< Hosea 5 >

1 "Listen to this, you priests. Listen, house of Israel, and give ear, house of the king. For the judgment is against you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.
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 The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I discipline all of them.
他們在史廷掘深了陷阱,但是我卻要完全懲治他們。
3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute. Israel is defiled.
我認識厄弗辣因,因你行了淫,以色列玷污了自己。
4 Their deeds won't allow them to turn to their God; for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know Jehovah.
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 The pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah also will 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 go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they won't find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.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 are unfaithful to Jehovah; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with 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 cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah. Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin.
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 Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.
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 The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark. I will pour out my wrath on them like water.
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 Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; Because he is intent in his pursuit of 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 Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
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 Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.
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 For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.
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 I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly."
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:

< Hosea 5 >