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 word of Jehovah, ye sons of Israel! For Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land; For there is no truth, nor mercy, 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。
Perjury, and falsehood, and murder, And theft, and adultery have broken forth, And blood reacheth to blood.
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 shall the land mourn, And every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, Together with the beasts of the forest, and the birds of heaven; Yea, even the fishes of the sea shall perish.
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 rebuke, and let no man reprove; For thy people are like those that contend with the 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。
Therefore shalt thou Fall by day, And the prophet shall fall with thee by night, And I will destroy thy 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 is destroyed for lack of knowledge; Since thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, so that thou shalt no more be my priest; Since thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy 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 have become great, so have 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 upon the sins of my people, And incline their hearts to 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。
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; I will punish them for their ways, And requite them for their doings.
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 shall eat and shall not be satisfied; They shall commit fornication, and shall not increase, For they have left off giving heed to Jehovah.
11 奸淫和酒，并新酒， 夺去人的心。
Fornication and wine and new wine take away the 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 ask counsel of their stocks, And their staff revealeth to them. For the spirit of fornication causeth them to err; Yea, they commit fornication, forsaking 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。
On the tops of the mountains they sacrifice, And on the hills they burn incense, Under the oak, and the poplar, and the terebinth, Because their shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters commit fornication, And your daughters-in-law 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 commit fornication, Nor your daughters-in-law, when they commit adultery; For ye yourselves go aside with harlots, And sacrifice with prostitutes; Therefore the people that hath not understanding shall fall.
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 thou play the harlot, O Israel, Yet let not Judah offend! Come ye not to Gilgal, Neither go ye up to Bethaven. And swear ye not, saying, As Jehovah liveth!
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 like a refractory heifer is Israel become refractory, Therefore will Jehovah feed them, like a lamb in a wide place.
17 以法莲亲近偶像， 任凭他吧！
Ephraim is joined to idols; Let 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。
When their carousal is over, They give themselves up to lasciviousness; Their rulers love shame.
19 风把他们裹在翅膀里； 他们因所献的祭必致蒙羞。
The wind hath bound them up with its wings, And they shall be brought to shame on account of their sacrifices.
