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第 12 章

1. 以法蓮喫風、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。
Ephraim feeds on the wind; he pursues the east wind all day and multiplies lies and violence. He makes a treaty with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
2. 耶和華與猶大爭辯、必照雅各所行的懲罰他、按他所作的報應他。
The LORD has a charge to bring against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
3. 他在腹中抓住哥哥的腳跟、壯年的時候與 神較力、
In the womb he grasped his brother's heel; as a man he struggled with God.
4. 與天使較力並且得勝、哭泣懇求、在伯特利遇見耶和華、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。
He struggled with the angel and overcame him; he wept and begged for his favor. He found him at Bethel and talked with him there--
5. 見上節
the LORD God Almighty, the LORD is his name of renown!
6. 所以你當歸向你的 神、謹守仁愛、公平、常常等候你的 神。
But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always.
7. 以法蓮是商人、手裡有詭詐的天平、愛行欺騙。
The merchant uses dishonest scales; he loves to defraud.
8. 以法蓮說、我果然成了富足、得了財寶.我所勞碌得來的、人必不見有甚麼不義、可算為罪的。
Ephraim boasts, "I am very rich; I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not find in me any iniquity or sin."
9. 自從你出埃及地以來、我就是耶和華你的 神、我必使你再住帳棚、如在大會的日子一樣。
"I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again, as in the days of your appointed feasts.
10. 我已曉諭眾先知、並且加增默示、藉先知設立比喻。
I spoke to the prophets, gave them many visions and told parables through them."
11. 基列人沒有罪孽麼.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。
Is Gilead wicked? Its people are worthless! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Their altars will be like piles of stones on a plowed field.
12. 從前雅各逃到亞蘭地、以色列為得妻服事人、為得妻與人放羊。
Jacob fled to the country of Aram; Israel served to get a wife, and to pay for her he tended sheep.
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。
The LORD used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt, by a prophet he cared for him.
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。
But Ephraim has bitterly provoked him to anger; his Lord will leave upon him the guilt of his bloodshed and will repay him for his contempt.