Hosea 7
1 When my desire was for the fate of my people to be changed and to make Israel well, then the sin of Ephraim was made clear, and the evil-doing of Samaria; for their ways are false, and the thief comes into the house, while the band of outlaws takes property by force in the streets.
我想医治以色列的时候， 以法莲的罪孽和撒马利亚的罪恶就显露出来。 他们行事虚谎， 内有贼人入室偷窃， 外有强盗成群骚扰。
2 And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.
他们心里并不思想我记念他们的一切恶； 他们所行的现在缠绕他们，都在我面前。
3 In their sin they make a king for themselves, and rulers in their deceit.
他们行恶使君王欢喜， 说谎使首领喜乐。
4 They are all untrue; they are like a burning oven; the bread-maker does not make up the fire from the time when the paste is mixed till it is leavened.
他们都是行淫的， 像火炉被烤饼的烧热， 从抟面到发面的时候， 暂不使火着旺。
5 On the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride.
在我们王宴乐的日子， 首领因酒的烈性成病； 王与亵慢人拉手。
6 For they have made their hearts ready like an oven, while they are waiting secretly; their wrath is sleeping all night; in the morning it is burning like a flaming fire.
首领埋伏的时候，心中热如火炉， 就如烤饼的整夜睡卧， 到了早晨火气炎炎。
7 They are all heated like an oven, and they put an end to their judges; all their kings have been made low; not one among them makes prayer to me.
众民也热如火炉， 烧灭他们的官长。 他们的君王都仆倒而死； 他们中间无一人求告我。
8 Ephraim is mixed with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
以法莲与列邦人搀杂； 以法莲是没有翻过的饼。
9 Men from other lands have made waste his strength, and he is not conscious of it; grey hairs have come on him here and there, and he has no knowledge of it.
外邦人吞吃他劳力得来的，他却不知道； 头发斑白，他也不觉得。
10 And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; but for all this, they have not gone back to the Lord their God, or made search for him.
以色列的骄傲当面见证自己， 虽遭遇这一切， 他们仍不归向耶和华—他们的 神， 也不寻求他。
11 And Ephraim is like a foolish dove, without wisdom; they send out their cry to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
以法莲好像鸽子愚蠢无知； 他们求告埃及，投奔亚述。
12 When they go, my net will be stretched out over them; I will take them like the birds of heaven, I will give them punishment, I will take them away in the net for their sin.
他们去的时候，我必将我的网撒在他们身上； 我要打下他们，如同空中的鸟。 我必按他们会众所听见的惩罚他们。
13 May trouble be theirs! for they have gone far away from me; and destruction, for they have been sinning against me; I was ready to be their saviour, but they said false words against me.
他们因离弃我，必定有祸； 因违背我，必被毁灭。 我虽要救赎他们，他们却向我说谎。
14 And they have not made prayer to me in their hearts, but they make loud cries on their beds; they are cutting themselves for food and wine, they are turned against me.
他们并不诚心哀求我， 乃在床上呼号； 他们为求五谷新酒聚集， 仍然悖逆我。
15 Though I have given training and strength to their arms, they have evil designs against me.
我虽教导他们，坚固他们的膀臂， 他们竟图谋抗拒我。
16 They have gone to what is of no value; they are like a false bow; their captains will come to destruction by the sword, and their ruler by my wrath; for this, the land of Egypt will make sport of them.
他们归向，却不归向至上者； 他们如同翻背的弓。 他们的首领必因舌头的狂傲倒在刀下； 这在埃及地必作人的讥笑。
