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。
“Place a trumpet at your lips! An eagle is coming over the house of Yahweh because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.
2 他們呼喊我說：以色列的天主! 我們認識你。
They cry out to me, 'My God, we in Israel know you.'
3 但以色列拋棄了善，所以敵人要迫害她。
But Israel has rejected what is good, and the enemy will pursue him.
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 set up kings, but not by me. They have made princes, but without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves, but it was only so they might be cut off.”
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﹖
“Your calf has been rejected, Samaria. My anger is burning against these people. For how long will they stay guilty?
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!
For this idol came from Israel; a workman made it; it is not God! The calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.
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 the people sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it yields no flour. If it does come to maturity, foreigners will 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 they lie among the nations like something useless.
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 went up to Assyria like a wild donkey all alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for herself.
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。
Even though they have hired lovers among the nations, I will now gather them together. They will begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of 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。
For Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin offerings, but they have become altars for committing sins instead.
12 雖然我為他們寫了許多法律，卻被看作陌生人的廢話。
I could write down my law for them ten thousand times, but they would view it as something strange to them.
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。
As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but I, Yahweh, do not accept them. Now I will think about their iniquity and punish their sins. They will return to Egypt.
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。
Israel has forgotten me, his Maker, and has built palaces. Judah has fortified many cities, but I will send fire on his cities; it will destroy his fortresses.
