الَّتِي مارَسَتْها الأُمَمُ الَّتِي اسْتَأْصَلَها اللهُ لِيَزْرَعَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مَكانَها. وَعَمِلُوا شُرُوراً فَظِيعَةً أغضَبَتِ اللهَ كَثِيراً.

and there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the nations whom Jehovah carried away before them; and they wrought wicked things to provoke Jehovah to anger;

12 و َعَبَدُوا أصناماً، عَلَى الرَّغمِ مِنْ أنَّ اللهَ سَبَقَ أنْ حَذَّرَهُمْ: «لا تَعمَلُوا هَذا الأمْرَ.»

and they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

13 و َأرْسَلَ اللهُ الأنْبِياءَ وَالرَّائِينَ كَي يُنذِرَ إسْرائِيلَ وَيَهُوذا وَيَقُولَ: «اترُكُوا شُرُورَكُمْ وَاتبَعُوا وَصايايَ وَشَرائِعِي. اعمَلُوا بِالشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لآبائِكُمْ. هَكَذا أمَرْتُ آباءَكُمْ عَلَى لِسانِ الأنبِياءِ خُدّامِي.»

Yet Jehovah testified unto Israel, and unto Judah, by every prophet, and every seer, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

14 غ َيرَ أنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُطِيْعُوا، بَلْ عَانَدُوا كَما فَعَلَ آباؤهُمْ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُؤمِنُوا بِإلَهِهِمْ.

Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in Jehovah their God.

15 ر َفَضُوا شَرائِعَ اللهِ وَالعَهْدَ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ مَعَ آبائِهِمْ. وَلَمْ يَشاءُوا أنْ يَستَمِعُوا إلَى تَحذِيراتِهِ. وَعَبَدُوا أوْثاناً تافِهَةً، وَصارُوا هُمْ أنفُسَهُمْ تافِهِينَ مِثلَها. وَعاشُوا مِثلَ الأُمَمِ المُحِيطَةِ بِهِمْ، عَلَى الرُّغمِ مِنْ أنَّ اللهَ أنذَرَهُمْ أنْ لا يَفعَلُوا ذَلِكَ.

And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified unto them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.

16 ت َرَكُوا جَمِيعَ وَصايا إلَهِهِمْ. وَصَنَعُوا عِجلَينِ ذَهَبِيَّينِ، وَأقامُوا أعمِدَةَ عَشْتَرُوتَ، وَعَبَدُوا نُجُومَ السَّماءِ، وَخَدَمُوا البَعلَ!

And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

17 و َقَدَّمُوا أبناءَهُمْ وَبَناتِهِمْ ذَبائِحَ لَهُ. وَاسْتَخدَمُوا السِّحْرَ وَالعِرافَةَ لِلتَنَبُّؤِ بِالمُسْتَقبَلِ! وَباعُوا أنفُسَهُم لِعَمَلِ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ! فَأغضَبَ هَذا الأمْرُ اللهَ كَثِيراً.

And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

18 و َهَكَذا غَضِبَ اللهُ كَثِيراً عَلَى بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، وَأخرَجَهُمْ مِنْ حَضْرَتِهِ جَمِيعاً عَدا عَشِيرَةِ يَهُوذا. شَعبُ يَهُوذا آثِمُونَ أيضا

Therefore Jehovah was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

19 و َكَذَلِكَ بُنُو يَهُوذا لَمْ يُطِيعُوا وَصايا إلَهَهُمْ ، بَلْ سارُوا عَلَى نَهْجِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، وَتَبَنَّوا مُمارَساتِهِمْ.

Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

20 ف َرَفَضَ اللهُ جَميعَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. وَجَلَبَ عَلَيهِمْ ضِيقاتٍ كَثِيرَةً. وَسَمَحَ لِشُعُوبٍ أُخْرَى بِأنْ تَنتَصِرَ عَلَيهِمْ. وَأخِيراً، طَرَحَهُمْ بَعِيداً عَنْهُ وَعَنْ نَظَرِهِ.

