何西阿書 8

1 你要把號角放你的口上，當作上主家的哨兵，因為百姓違背了我的盟約，，干犯了我的法律。

[He shall come] into their midst as the land, as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and have sinned against my law.

2 他們呼喊我說：以色列的天主! 我們認識你。

They shall soon cry out to me, [saying], O God, we know thee.

3 但以色列拋棄了善，所以敵人要迫害她。

For Israel has turned away from good things; they have pursued an enemy.

4 他們自立了君王，卻沒有我的同意；他們自立了首領，卻沒有叫知道；他們用金錢為自己製造了偶像，給自己招來滅亡。

They have made kings for themselves, but not by me: they have ruled, but they did not make it known to me: [of] their silver and their gold they have made images to themselves, that they might be destroyed.

5 撒馬黎雅! 我必要除掉你的牛犢，我的怒火必要對牠燃起；以色列子民不能自新要到幾時呢﹖

Cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be unable to purge themselves in Israel?

6 牛犢是工匠製造的，牠並不是天主；撒馬黎雅的牛犢必定被粉碎!

Whereas the workman made it, and it is not God; wherefore thy calf, Samaria, was a deceiver:

7 他們既播種了風，收的也必是風；麥子不抽穗，做不成麵粉；既使做出麵粉來，也必被外邦人吃掉。

for they sowed blighted [seed], and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.

8 以色列疲吞滅了，今後在列邦中必成為一個無用的廢物。

Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations as a worthless vessel.

9 他們去投奔亞述──一匹孤獨的野驢──同時又給埃及送愛情的禮物。

For they have gone up to the Assyrians: Ephraim has been strengthened against himself; they loved gifts.

10 縱然他們在列邦中行賄，我現在就要分散他們，使他們暫時停止給君王和領袖傅油。

Therefore shall they be delivered to the nations: now I will receive them, and they shall cease a little to anoint a king and princes.

11 厄弗辣因建築了許多祭壇，但這些祭壇卻只有犯罪的用途。

Because Ephraim has multiplied altars, [his] beloved altars are become sins to him.

12 雖然我為他們寫了許多法律，卻被看作陌生人的廢話。

I will write down a multitude [of commands] for him; but his statutes are accounted strange things, [even] the beloved altars.

13 讓他們奉獻燔祭，讓他們取吃祭肉；這一切上主都不喜歡；今後衪必記住他們的邪惡，必懲罰他們的罪孽；他們必要回到埃及去。

For if they should offer a sacrifice, and eat flesh, the lord will not accept them: now will he remember their iniquities, and will take vengeance on their sins: they have returned to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things among the Assyrians.

14 以色列忘了自己的造主，建立了許多宮殿，猶大也增建了許多堅固的城池；但是，我必要把火投在你們的1城中，吞滅城中的宮室。

And Israel has forgotten him that made him, and they have built fanes, and Juda has multiplied walled cities: but I will send fire on his cities, and it shall devour their foundations.