Hosea 10

gefen boqeq yisra'el peri yeshavveh-llo kerov lefiryo hirbah lammizbekhot ketov le'artso hetivu matsevot

Israel is a ravaged vine And its fruit is like it. When his fruit was plentiful, He made altars aplenty; When his land was bountiful, Cult pillars abounded.

khalaq libbam attah yeshamu hu ya'arof mizbekhotam yeshoded matsevotam

Now that his boughs are broken up, He feels his guilt; He himself pulls apart his altars, Smashes his pillars.

ki attah yomeru en melekh lanu ki lo yarenu et-Adonai vehammelekh mah-yya'aseh-llanu

Truly, now they say, “We have no king; For, since we do not fear GOD, What can a king do to us?”

dibberu devarim alot shav karot berit ufarakh karosh mishpat al talme saday

So they conclude agreements and make covenants With false oaths, And justice degenerates into poison weeds, Breaking out on the furrows of the fields.

le'eglot bet aven yaguru shekhan shomeron ki-aval alayw ammo ukhemarayw alayw yagilu al-kevodo ki-galah mimmennu

The inhabitants of Samaria fear For the calf of Beth-aven; Indeed, its people and priestlings, Whose joy it once was, Mourn over it for the glory That is departed from it.

gam-oto le'ashur yuval minkhah lemelekh yarev boshnah efrayim yiqqakh veyevosh yisra'el me'atsato

It too shall be brought to Assyria As tribute to a patron king; Ephraim shall be chagrined, Israel shall be dismayed Because of his plans.

nidmeh shomeron malkah keqetsef al-pene-mayim

Samaria’s monarchy is vanishing Like foam upon water,

venishmedu bamot aven khattat yisra'el qots vedardar ya'aleh al-mizbekhotam ve'ameru leharim kassunu velaggeva'ot niflu alenu

Ruined shall be the shrines of [Beth-]aven, That sin of Israel. Thorns and thistles Shall grow on their altars. They shall call to the mountains, “Bury us!” To the hills, “Fall on us!”

mime haggivah khatata yisra'el sham amadu lo-tassigem baggivah milkhamah al-bene alvah

You have sinned more, O Israel, Than in the days of Gibeah. There they stand [as] at Gibeah! Shall they not be overtaken By a war upon scoundrels

be'avvati ve'essorem ve'ussefu alehem ammim be'osram lishte (yntm) [onotam]

As peoples gather against them? When I chose [them], I broke them in, Harnessing them for two furrows.

ve'efrayim eglah melummadah ohavti ladush va'ani avarti al-tuv tsavvarah arkiv efrayim yakharosh yehudah yesadded-lo ya'aqov

Ephraim became a trained heifer, But preferred to thresh; I placed a yoke Upon her sleek neck. I will make Ephraim do advance plowing; Judah shall do [main] plowing! Jacob shall do final plowing!

ziru lakhem litsdaqah qitsru lefi-khesed niru lakhem nir ve'et lidrosh et-Adonai ad-yavo veyoreh tsedeq lakhem

“Sow righteousness for yourselves; Reap the fruits of goodness; Break for yourselves betimes fresh ground Of seeking GOD, So that you may obtain a teacher of righteousness.”

kharashtem-resha avlatah qetsartem akhaltem peri-khakhash ki-vatakhta vedarkekha berov gibborekha

You have plowed wickedness, You have reaped iniquity— [And] you shall eat the fruits of treachery— Because you relied on your way, On your host of warriors.

veqam sha'on be'ammekha vekhol-mivtsarekha yushad keshod shalman bet arvel beyom milkhamah em al-banim ruttashah

But the din of war shall arise in your own people, And all your fortresses shall be ravaged As Beth-arbel was ravaged by Shalman On a day of battle, When mothers and babes were dashed to death together.

kakhah asah lakhem bet-el mippene ra'at ra'atkhem bashakhar nidmoh nidmah melekh yisra'el

This is what Bethel has done to you For your horrible wickedness: At dawn shall Israel’s monarchy Utterly perish.