Hosea 12
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Simplified)
1(12-2) Ephraim striveth after wind, and followeth after the east wind; all the day he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
1以法莲 吃风,且追赶东风, 时常增添虚谎和强暴, 与 亚述 立约,把油送到 埃及 。
2(12-3) The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways, according to his doings will He recompense him.
2耶和华与 犹大 争辩, 必照 雅各 所行的惩罚他, 按他所做的报应他。
3(12-4) In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and by his strength he strove with a godlike being;
3他在腹中抓住哥哥的脚跟, 壮年的时候与 神较力,
4(12-5) So he strove with an angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him; at Beth-el he would find him, and there he would speak with us;
4与天使较力,并且得胜, 哭泣恳求, 在 伯特利 遇见耶和华。 耶和华—万军之 神在那里晓谕我们 以色列 人; 耶和华是他可记念的 名 。
5(12-6) But the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD is His name.
no verse 5 in this text
6(12-7) Therefore turn thou to thy God; keep mercy and justice, and wait for thy God continually.
6所以你当归向你的 神, 谨守仁爱、公平,常常等候你的 神。
7(12-8) As for the trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand. He loveth to oppress.
7以法莲 是商人, 手里有诡诈的天平,爱行欺骗。
8(12-9) And Ephraim said: 'Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth; in all my labours they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.'
8以法莲 说: 我果然成了富足,得了财宝; 我所劳碌得来的, 人必不见有什么不义,可算为罪的。
9(12-10) But I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed season.
9自从你出 埃及 地以来, 我就是耶和华—你的 神; 我必使你再住帐棚,如在大会的日子一样。
10(12-11) I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.
10我已晓谕众先知, 并且加增默示, 借先知设立比喻。
11(12-12) If Gilead be given to iniquity becoming altogether vanity, in Gilgal they sacrifice unto bullocks; yea, their altars shall be as heaps in the furrows of the field.
11基列 人没有罪孽吗? 他们全然是虚假的。 人在 吉甲 献牛犊为祭, 他们的祭坛好像田间犁沟中的乱堆。
12(12-13) And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
12从前 雅各 逃到 亚兰 地, 以色列 为得妻服事人, 为得妻与人放羊。
13(12-14) And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he kept.
13耶和华借先知领 以色列 从 埃及 上来; 以色列 也借先知而得保存。
14(12-15) Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly; therefore shall his blood be cast upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
14以法莲 大大惹动 主 怒, 所以他流血的罪必归在他身上。 主必将那因 以法莲 所受的羞辱归还他。
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