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1 [前編:歐瑟亞結婚的意義]一:烏齊雅、約堂、[阿哈次和希則克亞]為猶大王,約阿士的兒子雅洛貝罕為以色列王時,上主有話傳給貝厄黎的兒子歐瑟亞。
The word of the Lord that was maad to Osee, the sone of Bery, in the daies of Osie, Joathan, Achas, Ezechie, kingis of Juda, and in the daies of Jeroboam, sone of Joas, the kyng of Israel.
2 上主開始藉歐瑟亞發言時,上主對歐瑟亞說:「你去娶一個娼婦為妻,讓她生淫亂的子女,因為此地淫亂放蕩,背離了上主。」
The bigynnyng of the spekyng to the Lord in Osee. And the Lord seide to Osee, Go thou, take to thee a wijf of fornycaciouns, and make to thee sones of fornycaciouns, for the lond doynge fornicacioun schal do fornicacioun fro the Lord.
3 歐瑟亞便去娶了狄布拉因的女兒默爾為妻;她懷孕,給他生了一個兒子。
And he yede, and took Gomer, the douyter of Debelaym; and sche conseyuede, and childide a sone to hym.
4 上主對歐瑟亞說:「你要給他起名叫依次勒耳,因為過不久,我要向耶胡家追討依次勒耳的血債,要消滅以色列家的王室。
And the Lord seide to hym, Clepe thou the name of hym Jesrael; for yit a litil and Y schal visite the blood of Jesrael on the hous of Hieu, and Y schal make to reste the rewme of the hous of Israel.
5 到那一天,我必要在依次勒耳山谷折斷以色列的弓。」
And in that dai Y schal al to-breke the bowe of Israel in the valei of Jesrael.
6 哥默爾再懷孕,生了一個女兒,上主對歐瑟亞說:「你要給她起名叫羅魯阿瑪 (不受愛憐者,) 因為我不再愛憐以色列家,以致我不再寬宥他們。
And sche conseyuede yit, and childide a douyter. And the Lord seide to hym, Clepe thou the name of hir With out merci, for Y schal no more leye to, for to haue merci on the hous of Israel, but bi foryetyng Y schal foryete hem.
7 但我要愛憐猶大家族,要拯救他們,因為我上主是他們的天主;但是我不以弓、弩、刀劍、戰爭、戰馬和騎士拯救他們。
And Y schal haue merci on the hous of Juda, and Y schal saue hem in her Lord God; and Y schal not saue hem in bowe, and swerd, and batel, and in horsis, and in horse men, ether kniytis.
8 羅魯阿瑪斷奶之後,哥默爾又懷孕,生了一個兒子。
And he wenyde hir that was With out merci. And sche conseyuede, and childide a sone to hym.
9 上主說:「你給他起名叫羅阿米 (非我人民),因為你們已不是我的人民,我已也不是你們的的上主。」
And he seide, Clepe thou his name Not my puple, for ye schulen not be my puple, and Y schal not be youre God.
10 以色列子民的數目將如海邊的沙粒,不可斗量,不可勝數;在那裏人曾對他們說:「你們不是我的人民。」在那裏人也要對他們說:「你們是永生天主的人民。」
And the noumbre of the sones of Israel schal be as grauel of the see, which grauel is with out mesure, and it schal not be noumbrid; and it schal be in the place, where it schal be seid to hem, Ye ben not my puple; it schal be seid to hem, Ye ben the sones of God lyuynge.
11 猶大子民和以色列子民將在一起,要為自己選定一個首領;他們要由此地擴展,因為依次勒耳的日子要成為偉大的。
And the sones of Juda and the sones of Israel schulen be gaderid togidere, and thei schulen sette oon heed to hem silf, and thei schulen stie fro erthe, for the dai of Jesrael is greet.