Hosea 7
1 Whenever I want to heal Israel, the sin of Ephraim is exposed, as well as the evil deeds of Samaria, for they practice deceit; a thief comes in, and a marauding band attacks in the street.
當我著手醫治以色列時，厄弗辣因的罪孽就顯露出來，撒馬利亞的惡也顯露出來，因為他們行了詭詐的事：竊賊潛入內室，而外遇強盜；
2 They do not realize in their hearts that I remember all their evil deeds. Now their deeds surround them; they are before my face.
但他們並不存心細想：我記住他們的一切惡行。現今他們的行為圍繞著他們，一一擺在我眼前。
3 With their evil they make the king glad, and by their lies the officials.
他們使君王喜歡，是出於惡意，使首領快樂，是出於詭詐。
4 They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker, who ceases to stir the fire from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
個個燃起了怒火，像一座火爐，伙夫暫停煽火，直到和好的麵團發酵。
5 On the day of our king the officials made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He reached out with his hand to those who were mocking.
在他們君王的慶日上，當官長們酒勁發作，不能支持的時候，君王便和惡徒勾結起來。
6 For with hearts like an oven, they devise their deceitful plans. Their anger smolders all night; in the morning it burns high like a flaming fire.
他們的心雖因陰謀而焦慮得像火爐一樣，但他們的怒火卻整夜停息；一到早晨，卻又如烈火復燃。
7 They all are as hot as an oven, and they devour those who rule over them. All their kings have fallen; none of them calls on me.
個個像火爐一樣，熾燃起來，吞噬了他們的官長；他們的君王都倒斃了，但沒有一個向我呼求。
8 Ephraim mixes himself among the peoples. Ephraim is a flat cake that has not been turned over.
厄弗辣因想混雜在列邦之中，厄弗辣因成了一塊尚未翻過的烤餅。
9 Foreigners have devoured his strength, but he does not know it. Gray hairs are sprinkled on him, but he does not know it.
外邦人耗盡了她的力量，她尚不自覺，頭上已佈滿了白髮，她還不知曉。
10 The pride of Israel testifies against him; however, they have not returned to Yahweh their God, nor have they sought him, in spite of all this.
[雖然如此，以色列的驕傲仍呈現在自己面上，他們仍不歸依，仍不尋求上主，他們的天主]。
11 Ephraim is like a dove, gullible and without sense, calling out to Egypt, then flying to Assyria.
厄弗辣因像愚蠢無知的鴿子，一時求救埃及，一時又投奔亞述；
12 When they go, I will spread my net over them, I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will punish them in their flocking together.
可是不論他們往何處去，我要向他們撒開我的羅網，使他們像天上的飛鳥跌下：一聽到他們聚齊待飛，我便將他們捕捉。
13 Woe to them! For they have strayed from me. Devastation is coming to them! They have rebelled against me! I would have rescued them, but they spoke lies against me.
他們有禍了! 因為他們遠離離了我；他們必遭受毀滅，因為他們背叛了我。我原想拯救他們，但他們卻對我撒謊，
14 They have not cried to me with all their heart, but they wail on their beds. They gather together for grain and new wine, and they turn away from me.
並沒有真心呼求我，只是在祭壇旁悲歎；為了五榖和新酒，仍自割己身，仍背叛我。
15 Though I trained them and strengthened their arms, they are now plotting evil against me.
我雖然加強了他們的手臂，然而他們仍圖謀邪惡反抗我。
16 They return, but they do not return to me, the Most High. They are like a slack bow. Their officials will fall by the sword because of the insolence of their tongues. This will become their mockery in the land of Egypt.
他們歸向了虛無，變成了歪曲的弓；他們的首領因自己的狂言，必喪身刀下，且在埃及地為人恥笑。
