Hosea 6 (NAV) · Opened

1«تَعَالَوْا نَرْجِعْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ. هُوَ الَّذِي مَزَّقَنَا إِرْباً إِرْباً، وَهُوَ وَحْدَهُ يُبْرِئُنَا. هُوَ الَّذِي ضَرَبَنَا، وَهُوَ وَحْدَهُ الَّذِي يَجْبُرُنَا.Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

2بَعْدَ يَوْمَيْنِ يُحْيِينَا، وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ يُقِيمُنَا، لِنَحْيَا أَمَامَهُ.After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.

3لِنَعْرِفْ، بَلْ لِنَجِدَّ حَتَّى نَعْرِفَ الرَّبَّ، فَمَجِيئُهُ يَقِينٌ كَالْفَجْرِ، يُقْبِلُ إِلَيْنَا كَإِقْبَالِ الْمَطَرِ وَكَغُيُوثِ الرَّبِيعِ الَّتِي تَرْوِي الأَرْضَ».So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

4مَاذَا أَصْنَعُ بِكَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَفْعَلُهُ بِكَ يَا يَهُوذَا؟ إِنَّ حُبَّكُمْ يَتَلاشَى كَسَحَابَةِ الصُّبْحِ وَيَتَبَخَّرُ كَالنَّدَى.What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

5لِذَلِكَ مَزَّقْتُكُمْ بِإِنْذَارَاتِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ، وَقَضَيْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِأَحْكَامِي، فَقَضَائِي عَلَيْكُمْ يَشِعُّ كَالنُّورِ.Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.

6إِنِّي أَطْلُبُ رَحْمَةً لَا ذَبِيحَةً، وَمَعْرِفَتِي أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ.For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

7وَلَكِنَّكُمْ مِثْلُ آدَمَ، نَقَضْتُمْ عَهْدِي وَغَدَرْتُمْ بِي.But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

8جِلْعَادُ، مَدِينَةُ فَاعِلِي الشَّرِّ، دَاسَتْ عَلَيْهَا أَقْدَامٌ مُلَطَّخَةٌ بِالدَّمِ.Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.

9وَكَمَا يَكْمِنُ اللُّصُوصُ، كَمَنَ الْكَهَنَةُ عَلَى طَرِيقِ شَكِيمَ لِيَرْتَكِبُوا جَرَائِمَ الْقَتْلِ. حَقّاً إِنَّهُمْ يَقْتَرِفُونَ الْفَوَاحِشَ.Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.

10لَقَدْ شَهِدْتُ فِي وَسَطِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَظَائِعَ، فَقَدْ زَنَى هُنَاكَ أَفْرَايِمُ وَتَنَجَّسَ إِسْرَائِيلُ.In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.

11أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا يَهُوذَا فَقَدْ تَحَدَّدَ مَوْعِدُ عِقَابِكَ عِنْدَمَا أَرُدُّ سَبْيَ شَعْبِي.Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.

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