Hosea 5

1 “Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.

1 眾祭司啊，要聽我的話！ 以色列家啊，要留心聽！ 王家啊，要側耳而聽！ 審判要臨到你們， 因你們在米斯巴如網羅， 在他泊山如鋪張的網。

2 The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.

2 這些悖逆的人肆行殺戮， 罪孽極深； 我卻斥責他們眾人。

3 I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.

3 以法蓮為我所知； 以色列不能向我隱藏。 以法蓮哪，現在你行淫了， 以色列被玷污了。

4 Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.

4 他們所行的使他們不能歸向上帝； 因有淫心在他們裏面， 他們也不認識耶和華。

5 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.

5 以色列的驕傲當面見證自己。 故此，以色列和以法蓮必因自己的罪孽跌倒； 猶大也必與他們一同跌倒。

6 They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.

6 他們必牽着牛羊去尋求耶和華，卻尋不見； 他已經轉去離開他們。

7 They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.

7 他們向耶和華行事詭詐，生了私子。 到了月朔，他們與他們的地業必被吞滅。

8 Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!

8 你們當在基比亞吹角， 在拉瑪吹號， 在伯‧亞文吹出大聲，說： 便雅憫哪，有仇敵在你後頭！

9 Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.

9 在責罰的日子，以法蓮必變為荒場； 我在以色列支派中，指示將來必成的事。

10 The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.

10 猶大的首領如同挪移地界的人， 我必將忿怒倒在他們身上，如水一般。

11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.

11 以法蓮因樂從人的命令， 就受欺壓，被審判壓碎。

12 So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.

12 我使以法蓮如蟲蛀之物， 使猶大家如朽爛之木。

13 When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.

13 以法蓮見自己有病， 猶大見自己有傷， 他們就打發人往亞述去見耶雷布王， 他卻不能醫治你們， 不能治好你們的傷。

14 For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.

14 我必向以法蓮如獅子， 向猶大家如少壯獅子。 我必撕裂而去， 我要奪去，無人搭救。

15 Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

15 我要回到原處， 等他們自覺有罪 ，尋求我面； 他們在急難的時候必切切尋求我。