< Hosea 5 >
1 “Listen, you priests! And you [other] Israeli people, you also pay attention! And you who are members of the king’s family, [you also need to] listen, because [I am going to] judge you! Your [worshiping idols] has been [like] [MET] a trap for [the people at] Mizpah [town]; it has been [like][MET] a net spread out [to catch people] at Tabor [Mountain].
司祭,你們你們應信這話! 以色列家,留心細聽! 王室,側耳傾聽! 審判是為你們行的,因為你們的是米茲帕的圈套,是大博爾山上張開的羅網。
2 You have done many evil things, so I will punish all of you.
他們在史廷掘深了陷阱,但是我卻要完全懲治他們。
3 I know [everything about the people of] Israel; nothing that they have done is hidden from me. Because [the people of] Israel have given themselves [to worshiping idols] like [MET] prostitutes [give themselves to the men they sleep with], they have become unacceptable to me.
我認識厄弗辣因,因你行了淫,以色列玷污了自己。
4 Because they [like to do evil] things, they will not return to [me], their God. Like prostitutes [who have abandoned their husbands] [MET], they have [IDM] abandoned [MET] me; they do not [even] know me, Yahweh.
他們的行為不能使他們歸向天主,因為邪淫的心神潛伏在他們內,致使他們不認識天主。
5 [It is as though] their being proud testifies [PRS] against them. The sins that [the people of] Israel have committed [are like a heavy load that] causes them to stumble, and [the people of] Judah stumble with them.
以色列的傲氣呈現他們臉上,厄弗辣因因自己的罪孽而,連猶大也與他們一同跌倒。
6 They will come to worship [me], Yahweh, bringing their herds of sheep and cattle, but they will not [be able to] find me, because I have abandoned them.
縱使他們牽牛帶羊去尋求上主,但仍然尋不著,因為衪早已遠離了他們。
7 They have abandoned me; and their children do not belong to me [MET]. So [they will not be able to celebrate their festivals at] the new moons [because I] will destroy them and [the crops in] their fields.
他們背叛了上主,由此他們生了私生子。看,毀滅者必要併舌他們和他們的基業。
8 Blow the [rams’] horns in Gibeah [town] [and blow] the trumpets in Ramah [town]! Warn [the people at] Beth-Aven [town]; you warriors of the tribe of Benjamin, lead the troops [into the battle].
你們要在基貝亞吹角,在辣瑪吹號,在貝特阿文 發出驚報,本雅明便要驚惶失措。
9 Israel will be ruined on the day that [I] destroy them. What I am telling to the tribes of Israel will certainly [happen].
在懲罰之日,厄弗辣因將變成一片荒涼;對以色列各支派,我要宣告一件實有的事
10 [Because] the leaders of Judah [seized some land that belonged to Israel], they are like [SIM] those who move boundary markers [to get more land for themselves]; [so] I will punish them severely [MET].
猶大的首領行事好像是挪移地界的人,所以我要在他們身上發洩卜憤怒,有如倒水一樣。
11 And [the people of] Israel will suffer greatly when I punish them, because they are [very] determined to worship idols.
厄弗辣因強硬蠻橫,破壞了正義,因為他樂意隨跟送」虛無」。
12 I will destroy [the people of] Israel like [SIM] ([larvae of] moths/cockroaches) destroy wool, and I will cause [the people of] Judah to be like [SIM] rotten wood.
由此我對厄弗辣因將像是一個蠹魚,對猶大家將像是一個蛀蟲。 1的創傷
13 When [the leaders of] Israel and Judah saw that the people were suffering because of what [their enemies were doing to them] [MET], they sent [messages] to the great King of Assyria requesting [his help]. But he cannot help you; he cannot cause you to stop suffering, [because I am the one who is punishing Israel and Judah].
厄弗辣因發現了自己的疾病,猶大看見了自己的創傷,厄弗辣因便去了亞述,猶大遣使往謁大王;可是他不能醫治你們,也不能治愈你們身上的創傷。
14 I will become like [SIM] a lion [DOU] to both nations; I will [attack them and] tear them to pieces. I will drag them away, and no one will [be able to] rescue them.
因為我對厄弗辣因要像是一隻獅子,對猶大家要像是一隻壯獅;的確,我必撕碎,然後退去;我要 把掠物帶走,誰也不能挽救。
15 [After that], I will return to my place [in heaven] until they admit that they have sinned [MTY] and return to me; when they will experience [many] troubles, they will request me [to help them].”
我要去,要回到我的原處,直到他們受了罰,而我的的聖容為止。在他們遇到困難時,他們必要我: