Hosea 1

The word of the Lord that came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the reign of Jeroboam son of Jehoash^[a] king of Israel:

Hosea’s Wife and Children

هَذِهِ هِيَ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ الَّتِي أَوْحَى بِها إِلَى هُوشَعَ بْنِ بِئِيرِي فِي أَثْنَاءِ حُكْمِ كُلٍّ مِنْ عُزِّيَّا وَيُوثَامَ وَآحَازَ وَحَزَقِيَّا مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا، وَفِي أَيَّامِ يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ يُوآشَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, “Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord.”

وَأَوَّلُ مَا خَاطَبَ الرَّبُّ بِهِ هُوشَعَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَهُ: «اذْهَبْ وَتَزَوَّجْ مِنْ عَاهِرَةٍ، تُنْجِبُ لَكَ أَبْنَاءَ زِنىً، لأَنَّ الأَرْضَ قَدْ زَنَتْ إِذْ تَرَكَتِ الرَّبَّ».

So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

فَمَضَى هُوشَعُ وَتَزَوَّجَ جُومَرَ بِنْتَ دِبْلايِمَ، فَحَمَلَتْ وَأَنْجَبَتْ لَهُ ابْناً.

Then the Lord said to Hosea, “Call him Jezreel, because I will soon punish the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لَهُ: «ادْعُ اسْمَهُ يَزْرَعِيلَ، لأَنِّي مُوشِكٌ أَنْ أَقْضِيَ عَلَى بَيْتِ يَاهُو انْتِقَاماً لِدَمِ يَزْرَعِيلَ، وَأُبِيدَ مَمْلَكَةَ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

In that day I will break Israel’s bow in the Valley of Jezreel.”

فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أُحَطِّمُ قَوْسَ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي وَادِي يَزْرَعِيلَ».

Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord said to Hosea, “Call her Lo-Ruhamah (which means “not loved”), for I will no longer show love to Israel, that I should at all forgive them.

ثُمَّ حَمَلَتْ ثَانِيَةً فَأَنْجَبَتِ ابْنَةً، فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ: «سَمِّهَا لُورُحَامَةَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: لَا رَحْمَةَ) لأَنِّي لَا أَعُودُ أَرْحَمُ بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلَنْ أَصْفَحَ عَنْهُمْ.

Yet I will show love to Judah; and I will save them—not by bow, sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but I, the Lord their God, will save them.”

وَلَكِنِّي أَرْحَمُ بَيْتَ يَهُوذَا وَأُخَلِّصُهُمْ بِقُوَّتِي أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُهُمْ. لَنْ أُنْقِذَهُمْ بِقَوْسٍ أَوْ بِسَيْفٍ، وَلا بِحَرْبٍ وَلا بِخَيْلٍ أَوْ فُرْسَانٍ».

After she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, Gomer had another son.

وَبَعْدَ أَنْ فَطَمَتْ «لُورُحَامَةَ» حَمَلَتْ وَأَنْجَبَتِ ابْناً.

Then the Lord said, “Call him Lo-Ammi (which means “not my people”), for you are not my people, and I am not your God.^[b]

وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «سَمِّهِ لُوعَمِّي (وَمَعْنَاهُ: لَيْسَ شَعْبِي) لأَنَّكُمْ لَسْتُمْ شَعْبِي وَأَنَا لَسْتُ إِلَهَكُمْ.

“Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘children of the living God.’

وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ عَدَدَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يَكُونُ كَرَمْلِ الْبَحْرِ الَّذِي لَا يُكَالُ وَلا يُحْصَى. وَفِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي قِيلَ لَهُمْ فِيهِ: أَنْتُمْ لَسْتُمْ شَعْبِي، يُقَالُ لَهُمْ: أَنْتُمْ أَبْنَاءُ اللهِ الْحَيِّ.

The people of Judah and the people of Israel will come together; they will appoint one leader and will come up out of the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.^[c]

وَيَجْتَمِعُ أَبْنَاءُ يَهُوذَا وَأَبْنَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَعاً وَيَنْصِبُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَائِداً وَاحِداً، وَيَرْجِعُونَ مِنْ أَرْضِ السَّبْيِ، لأَنَّ يَوْمَ يَزْرَعِيلَ عَظِيمٌ».