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從埃及召出我的兒子

¹以色列年幼的時候，我愛他，就從埃及召出我的兒子來。When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

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²先知越發招呼他們，他們越發走開，向諸巴力獻祭，給雕刻的偶像燒香。But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.

³我原教導以法蓮行走，用膀臂抱著他們，他們卻不知道是我醫治他們。It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms, but they never realized that it was I who healed them.

⁴我用慈繩（慈：原文是人的）愛索牽引他們；我待他們如人放鬆牛的兩腮夾板，把糧食放在他們面前。I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.

不肯歸向，刀劍臨到

⁵他們必不歸回埃及地，亞述人卻要作他們的王，因他們不肯歸向我。Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?

⁶刀劍必臨到他們的城邑，毀壞門閂，把人吞滅，都因他們隨從自己的計謀。A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans.

⁷我的民偏要背道離開我；眾先知雖然招呼他們歸向至上的主，卻無人尊崇主。My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.

我怎能捨棄你

⁸以法蓮哪，我怎能捨棄你？以色列啊，我怎能棄絕你？我怎能使你如押瑪？怎能使你如洗扁？我回心轉意，我的憐愛大大發動。How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!

⁹我必不發猛烈的怒氣，也不再毀滅以法蓮。因我是　神，並非世人，是你們中間的聖者；我必不在怒中臨到你們。I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not man—the Holy One among you—and I will not come in wrath.

¹⁰耶和華必如獅子吼叫，子民必跟隨他。他一吼叫，他們就從西方急速而來。They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.

¹¹他們必如雀鳥從埃及急速而來，又如鴿子從亞述地來到。我必使他們住自己的房屋。這是耶和華說的。They will come trembling like birds from Egypt and like doves from the land of Assyria. Then I will settle them in their homes, declares the LORD.

以法蓮用謊話圍繞我

¹²以法蓮用謊話，以色列家用詭計圍繞我；猶大卻靠　神掌權，向聖者有忠心（或譯：猶大向　神，向誠實的聖者猶疑不定）。Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.

¹以法蓮吃風，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 and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

照雅各所行的報應

²耶和華與猶大爭辯，必照雅各所行的懲罰他，按他所做的報應他。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, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.

^4–5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。Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there— the LORD God of Hosts, 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 always wait on your God.

手裡有詭詐的天平

⁷以法蓮是商人，手裡有詭詐的天平，愛行欺騙。A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.

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。And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”

我必使你再住帳棚

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。But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.

¹⁰我已曉諭眾先知，並且加增默示，藉先知設立比喻。I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.

¹¹基列人沒有罪孽嗎？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 there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the 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 land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife 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。But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

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。Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.

拜巴力就死了

¹從前以法蓮說話，人都戰兢，他在以色列中居處高位；但他在事奉巴力的事上犯罪就死了。When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.

²現今他們罪上加罪，用銀子為自己鑄造偶像，就是照自己的聰明製造，都是匠人的工作。有人論說，獻祭的人可以向牛犢親嘴。Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”

³因此，他們必如早晨的雲霧，又如速散的甘露，像場上的糠秕被狂風吹去，又像煙氣騰於窗外。Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.

除我以外並沒有救主

⁴自從你出埃及地以來，我就是耶和華─你的　神。在我以外，你不可認識別神；除我以外並沒有救主。Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.

⁵我曾在曠野乾旱之地認識你。I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

⁶這些民照我所賜的食物得了飽足；既得飽足，心就高傲，忘記了我。When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.

⁷因此，我向他們如獅子，又如豹伏在道旁。So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

⁸我遇見他們必像丟崽子的母熊，撕裂他們的胸膛（或譯：心膜）。在那裡，我必像母獅吞吃他們；野獸必撕裂他們。Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.

你的王在哪裡

⁹以色列啊，你與我反對，就是反對幫助你的，自取敗壞。You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me—against your helper.

¹⁰你曾求我說：給我立王和首領。現在你的王在哪裡呢？治理你的在哪裡呢？讓他在你所有的城中拯救你吧！Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?

¹¹我在怒氣中將王賜你，又在烈怒中將王廢去。So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.

¹²以法蓮的罪孽包裹；他的罪惡收藏。The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.

¹³產婦的疼痛必臨到他身上；他是無智慧之子，到了產期不當遲延。Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.

救贖他們脫離死亡

¹⁴我必救贖他們脫離陰間，救贖他們脫離死亡。死亡啊，你的災害在哪裡呢？陰間哪，你的毀滅在哪裡呢？在我眼前絕無後悔之事。I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.

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東風颳來，泉源必乾

¹⁵他在弟兄中雖然茂盛，必有東風颳來，就是耶和華的風從曠野上來。他的泉源必乾；他的源頭必竭；仇敵必擄掠他所積蓄的一切寶器。Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

¹⁶撒馬利亞必擔當自己的罪，因為悖逆她的　神。她必倒在刀下；嬰孩必被摔死；孕婦必被剖開。Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

以色列啊，要歸向耶和華

¹以色列啊，你要歸向耶和華─你的　神；你是因自己的罪孽跌倒了。Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.

