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Hosea
Chapter 12

1 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, the house of Israel, with deceit; Judah is still rebellious against God, against the Holy One, who is faithful.

厄弗辣因用，谎言以色列家以诡诈欺骗了我；犹大对天主也是不忠实的证人，他只知忠于迷惑他的人。

2 ¹ Ephraim chases the wind, ever pursuing the gale. His lies and falsehoods are many: he comes to terms with Assyria, and carries oil to Egypt.

厄弗辣因爱好飓风，整日追逐东风，说许多谎话，行许多暴行，既与亚述结盟，又给埃及送油。

3 ² The LORD has a grievance against Israel: he shall punish Jacob for his conduct, for his deeds he shall repay him.

上主要与以色列争辩，要按他们的行径惩罚雅各伯，依照他的行为报复他：

4 In the womb he supplanted his brother, and as a man he contended with God;

他在母胎中就欺骗了他的弟兄，及至壮年又曾与天神搏斗；

5 He contended with the angel and triumphed, entreating him with tears. At Bethel he met God and there he spoke with him:

他与天神博斗，并且获得了胜利；他哭了，曾恳求他开恩；在贝特耳再遇见了他，在那里天主对他说：──

6 The LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD is his name!

上主，万军的天主，雅威是他的名号──

7 You shall return by the help of your God, if you remain loyal and do right and always hope in your God.

＂至于你，你应当归向你的天主，遵守仁爱和正义，时刻仰望你的天主。＂

8 A merchant who holds a false balance, who loves to defraud!

厄弗辣因有如客纳罕人，手里拿着欺诈的天秤，喜行欺骗。

9 Though Ephraim says, ＂How rich I have become; I have made a fortune!＂ All his gain shall not suffice him for the guilt of his sin.

厄弗辣因还说：＂我现在实在成了富翁，发了大财。＂然而他所获得的一切，为补赎他所犯的罪孽，仍嫌不够。

10 I am the LORD, your God, since the land of Egypt; I will again have you live in tents, as in that appointed time.

自从在埃及地时，我就是上主，你的天主：我必再使你住在帐幕中，如在盛会的节日一样。

11 I granted many visions and spoke to the prophets, through whom I set forth examples.

是我向先知们说了话，是我增多了异象，我也必藉先知们消灭他们。

12 In Gilead is falsehood, they have come to nought, in Gilgal they sacrifice to bullocks; Their altars are like heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.

在基肋阿得只有罪恶，的确，他们只是虚无；在基耳加耳他们向牛犊献了祭，因此他们的祭坛必将成为田畦中的石堆。

13 When Jacob fled to the land of Aram, he served for a wife; for a wife Israel tended sheep.

雅各伯曾逃到阿兰平原，以色列曾为娶妻而服役，曾为娶妻而放羊。

14 ³ By a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet they were protected.

上主曾藉一位先知领以色列出离埃及，也藉一位先知保护了他们。

15 Ephraim has exasperated his lord; therefore he shall cast his blood-guilt upon him and repay him for his outrage.

但厄弗辣因大大激怒了上主，他的血债必要归到他身上，他的主必要在他身上报复自己所受的凌辱。

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Footnotes(注解)

¹ [2] He comes . . . Egypt: allusion to the commercial and military pacts with the great powers, consistently condemned by the prophets as derogatory of the Lord's claim on his people.

² [3-7] Contemporary Israel and the Israel represented by its ancestor Jacob (Israel) are here alternated, a splendid example of the Hebrew concept of ＂corporate personality＂ or easy transition from the individual to the community of which he is part. Hosea recalls the history of Jacob as it now appears in Genesis, but with some differences of detail and order.

³ [14] A prophet: Moses.