Hosea 13

1 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.

1 以法莲支派在以色列地位崇高， 他们一开口，人都恐惧颤抖。 但他们却祭拜巴力，以致犯罪而亡。

2 Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”

2 如今他们作恶日甚， 为自己铸造神像， 用银子精工制作偶像， 但这统统不过是匠人之作。 人们议论他们说： “那些献祭的人竟亲吻牛犊偶像！”

3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.

3 他们像晨雾，如转瞬即逝的朝露， 像麦场上飞旋而去的糠秕， 又像窗口冒出的轻烟。

4 Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.

4 耶和华说： “自从你们离开埃及以来， 我就是你们的上帝耶和华。 除我以外，你们不可有别的神明； 在我以外，你们也没有别的救主。

5 I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

5 我曾在干旱的旷野照顾你们，

6 When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.

6 但你们得到喂养，便得饱足。 你们饱足以后，就心高气傲，忘记了我。

7 So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

7 因此，我要像狮子攻击你们， 如豹子潜伏在路旁；

8 Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.

8 我要像一头失了幼崽的母熊冲向你们， 撕裂你们的胸膛； 我要像母狮吞噬你们， 像凶猛的野兽撕碎你们。

9 You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me—against your helper.

9 “以色列啊，你要灭亡了， 因为你抵挡我，抵挡你的帮助者。

10 Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?

10 你曾求我为你设立君王和首领， 现在拯救你的君王在哪里呢？ 在各城管理你的首领在哪里呢？

11 So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.

11 我在愤怒中赐给你君王， 也在愤怒中废黜他们。

12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.

12 “以法莲的过犯已被记录在册， 他的罪恶已被储存入库。

13 Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.

13 临产的阵痛要临到他， 但他是毫无智慧的孩子， 分娩之时却不离开母腹。

14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.

14 我要解救他们脱离阴间的权势吗？ 我要救赎他们脱离死亡吗？ 死亡啊，你的灾殃在哪里？ 阴间啊，你的毁灭在哪里？ 我必不施怜悯。

15 Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

15 尽管以法莲在众弟兄中最强盛， 从耶和华而来的东风要从沙漠刮来， 使清泉枯竭，水井干涸。 他储藏的一切珍宝都要被掳去。

16 Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

16 撒玛利亚人背叛了他们的上帝， 要担当自己的罪过。 他们将丧身刀下， 他们的孩子要被摔死， 孕妇要被剖腹。”