何西阿书 5
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
以色列全國都要受審判
5 祭司啊，你們要聽這話！
以色列家啊，你們要留心聽！
王的家啊，你們要側耳而聽！
因為審判必臨到你們，
因你們曾是米斯巴地的捕鳥機，
是他泊山上張開的網羅。
2 他們在什亭掘深了陷阱，
但我要懲治他們所有的人。
3 我認識以法蓮，以色列也瞞不住我；
以法蓮啊！現在你竟行淫，
以色列竟玷污了自己。
4 他們所行的使他們不能回轉，
歸回自己的 神；
因為在他們當中有淫亂的靈；
他們也不認識耶和華。
5 以色列的驕傲當面指證自己，
以色列和以法蓮因自己的罪孽跌倒，
猶大也與他們一同跌倒。
6 雖然他們帶著牛群羊群
去尋求耶和華，卻尋不見；
他已經離開他們遠去了。
7 他們以詭詐待耶和華，
因為他們生了私生子。
現在新月要吞滅他們和他們的地業。
8 你們要在基比亞吹角，
在拉瑪吹號，
在伯．亞文大聲吶喊：
“便雅憫啊！敵人就在你背後。”
9 在責罰的日子，以法蓮必成為荒場。
我要在以色列各支派中宣告一定會發生的事情。
10 “猶大的領袖，好像挪移地界的人，
我要把我的忿怒傾倒在他們身上，如同倒水一樣。
11 以法蓮受欺壓，被審判壓碎；
因為他們樂意隨從人的命令。
12 因此我要成為以法蓮的蛀蟲，
成為猶大家的朽爛。
13 以法蓮看見自己的疾病，
猶大家看見自己的創傷，
以法蓮就往亞述去，
派人去見亞述的大王。
可是他卻不能醫治你們，
也不能醫好你們的創傷。
14 因為我對以法蓮要像隻猛獅，
對猶大家必像頭少壯獅子。
我要親自撕裂他們，然後離去；
我把他們帶走，沒有人能搭救。
15 我要回到自己的地方去；
直到他們承認自己的罪過，
尋求我的面。
在痛苦中必懇切尋求我。”
Hosea 5
EasyEnglish Bible
God will punish Israel and Judah for their sins
5 ‘Listen to this, you priests! Listen carefully, you Israelites! Listen, you people of the royal family! You are guilty and you deserve punishment. You have caused trouble for people with your trap at Mizpah. You have caught people in your net at Tabor mountain.[a] 2 People have turned against me and they have murdered many people. So I will warn them all and I will punish them.
3 I know what the people of Ephraim are like.[b] The Israelites cannot hide their sins from me. You are no better than prostitutes! You can no longer serve me as my people. 4 Yes, the sins of the Israelites do not allow them to return to me, the Lord their God. They are not faithful to me and they love to worship idols. They do not want to know me. 5 The Israelites are proud of what they do, and that shows that they are guilty. Their sins cause them to fall into great trouble. That will happen to the people of Israel and Ephraim. And the people of Judah will fall with them.
6 They take their sheep and cows to offer as sacrifices to the Lord. They want the Lord to help them, but he does not answer them. They cannot find him because he has gone away from them. 7 They have turned against the Lord. Their children do not belong to him. They enjoy the new moon feast. But that will soon destroy them and the crops in their fields.’
War between Judah and Israel
8 ‘Make a noise with your horns in Gibeah!
Make a noise with your trumpets in Ramah!
Warn the people in Beth Aven of danger!
Men of Benjamin's tribe, prepare to fight![c]
9 The day for Ephraim's punishment will soon come.
That will be the end of them!
I make this promise to all the tribes of Israel.
It will certainly happen!
10 The leaders of Judah are not honest.
They are like people who move the stones that show the edge of their land.
So I will punish them with my strong anger.[d]
11 Terrible trouble will come to Ephraim's people.
They will receive great punishment.
They deserve that because they chose to worship idols.
12 I will destroy the people of Ephraim,
as a moth eats cloth.
I will also destroy the people of Judah,
as ants destroy wood.
13 Ephraim's people knew that they were not well.
Judah's people knew that they had wounds.
Ephraim's leaders expected Assyria to help them.
They asked Assyria's great king for help.
But he is not able to make you well.[e]
He cannot make your wounds better.
14 I will attack Ephraim's people like a lion.
I will also attack Judah's people like a young lion.
I myself will tear them into pieces.
I will carry them away.
Nobody will be able to rescue them.
15 Then I will return to my place.
I will leave them to receive their full punishment.
When they have suffered enough, they will turn back to me.
They will want to serve me again.’
Footnotes
- 5:1 The leaders of Israel have caused trouble for their people. They have led them to worship false gods. It is like they have caught the people in a trap or a net.
- 5:3 Ephraim was the name that people used for the northern kingdom of Israel.
- 5:8 Gibeah, Ramah and Beth Aven were all near Jerusalem. Benjamin's tribe belonged to the kingdom of Judah in the south.
- 5:10 Hosea says that Judah's people have taken land that does not belong to them. To move stones that show the edge of someone's land was against God's laws. See Deuteronomy 19:14.
- 5:13 Judah's people asked Assyria for help after Syria and Israel attacked them in 734 BC.
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