Hosea 7
1 When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria. For they commit falsehood, and the thief enters in, and the troop of robbers ravages outside.
わたしがイスラエルをいやすとき、エフライムの不義と、サマリヤの悪しきわざとは現れる。彼らは偽りをおこない、内では盗びとが押し入り、外では山賊の群れが襲いきたる。
2 And they do not consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own doings have surrounded them; they are before my face.
しかし、彼らはわたしが彼らのすべての悪を覚えていることを悟らない。今、そのわざは彼らを囲んで、わたしの顔の前にある。
3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the rulers with their lies.
彼らはその悪をもって王を喜ばせ、その偽りをもって君たちを喜ばせる。
4 They are all adulterers. They are as an oven heated by the baker. He ceases to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.
彼らはみな姦淫を行う者で、パンを焼く者が熱くする炉のようだ。パンを焼く者は、ねり粉をこねてから、それがふくれるまで、しばらく、火をおこす事をしないだけだ。
5 On the day of our king the rulers made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He stretched out his hand with scoffers.
われわれの王の日に、つかさたちは酒の熱によって病みわずらい、王はあざける者と共に手を伸べた。
6 For they have made their heart ready like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.
彼らは陰謀をもってその心を炉のように燃やす。その怒りは夜通しくすぶり、朝になると炎のように燃える。
7 They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings are fallen. There is none among those who call to me.
彼らは皆、炉のように熱くなって、そのさばきびとを焼き滅ぼす。そのもろもろの王は皆たおれる。彼らの中にはわたしを呼ぶ者がひとりもない。
8 Ephraim, he mixes himself among the peoples. Ephraim is a cake not turned.
エフライムはもろもろの民の中に入り混じる。エフライムは火にかけて、かえさない菓子である。
9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he does not know. Yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he does not know.
他国人らは彼の力を食い尽すが、彼はそれを知らない。しらがが混じってはえても、それを悟らない。
10 And the pride of Israel testifies to his face. Yet they have not returned to Jehovah their God, nor sought him for all this.
イスラエルの誇は自らに向かって証言している、彼らはこのもろもろの事があっても、なおその神、主に帰らず、また主を求めない。
11 And Ephraim is like a silly dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.
エフライムは知恵のない愚かな、はとのようだ。彼らはエジプトに向かって呼び求め、またアッスリヤへ行く。
12 When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them. I will bring them down as the birds of the heavens. I will chastise them, as their congregation has heard.
彼らが行くとき、わたしは彼らの上に網を張って、空の鳥のように引き落し、その悪しきおこないのゆえに、彼らを懲らしめる。
13 Woe to them! For they have wandered from me. Destruction to them! For they have trespassed against me. Though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
わざわいなるかな、彼らはわたしを離れて迷い出た。滅びは彼らに臨む。彼らがわたしに向かって罪を犯したからだ。わたしは彼らをあがなおうと思うが、彼らはわたしに逆らって偽りを言う。
14 And they have not cried to me with their heart, but they howl upon their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They rebel against me.
彼らは真心をもってわたしを呼ばず、ただ床の上で悲しみ叫ぶ。彼らは穀物と酒のためには集まるが、わたしに逆らう。
15 Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they devise mischief against me.
わたしは彼らを教え、その腕を強くしたが、彼らはわたしに逆らって、悪しき事をはかる。
16 They return, but not to him on high. They are like a deceitful bow. Their rulers shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
彼らはバアルに帰る。彼らはあざむく弓のようだ。彼らの君たちはその舌の高ぶりのために、つるぎに倒れる。これはエジプトの国で人々のあざけりとなる。
