Hosea 4

1 Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!

1 以色列人啊， 你们要听耶和华的话。 祂指控住在这片土地上的居民，说： “这片土地上的人不忠不信， 毫无良善，不认识上帝。

2 Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

2 他们赌咒、撒谎、凶杀、偷窃、通奸， 为所欲为，血案累累。

3 Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.

3 所以，这片土地要哀鸣， 所有的居民都要消亡， 田间的野兽、空中的飞鸟、 水里的鱼类也要灭绝。”

4 But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.

4 耶和华说： “谁都不要指控别人， 谁都不要责备别人， 因为我要指控你们这些祭司。

5 You will stumble by day, and the prophet will stumble with you by night; so I will destroy your mother—

5 你们白天黑夜都要跌倒， 先知也要跟你们一起跌倒， 所以我要毁灭你们的母亲。

6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

6 我的子民因无知而遭灭。 因为你们拒绝认识我， 我也要拒绝让你们做我的祭司； 因为你们忘记你们上帝的律法， 我也要忘记你们的儿女。

7 The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.

7 你们祭司越增多， 所犯的罪也越多， 所以我要使你们的尊荣变为羞耻。

8 They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.

8 你们祭司食用我子民的赎罪祭， 满心希望他们犯罪。

9 And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.

9 将来，我的子民如何， 你们祭司也如何。 我要照你们的所作所为惩罚你们、报应你们，

10 They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves

10 使你们吃却不得饱足， 行淫却不得后代 。 因为你们背弃耶和华，

11 to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding.

11 沉溺酒色，丧失心智。

12 My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.

12 “我的子民祈求木头， 随从木杖的指引。 淫乱的心使他们走入歧途， 他们不忠不贞，背弃他们的上帝。

13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.

13 他们在山顶和高岗上的橡树、 杨树和栗树下献祭烧香， 因为树荫怡人。 “所以，你们的女儿淫乱， 你们的儿媳通奸。

14 I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.

14 但我不会因此而惩罚她们， 因为你们也与娼妓苟合， 与庙妓一起献祭。 无知的民族必走向灭亡。

15 Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’

15 “虽然以色列如同妓女，对我不忠， 但不要使犹大犯罪。 不要到吉甲去， 不要到伯·亚文 去， 不要凭永活的耶和华起誓。

16 For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?

16 以色列桀骜不驯， 如同桀骜不驯的母牛。 耶和华怎能牧养他们， 如同在草场上牧养羊羔呢？

17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!

17 以法莲 与偶像为伍， 任由他吧！

18 When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.

18 他们酒足兴尽之后， 便不住地行淫； 他们的首领恋慕羞耻之事。

19 The whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings, and their sacrifices will bring them shame.

19 风要把他们卷走， 他们必因所献的祭而蒙羞。