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Hosea 7
English Standard Version Anglicised
Hosea 7
English Standard Version Anglicised
7 (A)When I would heal Israel,
the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed,
and the evil deeds of (B)Samaria;
for (C)they deal falsely;
the thief breaks in,
and the bandits raid outside.
2 But they do not consider
that (D)I remember all their evil.
Now (E)their deeds surround them;
(F)they are before my face.
3 By their evil (G)they make (H)the king glad,
and the princes by their treachery.
4 (I)They are all adulterers;
they are like a heated oven
whose baker ceases to stir the fire,
from the kneading of the dough
until it is leavened.
5 On the day of (J)our king, the princes
became sick with the heat of wine;
he stretched out his hand with mockers.
6 For with hearts like an oven (K)they approach their intrigue;
all night their anger smoulders;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot as an oven,
and they devour their rulers.
All (L)their kings (M)have fallen,
and none of them calls upon me.
8 Ephraim (N)mixes himself with the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake not turned.
9 (O)Strangers devour his strength,
and (P)he knows it not;
grey hairs are sprinkled upon him,
and (Q)he knows it not.
10 (R)The pride of Israel testifies to his face;[a]
(S)yet they do not return to the Lord their God,
nor seek him, for all this.
11 Ephraim is like a dove,
(T)silly and without sense,
calling to (U)Egypt, going to (V)Assyria.
12 As they go, (W)I will spread over them my net;
I will bring them down like birds of the heavens;
(X)I will discipline them (Y)according to the report made to their congregation.
13 (Z)Woe to them, for they have strayed from me!
Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me!
(AA)I would redeem them,
but (AB)they speak lies against me.
14 (AC)They do not cry to me from the heart,
but (AD)they wail upon their beds;
for grain and wine they gash themselves;
they rebel against me.
15 Although (AE)I trained and strengthened their arms,
yet they devise evil against me.
16 They (AF)return, but not upward;[b]
they are (AG)like a treacherous bow;
their princes shall fall by the sword
because of (AH)the insolence of their tongue.
This shall be their derision (AI)in the land of Egypt.
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:10 Or in his presence
- Hosea 7:16 Or to the Most High
何西阿书 7
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
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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Hosea 7
New International Version
Hosea 7
New International Version
7 1 whenever I would heal Israel,
the sins of Ephraim are exposed
and the crimes of Samaria revealed.(A)
They practice deceit,(B)
thieves break into houses,(C)
bandits rob in the streets;(D)
2 but they do not realize
that I remember(E) all their evil deeds.(F)
Their sins engulf them;(G)
they are always before me.
3 “They delight the king with their wickedness,
the princes with their lies.(H)
4 They are all adulterers,(I)
burning like an oven
whose fire the baker need not stir
from the kneading of the dough till it rises.
5 On the day of the festival of our king
the princes become inflamed with wine,(J)
and he joins hands with the mockers.(K)
6 Their hearts are like an oven;(L)
they approach him with intrigue.
Their passion smolders all night;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot as an oven;
they devour their rulers.
All their kings fall,(M)
and none of them calls(N) on me.
8 “Ephraim mixes(O) with the nations;
Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.
9 Foreigners sap his strength,(P)
but he does not realize it.
His hair is sprinkled with gray,
but he does not notice.
10 Israel’s arrogance testifies against him,(Q)
but despite all this
he does not return(R) to the Lord his God
or search(S) for him.
11 “Ephraim is like a dove,(T)
easily deceived and senseless—
now calling to Egypt,(U)
now turning to Assyria.(V)
12 When they go, I will throw my net(W) over them;
I will pull them down like the birds in the sky.
When I hear them flocking together,
I will catch them.
13 Woe(X) to them,
because they have strayed(Y) from me!
Destruction to them,
because they have rebelled against me!
I long to redeem them
but they speak about me(Z) falsely.(AA)
14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts(AB)
but wail on their beds.
They slash themselves,[a] appealing to their gods
for grain and new wine,(AC)
but they turn away from me.(AD)
15 I trained(AE) them and strengthened their arms,
but they plot evil(AF) against me.
16 They do not turn to the Most High;(AG)
they are like a faulty bow.(AH)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
because of their insolent(AI) words.
For this they will be ridiculed(AJ)
in the land of Egypt.(AK)
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts They gather together
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