1 W hen I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, also the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief enters in, and the gang of robbers ravages outside.

«حِينَ أشفِي إسْرائِيلَ، سَيَنكَشِفُ إثمُ أفْرايِمَ، وَالشُّرُورُ الَّتِي عُمِلَت فِي السّامِرَةِ. لأنَّهُمْ خَدَعُوا النّاسَ. أتَى السّارِقُ، وَعِصابَةٌ تَسلِبُ فِي الشّارِعِ.

2 T hey don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.

لا يُفَكِّرُونَ بِالأمرِ مَلِيّاً، وَلَكِنِّي تَذَكَّرتُ كُلَّ شَرِّهِمْ. وَالآنَ عادَت أعمالُهُمْ لِتَمسِكَ بِهِمْ. وَأنا أراهُمْ بِوُضُوحٍ.

3 T hey make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

يُسعِدُونَ المَلِكَ بِشَرِّهِمْ، وَبِكَذِبِهِمْ يُفَرِّحُونَ الرُّؤَساءَ.

4 T hey are all adulterers. They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring, from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.

كُلُّهُمْ زُناةٌ. إنَّهُمْ مِثلُ فُرنٍ مَحَمىً، لا يَحْتاجُ الخَبّازُ أن يَنشَغِلَ بِإحمائِهِ مُنْذُ العَجِينِ وَحَتَّى نُضُوجِ الخُبزِ.

5 O n the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers.

سَبَّبُوا المَرَضَ للِمَلِكِ خِلالَ النَّهارِ، وَللِرُؤَساءِ مِنْ حَرارَةِ الخَمرِ. وَالمَلِكُ يَنْضَمُّ إلَى الَّذِينَ يَستَهزِئُونَ بِاللهِ.

6 F or they have prepared their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.

إنَّهُمْ يَشتَعِلُونَ كَنارٍ، قُلُوبُهُمْ تَشتَعِلُ فِيهِمْ. يَنامُ غَضَبُهُمْ طَوالَ اللَّيلِ، لَكِن فِي الصَّباحِ يَشتَعِلُ كَالنّارِ المُلتَهِبَةِ.

7 T hey are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them who calls to me.

كُلُّهُمْ حامُونَ كَالفُرنِ وَيُفسِدُونَ قُضاتَهُمْ. كُلُّ مُلُوكِهِمْ يَسقُطُونَ، وَلا أحَدَ مِنهُمْ يَدعُونَنِي. جَهلُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ لِدَمارِهِمِ الوَشِيك

8 E phraim, he mixes himself among the nations. Ephraim is a pancake not turned over.

«أفْرايِمُ مُختَلِطٌ بِالأُمَمِ. أفْرايِمُ كَعكَةٌ احْتَرَقَ أحَدُ جانِبَيها لأنَّها لَمْ تُقلَبْ فِي الفُرنِ.

9 S trangers have devoured his strength, and he doesn’t realize it. Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him, and he doesn’t realize it.

يَأكُلُ الغُرَباءُ قُوَّتَهُ دُونَ أن يَعرِفَ. العَفَنُ مَرْشُوشٌ عَلِيهِ وَهُوَ لا يَعرِفُ.

10 T he pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they haven’t returned to Yahweh their God, nor sought him, for all this.

سَيَشهَدُ كِبرِياءُ إسْرائِيلَ ضِدَّهُ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَن يَرجِعُوا إلَى إلَهِهِمْ ، وَلَن يَطلُبُوهُ حَتَّى حِينَ يَعرِفُونَ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ.

11 “ Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.

أفْرايِمُ مِثلُ حَمامَةٍ طائِشَةٍ لا تُفَكِّرُ. يَدعُونَ مِصرَ لأجلِ الحُصُولِ عَلَى العَونِ، وَيَذهَبُونَ إلَى أشُّورَ لأجلِ الحُصُولِ عَلَى المُساعَدَةِ.»

12 W hen they go, I will spread my net on them. I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them, as their congregation has heard.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «حَيثُما ذَهَبُوا سَأبسِطُ شَبَكَةً عَلَيهِمْ. سَوفَ أُوقِعُهُمْ بِالفَخِّ كَما يُوقَعُ بِالطُّيُورِ. سَأُعاقِبُهُمْ عَلَى كُلِّ المَرّاتِ الَّتِي استَعانُوا فِيها بِالأُمَمِ الأُخرَى بَدَلاً مِنِّي.

13 W oe to them! For they have wandered from me. Destruction to them! For they have trespassed against me. Though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

فَليَستَعِدُّوا لِلمُعاناةِ، لأنَّهُمْ ضَلُّوا عَنِّي. سَيُعانُونَ مِنَ الضِّيقِ لأنَّهُمْ أخطَأُوا إلَيَّ. أنا أفدِيهُمْ، وَأمّا هُمْ فَيَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِالكَذِبِ عَنِّي.

14 T hey haven’t cried to me with their heart, but they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me.

لا يَصرُخُونَ إلَيَ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ. سَيَنُوحُونَ عَلَى أسِرَّتِهِمْ. يَذهَبُونَ إلَى البَعلِ لأجلِ قَمحِهِمْ وَنَبيذِهِمُ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ يَبتَعِدُونَ عَنِّي.

15 T hough I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil against me.

مَعَ أنِّي دَرَّبتُهُمْ، وَقَوَّيْتُ أيدِيهِمْ، إلّا أنَّهُمْ تَآمَرُوا بِالشَّرِّ عَلَيَّ.

16 T hey return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

التَفَتُوا إلَى عِبادَةِ ما لَيسَ إلَهاً. كانُوا مِثلَ القَوسِ المُنحَرِفِ. سَقَطَ رُؤَساءُهُمْ بِالسَّيفِ، بِسَبَبِ غَضَبِ الَّذِينَ استَهزَأوا بِهِمْ، حِينَ كانُوا فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ.