1 When I would heal Israel,
then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered,
also the wickedness of Samaria;
for they commit falsehood,
and the thief enters in,
and the gang of robbers ravages outside.
2 They don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness.
Now their own deeds have engulfed them.
They are before my face.
3 They make the king glad with their wickedness,
and the princes with their lies.
4 They are all adulterers.
They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring,
from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.
5 On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine.
He joined his hand with mockers.
6 For they have prepared their heart like an oven,
while they lie in wait.
Their anger smolders all night.
In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.
7 They are all hot as an oven,
and devour their judges.
All their kings have fallen.
There is no one among them who calls to me.
8 Ephraim mixes himself among the nations.
Ephraim is a pancake not turned over.
9 Strangers have devoured his strength,
and he doesn’t realize it.
Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him,
and he doesn’t realize it.
10 The pride of Israel testifies to his face;
yet they haven’t returned to Yahweh their God,
nor sought him, for all this.
11 "Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding.
They call to Egypt.
They go to Assyria.
12 When they go, I will spread my net on them.
I will bring them down like the birds of the sky.
I will chastise them, as their congregation has heard.
13 Woe to them!
For they have wandered from me.
Destruction to them!
For they have trespassed against me.
Though I would redeem them,
yet they have spoken lies against me.
14 They haven’t cried to me with their heart,
but they howl on their beds.
They assemble themselves for grain and new wine.
They turn away from me.
15 Though I have taught and strengthened their arms,
yet they plot evil against me.
16 They return, but not to the Most High.
They are like a faulty bow.
Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue.
This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
1 "我医治以色列的时候， 以法莲的罪孽， 和撒玛利亚的罪恶就显露出来； 因为他们行欺诈， 小偷入屋偷窃， 强盗在外抢劫。
2 他们心里并未想到， 我记得他们的一切罪恶。他们所作的一切， 现在都围绕他们， 都在我面前。
3 他们以自己的恶行讨王欢喜， 用自己的虚谎叫领袖快乐。
4 他们全是犯奸淫的， 像一个被烤饼的人烧热的火炉， 从抟面， 直到全团发酵的时候， 烤饼的人暂停使火发旺。
5 在我们王喜庆的日子， 领袖们因酒的烈性而生病， 王就与亵慢人联手。
6 他们阴谋埋伏的时候， 心中烧得热如火炉。他们整夜抑制怒气， 一到早晨， 却像发出火焰的火燃烧起来。
7 所有的人都热如火炉， 吞灭他们的官长。他们所有的君王都倒毙了， 他们中间没有一人向我呼求。
8 "以法莲与外族混杂， 以法莲是没有翻过的饼。
9 外族人吞吃了他的力量， 他却不知道； 他头上满是白发， 他也不晓得。
10 虽然以色列的骄傲当面指证自己， 他们却不回转归向耶和华他们的 神， 也不因此寻求他。
11 以法莲好像一只愚蠢无知的鸽子。他们向埃及求助， 投奔亚述。
12 但他们去的时候， 我要把我的网撒在他们身上； 我要把他们如同空中的飞鸟打下来。我要按着他们会众所听见的， 惩罚他们。
13 他们有祸了， 因为他们离弃了我； 他们遭毁灭， 因为他们背叛了我。我虽然想救赎他们， 他们却对我说谎。
14 他们并没有真心向我呼求， 只是在床上哀恸罢了。他们为了五谷和新酒割伤自己， 仍然悖逆我。
15 我虽然锻炼他们的手臂， 使它们有力， 他们却图谋恶计攻击我。
16 他们转向巴力， 成了不可靠的了。他们的领袖因自己舌头上的狂傲倒在刀下， 这在埃及地必成为被人讥笑的对象。"