何西阿書 11
1 當以色列尚在童年時，我就愛了他；從在埃及時，我就召他為我的兒子。
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.
2 可是我越呼喚他們，他們越遠離我，去給巴耳獻祭，向偶像進香。
But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
3 是我教了厄弗辣因邁步，雙臂抱了他們，但他們卻不理會是我照顧了他們。
It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them in My arms, but they never realized that it was I who healed them.
4 是我用仁慈的繩索，用愛情的帶子牽著他們，對他們有如高舉嬰兒到自己面頰的慈親，俯身喂養他們。
I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.
5 他們卻要返回埃及埃及，要亞述作他們的君王，因為他們拒絕歸依我。
Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?
6 刀劍必要在他們的城中橫行，殺絕他們的子女，在他們的堡壘中吞噬他們。
A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans.
7 我的百姓因著自己的叛逆使我厭煩了；為此上主給他們指定了應負的重軛，因為衪已不再憐惜他們。
My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.
8 厄弗辣因! 我怎能捨棄你﹖以色列! 我怎能拋掉你。我怎能仗你如同阿德瑪，待你如同責波殷﹖我的心已轉變，我的五內已感動；
How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!
9 我不再按卜憤怒行事，不再毀滅厄弗辣因，因為我是天主而不是人，是在你們中間的聖言，而不是伏於城門的仇敵。
I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not man— the Holy One among you— and I will not come in wrath.
10 的確，他們必要追隨上主，衪要像獅子吼叫；衪一吼叫，衪的子女便要從西方急速歸來，猶如飛鳥由埃及急速飛來，
They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.
11 猶如鴿子從亞述飛來；我要使他們安居在他們家中──上主的斷語。
They will come trembling like birds from Egypt and like doves from the land of Assyria. Then I will settle them in their homes, declares the LORD.
12 厄弗辣因用，以色列家以詭詐欺騙了我；猶大對天主也是不忠實的證人，他只知忠於迷惑他的人。
Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
