Hosea

Chapter 13

1 WHEN Ephraim spoke, the people trembled; he became great in Israel; but when he was found guilty of Baal worship, he lost his power.

2 And even now they sin more and more, and have made to themselves molten images of their silver, and idols in their own likeness, the work of a carpenter; they said to the people, Let those men who sacrifice men kiss the image of the calf.

3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passes away, as the chaff that is driven with the wind out of the threshing floor and as the smoke out of the chimney.

4 Yet I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and you shall know no God but me; therefore there is no one who can save besides me.

5 It was I who fed you in the wilderness, in a desolate land which is uninhabited.

6 I fed them, and they were filled; and their heart was exalted; therefore they have forgotten me.

7 Hence I will be to them like a lion; like a leopard by the way of Assyria.

8 I will meet them like a bear that tears its prey in pieces, and I will pierce the crust of their heart; and there a lion shall devour them; the wild beast shall tear them.

9 O Israel, you have corrupted yourself; who can help you?

10 Where now is your king? Let him save you, and all your cities? And your judge of whom you said, Give me a king and a prince?

11 I gave you a king in my anger, and took him away in my wrath.

12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.

13 The pangs like those of a woman in travail shall come upon him because he is an unwise son; for now he shall not be in pain of childbirth.

14 I will save them from the power of Sheol; I will deliver them from death, O death, where is your victory? O Sheol, where is your sting? Consolation is hidden from my eyes.

15 Because he shall be separated from his brothers, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall blow from the wilderness and dry up his fountains, and his springs shall be dried up; it shall spoil the treasure of all valuable vessels.

16 Samaria shall be condemned because she has rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

何西阿書

第13章

1 昔以色列族中、惟以法蓮爲最著、出一言而衆懾、後崇巴力、蹈愆尤、大權旁落、

2 今爲惡益甚、匠人以巧捷之技、鎔銀鑄像、祭司命衆、敬彼犢像、接吻以爲禮、

3 故彼必若朝雲、立見其散、又若晨露、立見其晞、若穀場之糠、爲颶風飄揚、猶之炊烟、騰於牖外。

4 昔斯民出自埃及、我耶和華爲爾上帝、我外無他救主、爾當勿崇他上帝、

5 昔在曠野無水之地、我垂顧爾、

6 我養斯民、使得果腹、遂驕其志、忘我弗顧、

7 故我遇斯民、若獅若豹、伏視眈眈、

8 我必蒞臨、若喪子之熊、我必毀其胞絡、若牝獅吞噬其肉、若野獸斷傷其體、

9 以色列族乎、爾自取戾、惟望可得救、

10 昔爾求我、欲得王公、護爾城邑、今爾王安在、士師安在、

11 爾國之王、我怒而立之、復怒而廢之、

12 以法蓮之罪、我心誌之、無時或忘、

13 彼必艱辛、譬彼產婦、分娩甚難、譬彼嬰孩、濡滯於子宮之間、不知其危、

14 我將援之於陰府、脫之於死亡、消死亡之害、免陰府之災、不易此志、

15 以法蓮雖在昆弟之中、最爲昌熾、我耶和華必使東風來自曠野、使其泉源立涸、彼之寶器、盡爲敵虜、

16 撒馬利亞人獲罪於上帝、故必荒蕪、亡於鋒刃、其嬰孩將相摔而死、其孕婦必刳剔而亡。

Hosea

Chapter 13

何西阿書

第13章

1 WHEN Ephraim spoke, the people trembled; he became great in Israel; but when he was found guilty of Baal worship, he lost his power.

1 昔以色列族中、惟以法蓮爲最著、出一言而衆懾、後崇巴力、蹈愆尤、大權旁落、

2 And even now they sin more and more, and have made to themselves molten images of their silver, and idols in their own likeness, the work of a carpenter; they said to the people, Let those men who sacrifice men kiss the image of the calf.

2 今爲惡益甚、匠人以巧捷之技、鎔銀鑄像、祭司命衆、敬彼犢像、接吻以爲禮、

3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passes away, as the chaff that is driven with the wind out of the threshing floor and as the smoke out of the chimney.

3 故彼必若朝雲、立見其散、又若晨露、立見其晞、若穀場之糠、爲颶風飄揚、猶之炊烟、騰於牖外。

4 Yet I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and you shall know no God but me; therefore there is no one who can save besides me.

4 昔斯民出自埃及、我耶和華爲爾上帝、我外無他救主、爾當勿崇他上帝、

5 It was I who fed you in the wilderness, in a desolate land which is uninhabited.

5 昔在曠野無水之地、我垂顧爾、

6 I fed them, and they were filled; and their heart was exalted; therefore they have forgotten me.

6 我養斯民、使得果腹、遂驕其志、忘我弗顧、

7 Hence I will be to them like a lion; like a leopard by the way of Assyria.

7 故我遇斯民、若獅若豹、伏視眈眈、

8 I will meet them like a bear that tears its prey in pieces, and I will pierce the crust of their heart; and there a lion shall devour them; the wild beast shall tear them.

8 我必蒞臨、若喪子之熊、我必毀其胞絡、若牝獅吞噬其肉、若野獸斷傷其體、

9 O Israel, you have corrupted yourself; who can help you?

9 以色列族乎、爾自取戾、惟望可得救、

10 Where now is your king? Let him save you, and all your cities? And your judge of whom you said, Give me a king and a prince?

10 昔爾求我、欲得王公、護爾城邑、今爾王安在、士師安在、

11 I gave you a king in my anger, and took him away in my wrath.

11 爾國之王、我怒而立之、復怒而廢之、

12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.

12 以法蓮之罪、我心誌之、無時或忘、

13 The pangs like those of a woman in travail shall come upon him because he is an unwise son; for now he shall not be in pain of childbirth.

13 彼必艱辛、譬彼產婦、分娩甚難、譬彼嬰孩、濡滯於子宮之間、不知其危、

14 I will save them from the power of Sheol; I will deliver them from death, O death, where is your victory? O Sheol, where is your sting? Consolation is hidden from my eyes.

14 我將援之於陰府、脫之於死亡、消死亡之害、免陰府之災、不易此志、

15 Because he shall be separated from his brothers, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall blow from the wilderness and dry up his fountains, and his springs shall be dried up; it shall spoil the treasure of all valuable vessels.

15 以法蓮雖在昆弟之中、最爲昌熾、我耶和華必使東風來自曠野、使其泉源立涸、彼之寶器、盡爲敵虜、

16 Samaria shall be condemned because she has rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

16 撒馬利亞人獲罪於上帝、故必荒蕪、亡於鋒刃、其嬰孩將相摔而死、其孕婦必刳剔而亡。