何西阿书 4
1 以色列人哪，你们当听耶和华的话。 耶和华与这地的居民争辩， 因这地上无诚实， 无良善，无人认识 神。
Hear the LORD’s word, you children of Israel, for the LORD has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 但起假誓，不践前言， 杀害，偷盗，奸淫，行强暴， 杀人流血，接连不断。
There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
3 因此，这地悲哀， 其上的民、田野的兽、 空中的鸟必都衰微， 海中的鱼也必消灭。
Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells in it will waste away, with all living things in her, even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of the sea also die.
4 然而，人都不必争辩，也不必指责， 因为这民与抗拒祭司的人一样。
“Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.
5 你这祭司必日间跌倒； 先知也必夜间与你一同跌倒； 我必灭绝你的母亲。
You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.
6 我的民因无知识而灭亡。 你弃掉知识， 我也必弃掉你， 使你不再给我作祭司。 你既忘了你 神的律法， 我也必忘记你的儿女。
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.
7 祭司越发增多，就越发得罪我； 我必使他们的荣耀变为羞辱。
As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.
8 他们吃我民的赎罪祭， 满心愿意我民犯罪。
They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
9 将来民如何， 祭司也必如何； 我必因他们所行的惩罚他们， 照他们所做的报应他们。
It will be like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.
10 他们吃，却不得饱； 行淫，而不得立后； 因为他们离弃耶和华， 不遵他的命。
They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned listening to the LORD.
11 奸淫和酒，并新酒， 夺去人的心。
Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
12 我的民求问木偶， 以为木杖能指示他们； 因为他们的淫心使他们失迷， 他们就行淫离弃 神， 不守约束，
My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God.
13 在各山顶，各高冈的橡树、 杨树、栗树之下，献祭烧香， 因为树影美好。 所以，你们的女儿淫乱， 你们的新妇行淫。
They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, and your brides commit adultery.
14 你们的女儿淫乱， 你们的新妇行淫， 我却不惩罚她们； 因为你们自己离群与娼妓同居， 与妓女一同献祭。 这无知的民必致倾倒。
I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.
15 以色列啊，你虽然行淫， 犹大却不可犯罪。 不要往吉甲去， 不要上到伯·亚文， 也不要指着永生的耶和华起誓。
“Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet do not let Judah offend; and do not come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, ‘As the LORD lives.’
16 以色列倔强， 犹如倔强的母牛； 现在耶和华要放他们， 如同放羊羔在宽阔之地。
For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will the LORD feed them like a lamb in a meadow?
17 以法莲亲近偶像， 任凭他吧！
Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone!
18 他们所喝的已经发酸， 他们时常行淫， 他们的官长最爱羞耻的事。
Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.
19 风把他们裹在翅膀里； 他们因所献的祭必致蒙羞。
The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be disappointed because of their sacrifices.
