今日读经

从埃及召出我的儿子

¹以色列年幼的时候，我爱他，就从埃及召出我的儿子来。When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

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²先知越发招呼他们，他们越发走开，向诸巴力献祭，给雕刻的偶像烧香。But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.

³我原教导以法莲行走，用膀臂抱着他们，他们却不知道是我医治他们。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我用慈绳（慈：原文是人的）爱索牵引他们；我待他们如人放松牛的两腮夹板，把粮食放在他们面前。I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.

不肯归向，刀剑临到

⁵他们必不归回埃及地，亚述人却要作他们的王，因他们不肯归向我。Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?

⁶刀剑必临到他们的城邑，毁坏门闩，把人吞灭，都因他们随从自己的计谋。A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans.

⁷我的民偏要背道离开我；众先知虽然招呼他们归向至上的主，却无人尊崇主。My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.

我怎能舍弃你

⁸以法莲哪，我怎能舍弃你？以色列啊，我怎能弃绝你？我怎能使你如押玛？怎能使你如洗扁？我回心转意，我的怜爱大大发动。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我必不发猛烈的怒气，也不再毁灭以法莲。因我是　神，并非世人，是你们中间的圣者；我必不在怒中临到你们。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耶和华必如狮子吼叫，子民必跟随他。他一吼叫，他们就从西方急速而来。They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.

¹¹他们必如雀鸟从埃及急速而来，又如鸽子从亚述地来到。我必使他们住自己的房屋。这是耶和华说的。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.

以法莲用谎话围绕我

¹²以法莲用谎话，以色列家用诡计围绕我；犹大却靠　神掌权，向圣者有忠心（或译：犹大向　神，向诚实的圣者犹疑不定）。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以法莲吃风，且追赶东风，时常增添虚谎和强暴，与亚述立约，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.

照雅各所行的报应

²耶和华与犹大争辩，必照雅各所行的惩罚他，按他所做的报应他。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脚跟，壮年的时候与　神较力，In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.

^4–5与天使较力，并且得胜，哭泣恳求，在伯特利遇见耶和华。耶和华—万军之　神在那里晓谕我们以色列人；耶和华是他可记念的名。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所以你当归向你的　神，谨守仁爱、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.

手里有诡诈的天平

⁷以法莲是商人，手里有诡诈的天平，爱行欺骗。A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.

⁸以法莲说：我果然成了富足，得了财宝；我所劳碌得来的，人必不见有什么不义，可算为罪的。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.”

我必使你再住帐棚

⁹自从你出埃及地以来，我就是耶和华—你的　神；我必使你再住帐棚，如在大会的日子一样。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我已晓谕众先知，并且加增默示，借先知设立比喻。I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.

¹¹基列人没有罪孽吗？他们全然是虚假的。人在吉甲献牛犊为祭，他们的祭坛好像田间犁沟中的乱堆。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从前雅各逃到亚兰地，以色列为得妻服事人，为得妻与人放羊。Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.

¹³耶和华借先知领以色列从埃及上来；以色列也借先知而得保存。But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

¹⁴以法莲大大惹动主怒，所以他流血的罪必归在他身上。主必将那因以法莲所受的羞辱归还他。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从前以法莲说话，人都战兢，他在以色列中居处高位；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现今他们罪上加罪，用银子为自己铸造偶像，就是照自己的聪明制造，都是匠人的工作。有人论说，献祭的人可以向牛犊亲嘴。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，他们必如早晨的云雾，又如速散的甘露，像场上的糠秕被狂风吹去，又像烟气腾于窗外。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.

除我以外并没有救主

⁴自从你出埃及地以来，我就是耶和华—你的　神。在我以外，你不可认识别神；除我以外并没有救主。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我曾在旷野干旱之地认识你。I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

⁶这些民照我所赐的食物得了饱足；既得饱足，心就高傲，忘记了我。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，我向他们如狮子，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我遇见他们必像丢崽子的母熊，撕裂他们的胸膛（或译：心膜）。在那里，我必像母狮吞吃他们；野兽必撕裂他们。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.

你的王在哪里

⁹以色列啊，你与我反对，就是反对帮助你的，自取败坏。You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me—against your helper.

¹⁰你曾求我说：给我立王和首领。现在你的王在哪里呢？治理你的在哪里呢？让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我在怒气中将王赐你，又在烈怒中将王废去。So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.

¹²以法莲的罪孽包裹；他的罪恶收藏。The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.

¹³产妇的疼痛必临到他身上；他是无智慧之子，到了产期不当迟延。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.

救赎他们脱离死亡

¹⁴我必救赎他们脱离阴间，救赎他们脱离死亡。死亡啊，你的灾害在哪里呢？阴间哪，你的毁灭在哪里呢？在我眼前绝无后悔之事。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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东风刮来，泉源必干

¹⁵他在弟兄中虽然茂盛，必有东风刮来，就是耶和华的风从旷野上来。他的泉源必干；他的源头必竭；仇敌必掳掠他所积蓄的一切宝器。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撒马利亚必担当自己的罪，因为悖逆她的　神。她必倒在刀下；婴孩必被摔死；孕妇必被剖开。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，要归向耶和华

¹以色列啊，你要归向耶和华—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当归向耶和华，用言语祷告他说：求你除净罪孽，悦纳善行；这样，我们就把嘴唇的祭代替牛犊献上。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我们不向亚述求救，不骑埃及的马，也不再对我们手所造的说：你是我们的　神。因为孤儿在你—耶和华那里得蒙怜悯。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.”

我必医治他们

⁴我必医治他们背道的病，甘心爱他们；因为我的怒气向他们转消。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；他必如百合花开放，如黎巴嫩的树木扎根。I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

⁶他的枝条必延长；他的荣华如橄榄树；他的香气如黎巴嫩的香柏树。His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.

⁷曾住在他荫下的必归回，发旺如五谷，开花如葡萄树。他的香气如黎巴嫩的酒。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以法莲必说：我与偶像还有什么关涉呢？我—耶和华回答他，也必顾念他。我如青翠的松树；你的果子从我而得。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谁是智慧人？可以明白这些事；谁是通达人？可以知道这一切。因为，耶和华的道是正直的；义人必在其中行走，罪人却在其上跌倒。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.

天上有门开了

¹此后，我观看，见天上有门开了。我初次听见好像吹号的声音，对我说：“你上到这里来，我要将以后必成的事指示你。”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.”

宝座和坐在宝座上的

²我立刻被圣灵感动，见有一个宝座安置在天上，又有一位坐在宝座上。At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it.

³看那坐着的，好像碧玉和红宝石；又有虹围着宝座，好像绿宝石。The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.

二十四位长老

⁴宝座的周围又有二十四个座位；其上坐着二十四位长老，身穿白衣，头上戴着金冠冕。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有闪电、声音、雷轰从宝座中发出；又有七盏火灯在宝座前点着；这七灯就是　神的七灵。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宝座前好像一个玻璃海，如同水晶。宝座中和宝座周围有四个活物，前后遍体都满了眼睛。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第一个活物像狮子，第二个像牛犊，第三个脸面像人，第四个像飞鹰。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.

圣哉！圣哉！圣哉！

⁸四活物各有六个翅膀，遍体内外都满了眼睛。他们昼夜不住地说：圣哉！圣哉！圣哉！主　神是昔在、今在、以后永在的全能者。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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长老放下冠冕敬拜

⁹每逢四活物将荣耀、尊贵、感谢归给那坐在宝座上、活到永永远远者的时候，And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

¹⁰那二十四位长老就俯伏在坐宝座的面前敬拜那活到永永远远的，又把他们的冠冕放在宝座前，说：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我们的主，我们的　神，你是配得荣耀、尊贵、权柄的；因为你创造了万物，并且万物是因你的旨意被创造而有的。“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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七印封严的书卷

¹我看见坐宝座的右手中有书卷，里外都写着字，用七印封严了。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我又看见一位大力的天使大声宣传说：“有谁配展开那书卷，揭开那七印呢？”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，没有能展开、能观看那书卷的。But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.

⁴因为没有配展开、配观看那书卷的，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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犹大支派中的狮子

⁵长老中有一位对我说：“不要哭！看哪，犹大支派中的狮子，大卫的根，他已得胜，能以展开那书卷，揭开那七印。”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.”

像是被杀过的羔羊

⁶我又看见宝座与四活物，并长老之中有羔羊站立，像是被杀过的，有七角七眼，就是　神的七灵，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这羔羊前来，从坐宝座的右手里拿了书卷。And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One seated on the throne.

⁸他既拿了书卷，四活物和二十四位长老就俯伏在羔羊面前，各拿着琴和盛满了香的金炉；这香就是众圣徒的祈祷。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：你配拿书卷

⁹他们唱新歌，说：你配拿书卷，配揭开七印；因为你曾被杀，用自己的血从各族、各方、各民、各国中买了人来，叫他们归于　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又叫他们成为国民，作祭司归于　神，在地上执掌王权。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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千千万万天使的颂赞

¹¹我又看见且听见，宝座与活物并长老的周围有许多天使的声音；他们的数目有千千万万，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大声说：曾被杀的羔羊是配得权柄、丰富、智慧、能力、尊贵、荣耀、颂赞的。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!”

一切被造之物都颂赞

¹³我又听见在天上、地上、地底下、沧海里，和天地间一切所有被造之物，都说：但愿颂赞、尊贵、荣耀、权势都归给坐宝座的和羔羊，直到永永远远！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!”

¹⁴四活物就说：“阿们！”众长老也俯伏敬拜。And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

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