Hosea 13
1 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he became guilty through Baal, he died.
從前厄弗辣因一發言，令人害怕，他原是以色列中的首領；但後來他因巴耳而犯罪，至於滅亡。
2 Now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, ‘They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves.’
如今他們仍舊犯罪，用銀子為自己鑄神像，按照他們的幻想製造偶像；這一切只是匠人的作品，他們反說：「應向他們獻祭! 各人就口親牛犢。
3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the dew that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke out of the chimney.
因此，他們將如黎明的雲霧，如易逝的朝霞，如禾場上被風捲去的糠秕，如由窗口冒出的煙氣
4 “Yet I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.
從在埃及地時，我就是上主，你們的天主；除我以外，你們不可認識其他的神；除我以外，別無拯救者。
5 I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
我在曠野中──在乾旱之地──牧放了你。
6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.
我牧養了他們，使他們得以飽食；但飽食之後，他們便心高氣傲，反而忘卻了我。
7 Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.
所以我對他們像一隻獅子，像一頭豹子，伏在路旁，窺伺他們；
8 I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.
像一隻失掉幼子的母熊衝向他們，撕破他們胸內的心，好叫野狗在那裏舌食他們，野獸撕裂他們。
9 You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your helper.
以色列! 我要摧毀你，有誰能援助你﹖
10 Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’?
你的君王在哪裏﹖讓他來拯救你! 你所有的領袖在哪裏﹖叫他們來保護你! 因為你曾說：「請你賜給我君王和領袖! 」
11 I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.
我在憤怒中給了你君王，我也要在盛怒中，再將他除去。
12 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up. His sin is stored up.
厄弗辣因的邪惡已被封存，他的罪孽已被貯藏。
13 The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son, for when it is time, he doesn’t come to the opening of the womb.
分娩的劇痛將臨到他身上，可是胎兒是一個愚蠢的孩子，雖然時候到了，他仍不願脫離母胎。
14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes. (Sheol h7585)
我要解救他們脫離死亡嗎﹖死亡啊! 你的災害在哪裏﹖陰府啊! 你的毀滅在哪裏﹖憐憫已由我的眼前隱蔽了。 (Sheol h7585)
15 Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come, the breath of the LORD coming up from the wilderness; and his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up. He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.
他在蘆葦中雖長的茂盛，但必有東風吹來：上主的風必由曠野吹來，使他的泉源乾涸。他必掠去他所貯藏的一切寶物。
16 Samaria will bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.”
撒馬利亞必要承當罪罰，因為她背叛了自己的天主；她的居民必喪身刀下，他們的嬰兒必被摔死，他們的孕婦必被剖腹。