²當歸向耶和華，用言語禱告他說：求你除淨罪孽，悅納善行；這樣，我們就把嘴唇的祭代替牛犢獻上。Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.

³我們不向亞述求救，不騎埃及的馬，也不再對我們手所造的說：你是我們的　神。因為孤兒在你─耶和華那裡得蒙憐憫。Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”

我必醫治他們

⁴我必醫治他們背道的病，甘心愛他們；因為我的怒氣向他們轉消。I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.

⁵我必向以色列如甘露；他必如百合花開放，如黎巴嫩的樹木扎根。I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

⁶他的枝條必延長；他的榮華如橄欖樹；他的香氣如黎巴嫩的香柏樹。His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.

⁷曾住在他蔭下的必歸回，發旺如五穀，開花如葡萄樹。他的香氣如黎巴嫩的酒。They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

⁸以法蓮必說：我與偶像還有甚麼關涉呢？我─耶和華回答他，也必顧念他。我如青翠的松樹；你的果子從我而得。O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.

⁹誰是智慧人？可以明白這些事；誰是通達人？可以知道這一切。因為，耶和華的道是正直的；義人必在其中行走，罪人卻在其上跌倒。Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.

天上有門開了

¹此後，我觀看，見天上有門開了。我初次聽見好像吹號的聲音，對我說：「你上到這裡來，我要將以後必成的事指示你。」After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”

寶座和坐在寶座上的

²我立刻被聖靈感動，見有一個寶座安置在天上，又有一位坐在寶座上。At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it.

³看那坐著的，好像碧玉和紅寶石；又有虹圍著寶座，好像綠寶石。The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.

二十四位長老

⁴寶座的周圍又有二十四個座位；其上坐著二十四位長老，身穿白衣，頭上戴著金冠冕。Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.

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⁵有閃電、聲音、雷轟從寶座中發出；又有七盞火燈在寶座前點著；這七燈就是　神的七靈。From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God.

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玻璃海和四活物

⁶寶座前好像一個玻璃海，如同水晶。寶座中和寶座周圍有四個活物，前後遍體都滿了眼睛。And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.

⁷第一個活物像獅子，第二個像牛犢，第三個臉面像人，第四個像飛鷹。The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.

聖哉！聖哉！聖哉！

⁸四活物各有六個翅膀，遍體內外都滿了眼睛。他們晝夜不住地說：聖哉！聖哉！聖哉！主　神是昔在、今在、以後永在的全能者。And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

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長老放下冠冕敬拜

⁹每逢四活物將榮耀、尊貴、感謝歸給那坐在寶座上、活到永永遠遠者的時候，And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

¹⁰那二十四位長老就俯伏在坐寶座的面前敬拜那活到永永遠遠的，又把他們的冠冕放在寶座前，說：the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

¹¹我們的主，我們的　神，你是配得榮耀、尊貴、權柄的；因為你創造了萬物，並且萬物是因你的旨意被創造而有的。“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.”

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七印封嚴的書卷

¹我看見坐寶座的右手中有書卷，裡外都寫著字，用七印封嚴了。Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.

²我又看見一位大力的天使大聲宣傳說：「有誰配展開那書卷，揭開那七印呢？」And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”

³在天上、地上、地底下，沒有能展開、能觀看那書卷的。But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.

⁴因為沒有配展開、配觀看那書卷的，我就大哭。And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.

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猶大支派中的獅子

⁵長老中有一位對我說：「不要哭！看哪，猶大支派中的獅子，大衛的根，他已得勝，能以展開那書卷，揭開那七印。」Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

像是被殺過的羔羊

⁶我又看見寶座與四活物，並長老之中有羔羊站立，像是被殺過的，有七角七眼，就是　神的七靈，奉差遣往普天下去的。Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

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⁷這羔羊前來，從坐寶座的右手裡拿了書卷。And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One seated on the throne.

⁸他既拿了書卷，四活物和二十四位長老就俯伏在羔羊面前，各拿著琴和盛滿了香的金爐；這香就是眾聖徒的祈禱。When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

新歌：你配拿書卷

⁹他們唱新歌，說：你配拿書卷，配揭開七印；因為你曾被殺，用自己的血從各族、各方、各民、各國中買了人來，叫他們歸於　神，And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

¹⁰又叫他們成為國民，作祭司歸於　神，在地上執掌王權。You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”

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千千萬萬天使的頌讚

¹¹我又看見且聽見，寶座與活物並長老的周圍有許多天使的聲音；他們的數目有千千萬萬，Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels encircling the throne, and the living creatures and the elders. And their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.

¹²大聲說：曾被殺的羔羊是配得權柄、豐富、智慧、能力、尊貴、榮耀、頌讚的。In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

一切被造之物都頌讚

¹³我又聽見在天上、地上、地底下、滄海裡，和天地間一切所有被造之物，都說：但願頌讚、尊貴、榮耀、權勢都歸給坐寶座的和羔羊，直到永永遠遠！And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever!”

¹⁴四活物就說：「阿們！」眾長老也俯伏敬拜。And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

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