何西阿書 8
1 你用口吹角吧！ 敵人如鷹來攻打耶和華的家； 因為這民違背我的約， 干犯我的律法。
Put the horn to your mouth! An eagle swoops down upon the house of the Lord because they have transgressed my covenant, trespassed against my law.
2 他們必呼叫我說： 我的上帝啊，我們以色列認識你了。
To me they continually cry, “My God, we Israel, we know you!”
3 以色列丟棄良善； 仇敵必追逼他。
But Israel has spurned that which is good, so let the foe pursue him.
4 他們立君王，卻不由我； 他們立首領，我卻不認。 他們用金銀為自己製造偶像， 以致被剪除。
They themselves have made kings but without my consent. They have made princes but without my knowledge. Out of their silver and gold, they have made idols to their destruction!
5 撒馬利亞啊，耶和華已經丟棄你的牛犢； 我的怒氣向拜牛犢的人發作。 他們到幾時方能無罪呢？
Your calf idol, O Samaria, is distasteful. My anger is kindled against them. How long will they escape punishment?
6 這牛犢出於以色列， 是匠人所造的，並不是神。 撒馬利亞的牛犢必被打碎。
Israel made the thing: a workman made it. It is not a god! Samaria’s calf will become mere splinters.
7 他們所種的是風，所收的是暴風； 所種的不成禾稼，就是發苗也不結實； 即便結實，外邦人必吞吃。
They sow the wind and will reap the whirlwind. A shoot which has no stalk, yields no fruit If it should yield, strangers would devour it.
8 以色列被吞吃； 現今在列國中，好像人不喜悅的器皿。
Israel is devoured. Already it lies discarded among the nations like a worthless pot.
9 他們投奔亞述，如同獨行的野驢； 以法蓮賄買朋黨。
For by themselves they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey which wanders by itself. Ephraim pays for love
10 他們雖在列邦中賄買人， 現在我卻要聚集懲罰他們； 他們因君王和首領所加的重擔日漸衰微。
but even if they sell themselves among the nations, I will round them up. Soon the kings and princes will writhe under the burden of tribute!
11 以法蓮增添祭壇取罪； 因此，祭壇使他犯罪。
For as many altars as Ephraim has erected, they are to him altars for sinning,
12 我為他寫了律法萬條， 他卻以為與他毫無關涉。
were I to write for him ever so many instructions, they would be regarded as from a stranger.
13 至於獻給我的祭物， 他們自食其肉， 耶和華卻不悅納他們。 現在必記念他們的罪孽， 追討他們的罪惡； 他們必歸回埃及。
The people love sacrifice, and so they offer sacrifices, meat, and so they eat it, although the Lord is not pleased with them, so now he will remember their guilt, and punish their sins. Back to Egypt with them!
14 以色列忘記造他的主，建造宮殿； 猶大多造堅固城， 我卻要降火焚燒他的城邑， 燒滅其中的宮殿。
For Israel forgot his Maker and built palaces, and Judah multiplied fortified cities. But I will send fire upon her cities, and it will devour her strongholds.
