何西阿書 12
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Berean Standard Bible
1以法蓮 吃風，且追趕東風， 時常增添虛謊和強暴， 與 亞述 立約，把油送到 埃及 。
1Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
2耶和華與 猶大 爭辯， 必照 雅各 所行的懲罰他， 按他所做的報應他。
2The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
3他在腹中抓住哥哥的腳跟， 壯年的時候與上帝較力，
3In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
4與天使較力，並且得勝， 哭泣懇求， 在 伯特利 遇見耶和華。 耶和華－萬軍之上帝在那裏曉諭我們 以色列 人； 耶和華是他可記念的 名 。
4Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there —
no verse 5 in this text
5the LORD is the God of Hosts— the LORD is His name of renown.
6所以你當歸向你的上帝， 謹守仁愛、公平，常常等候你的上帝。
6But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.
7以法蓮 是商人， 手裏有詭詐的天平，愛行欺騙。
7A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
8以法蓮 說： 我果然成了富足，得了財寶； 我所勞碌得來的， 人必不見有甚麼不義，可算為罪的。
8And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
9自從你出 埃及 地以來， 我就是耶和華－你的上帝； 我必使你再住帳棚，如在大會的日子一樣。
9But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.
10我已曉諭眾先知， 並且加增默示， 藉先知設立比喻。
10I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.
11基列 人沒有罪孽嗎？ 他們全然是虛假的。 人在 吉甲 獻牛犢為祭， 他們的祭壇好像田間犂溝中的亂堆。
11Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
12從前 雅各 逃到 亞蘭 地， 以色列 為得妻服事人， 為得妻與人放羊。
12Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife— for a wife he tended sheep.
13耶和華藉先知領 以色列 從 埃及 上來； 以色列 也藉先知而得保存。
13But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
14以法蓮 大大惹動 主 怒， 所以他流血的罪必歸在他身上。 主必將那因 以法蓮 所受的羞辱歸還他。
14Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.
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