1 “ They say, ‘If a man divorces his wife, And she goes from him And becomes another man’s, May he return to her again?’ Would not that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; Yet return to Me,” says the Lord.

«إنْ طَلَّقَ رَجُلٌ زَوجَتَهُ، فَخَرَجَتْ مِنْ عِندِهِ، ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجَتْ رَجُلاً آخَرَ، فَهَلْ يُمكِنُ أنْ يَعُودَ إلَيها؟ ألا يُنَجِّسُ هَذا الأرْضَ تَماماً؟ وَأنتِ يا يَهُوذا، زَنَيْتِ مَعَ مُحِبِّينَ كَثِيرِينَ، وَتَعُودِينَ إلَيَّ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

2 “ Lift up your eyes to the desolate heights and see: Where have you not lain with men? By the road you have sat for them Like an Arabian in the wilderness; And you have polluted the land With your harlotries and your wickedness.

«ارفَعِي عَينَيكِ إلَى الهِضابِ الجَرداءِ، فَأينَ المَكانُ الَّذِي لَمْ تَزنِي فِيهِ؟ تَنتَظِرِينَ عِنْدَ جَوانِبِ الطُّرُقِ، كَبَدَوِيٍّ فِي الصَّحراءِ. نَجَّسْتِ الأرْضَ بِزِناكِ وَشَرِّكِ.

3 T herefore the showers have been withheld, And there has been no latter rain. You have had a harlot’s forehead; You refuse to be ashamed.

وَلِذَلِكَ امتَنَعَتِ الأمطارُ الغَزِيرَةُ، وَأمطارُ الرَّبِيعِ لَمْ تَأتِ. أنتِ مِثلُ زانِيَةٍ لا يَظهَرُ الخَجَلُ عَلَى وَجهِها.

4 W ill you not from this time cry to Me, ‘My Father, You are the guide of my youth?

ألَيسَ لِفَترَةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ دَعَوتِنِي: ‹أبِي، رَفِيقَ حَياتِي›؟

5 W ill He remain angry forever? Will He keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and done evil things, As you were able.” A Call to Repentance

وَقُلْتِ: ‹هَلْ سَيَغْضَبُ اللهُ إلَى الأبَدِ؟ هَلْ سَيَحفَظُ سَخَطَهُ إلَى النِّهايَةِ؟› تَقُولِينَ هَذا، ثُمَّ تَعمَلِينَ كُلَّ ما تَستَطِيعِينَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ!» الأُختانِ الشِّرِّيرَتانِ: إسْرائِيلُ وَيَهُوذا

6 T he Lord said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: “Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot.

ثُمَّ قالَ اللهُ لِي فِي فَترَةِ حُكمِ يُوشِيّا المَلِكِ: «هَلْ رَأيتَ ما عَمِلَتُهُ إسْرائِيلُ المُرتَدَّةُ؟ صَعِدَتْ إلَى كُلِّ تَلَّةٍ عالِيَةٍ وَتَحتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ مُورِقَةٍ، وَزَنَتْ هُناكَ.

7 A nd I said, after she had done all these things, ‘Return to Me.’ But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

فَقُلْتُ: ‹بَعدَ أنْ عَمِلَتْ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ سَتَرجِعُ إلَيَّ.› وَلَكِنَّها لَمْ تَرجِعْ. وَأُختُها الخائِنَةُ يَهُوذا رَأتْ ذَلِكَ.

8 T hen I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also.

وَرَأتْ أنَّهُ بِسَبَبِ الأعمالِ النَّجِسَةِ الَّتِي عَمِلَتْها إسْرائِيلُ المُرتَدَّةُ، أنا طَلَّقْتُها. وَلَكِنَّ أُختَها الخائِنَةَ يَهُوذا لَمْ تَخَفْ، فَذَهَبَتْ هِيَ أيضاً وَصارَتْ زانِيَةً.

9 S o it came to pass, through her casual harlotry, that she defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.

بَلِ استَهانَتْ بِزِناها، حَتَّى نَجَّسَتِ الأرْضَ بِهِ. مارَسِتِ الزِّنَى مَعَ الصُّخُورِ وَالأشجارِ!

10 A nd yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me with her whole heart, but in pretense,” says the Lord.

وَبِالرَّغمِ مِنْ هَذا، لَمْ تَعُدْ إلَيَّ أُختُها الخائِنَةُ يَهُوذا بِكُلِّ قَلبِها، وَلَكِنْ بِالكَذِبِ فَقَطْ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

11 T hen the Lord said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

ثُمَّ قالَ لِيَ اللهُ: «إسْرائِيلُ المُرتَدَّةُ أكثَرُ بِرّاً مِنَ الخائِنَةِ يَهُوذا.

12 G o and proclaim these words toward the north, and say: ‘Return, backsliding Israel,’ says the Lord; ‘I will not cause My anger to fall on you. For I am merciful,’ says the Lord; ‘I will not remain angry forever.

اذْهَبْ يا إرْمِيا وَنادِ بِهَذِهِ الكَلِماتِ نَحوَ الشَّمالِ وَقُلْ: «‹ارجِعِي أيَّتُها المُرتَدَّةُ إسْرائِيلُ.› يَقُولُ اللهُ: ‹لَنْ أنظُرَ إلَيكِ بِعُبُوسٍ، لأنِّي رَحِيمٌ،› يَقُولُ اللهُ: ‹لَنْ أغضَبَ إلَى الأبَدِ.

13 O nly acknowledge your iniquity, That you have transgressed against the Lord your God, And have scattered your charms To alien deities under every green tree, And you have not obeyed My voice,’ says the Lord.

