何西阿書 7
1 我想醫治以色列的時候， 以法蓮的罪孽和撒馬利亞的罪惡就顯露出來。 他們行事虛謊， 內有賊人入室偷竊， 外有強盜成群騷擾。
when I heal Israel, Ephraim's sins will be exposed, together with the evil actions of Samaria. They deal in lies; they are thieves who break into homes and rob people on the outside.
2 他們心裏並不思想我記念他們的一切惡； 他們所行的現在纏繞他們，都在我面前。
But they don't realize that I remember all of their wickedness. Their sins surround them and are always before me.
3 他們行惡使君王歡喜， 說謊使首領喜樂。
They make their king happy with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
4 他們都是行淫的， 像火爐被烤餅的燒熱， 從摶麵到發麵的時候， 暫不使火着旺。
All of them are adulterers, burning with lust like an oven whose fire stays hot, even though it is not tended by the baker, having left the dough to rise after kneading.
5 在我們王宴樂的日子， 首領因酒的烈性成病； 王與褻慢人拉手。
On the king's birthday the princes drink so much they are sick, while he joins in with those who mock.
6 首領埋伏的時候，心中熱如火爐， 就如烤餅的整夜睡臥， 到了早晨火氣炎炎。
Their minds are fired up like an oven; they go to him with their plots. All through the night their anger burns; in the morning it blazes out uncontrollably.
7 眾民也熱如火爐， 燒滅他們的官長。 他們的君王都仆倒而死； 他們中間無一人求告我。
All of them are as hot as a burning oven, and they exhaust their leaders. All of their kings have fallen, and not one of them calls on me.
8 以法蓮與列邦人攙雜； 以法蓮是沒有翻過的餅。
Ephraim mixes with the foreign nations; he is as useless as half-baked bread!
9 外邦人吞吃他勞力得來的，他卻不知道； 頭髮斑白，他也不覺得。
Foreigners drain his strength, and he doesn't even realize it. His hair is turning grey and he doesn't even notice.
10 以色列的驕傲當面見證自己， 雖遭遇這一切， 他們仍不歸向耶和華－他們的上帝， 也不尋求他。
Israel's pride testifies against him, but for all of this he still does not return to the Lord their God or look for him.
11 以法蓮好像鴿子愚蠢無知； 他們求告埃及，投奔亞述。
Ephraim is like a dove, foolish and without sense—calling to Egypt, then going to Assyria.
12 他們去的時候，我必將我的網撒在他們身上； 我要打下他們，如同空中的鳥。 我必按他們會眾所聽見的懲罰他們。
When they go I will throw my net over them; I will bring them down like wild birds. When I hear them flocking together I will punish them.
13 他們因離棄我，必定有禍； 因違背我，必被毀滅。 我雖要救贖他們，他們卻向我說謊。
What disaster is coming to them because they have strayed from me! Destruction is coming to them because they have rebelled against me! I wish I could redeem them, but they tell lies about me.
14 他們並不誠心哀求我， 乃在床上呼號； 他們為求五穀新酒聚集， 仍然悖逆我。
They do not cry out to me with sincere minds; instead they lie on their beds howling. They assemble together and gash themselves to gain grain and new wine, but they turn away from me.
15 我雖教導他們，堅固他們的膀臂， 他們竟圖謀抗拒我。
I myself trained them and made them strong, but now they plot evil against me.
16 他們歸向，卻不歸向至上者； 他們如同翻背的弓。 他們的首領必因舌頭的狂傲倒在刀下； 這在埃及地必作人的譏笑。
They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a useless bow. Their leaders will be killed by the sword because of their cursing. Because of this they will be ridiculed in Egypt.
