Hosea 12
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplied lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt.
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 。
2Therefore there is a judgment of the Lord with Juda, and a visitation for Jacob: he will render to him according to his ways, and according to his devices.
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。
3In the womb he supplanted his brother: and by his strength he had success with an angel.
3他在腹中抓住哥哥的腳跟， 壯年的時候與上帝較力，
4And he prevailed over the angel, and was strengthened: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us.
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 。
5Even the Lord the God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial.
no verse 5 in this text
6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and hope in thy God always.
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。
7He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.
7以法蓮 是商人， 手裏有詭詐的天平，愛行欺騙。
8And Ephraim said: But yet I am become rich, I have found me an idol: all my labours shall not find me the iniquity that I have committed.
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。
9And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, will yet cause thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the feast.
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。
10And I have spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and I have used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.
10我已曉諭眾先知， 並且加增默示， 藉先知設立比喻。
11If Galaad be an idol, then in vain were they in Galgal offering sacrifices with bullocks: for their altars also are as heaps in the furrows of the field.
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。
12Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.
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。
13But the Lord by a prophet brought Israel out of Egypt: and he was preserved by a prophet.
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。
14Ephraim hath provoked me to wrath with his bitterness, and his blood shall come upon him, and his Lord will render his reproach unto him.
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。
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