اعتَرِفِي بِإثمِكِ، اعتَرِفِي بِأنَّكِ تَمَرَّدْتِ عَلَى إلَهِكِ. تَتَنَقَّلِينَ مِنْ إلَهٍ غَرِيبٍ إلَى إلَهٍ غَرِيبٍ آخَرَ تَحتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ مُورِقَةٍ، وَلَمْ تُطِيعِينِي،›» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

14 “ Return, O backsliding children,” says the Lord; “for I am married to you. I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «ارجِعُوا إلَيَّ أيُّها الأولادُ المُتَمَرِّدُونَ، لأنِّي أنا رَبُّكُمْ. سَآخُذُكُمْ واحِداً مِنَ المَدِينَةِ، وَاثْنَينِ مِنَ العَشِيرَةِ، وَآتِي بِكُمْ إلَى صِهْيَوْنَ.

15 A nd I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

سَأُعطِيكُمْ رُعاةً بِحَسَبِ قَلبِي، وَسَيَرعَونَكُمْ بِمَعرِفَةٍ وَمَهارَةٍ.

16 “ Then it shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days,” says the Lord, “that they will say no more, ‘The ark of the covenant of the Lord.’ It shall not come to mind, nor shall they remember it, nor shall they visit it, nor shall it be made anymore.

سَتَتَكاثَرُونَ، وَسَتَسكُنُونَ الأرْضَ فِي تِلكَ الأيّامِ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ. «لَنْ يَحتاجَ النّاسُ إلَى الكَلامِ عَنْ صُنْدُوقِ عَهدِ اللهِ فِيما بَعْدُ. لَنْ يُفَكِّرُوا بِهِ، وَلَنْ يَصنَعُوا مِثلَهُ ثانِيَةً.

17 “ At that time Jerusalem shall be called The Throne of the Lord, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem. No more shall they follow the dictates of their evil hearts.

فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَيَدعُو النّاسُ مَدينَةَ القُدْسِ عَرشَ اللهِ. سَتَجتَمِعُ كُلُّ الأُمَمِ مَعاً فِي القُدْسِ لأجلِ اسْمِ اللهِ. وَلَنْ يَعُودُوا يَتبَعُونَ أفكارَهُمُ الشِّرِّيرَةَ بِعِنادٍ.

18 “ In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given as an inheritance to your fathers.

فِي تِلكَ الأيّامِ، سَيَأتِي بَيتُ يَهُوذا وَبَيتُ إسْرائِيلَ – سَيَأتُونَ مَعاً مِنْ أرْضِ الشَّمالِ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لآبائِكُمْ.»

19 “ But I said: ‘How can I put you among the children And give you a pleasant land, A beautiful heritage of the hosts of nations?’ “And I said: ‘You shall call Me, “My Father,” And not turn away from Me.’

«سَأُعامِلَكُمْ كَبَنِينَ. وَسَأُعطِيكُمْ أرْضاً شَهِيَّةً، وَمِيراثاً عَظِيماً بَينَ الأُمَمِ. وَقُلْتُ إنَّكِ سَتُنادِينِي ‹يا أبِي،› وَلَنْ تَترُكِينِي.

20 S urely, as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, So have you dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel,” says the Lord.

وَلَكِنْ كَما تَخُونُ امْرأةٌ شَرِيكَ حَياتِها، هَكَذا خُنتُمُونِي يا بَيتَ إسْرائِيلَ.» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

21 A voice was heard on the desolate heights, Weeping and supplications of the children of Israel. For they have perverted their way; They have forgotten the Lord their God.

«صَوتٌ يُسمَعُ عَلَى الهِضابِ الجَرداءِ، صَوتُ بُكاءِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ وَصَلَواتِهِمْ. لأنَّهُمْ جَعَلُوا طَرِيقَهُمْ مُنحَرِفاً، وَنَسَوا إلَهَهُمْ.»

22 “ Return, you backsliding children, And I will heal your backslidings.” “Indeed we do come to You, For You are the Lord our God.

قالَ اللهُ: «ارجِعُوا إلَيَّ أيُّها الأولادُ المُرتَدُّونَ، وَأنا سَأشفِي ارتِدادَكُمْ.» قُولُوا فَقَطْ: «سَنَأتِي إلَيكَ، لأنَّكَ أنتَ إلَهُنا.

23 T ruly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, And from the multitude of mountains; Truly, in the Lord our God Is the salvation of Israel.

حَقّاً، إنَّ التِّلالَ لا تُقَدِّمُ مَعُونَةً، وَالضَّجَّةَ عَلَى الجِبالِ بِلا مَنفَعَةٍ. حَقّاً، إنَّ خَلاصَ إسْرائِيلَ هُوَ فِي إلَهِنا.

24 F or shame has devoured The labor of our fathers from our youth— Their flocks and their herds, Their sons and their daughters.

مُنذُ أيّامِ صِبانا، تَلتَهِمُ الآلِهَةُ المُخزِيَةُ كُلَّ تَعَبِ آبائِنا، غَنَمَهُمْ وَماشِيَتَهُمْ وَبَنِيهِمْ وَبَناتِهِمْ.

25 W e lie down in our shame, And our reproach covers us. For we have sinned against the Lord our God, We and our fathers, From our youth even to this day, And have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.”

فَلِنَنَمْ فِي خِزْيِنا، وَلْيُغَطِّنا ذُلُّنا. لأنَّنا أخطَأنا إلَى إلَهِنا ، نَحنُ وَآباؤُنا، مُنذُ نُشُوءِ هَذا الشَّعبِ إلَى اليَومِ. بَلْ لَمْ نُطِعْ إلَهَنا.»