Hosea 1

1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.

1 乌西雅、约坦、亚哈斯和希西迦做犹大王，约阿施的儿子耶罗波安做以色列王期间，耶和华将祂的话传给备利的儿子何西阿。

2 When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”

2 耶和华首次传话给何西阿时，对他说：“你去娶一个妓女为妻，和她生养儿女，因为这片土地上的人极其淫乱，背弃了耶和华。”

3 So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

3 于是，何西阿娶了滴拉音的女儿歌蜜为妻，她怀孕为他生了一个儿子。

4 Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

4 耶和华对何西阿说：“给他取名叫耶斯列 ，因为再过不久，我就要因耶户家在耶斯列的屠杀而惩罚他们，消灭以色列国。

5 And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

5 那时，我要在耶斯列平原折断以色列的弓。”

6 Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.

6 后来，歌蜜又怀孕生了一个女儿。耶和华对何西阿说：“给她取名叫罗·路哈玛 ，因为我将不再怜悯以色列家，不再赦免他们的罪。

7 Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”

7 但我要怜悯犹大家，使他们依靠他们的上帝耶和华得到拯救，而不是依靠战弓、刀剑、马匹、骑兵和战争。”

8 After she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, Gomer conceived and gave birth to a son.

8 罗·路哈玛断奶后，歌蜜又怀孕生了一个儿子。

9 And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.

9 耶和华说：“给他取名叫罗·阿米 ，因为以色列人不再是我的子民，我也不再是他们的上帝。

10 Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

10 “然而，以色列的人数必像海沙一样量不尽、数不完。从前我在什么地方对他们说‘你们不是我的子民’，将来也要在那里对他们说‘你们是永活上帝的儿女’。

11 Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.

11 那时，犹大人和以色列人将被聚集在一起，为自己选立一位首领，从流亡之地返回故乡。耶斯列的日子将是伟大的日子。