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 trumpet to your lips! Something like an eagle is over the LORD’s house, because they have broken my covenant and rebelled 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。
They cry to me, ‘My God, we, Israel, acknowledge you!’
3 以色列丟棄良善； 仇敵必追逼他。
Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will 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 have set up kings, but not by me. They have made princes, and I didn’t approve. Of their silver and their gold they have made themselves idols, that they may be cut off.
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？
Let Samaria throw out his calf idol! My anger burns against them! How long will it be until they are capable of purity?
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。
For this is even from Israel! The workman made it, and it is no God; indeed, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
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。
For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.
8 以色列被吞吃； 現今在列國中，好像人不喜悅的器皿。
Israel is swallowed up. Now they are amongst the nations like a worthless thing.
9 他們投奔亞述，如同獨行的野驢； 以法蓮賄買朋黨。
For they have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for himself.
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 although they sold themselves amongst the nations, I will now gather them; and they begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of mighty ones.
11 以法蓮增添祭壇取罪； 因此，祭壇使他犯罪。
Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they became for him altars for sinning.
12 我為他寫了律法萬條， 他卻以為與他毫無關涉。
I wrote for him the many things of my law, but they were regarded as a strange thing.
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。
As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the LORD doesn’t accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins. They will return to Egypt.
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 has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire on his cities, and it will devour its fortresses.”
