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12:1
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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。
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Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
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12:2
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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。
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Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
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12:3
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他在腹中抓住哥哥的脚跟，壮年的时候与神较力，
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In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he had power with God:
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12:4
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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。
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yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us,
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12:5
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even Jehovah, the God of hosts; Jehovah is his memorial [name].
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12:6
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所以你当归向你的神，谨守仁爱、公平，常常等候你的神。
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Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.
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12:7
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以法莲是商人，手里有诡诈的天平，爱行欺骗。
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[He is] a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
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12:8
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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。
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And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.
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12:9
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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。
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But I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
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12:10
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我已晓谕众先知，并且加增默示，藉先知设立比喻。
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I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.
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12:11
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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。
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Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.
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12:12
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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。
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And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].
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12:13
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耶和华藉先知领以色列从埃及上来；以色列也藉先知而得保存。
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And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
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12:14
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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。
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Ephraim hath provoked to anger most bitterly: therefore shall his blood be left upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
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