何12:1 “以法莲吃风，整天追赶东风，增添虚谎和强暴。他们与亚述结盟，又给埃及送油。”（本节在《马索拉抄本》为12:2）
何12:1 Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into Egypt.
何12:2 耶和华与犹大争辩；他必照雅各所行的惩罚他，按他所作的报应他。
何12:2 The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts.
何12:3 他在母腹中抓住他哥哥的脚跟，壮年的时候又与 神角力。
何12:3 In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;
何12:4 他与天使角力，并且得胜；他哀哭，向他求恩。他在伯特利遇见 神， 神在那里对他说话。
何12:4 He had a fight with the angel and overcame him; he made request for grace to him with weeping; he came face to face with him in Beth-el and there his words came to him;
何12:5 耶和华是万军的 神，耶和华是他的名号。
何12:5 Even the Lord, the God of armies; the Lord is his name.
何12:6 所以你要靠着你的 神归回，谨守忠信和公平，常常等候你的 神。
何12:6 So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.
何12:7 以色列是个商人，手里拿着诡诈的天平，喜爱欺压别人。
何12:7 As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.
何12:8 以法莲说：“我成了富翁，我为自己发了财；在我所有的收益中，人不能找出我有什么罪孽，可算为罪恶的。”
何12:8 And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.
何12:9 “自从你出埃及地以来，我就是耶和华你的 神；我必使你再住在帐棚里，像在节日的日子一样，
何12:9 But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will give you tents for your living-places again as in the days of the holy meeting.
何12:10 我曾对先知说话，加添许多异象；又藉先知说比喻。
何12:10 My word came to the ears of the prophets and I gave them visions in great number, and by the mouths of the prophets I made use of comparisons.
何12:11 在基列仍有罪孽，他们实在是没有价值的。他们在吉甲献牛犊为祭，他们的祭坛好像田间犁沟中的石堆。”
何12:11 In Gilead there is evil. They are quite without value; in Gilgal they make offerings of oxen; truly their altars are like masses of stones in the hollows of a ploughed field.
何12:12 从前雅各逃到亚兰地，以色列为得妻子而作工，为得妻子而替人放羊。
何12:12 And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
何12:13 后来，耶和华借着一位先知把以色列从埃及领上来，也借着一位先知，以色列得蒙看顾。
何12:13 And by a prophet the Lord made Israel come up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe.
何12:14 以法莲大大地惹了主的烈怒，所以，他的主把他流人血的罪归到他身上，把他当受的羞辱归给他。
何12:14 I have been bitterly moved to wrath by Ephraim; so that his blood will be on him, and the Lord will make his shame come back on him.