Hosea 8
1 Put a trumpet to your lips! An eagle swoops over the house of the Lord because they have broken my agreement and rebelled against my law.
你用口吹角吧！ 敌人如鹰来攻打耶和华的家； 因为这民违背我的约， 干犯我的律法。
2 Israel calls out to me, “Our God, we know you!”
他们必呼叫我说： 我的 神啊，我们以色列认识你了。
3 But Israel has rejected what is good. An enemy will chase after them.
以色列丢弃良善； 仇敌必追逼他。
4 They appointed kings without my consent and chose princes without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction.
他们立君王，却不由我； 他们立首领，我却不认。 他们用金银为自己制造偶像， 以致被剪除。
5 Samaria, I reject this calf idol you have made! My anger burns against them! How long will you be incapable of being good?
撒马利亚啊，耶和华已经丢弃你的牛犊； 我的怒气向拜牛犊的人发作。 他们到几时方能无罪呢？
6 This idol is from Israel! A craftsman made it—it's not God! The calf of Samaria will be broken in pieces!
这牛犊出于以色列， 是匠人所造的，并不是神。 撒马利亚的牛犊必被打碎。
7 Those who sow the wind will reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head of grain; it will produce no flour. Even if it did produce grain, foreigners would swallow it all up.
他们所种的是风，所收的是暴风； 所种的不成禾稼，就是发苗也不结实； 即便结实，外邦人必吞吃。
8 Israel is swallowed up; among the nations they are like something nobody wants.
以色列被吞吃； 现今在列国中，好像人不喜悦的器皿。
9 They have gone up to Assyria like a donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers.
他们投奔亚述，如同独行的野驴； 以法莲贿买朋党。
10 Even though they have hired allies among the nations, I will gather them together. Then they will writhe under the burden of the great king.
他们虽在列邦中贿买人， 现在我却要聚集惩罚他们； 他们因君王和首领所加的重担日渐衰微。
11 Though Ephraim built many altars to make sin offerings, they instead became altars of sin!
以法莲增添祭坛取罪； 因此，祭坛使他犯罪。
12 I wrote down for them the many aspects of my law, but they looked on them as foreign.
我为他写了律法万条， 他却以为与他毫无关涉。
13 They present me with their sacrifices, and they eat the meat, but I the Lord do not accept them. Now he will remember their wickedness, and punish them for their sins. They will return to Egypt.
至于献给我的祭物， 他们自食其肉， 耶和华却不悦纳他们。 现在必记念他们的罪孽， 追讨他们的罪恶； 他们必归回埃及。
14 Israel has forgotten his maker, and built palaces; Judah has built many fortified cities. But I will rain fire down on their cities and burn up their fortresses.
以色列忘记造他的主，建造宫殿； 犹大多造坚固城， 我却要降火焚烧他的城邑， 烧灭其中的宫殿。
