Bilingual reading

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

They covet fields and seize them, and houses, then take them away. They oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

Therefore the LORD says: “Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster, from which you will not remove your necks, neither will you walk haughtily, for it is an evil time.

In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, ‘We are utterly ruined! My people’s possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!’”

Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in the LORD’s assembly.

“Don’t prophesy!”—they prophesy— “Don’t prophesy about these things. Disgrace won’t overtake us.”

Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the LORD’s Spirit angry? Are these his doings? Don’t my words do good to him who walks blamelessly?”

But lately my people have risen up as an enemy. You strip the robe and clothing from those who pass by without a care, returning from battle.

You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my blessing forever.

Arise, and depart! For this is not your resting place, because of uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction.

If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies, saying, “I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink,” he would be the prophet of this people.

I will surely assemble all of you, Jacob. I will surely gather the remnant of Israel. I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the middle of their pasture. They will swarm with people.

He who breaks open the way goes up before them. They break through the gate, and go out. Their king passes on before them, with the LORD at their head.

وَيلٌ لِلَّذينَ يُفَكِّرونَ في الإِثْم ويَنْوونَ الشَّرَّ في مَضاجِعِهم ثُمَّ في نورِ الصَّباحِ يَصنَعونَه إِذ هو في طاقَةِ أَيديهم

يَشتَهونَ حُقولًا فيغتَصِبونَها وبُيوتًا فيَستَولونَ علَيها ويَظلِمونَ الرَّجُلَ وبَيتَه والإِنْسانَ وميراثَه

لِذٰلك هٰكذا قالَ الرَّبّ: هاءَنَذا مُفَكِّرٌ على هٰذه العَشيرةِ بِشَرّ لا تُحَوِّلونَ عنه أَعْناقَكم ولا تَمْشونَ مُتَشامِخين لِأَنَّه زَمانُ شَرّ

في ذٰلك اليَومِ يُضرَبُ فيكم مَثَل ويُناحُ نَوحًا ويُقال: لقَد دُمِّرنا تَدْميرًا وقد بادَلَ نَصيبَ شَعبِه. فكَيفَ يَتَحَرَّكُ في ٱتِّجاهي لِكَي يُعيدَ حُقولَنا الَّتي يُقَسِّمُها؟

لِذٰلك لا يَكونُ لَكَ مَن يُلْقي الحَبْلَ في قُرعَةٍ في جَماعةِ الرَّبّ

لا تَتَنَبَّأوا! إِنَّهم يَتَنَبَّأُون لا يُتَنَبَّأْ هٰكَذا فإِنَّ العارَ لا يُصيبُنا

أَصحيحٌ ما يُقالُ في بَيتِ يَعْقوب: هل قَصُرَ روحُ الرَّبّ؟ أَهٰذه أَعْمالُه؟ أَلَيسَت أَقْوالي صالِحة مع السَّالِكِ بِالِٱستِقامة؟

لٰكِنَّ شَعْبي قامَ بِالأَمسِ كعَدُوّ: مِن فَوقِ الثَّوبِ تَخلَعونَ رداءَ العابِرينَ بأَمانٍ الرَّاجِعينَ مِنَ القِتال

وتَطرُدونَ نِساءَ شَعْبي مِن بَيتِ مَلَذَّاتِهِنَّ وتَأْخُذونَ بَهائي مِن أَطْفالِهِنَّ لِلأَبَد

قوموا ٱذهَبوا فإِنَّها لَيسَت أَرضَ راحة بل بِسَبَبِ نجاسَتِها تُدَمَّرُ تَدْميرًا هائِلًا

لو كانَ رَجُلٌ يَذهَبُ مع الرِّيح ويَتَكَلَّمُ بالكَذِب: «إِنِّي أَتَنَبَّأُ لَكَ عنِ الخَمرِ والمُسكِر»، لَكانَ هو نَبِيَّ هٰذا الشَّعْب

سأَجمَعُكَ جَميعًا يا يَعْقوب وأَضُمُّ بَقِيَّةَ إِسْرائيل وأَجعَلُهم معًا كغَنَمِ الحظيرة مِثلَ القَطيعِ في وَسَطِ مَرْعاه فتَرتَفِعُ جَلَبَةُ رِجالِهِم

صَعِدَ فاتِحُ الثُّغرَةِ أَمامَهم فثَغَروا وجازوا البابَ وخَرَجوا مِنه ومَلِكُهم يَعبُرُ أَمامَهم والرَّبُّ في مُقَدَّمتِهم