何西阿書 4
1 以色列人哪，你們當聽耶和華的話。 耶和華與這地的居民爭辯， 因這地上無誠實， 無良善，無人認識上帝。
Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel, for the Lord shall enter into judgment with the inhabitants of the land: for there is no truth, and there is no mercy, and there is no knowledge of God in the land.
2 但起假誓，不踐前言， 殺害，偷盜，姦淫，行強暴， 殺人流血，接連不斷。
Cursing, and lying, and killing, and theft, and adultery have overflowed, and blood hath touched blood.
3 因此，這地悲哀， 其上的民、田野的獸、 空中的鳥必都衰微， 海中的魚也必消滅。
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of the air: yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be gathered together.
4 然而，人都不必爭辯，也不必指責， 因為這民與抗拒祭司的人一樣。
But yet let not any man judge: and let not a man be rebuked: for thy people are as they that contradict the priest.
5 你這祭司必日間跌倒； 先知也必夜間與你一同跌倒； 我必滅絕你的母親。
And thou shalt fall today, and the prophet also shall fall with thee: in the night I have made thy mother to be silent.
6 我的民因無知識而滅亡。 你棄掉知識， 我也必棄掉你， 使你不再給我作祭司。 你既忘了你上帝的律法， 我也必忘記你的兒女。
My people have been silent, because they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will reject thee, that thou shalt not do the office of priesthood to me: and thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
7 祭司越發增多，就越發得罪我； 我必使他們的榮耀變為羞辱。
According to the multitude of them so have they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.
8 他們吃我民的贖罪祭， 滿心願意我民犯罪。
They shall eat the sins of my people, and shall lift up their souls to their iniquity.
9 將來民如何， 祭司也必如何； 我必因他們所行的懲罰他們， 照他們所做的報應他們。
And there shall be like people like priest: and I will visit their ways upon them, and I will repay them their devices.
10 他們吃，卻不得飽； 行淫，而不得立後； 因為他們離棄耶和華， 不遵他的命。
And they shall eat and shall not be filled: they have committed fornication, and have not ceased: because they have forsaken the Lord in not observing his law.
11 姦淫和酒，並新酒， 奪去人的心。
Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness take away the understanding.
12 我的民求問木偶， 以為木杖能指示他們； 因為他們的淫心使他們失迷， 他們就行淫離棄上帝， 不守約束，
My people have consulted their stocks, and their staff hath declared unto them: for the spirit of fornication hath deceived them, and they have committed fornication against their God.
13 在各山頂，各高岡的橡樹、 楊樹、栗樹之下，獻祭燒香， 因為樹影美好。 所以，你們的女兒淫亂， 你們的新婦行淫。
They offered sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burnt incense upon the hills: under the oak, and the poplar, and the turpentine tree, because the shadow thereof was good: therefore shall your daughters commit fornication, and your spouses shall be adulteresses.
14 你們的女兒淫亂， 你們的新婦行淫， 我卻不懲罰她們； 因為你們自己離群與娼妓同居， 與妓女一同獻祭。 這無知的民必致傾倒。
I will not visit upon your daughters when they shell commit fornication, and upon your spouses when they shall commit adultery: because themselves conversed with harlots, and offered sacrifice with the effeminate, and the people that doth not understand shall be beaten.
15 以色列啊，你雖然行淫， 猶大卻不可犯罪。 不要往吉甲去， 不要上到伯‧亞文， 也不要指着永生的耶和華起誓。
If thou play the harlot, O Israel, at least let not Juda offend: and go ye not into Galgal, and come not up into Bethaven, and do not swear: The Lord liveth.
16 以色列倔強， 猶如倔強的母牛； 現在耶和華要放他們， 如同放羊羔在寬闊之地。
For Israel hath gone astray like a wanton heifer: now will the Lord feed them, as a lamb in a spacious place.
17 以法蓮親近偶像， 任憑他吧！
Ephraim is a partaker with idols, let him alone.
18 他們所喝的已經發酸， 他們時常行淫， 他們的官長最愛羞恥的事。
Their banquet is separated, they have gone astray by fornication: they that should have protected them have loved to bring shame upon them.
19 風把他們裹在翅膀裏； 他們因所獻的祭必致蒙羞。
The wind hath bound them up in its wings, and they shall be confounded because of their sacrifices.
