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1 当乌西雅、约坦、亚哈斯、希西家作犹大王,约阿施的儿子耶罗波安作以色列王的时候,耶和华的话临到备利的儿子何西阿。
The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of 'Uzziyah, Jotham, Achaz, [and] Hezekiah, the kings of Judah, and in the days of Jerobo'am the son of Joash the king of Israel.
2 耶和华初次与何西阿说话,对他说:“你去娶淫妇为妻,也收那从淫乱所生的儿女;因为这地大行淫乱,离弃耶和华。”
The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea was, that the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of prostitution and children of prostitution; for the [inhabitants of the] land go far astray, departing from the Lord.
3 于是,何西阿去娶了滴拉音的女儿歌篾。这妇人怀孕,给他生了一个儿子。
So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblayim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
4 耶和华对何西阿说:“给他起名叫耶斯列;因为再过片时,我必讨耶户家在耶斯列杀人流血的罪,也必使以色列家的国灭绝。
And the Lord said unto him, Call his name Yizre'el; for but yet a little while, when I will visit the blood of Yizre'el upon the house of Jehu, and I will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
5 到那日,我必在耶斯列平原折断以色列的弓。”
And it shall come to pass on that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Yizre'el.
6 歌篾又怀孕生了一个女儿,耶和华对何西阿说:“给她起名叫罗·路哈玛;因为我必不再怜悯以色列家,决不赦免他们。
And she conceived again, and bore a daughter: and he said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruchamah [[Not finding mercy]]; for I will not farther have any more mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will give them their full recompense.
7 我却要怜悯犹大家,使他们靠耶和华—他们的 神得救,不使他们靠弓、刀、争战、马匹,与马兵得救。”
But upon the house of Judah will I have mercy, and I will save them through the Lord their God, and I will not save them by the bow, or by the sword, or by battle, by horses, or by horsemen.
8 歌篾给罗·路哈玛断奶以后,又怀孕生了一个儿子。
Now when she had weaned Lo-ruchamah, she conceived, and bore a son.
9 耶和华说:“给他起名叫罗·阿米;因为你们不作我的子民,我也不作你们的 神。”
Then said he, Call his name Lo-'ammi [[Not my people]]; for ye are not my people, and I will indeed not be unto you [a God].
10 然而,以色列的人数必如海沙,不可量,不可数。从前在什么地方对他们说“你们不是我的子民”,将来在那里必对他们说“你们是永生 神的儿子”。
Yet shall the number of the children of Israel [once] be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that instead that people say of them, Ye are not my people [[Lo-'ammi]], shall they call them, The sons of the living God.
11 犹大人和以色列人必一同聚集,为自己立一个首领,从这地上去,因为耶斯列的日子必为大日。
Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one head, and they shall go up out of the land, for great shall be the day of Yizre'el.

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