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 以色列人哪，你们当听耶和华的话。 耶和华与这地的居民争辩， 因这地上无诚实， 无良善，无人认识 神。

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

2 但起假誓，不践前言， 杀害，偷盗，奸淫，行强暴， 杀人流血，接连不断。

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 因此，这地悲哀， 其上的民、田野的兽、 空中的鸟必都衰微， 海中的鱼也必消灭。

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

4 然而，人都不必争辩，也不必指责， 因为这民与抗拒祭司的人一样。

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

5 你这祭司必日间跌倒； 先知也必夜间与你一同跌倒； 我必灭绝你的母亲。

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 我的民因无知识而灭亡。 你弃掉知识， 我也必弃掉你， 使你不再给我作祭司。 你既忘了你 神的律法， 我也必忘记你的儿女。

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

7 祭司越发增多，就越发得罪我； 我必使他们的荣耀变为羞辱。

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

8 他们吃我民的赎罪祭， 满心愿意我民犯罪。

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 将来民如何， 祭司也必如何； 我必因他们所行的惩罚他们， 照他们所做的报应他们。

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 他们吃，却不得饱； 行淫，而不得立后； 因为他们离弃耶和华， 不遵他的命。

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

11 奸淫和酒，并新酒， 夺去人的心。

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 我的民求问木偶， 以为木杖能指示他们； 因为他们的淫心使他们失迷， 他们就行淫离弃 神， 不守约束，

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 在各山顶，各高冈的橡树、 杨树、栗树之下，献祭烧香， 因为树影美好。 所以，你们的女儿淫乱， 你们的新妇 行淫。

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 你们的女儿淫乱， 你们的新妇行淫， 我却不惩罚她们； 因为你们自己离群与娼妓同居， 与妓女一同献祭。 这无知的民必致倾倒。

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 以色列啊，你虽然行淫， 犹大却不可犯罪。 不要往吉甲去， 不要上到伯·亚文， 也不要指着永生的耶和华起誓。

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

16 以色列倔强， 犹如倔强的母牛； 现在耶和华要放他们， 如同放羊羔在宽阔之地。

17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!

17 以法莲亲近偶像， 任凭他吧！

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

18 他们所喝的已经发酸， 他们时常行淫， 他们的官长最爱羞耻的事。

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

19 风把他们裹在翅膀里； 他们因所献的祭必致蒙羞。