Hosea

眾祭司啊，要聽我的話！以色列家啊，要留心聽！王家啊，要側耳而聽！審判要臨到你們，因你們在米斯巴如網羅，在他泊山如鋪張的網。

Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment {is} toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

這些悖逆的人肆行殺戮，罪孽極深；我卻斥責他們眾人。

And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I {have been} a rebuker of them all. {though: or, and} {a rebuker: Heb. a correction}

以法蓮為我所知；以色列不能向我隱藏。以法蓮哪，現在你行淫了，以色列被玷污了。

I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, {and} Israel is defiled.

他們所行的使他們不能歸向神；因有淫心在他們裡面，他們也不認識耶和華。

They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms {is} in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD. {They will...: or, Their doings will not suffer them} {frame: Heb. give}

以色列的驕傲當面見證自己。故此，以色列和以法蓮必因自己的罪孽跌倒；猶大也必與他們一同跌倒。

And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

他們必牽著牛羊去尋求耶和華，卻尋不見；他已經轉去離開他們。

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find {him}; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

他們向耶和華行事詭詐，生了私子。到了月朔，他們與他們的地業必被吞滅。

They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

你們當在基比亞吹角，在拉瑪吹號，在伯亞文吹出大聲，說：便雅憫哪，有仇敵在你後頭！

Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, {and} the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud {at} Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.

在責罰的日子，以法蓮必變為荒場；我在以色列支派中，指示將來必成的事。

Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

猶大的首領如同挪移地界的人，我必將忿怒倒在他們身上，如水一般。

The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: {therefore} I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

以法蓮因樂從人的命令，就受欺壓，被審判壓碎。

Ephraim {is} oppressed {and} broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

我使以法蓮如蟲蛀之物，使猶大家如朽爛之木。

Therefore {will} I {be} unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. {rottenness: or, a worm}

以法蓮見自己有病，猶大見自己有傷，他們就打發人往亞述去見耶雷布王，他卻不能醫治你們，不能治好你們的傷。

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah {saw} his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. {king Jareb: or, the king of Jareb: or, the king that should plead}

我必向以法蓮如獅子，向猶大家如少壯獅子。我必撕裂而去，我要奪去，無人搭救。

For I {will be} unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, {even} I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue {him}.

我要回到原處，等他們自覺有罪（或譯：承認己罪），尋求我面；他們在急難的時候必切切尋求我。

I will go {and} return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. {acknowledge...: Heb. be guilty}