| 1 «أَفْرَايِمُ رَاعِي الرِّيحِ، وَتَابعُ الرِّيحِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ. كُلَّ يَوْمٍ يُكَثِّرُ الْكَذِبَ وَالاغْتِصَابَ، وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَعَ أَشُّورَ عَهْدًا، وَالزَّيْتُ إِلَى مِصْرَ يُجْلَبُ. | 1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. |
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| 2 فَلِلرَّبِّ خِصَامٌ مَعَ يَهُوذَا، وَهُوَ مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ يُعَاقِبَ يَعْقُوبَ بِحَسَبِ طُرُقِهِ. بِحَسَبِ أَفْعَالِهِ يَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِ. | 2 The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. |
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| 3 «فِي الْبَطْنِ قَبَضَ بِعَقِبِ أَخِيهِ، وَبِقُوَّتِهِ جَاهَدَ مَعَ اللهِ. | 3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: |
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| 4 جَاهَدَ مَعَ الْمَلاَكِ وَغَلَبَ. بَكَى وَاسْتَرْحَمَهُ. وَجَدَهُ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَهُنَاكَ تَكَلَّمَ مَعَنَا. | 4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us; |
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| 5 وَالرَّبُّ إِلهُ الْجُنُودِ يَهْوَهُ اسْمُهُ. | 5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial. |
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| 6 وَأَنْتَ فَارْجعْ إِلَى إِلهِكَ. اِحْفَظِ الرَّحْمَةَ وَالْحَقَّ، وَانْتَظِرْ إِلهَكَ دَائِمًا. | 6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on thy God continually. |
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| 7 «مِثْلُ الْكَنْعَانِيِّ فِي يَدِهِ مَوَازِينُ الْغِشِّ. يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَظْلِمَ. | 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. |
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| 8 فَقَالَ أَفْرَايِمُ: إِنِّي صِرْتُ غَنِيًّا. وَجَدْتُ لِنَفْسِي ثَرْوَةً. جَمِيعُ أَتْعَابِي لاَ يَجِدُونَ لِي فِيهَا ذَنْبًا هُوَ خَطِيَّةٌ. | 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. |
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| 9 وَأَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلهُكَ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ حَتَّى أُسْكِنَكَ الْخِيَامَ كَأَيَّامِ الْمَوْسِمِ. | 9 And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast. |
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| 10 وَكَلَّمْتُ الأَنْبِيَاءَ وَكَثَّرْتُ الرُّؤَى، وَبِيَدِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ مَثَّلْتُ أَمْثَالاً». | 10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. |
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11 إِنَّهُمْ فِي جِلْعَادَ قَدْ صَارُوا إِثْمًا، بُطْلاً لاَ غَيْرُ. فِي الْجِلْجَالِ ذَبَحُوا ثِيرَانًا، وَمَذَابِحُهُمْ كَرُجَمٍ فِي أَتْلاَمِ الْحَقْلِ.  | 11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields. |
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| 12 وَهَرَبَ يَعْقُوبُ إِلَى صَحْرَاءِ أَرَامَ، وَخَدَمَ إِسْرَائِيلُ لأَجْلِ امْرَأَةٍ، وَلأَجْلِ امْرَأَةٍ رَعَى. | 12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. |
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| 13 وَبِنَبِيٍّ أَصْعَدَ الرَّبُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ، وَبِنَبِيٍّ حُفِظَ. | 13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. |
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| 14 أَغَاظَهُ إِسْرَائِيلُ بِمَرَارَةٍ، فَيَتْرُكُ دِمَاءَهُ عَلَيْهِ، وَيَرُدُّ سَيِّدُهُ عَارَهُ عَلَيْهِ. | 14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return unto him. |
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