1 W hen Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he became guilty in Baal, he died.

«حِينَ تَكَلَّمَ أفْرايِمُ كانَ هُناكَ رُعبٌ. رَفَعَ نَفسَهُ فِي إسْرائِيلَ. لَكِنَّهُ عَمِلَ إثماً بِعِبادَتِهِ البَعلَ، فَماتَ.

2 N ow they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, ‘They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves.’

وَهُمِ الآنَ يَستَمِرُّونَ فِي الخَطِيَّةِ. يَصنَعُونَ لأنفُسِهِمْ صَنَماً. سَبَكُوا تَماثِيلَ بَكُلِّ مَهارَةٍ، وَقَد كانَ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنها عَمَلَ حِرَفِيِّينَ مَهَرَةٍ. يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إلَى تِلكَ التَّماثِيلِ. يُقَدِّمُونَ ذَبائِحَ لَها، وَيُقَبِّلُونَ تِلكَ العُجُولَ الذَّهَبِيَّةَ.

3 T herefore they will be like the morning mist, and like the dew that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke out of the chimney.

وَلِهَذا فَهُمْ كَالضَبابِ فِي الصَّباحِ وَالنَّدَى الَّذِي يَزُولُ سَرِيعاً فِي النَّهارِ. إنَّهُمْ كَالتِّبنِ الَّذِي يَتَطايَرُ مِنْ بَيدَرِ الدَّرسِ، وَكالدُخانِ الصّاعِدِ مِنَ المَدخَنَةِ.

4 “ Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.

«أنا إلَهُكَ مُنذُ كُنتَ فِي مِصرَ. لَمْ تَعبُدْ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى غَيرِي، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ مُخَلِّصٌ آخَرُ سِوايَ.

5 I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

عَرَفتُكَ فِي الصَّحراءِ وَفِي الأرْضِ الجّافَّةِ.

6 A ccording to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.

حِينَ كُنتُ أُطعِمُهُمْ كانَ لَدَيهُمُ الكَثِيرَ لِيَأكُلُوهُ، لِذَلِكَ تَكَبَّرُوا وَنَسُونِي.

7 T herefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.

لِذَلِكَ سَأكُونُ لَهُمْ كَأسَدٍ، وَكَنَمِرٍ عَلَى طَرِيقِ أشُّورَ.

8 I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.

سَأهجُمُ عَلَيهِمْ مِثلَ دُبَّةٍ هائِجَةٍ فَأشُقُّ صُدُورَهُمْ. سَألتَهِمُهُمْ كَما يَلتَهِمُ الأسَدُ، وَسَأُمَزِّقُهُمْ مِثلَ حَيوانٍ بَرِّيٍّ.

9 Y ou are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your help.

«يا إسْرائِيلُ، سَأُدَمِّرُكَ، لأنَّكَ ضِدِّي، ضِدَّ مُعِينِكَ.

10 W here is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes?’

فَأينَ مَلِكُكَ؟ هَل سَيَأتِي بِالخَلاصِ إلَى كُلِّ مُدُنِكَ؟ وَأينَ قُضاتُكَ الَّذِينَ صَلَّيتَ إلَيَّ بِشَأنِهِمْ وَقُلتَ: ‹أعطِنِي مَلِكاً وَرُؤَساءَ؟›

11 I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.

أعطَيتُكَ مَلِكاً وَأنا غاضِبٌ، وَأخَذتُهُ حِينَ كُنتُ ساخِطاً.

12 T he guilt of Ephraim is stored up. His sin is stored up.

«جَرِيمَةُ أفْرايِمَ مَحفُوظَةٌ فِي صُرَّةٍ، وَخَطِيَّتُهُ مُخَبَأةٌ.

13 T he sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son; for when it is time, he doesn’t come to the opening of the womb.

آلامُ الوِلادَةِ المُنبِئَةُ باقتِرابِ وِلادَتِهِ أتَتْ. إنَّهُ وَلَدٌ غَيرُ حَكِيمٍ. فَحِينَ جاءَ وَقتُ وِلادَتِهِ لَمْ يَخرُجْ مِنْ بَطنِ أُمِّهِ.

14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

«سَأفتَدِيهِ مِنْ سَيطَرَةِ الهاوِيَةِ، سَأُخَلِّصُهُ مِنَ المَوتِ. أينَ هَلاكُكَ يا مَوتُ؟ أينَ خَرابُكِ يا هاوِيَةُ؟ لَستُ أرَى سَبَباً واحِداً للشَّفَقَةِ عَلَيهِ!

15 T hough he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come, the breath of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness; and his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up. He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.

مَعَ أنَّ أفْرايِمَ أكثَرُ مِنْ إخْوَتِهِ إثماراً، إلّا أنَّ رِيحَ اللهِ الشَّرقِيَّةَ سَتَأتِي عَلَيهِ مِنَ البِرِّيَّةِ. سَتَنْشَفُ بِئرُهُ، وَسَيَجِفُّ نَبعُهُ. وَسَتَسلِبُ الرِّيحُ كُلَّ ثَمِينٍ عِندَهُ.

16 S amaria will bear her guilt; for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.”

السّامِرَةُ مُذنِبَةٌ لأنَّها تَمَرَّدَت عَلَى إلَهِها. سَيَسقُطُونَ فِي الحَربِ، وَسَيُسحَقُ أطفالُهُمْ، وَسَتُشَقُّ نِساؤُهُمُ الحَوامِلُ.»