< Hosea 4 >

1 Sones of Israel, here ye the word of the Lord, for whi doom is to the Lord with the dwelleris of erthe; for whi trewthe is not, and merci is not, and kunnyng of the Lord is not in erthe.
以色列人哪,你们当听耶和华的话。 耶和华与这地的居民争辩, 因这地上无诚实, 无良善,无人认识 神。
2 Curs, and leesyng, and manquelling, and thefte, and auowtrie flowiden, and blood touchide blood.
但起假誓,不践前言, 杀害,偷盗,奸淫,行强暴, 杀人流血,接连不断。
3 For this thing the erthe schal mourne, and ech that dwellith in that lond, schal be sijk, in the beeste of the feeld, and in the brid of the eir; but also the fischis of the see schulen be gaderid togidere.
因此,这地悲哀, 其上的民、田野的兽、 空中的鸟必都衰微, 海中的鱼也必消灭。
4 Netheles ech man deme not, and a man be not repreuyd; for thi puple is as thei that ayen seien the prest.
然而,人都不必争辩,也不必指责, 因为这民与抗拒祭司的人一样。
5 And thou schalt falle to dai, and the profete also schal falle with thee; in the niyt Y made thi modir to be stille.
你这祭司必日间跌倒; 先知也必夜间与你一同跌倒; 我必灭绝你的母亲。
6 My puple was stille, for it hadde not kunnyng; for thou hast putte awei kunnyng, Y schal putte thee awei, that thou vse not presthod to me; and for thou hast foryete the lawe of thi God, also Y schal foryete thi sones.
我的民因无知识而灭亡。 你弃掉知识, 我也必弃掉你, 使你不再给我作祭司。 你既忘了你 神的律法, 我也必忘记你的儿女。
7 Bi the multitude of hem, so thei synneden ayens me. Y schal chaunge the glorie of hem in to schenschipe.
祭司越发增多,就越发得罪我; 我必使他们的荣耀变为羞辱。
8 Thei schulen ete the synnes of my puple, and thei schulen reise the soulis of hem to the wickidnesse of hem.
他们吃我民的赎罪祭, 满心愿意我民犯罪。
9 And it schal be, as the puple so the prest; and Y schal visite on hym the weies of hym, and Y schal yelde to him the thouytis of hym.
将来民如何, 祭司也必如何; 我必因他们所行的惩罚他们, 照他们所做的报应他们。
10 And thei schulen ete, and thei schulen not be fillid; thei diden fornicacioun, and ceessiden not, for thei forsoken the Lord in not kepynge.
他们吃,却不得饱; 行淫,而不得立后; 因为他们离弃耶和华, 不遵他的命。
11 Fornycacioun, and wiyn, and drunkenesse doen awei the herte.
奸淫和酒,并新酒, 夺去人的心。
12 My puple axide in his tre, and the staf therof telde to it; for the spirit of fornicacioun disseyuede hem, and thei diden fornicacioun fro her God.
我的民求问木偶, 以为木杖能指示他们; 因为他们的淫心使他们失迷, 他们就行淫离弃 神, 不守约束,
13 On the heedis of mounteyns thei maden sacrifice, and on the litil hillis thei brenten encense vndur an ook, and a popeler, and terebynte, for the schadewe therof was good. Therfor youre douytris schulen do fornicacioun, and youre wyues schulen be auoutressis.
在各山顶,各高冈的橡树、 杨树、栗树之下,献祭烧香, 因为树影美好。 所以,你们的女儿淫乱, 你们的新妇行淫。
14 Y schal not visite on youre douytris, whanne thei don fornicacioun, and on youre wyues, whanne thei doon auowtrie; for thei lyuyden with hooris, and maden sacrifice with men turned in to wymmens condiciouns. And the puple that vndirstondith not, schal be betun.
你们的女儿淫乱, 你们的新妇行淫, 我却不惩罚她们; 因为你们自己离群与娼妓同居, 与妓女一同献祭。 这无知的民必致倾倒。
15 If thou, Israel, doist fornicacioun, nameli Juda trespasse not; and nyle ye entre in to Galgala, and stie ye not in to Bethauen, nether swere ye, The Lord lyueth.
以色列啊,你虽然行淫, 犹大却不可犯罪。 不要往吉甲去, 不要上到伯·亚文, 也不要指着永生的耶和华起誓。
16 For as a wielde cow Israel bowide awei; now the Lord schal fede hem as a lomb in broodnesse.
以色列倔强, 犹如倔强的母牛; 现在耶和华要放他们, 如同放羊羔在宽阔之地。
17 Effraym is the partener of idols, leeue thou him;
以法莲亲近偶像, 任凭他吧!
18 the feeste of hem is departid. Bi fornicacioun thei diden fornicacioun, the defenders therof louyden to brynge schenschipe.
他们所喝的已经发酸, 他们时常行淫, 他们的官长最爱羞耻的事。
19 The spirit boond hym in hise wyngis, and thei schulen be schent of her sacrifices.
风把他们裹在翅膀里; 他们因所献的祭必致蒙羞。

< Hosea 4 >