1 S ay to your brethren, ‘My people,’ And to your sisters, ‘Mercy is shown. ’ God’s Unfaithful People

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

2 “ Bring charges against your mother, bring charges; For she is not My wife, nor am I her Husband! Let her put away her harlotries from her sight, And her adulteries from between her breasts;

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

3 L est I strip her naked And expose her, as in the day she was born, And make her like a wilderness, And set her like a dry land, And slay her with thirst.

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

4 “ I will not have mercy on her children, For they are the children of harlotry.

لَنْ أرحَمَ أولادَها لأنَّهُمْ أولادُ زِنَى.

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

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

6 “ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, And wall her in, So that she cannot find her paths.

لِذَلكَ سَأُسَيِّجُ طَرِيقَها بِالأشواكِ، وَسَأبنِي حائِطاً حَولَها فَلا تَستَطِيعُ أن تَجِدَ طَرِيقَها.

7 S he will chase her lovers, But not overtake them; Yes, she will seek them, but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go and return to my first husband, For then it was better for me than now.’

وَمَعَ 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.›

8 F or she did not know That I gave her grain, new wine, and oil, And multiplied her silver and gold— Which they prepared for Baal.

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

9 “ Therefore I will return and take away My grain in its time And My new wine in its season, And will take back My wool and My linen, Given to cover her nakedness.

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

10 N ow I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, And no one shall deliver her from My hand.

سَأكشِفُ أعْمالَها المُخزِيَةَ أمامَ كُلِّ مُحِبِّيها. وَلَن يَستَطِيعَ أحَدٌ أن يُنقِذَها مِنْ يَدَيّ.

11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, Her feast days, Her New Moons, Her Sabbaths— All her appointed feasts.

وَسَأُوقِفُ احتِفالاتِها وَأعيادَها أوائِلَ شُهُورِها وَسُبُوتِها وَكُلَّ مَواسِمِها.

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

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

13 I will punish her For the days of the Baals to which she burned incense. She decked herself with her earrings and jewelry, And went after her lovers; But Me she forgot,” says the Lord. God’s Mercy on His People

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

14 “ Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Will bring her into the wilderness, And speak comfort to her.

«لِذَلِكَ سَأفْتِنُها وَأقُودُها إلَى البَرِّيَّةِ وَأُكَلِّمُ قَلَبَها.

15 I will give her her vineyards from there, And the Valley of Achor as a door of hope; She shall sing there, As in the days of her youth, As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

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

16 “ And it shall be, in that day,” Says the Lord, “ That you will call Me ‘My Husband,’ And no longer call Me ‘My Master,’

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

17 F or I will take from her mouth the names of the Baals, And they shall be remembered by their name no more.

وَسَأنزَعُ أسماءَ البَعلِ مِنْ فَمِها، فلا تَعُودُ تُذكَرُ فِيما بَعْدُ.

18 I n that day I will make a covenant for them With the beasts of the field, With the birds of the air, And with the creeping things of the ground. Bow and sword of battle I will shatter from the earth, To make them lie down safely.

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

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

وَسَآخُذُكِ لِنَفسِي إلَى الأبَدِ. سَآخُذُكِ لِنَفسِي وَأُعامِلُكِ بِالبِرِّ وَالعَدلِ وَالمَحَبَّةِ وَالرَّحمَةِ.

20 I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, And you shall know the Lord.

سَآخُذُكِ لِنَفسِي وَأُعامِلُكِ بِأمانَةٍ وَسَتَعرِفِينَ اللهَ.

21 “ It shall come to pass in that day That I will answer,” says the Lord; “I will answer the heavens, And they shall answer the earth.

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

22 T he earth shall answer With grain, With new wine, And with oil; They shall answer Jezreel.

وَسَتَستَجِيبُ الأرْضُ بِأن تُعطِيَ قَمحاً وَنَبيذاً وَزَيتاً. وَهَذِهِ كُلُّها سَتَستَجِيبُ لِيَزْرَعِيلَ.

23 T hen I will sow her for Myself in the earth, And I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; Then I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people!’ And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’”

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