And Jehovah rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

21 و َشَقَّ اللهُ إسْرائِيلَ عَنْ عائِلَةِ داوُدَ. وَنَصَّبُوا يَرُبْعامَ بْنَ نَباطَ مَلِكاً عَلَيْهِم، الَّذِي جَرَّهُمْ إلَى الخَطِيَّةِ، وَأبعَدَهُمْ عَنِ اللهِ.

For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drove Israel from following Jehovah, and made them sin a great sin.

22 ف َسارَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ عَلَى نَهْجِ يَرُبْعامَ. وَتَمَسَّكُوا بِخَطاياهُ.

And the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;

23 ف َأخرَجَ اللهُ بَنِي إسرائيلَ مِنْ حَضْرَتِهِ، كَما سَبَقَ أنْ قالَ عَلَى ألسِنَةِ الأنبِياءِ. وَهَكَذا سُبِيَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ إلَى أشُّورَ. وَمازالُوا هُناكَ حَتَّى يَوْمِنا هَذا. نشأةُ السّامِريّين

until Jehovah removed Israel out of his sight, as he spake by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

24 و َأخرَجَ مَلِكُ أشُّورَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنَ السّامِرَةِ. وَجَلَبَ بَدَلاً مِنْهُمْ جَماعاتٍ أُخْرَى مِنْ بابِلَ وَكُوثٍ وَعَوّا وَحَماةَ وَسَفْراوِيمَ. فَاسْتَولُوا عَلَى السّامِرَةِ وَسَكَنُوا فِي مُدُنِها.

And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

25 و َفِي بِدايَةِ إقامَةِ هَؤُلاءِ فِي السّامِرَةِ، لَمِ يَكُونُوا يَعْبُدُونَ يهوه ، فَأرْسَلَ يهوه أُسُوداً لِلفَتْكِ بِهِمْ، فَقَتَلَتْ بَعْضَهُمْ.

And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not Jehovah: therefore Jehovah sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

26 ف َقِيلَ لِمَلِكِ أشُّورَ: «إنَّ النّاسَ الَّذِينَ جَلَبْتَهُمْ وَأسْكَنْتَهُمْ فِي مُدُنِ السّامِرَةِ لا يَعرِفُونَ شَرِيعَةَ إلَهِ ذَلِكَ البَلَدِ. وَلِهَذا أرْسَلَ أُسُوداً عَلَيهِمْ، فَقَتَلَتْ بَعْضاً مِنْهُمْ.»

Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the law of the god of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the law of the god of the land.

27 ف َأمَرَ مَلِكُ أشُّورَ وَقالَ: «أرسِلُوا إلَيْهِمْ أحَدَ الكَهَنَةِ الَّذِينَ سَبَيتُمُوهُمْ مِنْ هُناكَ. لِيَذْهَبَ وَيَسْكُنَ هُناكَ وَيُعَلِّمَهُمْ شَرِيعَةَ إلَهِ ذَلِكَ البَلَدِ.»

Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the law of the god of the land.

28 ف َرَجِعَ إلَى السّامِرَةِ كاهِنٌ كانَ قَدْ سُبِيَ مِنْها. وَجاءَ وَسَكَنَ فِي بَيْتِ إيلَ. وَعَلَّمَ الشَّعبَ كَيفَ يَنبَغِي أنْ يَعْبُدُوا يهوه.

So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah.

29 ل َكِنَّ جَمِيعَ أُولَئِكَ النّاسِ صَنَعُوا أيضاً آلِهَةً خاصَّةً بِهِمْ، وَوَضَعُوها فِي الهَياكِلِ وَفِي المُرتَفَعاتِ الَّتِي بَناها السّامِرِيُّونَ.

Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.

30 ف َعَمِلَ أهلُ بابِلَ تَماثِيلَ لِلإلَهِ سُكُّوثَ بَنُوثَ. وَعَمِلَ أهلُ كُوثٍ تَماثِيلَ لِلإلَهِ نَرْجَلَ. وَعَمِلَ أهلُ حَماةَ تَماثِيلَ لِلإلَهِ أشِيما.

