Hosea 9

1 Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.

1 以色列啊， 不要欢喜快乐， 不要像外族人那样欢喜快乐！ 因为你对你的上帝不忠不贞， 喜爱在各麦场上接受嫖资。

2 The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them.

2 麦场上的谷物和榨酒池的酒将不够养活你们， 新酒也必断绝。

3 They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.

3 你们将不能再住在耶和华的土地上。 以法莲要返回埃及， 在亚述吃不洁之物。

4 They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.

4 你们将不能再献奠祭给耶和华， 你们的祭牲也不蒙悦纳。 这些祭物如居丧之人的食物， 吃的人都被玷污。 你们的食物只能供自己吃， 不能带进耶和华的殿。

5 What will you do on the appointed day, on the day of the LORD’s feast?

5 在节日，在耶和华所定的节期里， 你们要做什么呢？

6 For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.

6 即使你们逃脱毁灭之灾， 埃及人也要把你们聚集起来， 在摩弗埋葬你们。 你们的珍贵银器要散落在荆棘中， 你们的帐篷中要长满蒺藜。

7 The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.

7 以色列人受惩罚的日子近了， 遭报应的时候到了！ 你们必知道。 因为你们罪恶深重，充满憎恨， 先知被当成傻瓜， 被灵感动的人被视为疯子。

8 The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!

8 先知为了上帝做以法莲的守望者， 可是他走的路上布满网罗， 在他上帝的家里遭人憎恨。

9 They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.

9 你们败坏至极， 恰如从前在基比亚的日子。 耶和华必记住你们的罪恶， 追讨你们的罪债。

10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.

10 耶和华说： “昔日我看见以色列时， 像在荒野看见葡萄； 看见你们的祖先时， 像在无花果树上看见初熟的果子。 但他们却祭拜巴力·毗珥， 把自己献给可耻的偶像， 变得像他们所爱的偶像一样可憎。

11 Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.

11 以法莲人的荣耀要如鸟飞逝， 你们将不能受孕， 不能怀胎， 也不能生育。

12 Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!

12 你们纵然把孩子养大， 我也要夺去他们的性命，一个也不留。 我撇弃你们的时候， 你们就有祸了！

13 I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.

13 我看见以法莲栽种在草原上，美如泰尔， 以法莲却要把儿女交给屠杀者。”

14 Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!

14 耶和华啊，求你给他们—— 你要给他们什么呢？ 求你使他们子宫流产，乳房干瘪。

15 All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

15 耶和华说： “因他们在吉甲的一切恶行， 我已憎恶他们。 因他们的恶行， 我要将他们逐出我的家， 不再爱他们， 他们的首领都是悖逆之人。

16 Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.

16 以法莲要被击打， 他们的根将枯干， 再也不能结果。 就算他们能生儿育女， 我也要杀死他们心爱的孩子。”

17 My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

17 我的上帝必弃绝他们， 因为他们不听从祂。 他们必在列国中流离飘泊。