| 1 اِرْجِعْ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلهِكَ، لأَنَّكَ قَدْ تَعَثَّرْتَ بِإِثْمِكَ. | 1 O israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. |
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| 2 خُذُوا مَعَكُمْ كَلاَمًا وَارْجِعُوا إِلَى الرَّبِّ. قُولُوا لَهُ: «ارْفَعْ كُلَّ إِثْمٍ وَاقْبَلْ حَسَنًا، فَنُقَدِّمَ عُجُولَ شِفَاهِنَا. | 2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. |
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| 3 لاَ يُخَلِّصُنَا أَشُّورُ. لاَ نَرْكَبُ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ، وَلاَ نَقُولُ أَيْضًا لِعَمَلِ أَيْدِينَا: آلِهَتَنَا. إِنَّهُ بِكَ يُرْحَمُ الْيَتِيمُ». | 3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. |
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| 4 «أَنَا أَشْفِي ارْتِدَادَهُمْ. أُحِبُّهُمْ فَضْلاً، لأَنَّ غَضَبِي قَدِ ارْتَدَّ عَنْهُ. | 4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. |
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5 أَكُونُ لإِسْرَائِيلَ كَالنَّدَى. يُزْهِرُ كَالسَّوْسَنِ، وَيَضْرِبُ أُصُولَهُ كَلُبْنَانَ.  | 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. |
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| 6 تَمْتَدُّ خَرَاعِيبُهُ، وَيَكُونُ بَهَاؤُهُ كَالزَّيْتُونَةِ، وَلَهُ رَائِحَةٌ كَلُبْنَانَ. | 6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. |
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| 7 يَعُودُ السَّاكِنُونَ فِي ظِلِّهِ يُحْيُونَ حِنْطَةً وَيُزْهِرُونَ كَجَفْنَةٍ. يَكُونُ ذِكْرُهُمْ كَخَمْرِ لُبْنَانَ. | 7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. |
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| 8 يَقُولُ أَفْرَايِمُ: مَا لِي أَيْضًا وَلِلأَصْنَامِ؟ أَنَا قَدْ أَجَبْتُ فَأُلاَحِظُهُ. أَنَا كَسَرْوَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ. مِنْ قِبَلِي يُوجَدُ ثَمَرُكِ». | 8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. |
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| 9 مَنْ هُوَ حَكِيمٌ حَتَّى يَفْهَمَ هذِهِ الأُمُورَ، وَفَهِيمٌ حَتَّى يَعْرِفَهَا؟ فَإِنَّ طُرُقَ الرَّبِّ مُسْتَقِيمَةٌ، وَالأَبْرَارَ يَسْلُكُونَ فِيهَا، وَأَمَّا الْمُنَافِقُونَ فَيَعْثُرُونَ فِيهَا. | 9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. |
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