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。
Whenever I want to heal Israel, the sin of Ephraim is exposed, as well as the evil deeds of Samaria, for they practice deceit; a thief comes in, and a marauding band attacks in the street.
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。
They do not realize in their hearts that I remember all their evil deeds. Now their deeds surround them; they are before my face.
3 他們行惡使君王歡喜， 說謊使首領喜樂。
With their evil they make the king glad, and by their lies the officials.
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。
They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker, who ceases to stir the fire from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
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 day of our king the officials made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He reached out with his hand to those who were mocking.
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。
For with hearts like an oven, they devise their deceitful plans. Their anger smolders all night; in the morning it burns high like a flaming fire.
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。
They all are as hot as an oven, and they devour those who rule over them. All their kings have fallen; none 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 himself among the peoples. Ephraim is a flat cake that has not been turned over.
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 have devoured his strength, but he does not know it. Gray hairs are sprinkled on him, but he does not know it.
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。
The pride of Israel testifies against him; however, they have not returned to Yahweh their God, nor have they sought him, in spite of all this.
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, gullible and without sense, calling out to Egypt, then flying 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 spread my net over them, I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will punish them in their flocking together.
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。
Woe to them! For they have strayed from me. Devastation is coming to them! They have rebelled against me! I would have rescued them, but they spoke lies against 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 have not cried to me with all their heart, but they wail on their beds. They gather together for grain and new wine, and 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。
Though I trained them and strengthened their arms, they are now plotting 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 return, but they do not return to me, the Most High. They are like a slack bow. Their officials will fall by the sword because of the insolence of their tongues. This will become their mockery in the land of Egypt.
