| 歐瑟亞 |
Hosea |
| 1你要把號角放在你的口上，當作上主家的哨兵，因為百姓違背了我的盟約，干犯了我的法律。 |
1A trumpet to your lips, You who watch over the house of the LORD! Since they have violated my covenant, and sinned against my law, |
| 2他們呼喊我說：以色列的天主！我們認識你。 |
2While to me they cry out, "O, God of Israel, we know you!" |
| 3但以色列拋棄了善，所以敵人要迫害她。 |
3The men of Israel have thrown away what is good; the enemy shall pursue them. |
| 4他們自立了君王，卻沒有我的同意；他們自立了首領，卻沒有叫我知道；他們用金銀為自己製造了偶像，給自己招來滅亡。 |
4 They made kings, but not by my authority; they established princes, but without my approval. With their silver and gold they made idols for themselves, to their own destruction. |
| 5撒瑪黎雅！我必要除掉你的牛犢，我的怒火必要對牠燃起；以色列子民不能自新要到幾時呢？ |
5Cast away your calf, O Samaria! my wrath is kindled against them; How long will they be unable to attain innocence in Israel? |
| 6牛犢是工匠製造的，牠並不是天主；撒瑪黎雅的牛犢必定被粉碎！ |
6The work of an artisan no god at all, Destined for the flames-- such is the calf of Samaria! |
| 7他們既播種了風，收的也必是風；麥子不抽穗，做不成麵粉；即便做出麵粉來，也必被外邦人吃掉。 |
7When they sow the wind, they shall reap the whirlwind; The stalk of grain that forms no ear can yield no flour; Even if it could, strangers would swallow it. |
| 8以色列被吞沒了，今後在列邦中必成為一個無用的廢物。 |
8Israel is swallowed up; he is now among the nations a thing of no value. |
| 9他們去投奔亞述──一匹孤獨的野驢──同時又給埃及送愛情的禮物。 |
9They went up to Assyria-- a wild ass off on its own-- Ephraim bargained for lovers. |
| 10縱然他們在列邦中行賄，我現在就要分散他們，使他們暫時停止給君王和首領傅油。 |
10Even though they bargain with the nations, I will now gather an army; King and princes shall shortly succumb under the burden. |
| 11厄弗辣因建築了許多祭壇，但這些祭壇為他們卻只有犯罪的用途。 |
11 When Ephraim made many altars to expiate sin, his altars became occasions of sin. |
| 12雖然我為他們寫了許多法律，卻被看作陌生人的廢話。 |
12Though I write for him my many ordinances, they are considered as a stranger's. |
| 13讓他們奉獻燔祭，讓他們取吃祭肉：這一切上主都不喜歡；今後他必記住他們的邪惡，必懲罰他們的罪孽；他們必要回到埃及去。 |
13Though they offer sacrifice, immolate flesh and eat it, the LORD is not pleased with them. He shall still remember their guilt and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt. |
| 14以色列忘了自己的造主，建立了許多宮殿，猶大也增建了許多堅固的城池；但是，我必要把火投在他們的城中，吞滅城中的宮室。 |
14Israel has forgotten his maker and built palaces. Judah, too, has fortified many cities, but I will send fire upon his cities, to devour their castles. |
