Hosea 12
1 “Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day he multiplies lying and spoiling, And they make a covenant with Asshur, And oil is carried to Egypt.
厄弗辣因愛好颶風，整日追逐東風，說許多謊話，行許多暴行，既與亞述結盟，又給埃及送油。
2 And YHWH has a controversy with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, He returns to him according to his doings.
上主要與以色列爭辯，要按他們的行徑懲罰雅各伯，依照他的行為報復他：
3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince with God,
他在母胎中就欺騙了他的弟兄，及至壯年又曾與天神搏鬥；
4 Indeed, he is a prince to the Messenger, And he overcomes [by] weeping, And he makes supplication to Him, At Bethel He finds him, And there He speaks with us,
他與天神博鬥，並且獲得了勝利；他哭了，曾懇求他開恩；在貝特耳再遇見了他，在那裏天主對他說：──
5 Even YHWH, God of the Hosts, YHWH [is] His memorial.
上主，萬軍的天主，雅威是他的名號x──
6 And you, through your God, turn, Keep kindness and judgment, And wait on your God continually.
「至於你，你應當歸向你的天主，遵守仁愛和正義，時刻仰望你的天主。」
7 Canaan! In his hand [are] balances of deceit! He has loved to oppress.
厄弗辣因有如客納罕人，手裏拿著欺詐的天秤，喜行欺騙。
8 And Ephraim says, Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labors—they do not find against me iniquity that [is] sin.
厄弗辣因說：「我現在實在成了富翁，發了大財。」然而他所獲得的一切，為補贖他所犯的罪孽，仍嫌不夠。
9 And I—your God YHWH from the land of Egypt, Again I turn you back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time.
自從在埃及地時，我就是上主，你的天主：我必再使你住在帳幕中，如在盛會的節日一樣。
10 And I have spoken to the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use allegories.
是我向先知們說了話，是我增多了異象，我也必藉先知們消滅他們。
11 Surely Gilead [is] iniquity, They have been only vanity, In Gilead they have sacrificed bullocks, Also their altars [are] as heaps, on the furrows of a field.
在基肋阿得只有罪惡，的確，他們只是虛無；在基耳加耳 他們向牛犢獻了祭，因此他們的祭壇必將成為田畦中的石堆。
12 And Jacob flees to the country of Aram, And Israel serves for a wife, Indeed, he has kept watch for a wife.
雅各伯曾逃到阿蘭平原，以色列曾為娶妻而服役，曾為娶妻而放羊。
13 And by a prophet has YHWH brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it has been watched.
上主曾藉一位先知領以色列出離埃及，也藉一位先知保護了他們。
14 Ephraim has most bitterly provoked, And he leaves his blood on himself, And his Lord turns his reproach back to him!”
但厄弗辣因大大激怒了上主，他的血債必要歸到他身上，他的主必要在他身上報復自己受的凌辱。
