Hosea 7
Christian Standard Bible
7 when I heal Israel,(A)
the iniquity of Ephraim(B) and the crimes of Samaria(C)
will be exposed.
For they practice fraud;(D)
a thief breaks in;
a raiding party pillages outside.(E)
2 But they never consider that I remember all their evil.(F)
Now their actions are all around them;(G)
they are right in front of my face.
Israel’s Corruption
4 All of them commit adultery;(J)
they are like an oven heated by a baker
who stops stirring the fire
from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
5 On the day of our king,
the princes are sick with the heat of wine(K)—
there is a conspiracy with traitors.[a]
6 For they—their hearts like an oven—
draw him into their oven.
Their anger smolders all night;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are as hot as an oven,(L)
and they consume their rulers.(M)
All their kings fall;
not one of them calls on me.[b]
8 Ephraim has allowed himself to get mixed up with the nations.
Ephraim is unturned bread baked on a griddle.
9 Foreigners consume his strength,(N)
but he does not notice.(O)
Even his hair is streaked with gray,
but he does not notice.
10 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them,[c](P)
yet they do not return to the Lord their God,(Q)
and for all this, they do not seek him.
11 So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove;(R)
they call to Egypt,(S) and they go to Assyria.(T)
12 As they are going, I will spread my net over them;(U)
I will bring them down like birds of the sky.
I will discipline them in accordance
with the news that reaches[d] their assembly.
The Lord’s Second Lament
13 Woe to them,(V) for they fled from me;(W)
destruction to them, for they rebelled against me!
Though I want to redeem them,(X)
they speak lies against me.
14 They do not cry to me from their hearts;
rather, they wail on their beds.
They slash themselves[e](Y) for grain and new wine;(Z)
they turn away from me.
15 I trained and strengthened their arms,(AA)
but they plot evil against me.(AB)
16 They turn, but not to what is above;[f]
they are like a faulty bow.(AC)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
because of their insolent tongue.(AD)
They will be ridiculed for this in the land of Egypt.(AE)
何西阿书 7
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
指摘他們作惡多端
7 “我醫治以色列的時候，以法蓮的罪孽，
和撒瑪利亞的罪惡就顯露出來；
因為他們行欺詐，
小偷入屋偷竊，
強盜在外搶劫。
2 他們心裡並未想到，
我記得他們的一切罪惡。
他們所作的一切，現在都圍繞他們，
都在我面前。
3 他們以自己的惡行討王歡喜，
用自己的虛謊叫領袖快樂。
4 他們全是犯姦淫的，
像一個被烤餅的人燒熱的火爐，
從摶麵，直到全團發酵的時候，
烤餅的人暫停使火發旺。
5 在我們王喜慶的日子，領袖們因酒的烈性而生病，
王就與褻慢人聯手。
6 他們陰謀埋伏的時候，
心中燒得熱如火爐。
他們整夜抑制怒氣，
一到早晨，卻像發出火燄的火燃燒起來。
7 所有的人都熱如火爐，
吞滅他們的官長。
他們所有的君王都倒斃了，
他們中間沒有一人向我呼求。
指摘他們信靠外族
8 “以法蓮與外族混雜，
以法蓮是沒有翻過的餅。
9 外族人吞吃了他的力量，
他卻不知道；
他頭上滿是白髮，
他也不曉得。
10 雖然以色列的驕傲當面指證自己，
他們卻不回轉歸向耶和華他們的 神，
也不因此尋求他。
11 以法蓮好像一隻愚蠢無知的鴿子。
他們向埃及求助，投奔亞述。
12 但他們去的時候，我要把我的網撒在他們身上；
我要把他們如同空中的飛鳥打下來。
我要按著他們會眾所聽見的，懲罰他們。
13 他們有禍了，因為他們離棄了我；
他們遭毀滅，因為他們背叛了我。
我雖然想救贖他們，他們卻對我說謊。
14 他們並沒有真心向我呼求，
只是在床上哀慟罷了。
他們為了五穀和新酒割傷（“割傷”或譯：“聚集”或“激發”）自己，
仍然悖逆我。
15 我雖然鍛煉他們的手臂，使它們有力，
他們卻圖謀惡計攻擊我。
16 他們轉向巴力，
成了不可靠的弓。
他們的領袖因自己舌頭上的狂傲倒在刀下，
這在埃及地必成為被人譏笑的對象。”
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