Hosea 8
1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. [He cometh] as an eagle against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and rebelled against my law.
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。
2 They shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee; [we], Israel.
他們必呼叫我說： 我的上帝啊，我們以色列認識你了。
3 Israel hath cast off good: the enemy shall pursue him.
以色列丟棄良善； 仇敵必追逼他。
4 They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, and I knew it not; of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
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。
5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast [thee] off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purity?
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？
6 For from Israel is this also: — a workman made it, and it is no God: for the calf of Samaria shall be [broken in] pieces.
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。
7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
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。
8 Israel is swallowed up: now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
以色列被吞吃； 現今在列國中，好像人不喜悅的器皿。
9 For they are gone up [to] Assyria [as] a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
他們投奔亞述，如同獨行的野驢； 以法蓮賄買朋黨。
10 Although they hire among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall begin to be straitened under the burden of the king of princes.
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。
11 Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
以法蓮增添祭壇取罪； 因此，祭壇使他犯罪。
12 I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: they are counted [as] a strange thing.
我為他寫了律法萬條， 他卻以為與他毫無關涉。
13 They sacrifice flesh [for] the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; Jehovah hath no delight in them. Now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
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。
14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
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。
