何西阿書 12
1 厄弗辣因愛好颶風，整日追逐東風，說許多謊話，行許多暴行，既與亞述結盟，又給埃及送油。
Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind: he daily increases lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
2 上主要與以色列爭辯，要按他們的行徑懲罰雅各伯，依照他的行為報復他：
The LORD has also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
3 他在母胎中就欺騙了他的弟兄，及至壯年又曾與天神搏鬥；
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
4 他與天神博鬥，並且獲得了勝利；他哭了，曾懇求他開恩；在貝特耳再遇見了他，在那裏天主對他說：──
Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us;
5 上主，萬軍的天主，雅威是他的名號x──
Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
6 「至於你，你應當歸向你的天主，遵守仁愛和正義，時刻仰望你的天主。」
Therefore turn you to your God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on your God continually.
7 厄弗辣因有如客納罕人，手裏拿著欺詐的天秤，喜行欺騙。
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress.
8 厄弗辣因說：「我現在實在成了富翁，發了大財。」然而他所獲得的一切，為補贖他所犯的罪孽，仍嫌不夠。
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labors they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
9 自從在埃及地時，我就是上主，你的天主：我必再使你住在帳幕中，如在盛會的節日一樣。
And I that am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt will yet make you to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
10 是我向先知們說了話，是我增多了異象，我也必藉先知們消滅他們。
I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
11 在基肋阿得只有罪惡，的確，他們只是虛無；在基耳加耳 他們向牛犢獻了祭，因此他們的祭壇必將成為田畦中的石堆。
Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yes, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
12 雅各伯曾逃到阿蘭平原，以色列曾為娶妻而服役，曾為娶妻而放羊。
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
13 上主曾藉一位先知領以色列出離埃及，也藉一位先知保護了他們。
And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
14 但厄弗辣因大大激怒了上主，他的血債必要歸到他身上，他的主必要在他身上報復自己受的凌辱。
Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood on him, and his reproach shall his LORD return to him.
