1 « قُولُوا لإخوَتِكُمْ ‹أنتُمْ شَعبِي،› وَقُولُوا لأخَواتِكُمْ ‹سَوفَ تُرحَمُونَ.›» رسالةُ اللهِ إلَى شَعبِه

Say to your brothers, “ Ammi,” and to your sisters, “ Ruhamah.”

2 « قَدِّمُوا قَضِيَّتِي لأُمِّكُمْ لأنَّها لَيسَت زَوجَتِي، وَأنا لَستُ زَوجَها. فَلتَتَوَقَّفْ عَنْ زِناها وَتُبعِدِ الذِّيِنَ تَزنِي مَعَهُمْ عَن صَدرِها.

“Contend with your mother, contend, For she is not my wife, and I am not her husband; And let her put away her harlotry from her face And her adultery from between her breasts,

3 و َإلّا فَإنِّي سَأُعَرِّيها وَأُوقِفُها عارِيَةً كَما وُلِدَتْ. سَأُحَوِّلُها إلَى بَرِّيَّةٍ وَسَأجعَلُها أرْضاً ناشِفَةً، وَسَأقتُلُها بِالعَطَشِ.

Or I will strip her naked And expose her as on the day when she was born. I will also make her like a wilderness, Make her like desert land And slay her with thirst.

4 ل َنْ أرحَمَ أولادَها لأنَّهُمْ أولادُ زِنَى.

“Also, I will have no compassion on her children, Because they are children of harlotry.

5 ل ِذَلِكَ حَبِلَتْ بِهِمْ أُمُّهُمُ الزّانِيَةُ وَعَلَيها أن تَخجَلَ مِمّا عَمِلَت. قالَت: ‹سَألحَقُ بِمُحِبِيَّ الَّذِينَ يُعطُونَنِي طَعامِيَ وَمائِيَ وَصُوفِيَ وَكِتّانِيَ وَزَيتِيَ وَشَرابِيَ.›

“For their mother has played the harlot; She who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said, ‘ I will go after my lovers, Who give me my bread and my water, My wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’

6 ل ِذَلكَ سَأُسَيِّجُ طَرِيقَها بِالأشواكِ، وَسَأبنِي حائِطاً حَولَها فَلا تَستَطِيعُ أن تَجِدَ طَرِيقَها.

“Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns, And I will build a wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.

7 و َمَعَ أنَّها سَتَلحَقُ بِهِمْ، إلّا أنَّها لَن تَصِلَ إلَيْهِمْ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَتَقُولُ: ‹سَأرجِعُ إلَى زَوجِي الأوَّلِ، لأنَّ حالَتِي فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ كانَت أفضَلُ مِمّا هِيَ عَلَيهِ الآنَ.›

“She will pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them; And she will seek them, but will not find them. Then she will say, ‘ I will go back to my first husband, For it was better for me then than now!’

8 ل َكِنَّها لَمْ تَعرِفْ أنِّي أنا مَنْ أعطاها القَمحَ وَالنَّبيذَ وَالزَّيتَ. أعطَيتُها الكَثِيرَ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ فَصَنَعَتْ مِنها تِمثالاً لِلبَعلِ.

“For she does not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the new wine and the oil, And lavished on her silver and gold, Which they used for Baal.

9 « لِذَلِكَ سَأعُودُ لأستَعِيدَ قَمحِي فِي وَقتِ حَصادِهِ، وَنَبيذِي فِي وَقتِ عَصرِهِ. سَأستَعِيدُ صُوفِي وَكِتّانِيَ الَّذَي تَستَخدِمهُ لِسِترِ عُريِها.

“Therefore, I will take back My grain at harvest time And My new wine in its season. I will also take away My wool and My flax Given to cover her nakedness.

10 س َأكشِفُ أعْمالَها المُخزِيَةَ أمامَ كُلِّ مُحِبِّيها. وَلَن يَستَطِيعَ أحَدٌ أن يُنقِذَها مِنْ يَدَيّ.

“And then I will uncover her lewdness In the sight of her lovers, And no one will rescue her out of My hand.

11 و َسَأُوقِفُ احتِفالاتِها وَأعيادَها أوائِلَ شُهُورِها وَسُبُوتِها وَكُلَّ مَواسِمِها.

“I will also put an end to all her gaiety, Her feasts, her new moons, her sabbaths And all her festal assemblies.

