何西阿書 12

Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)

斥責以法蓮與猶大

12 「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。 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。 ³他在腹中抓住哥哥的腳跟，壯年的時候與神較力。 ⁴與天使較力，並且得勝，哭泣懇求。在伯特利遇見耶和華， ⁵耶和華萬軍之神在那裡曉諭我們以色列人，耶和華是他可記念的名。

勸其歸誠神

⁶「所以你當歸向你的神，謹守仁愛、公平，常常等候你的神。

以法蓮行惡大干主怒

⁷「以法蓮是商人，手裡有詭詐的天平，愛行欺騙。 ⁸以法蓮說：『我果然成了富足，得了財寶。我所勞碌得來的，人必不見有什麼不義，可算為罪的。』 ⁹自從你出埃及地以來，我就是耶和華你的神，我必使你再住帳篷，如在大會的日子一樣。 ¹⁰我已曉諭眾先知，並且加增默示，藉先知設立比喻。」 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犁溝中的亂堆。 ¹²從前雅各逃到亞蘭地，以色列為得妻服侍人，為得妻與人放羊。 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。 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。

Hosea 12

Tree of Life Version

Ephraim Multiplies Lies

12 “Ephraim surrounded Me with lies^[a]
and the house of Israel with deceit.”
Though Judah roams restlessly with God,
yet he is faithful with holy things.^[b]
²Ephraim is grazing on wind
and pursuing the east wind.
All day he multiplies lies and ruin:
    making^[c] a pact with Assyria,
    while carrying oil to Egypt.
³Adonai also has a dispute with Judah:
He will punish Jacob for his ways,
    repaying him for his deeds.
⁴In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel,
and in his vigor he strove with God.
⁵Yes, he wrestled with the angel and won;
he wept and sought his favor.
At Bethel he will find us,
    and there He will speak with us.
⁶Even Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot—
Adonai is His memorial-Name.
⁷So you should return to your God,
keep covenant loyalty and justice,
and wait for your God continually.
⁸A merchant loves to extort,
with deceptive balances in his hand.

⁹Now Ephraim has said:
“How rich I have become! I found wealth by myself.
I won’t be guilty of any sin with any of my property.”

¹⁰“Yet I have been Adonai your God,
    since the land of Egypt.
I will yet again make you dwell in tents,
    as in the days of the moed.
¹¹I also spoke through the prophets
    and I multiplied visions.
Now through the prophets
    I will make parables.
¹²Since Gilead is full of iniquity,
they are utterly worthless.
In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls—
even their altars will become heaps of rocks
    along the furrows of My field.”

¹³Now Jacob fled to the field of Aram,
when Israel served for a wife—
yes, he kept watch for a wife.
¹⁴So by a prophet Adonai brought Israel up out of Egypt,
and by a prophet he was kept.
¹⁵Ephraim has provoked bitter anger,
so his bloodguilt will remain on him—
his Lord will repay him for his contempt.

Footnotes

Hosea 12:1 Traditional Christian text numbers as 11:12 to 12:14.
Hosea 12:1 Or, to the Holy One.
Hosea 12:2 Lit. they are making.

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