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。
You Israeli people, listen to this message from Yahweh! He is accusing you people who live in this country, [saying] “The people are not faithfully [doing what pleases me], they are not kind [to others], and they do not [even] know me!
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。
Everywhere in this land they curse [others], they murder [others], they steal, and they commit adultery. They act violently toward others and commit one murder after another.
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。
It is because of their doing those things that there is no rain [MTY], the land has become dry, the people are mourning, and the people are dying [from hunger]. Even the wild animals and the birds and the fish in the sea are dying.
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。
But no one should accuse someone else and say it is his fault. It is you priests whom I am accusing.
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。
So I will punish [MTY] you priests, night and day, and I will punish the prophets with you. I am going to destroy [Israel, the nation that is like] [MET] a mother to you.
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。
It is because my people do not know [about me] that they will be destroyed. And their not knowing about me is because you priests have refused [to teach them about me]; so I will no longer allow you to be my priests. You have forgotten the things that I taught you, so I will forget [to bless] 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 there are more and more priests, they have sinned against me more and more. So I will no longer allow them to be honored; instead, I will cause them to be disgraced.
8 他们吃我民的赎罪祭， 满心愿意我民犯罪。
The priests get food from [the offerings that the] people [bring in order to be forgiven for having sinned], [so] the priests want the people to sin more and more [in order that the people will bring them more and more offerings].
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。
The priests [are as sinful] as the [other] people, and I will punish [all of] them for what they have done; I will pay them back for the [evil] things that they have done.
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。
[The priests] will eat, but they will still be hungry; they will have sex with prostitutes, but they will not have any children, because they have abandoned [me], Yahweh,
11 奸淫和酒，并新酒， 夺去人的心。
and they are devoting themselves to sleeping with prostitutes, and to [drinking] old wine and new wine, which results in their not being able to think clearly.”
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，
“[You] my people request wooden idols [to tell you what you should do]! Like prostitutes who have left/abandoned their husbands,
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。
you have abandoned [me] your God, and you are chasing after [other gods] on the tops of hills and mountains; you burn incense under oak [trees], poplar [trees], and other trees where there is nice/pleasing shade. So your daughters have become prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law have committed 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。
But it is not [only] your daughters [whom I will punish] for having become prostitutes, and it is not [only] your daughters-in-law whom I will punish for committing adultery, because the men also are having sex with prostitutes, and they offer sacrifices with the prostitutes [who search for men at the] shrines [of the idols]. [They are all] foolish people, and they will [all] be ruined.
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。
You Israeli [people] have abandoned me like [MET] those who commit adultery have abandoned their spouses. But do not cause [the people of] Judah to sin [also]. Do not go to Gilgal or go up to Beth-Aven [towns] [to worship idols there]. Do not make solemn promises [there, saying ‘Just as surely] as Yahweh lives, [I will do what I am promising].’
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。
You [people of Israel] are as stubborn as [SIM] a young cow. So there is no way [RHQ] that [I], Yahweh, will [provide food for them] [like a shepherd provides food for his] lambs [by leading them] to a nice meadow.
17 以法莲亲近偶像， 任凭他吧！
The people of Israel have chosen to worship idols [MET], [so] allow them [to do what they want to do].
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 rulers finish drinking [their wine], they go to find prostitutes; they love their disgraceful behavior.
19 风把他们裹在翅膀里； 他们因所献的祭必致蒙羞。
But they will disappear [as though] [MET] they were blown away by a whirlwind. They will become [very] ashamed because of their offering sacrifices [to idols].”
