1When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he became guilty in Baal, he died.
1لما تكلم افرايم برعدة ترفّع في اسرائيل. ولما اثم ببعل مات.
2Now 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.’
2والآن يزدادون خطية ويصنعون لانفسهم تماثيل مسبوكة من فضتهم اصناما بحذاقتهم كلها عمل الصناع. عنها هم يقولون ذابحو الناس يقبّلون العجول.
3Therefore 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.
3لذلك يكونون كسحاب الصبح وكالندى الماضي باكرا. كعصافة تخطف من البيدر وكدخان من الكوّة
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.
4وانا الرب الهك من ارض مصر. والها سواي لست تعرف ولا مخلّص غيري.
5I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
5انا عرفتك في البرية في ارض العطش.
6According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.
6لما رعوا شبعوا. شبعوا وارتفعت قلوبهم لذلك نسوني
7Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.
7فاكون لهم كاسد. ارصد على الطريق كنمر.
8I 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.
8اصدمهم كدبة مثكل واشق شغاف قلبهم وآكلهم هناك كلبوة يمزقهم وحش البرية
9You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your help.
9هلاكك يا اسرائيل أنّك عليّ على عونك.
10Where 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?’
10فاين هو ملكك حتى يخلصك في جميع مدنك وقضاتك حيث قلت اعطني ملكا ورؤساء.
11I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.
11انا اعطيتك ملكا بغضبي واخذته بسخطي
12The guilt of Ephraim is stored up. His sin is stored up.
12اثم افرايم مصرور. خطيته مكنوزة.
13The 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.
13مخاض الوالدة يأتي عليه. هو ابن غير حكيم اذ لم يقف في الوقت في مولد البنين
14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. . I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.
14من يد الهاوية افديهم من الموت اخلصهم. اين اوباؤك يا موت اين شوكتك يا هاوية. تختفي الندامة عن عينيّ
15Though 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.
15وان كان مثمرا بين اخوة تاتي ريح شرقية ريح الرب طالعة من القفر فتجف عينه وييبس ينبوعه. هي تنهب كنز كل متاع شهي.
16Samaria 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.”
16تجازى السامرة لانها قد تمردت على الهها. بالسيف يسقطون. تحطم اطفالهم والحوامل تشقّ