12 س َأُخَرِّبُ كُرُومَها وَأشجارَ التِّينِ الَّتِي قالَت عَنها: ‹هَذِهِ هَدايا أعطاها لِي مُحِبِيَّ.› وَسَأُحَوِّلُها إلَى غابَةٍ، وَسَتَأكُلُها الحَيواناتُ البَرِّيَّةُ.

“I will destroy her vines and fig trees, Of which she said, ‘These are my wages Which my lovers have given me.’ And I will make them a forest, And the beasts of the field will devour them.

13 س َأُعاقِبُها عَلَى الوَقتِ الَّذِي أحرَقَتْ فِيهِ البَخُورَ للبَعلِ حِينَ كانَت تَتَزَيَّنُ بِالحِلِيِّ وَالجَواهِرِ وَتَذهَبُ وَراءَ مُحِبِّيها، وَقَد نَسِيَتنِي، يَقُولُ اللهُ.

“I will punish her for the days of the Baals When she used to offer sacrifices to them And adorn herself with her earrings and jewelry, And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” declares the Lord. Restoration of Israel

14 « لِذَلِكَ سَأفْتِنُها وَأقُودُها إلَى البَرِّيَّةِ وَأُكَلِّمُ قَلَبَها.

“Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Bring her into the wilderness And speak kindly to her.

15 و َسَأُعطِيها كُرُومَها هُناكَ، وَسَيَصِيرُ وادِي عَخُورَ باباً للأمَلِ. وَسَتُجِيبُنِي هُناكَ كَما أجابَتنِي فِي أيّامِ شَبابِها حِينَ خَرَجَتْ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصْرَ.»

“Then I will give her her vineyards from there, And the valley of Achor as a door of hope. And she will sing there as in the days of her youth, As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

16 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَتَدعِينَنِي ‹رَجُلِي،› وَلَن تَعُودِي تَدعِينَنِي ‹بَعلِي.›

“It will come about in that day,” declares the Lord, “That you will call Me Ishi And will no longer call Me Baali.

17 و َسَأنزَعُ أسماءَ البَعلِ مِنْ فَمِها، فلا تَعُودُ تُذكَرُ فِيما بَعْدُ.

“For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, So that they will be mentioned by their names no more.

18 ف ِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَأقطَعُ عَهداً لَهُمْ مَعَ الحَيواناتِ البَرِّيَّةِ وَطُيُورِ السَّماءِ وَالحَيواناتِ الزّاحِفَةِ، وَسَأُزِيلُ القَوسَ وَالسَّيفَ وَالقِتالَ مِنَ الأرْضِ، وَسَأجعَلُهُمْ يَنامُونَ بِأمانٍ.

“In that day I will also make a covenant for them With the beasts of the field, The birds of the sky And the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword and war from the land, And will make them lie down in safety.

19 و َسَآخُذُكِ لِنَفسِي إلَى الأبَدِ. سَآخُذُكِ لِنَفسِي وَأُعامِلُكِ بِالبِرِّ وَالعَدلِ وَالمَحَبَّةِ وَالرَّحمَةِ.

“I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, In lovingkindness and in compassion,

20 س َآخُذُكِ لِنَفسِي وَأُعامِلُكِ بِأمانَةٍ وَسَتَعرِفِينَ اللهَ.

And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will know the Lord.

21 « فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَأستَجِيبُ. سَأستَجِيبُ للسَّماواتِ، وَالسَّماواتُ سَتَستَجِيبُ لِلأرْضِ.

“It will come about in that day that I will respond,” declares the Lord. “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth,

22 و َسَتَستَجِيبُ الأرْضُ بِأن تُعطِيَ قَمحاً وَنَبيذاً وَزَيتاً. وَهَذِهِ كُلُّها سَتَستَجِيبُ لِيَزْرَعِيلَ.

And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and to the oil, And they will respond to Jezreel.

23 ل أنِّي سَأزرَعُها لِنَفسِي فِي الأرْضِ، وَسَأرحَمُ لُورُحامَةَ، وَسَأقُولُ لِلُوعَمِّي: ‹أنتَ شَعبِي› وَهُوَ سَيَقُولُ: ‹أنتَ إلَهِي.›»

“I will sow her for Myself in the land. I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion, And I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people!’ And they will say, ‘ You are my God!’”