Hosea 11
1 Just as the morning passes, so has the king of Israel passed by. For Israel was a child and I loved him; and out of Egypt I called my son.
以色列年幼的时候，我爱他， 就从埃及召出我的儿子来。
2 They called them, and so they departed before their face. They offered victims to the Baals, and they sacrificed to graven images.
先知越发招呼他们， 他们越发走开， 向诸巴力献祭， 给雕刻的偶像烧香。
3 And I was like a foster father to Ephraim. I carried them in my arms. And they did not know that I healed them.
我原教导以法莲行走， 用膀臂抱着他们， 他们却不知道是我医治他们。
4 I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bands of love. And I will be to them like one who raises the yoke over their jaws. And I will reach down to him so that he may eat.
我用慈绳爱索牵引他们； 我待他们如人放松牛的两腮夹板， 把粮食放在他们面前。
5 He will not return to the land of Egypt, but Assur himself will be the king over him, because they were not willing to be converted.
他们必不归回埃及地， 亚述人却要作他们的王， 因他们不肯归向我。
6 The sword has begun in his cities, and it will consume his elect and devour their heads.
刀剑必临到他们的城邑， 毁坏门闩，把人吞灭， 都因他们随从自己的计谋。
7 And my people will long for my return. But a yoke will be imposed on them together, which will not be taken away.
我的民偏要背道离开我； 众先知虽然招呼他们归向至上的主， 却无人尊崇主。
8 How will I provide for you, Ephraim; how will I protect you, Israel? How will I provide for you as for Adam; will I set you like Zeboiim? My heart has changed within me; together with my regret, it has been stirred up.
以法莲哪，我怎能舍弃你？ 以色列啊，我怎能弃绝你？ 我怎能使你如押玛？ 怎能使你如洗扁？ 我回心转意， 我的怜爱大大发动。
9 I will not act on the fury of my wrath. I will not turn back to utterly destroy Ephraim. For I am God, and not man, the Divine in your midst, and I will not advance upon the city.
我必不发猛烈的怒气， 也不再毁灭以法莲。 因我是 神，并非世人， 是你们中间的圣者； 我必不在怒中临到你们。
10 They will walk after the Lord; he will roar like a lion. For he himself will roar, and the sons of the sea will dread.
耶和华必如狮子吼叫， 子民必跟随他。 他一吼叫， 他们就从西方急速而来。
11 And they will fly like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove from the land of the Assyrians. And I will arrange them in their own houses, says the Lord.
他们必如雀鸟从埃及急速而来， 又如鸽子从亚述地来到。 我必使他们住自己的房屋。 这是耶和华说的。
12 Ephraim has besieged me with denials, and the house of Israel with deceit. But Judah went down as a witness before God and the holy ones of faith.
以法莲用谎话， 以色列家用诡计围绕我； 犹大却靠 神掌权， 向圣者有忠心。