And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

31 و َعَمِلَ أهلُ عَوّا تَماثِيلَ لِلإلَهَينِ نَبْحَزَ وَتَرْتاقَ. وَأحرَقَ أهلُ سَفْراوِيمَ أبْناءَهُمْ فِي النّارِ تَكْرِيماً لِلإلَهَينِ أدْرَمَّلَكَ وَعَنَمَّلَكَ.

and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

32 ل َكِنَّهُمْ عَبَدُوا يهوه أيضاً. وَاختارُوا كَهَنَةً لِلمُرتَفَعاتِ مِنْ بَينِ الشَّعبِ. فَقَدَّمُوا ذَبائِحَ عَنِ الشَّعبِ فِي الهَياكِلِ وَالمُرتَفَعاتِ.

So they feared Jehovah, and made unto them from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

33 ك انُوا يَعْبُدُونَ يهوه، لَكِنَّهُمْ عَبَدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى أيضاً كَمُمارَساتِ البِلادِ الَّتِي كانُوا مَسبِيِّينَ فِيها.

They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

34 و َما زالُوا حَتَّى هَذا اليَوْمِ يُمارِسُونَ تِلْكَ العاداتِ الَّتِي مارَسُوها فِي الماضِي. فَهُمْ لا يَعْبُدُونَ يهوه حقّاً. وَلا يَعمَلُونَ حَسَبَ أنظِمَةِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ وَعاداتِهِمْ. وَلا يَلْتَزِمُونَ بِالشَّرائِعِ وَالوَصايا الَّتِي أعطاها يهوه لِأبْناءِ يَعْقُوبَ، أي إسْرائِيلَ.

Unto this day they do after the former manner: they fear not Jehovah, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the commandment which Jehovah commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

35 ف َقَدْ قَطَعَ يهوه عَهْداً مَعَهُمْ، وَأمَرَهُمْ فَقالَ: «لا تَعْبُدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى، وَلا تَسْجُدُوا لَها وَلا تَخدِمُوها، وَلا تُقَدِّمُوا لَها ذَبائِحَ.

with whom Jehovah had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

36 ب َلِ اعْبُدُوا يهوه الَّذِي أخرَجَكُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ وَأنقَذَكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ وَذِرَاعٍ مَمْدُودَةٍ. لَهُ يَنبَغِي السُّجُودُ وَتَقدِيمُ الذَّبائِحَ.

but Jehovah, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, him shall ye fear, and unto him shall ye bow yourselves, and to him shall ye sacrifice:

37 أ طِيعُوا أنظِمَتَهُ وَشَرائِعَهُ وَتَعالِيمَهُ وَوَصاياهُ الَّتِي كَتَبَها لَكُمْ. اعمَلُوا بِها عَلَى الدَّوامِ. وَلا تَعْبُدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى.

and the statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods:

38 و َلا تَنْسُوا العَهْدَ الَّذِي قَطَعْتُهُ مَعَكُمْ. لا تَعْبُدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى،

and the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods:

39 ب َلِ اعْبُدُوا يهوه إلَهَكُمْ وَحدَهُ. وَهُوَ سَيُنقِذُكُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أعدائِكُمْ.»

but Jehovah your God shall ye fear; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

40 ل َكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا. بَلْ وَاصَلُوا مُمارَسَةَ عاداتِهِمِ الماضِيَةِ.

Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

41 و َهَكَذا بَدأتْ تِلْكَ الأُمَمُ تَعْبُدُ يهوه. غَيرَ أنَّها اسْتَمَرَّتْ فِي عِبادَةِ أوْثانِها. وَهَذا هُوَ حالُها وَحالُ أبْنائِها وَأحْفادِها حَتَّى هَذا اليَوْمِ.

So these nations feared Jehovah, and served their graven images; their children likewise, and their children's children, as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.