何西阿書 12
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
World English 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 feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into 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 has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.
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 took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended 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 。
4Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us—
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5even the LORD, the God of Armies. 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。
6Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
7以法蓮 是商人， 手裏有詭詐的天平，愛行欺騙。
7A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.
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。
8Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich. I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”
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。
9“But I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
10我已曉諭眾先知， 並且加增默示， 藉先知設立比喻。
10I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
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。
11If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps 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 into the country of Aram. Israel served to get a wife. For a wife he tended flocks and herds.
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。
13By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up 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 bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.
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