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Hosea
Chapter 5

1 ¹ Hear this, O priests, Pay attention, O house of Israel, O household of the king, give ear! It is you who are called to judgment. For you have become a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

司祭，你们听信这话！以色列家，留心细听！王室，侧耳倾听！审判是为你们行的，因为你们是米兹帕的圈套，是大博尔山上张开的罗网。

2 In their perversity they have sunk into wickedness, and I am rejected by them all.

他们在史廷掘深了陷阱，但是我却要完全惩治他们。

3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; Now Ephraim has played the harlot, Israel is defiled.

我认识厄弗辣因，以色列也瞒不住我：是的，厄弗辣因，因你行了淫，以色列玷污了自己。

4 Their deeds do not allow them to return to their God; For the spirit of harlotry is in them, and they do not recognize the LORD.

他们的行为不能使他们归向天主，因为邪淫的心神潜伏在他们内，致使他们不认识上主。

5 The arrogance of Israel bears witness against him; Ephraim stumbles in his guilt, and Judah stumbles with them.

以色列的傲气呈现在他们脸上，厄弗辣因因自己的罪孽而，跌倒连犹大也与他们一同跌倒。

6 With their flocks and their herds they shall go to seek the LORD, but they shall not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.

纵使他们牵牛带羊去寻求上主，但仍然寻不着，因为衪早已远离了他们。

7 They have been untrue to the LORD, for they have begotten illegitimate children; Now shall the new moon devour them together with their fields.

他们背叛了上主，因此他们生了私生子。看，毁灭者必要并舌他们和他们的基业。

8 ² ³ Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah! Sound the alarm in Beth-aven: "Look behind you, O Benjamin!"

你们要在基贝亚吹角，在辣玛吹号，在贝特阿文发出警报，本雅明便要惊惶失措。

9 Ephraim shall become a waste on the day of chastisement: Against the tribes of Israel I announce what is sure to be.

在惩罚之日，厄弗辣因将变成一片荒凉；对以色列各支派，我要宣告一件实有的事

10 ⁴ The princes of Judah have become like those that move a boundary line; Upon them I will pour out my wrath like water.

犹大的首领行事好象是挪移地界的人，所以我要在他们身上发泄我的愤怒，有如倒水一样。

11 ⁵ Is Ephraim maltreated, his rights violated? No, he has willingly gone after filth!

厄弗辣因强硬蛮横，破坏了正义，因为他乐意随从”虚无”。

12 ⁶ I am like a moth for Ephraim, like maggots for the house of Judah.

由此我对厄弗辣因将像是一个蠹鱼，对犹大家将像是一个蛀虫。1的创伤

13 ⁷ When Ephraim saw his infirmity, and Judah his sore, Ephraim went to Assyria, and Judah sent to the great king. But he cannot heal you nor take away your sore.

厄弗辣因发现了自己的疾病，犹大看见了自己的创伤，厄弗辣因便去了亚述，犹大遣使往谒大王；可是他不能医治你们，也不能治愈你们身上的创伤。

14 For I am like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah; It is I who rend the prey and depart, I carry it away and no one can save it from me.

因为我对厄弗辣因要像是一只狮子，对犹大家要像是一只壮狮；的确，我必撕碎，然后退去；我要把掠物带走，谁也不能挽救。

15 ⁸ I will go back to my place until they pay for their guilt and seek my presence.

我要去，要回到我的原处，直到他们受了罚，而寻求我的圣容为止。

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Footnotes

¹ [1] Mizpah: probably the Mizpah in Transjordan is meant; cf Joshua 11:8. Tabor: the mountain that dominates the valley of Jezreel.

² [8-14] This passage refers to the Syro-Ephraimite war of 735-734 B.C., when a coalition of Arameans and Israelites attempted to dethrone the king of Judah. Judah repulsed the attempt with the aid of Assyria, and the latter devastated both Aram and Israel; cf 2 Kings 16:5-9. Hosea condemns both Israel and Judah for the war.

³ [8] A vision of invasion, from Gibeah and Ramah in northern Judah, into Israel.

⁴ [10] Like those that move a boundary line: comparison of the invaders to a classic case of social injustice; cf Deut 19:14; 27:17; Proverb 23:10-11.

⁵ [11] Gone after filth: by allying himself with Aram.

⁶ [12] Moth . . . maggots: internal corruption will work the Lord's punishment on both Israel and Judah.

⁷ [13] Ephraim went . . . the great king: in 738 B.C. the Israelite King Manahem had to pay tribute to the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III, whose vassal he became (2 Kings 15:19-20). Under the threat of the Syro-Ephraimite invasion King Ahaz of Judah also submitted himself and his country to Tiglath-pileser (2 Kings 16:7-9). "The great king" was the title used by the Assyrian kings.

⁸ [15] The Lord withdraws himself from Israel, hoping for its repentance.