何西阿書 14

1 以色列! 歸向上主你的天主吧! 因為妳跌倒了，是因了你的罪孽。

Israel, return to the LORD your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.

2 準備你們的話，好在回來歸向上主時，對衪說：「求你我們一切的罪過，使我們重獲幸福，叫我們好給你獻上我們嘴脣的佳果。

Take words with you, and return to the LORD. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good; so we offer bulls as we vowed of our lips.

3 亞述不能拯救我們，我們也不再騎坐埃及的馬；我們也不再對我們雙手的作品說：「你是我們的天主。」因為孤兒只有在你那裏才得到憐恤。

Assyria can’t save us. We won’t ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’ for in you the fatherless finds mercy.”

4 我要治療他們的不忠，我要從心裏疼愛他們，因為我的怒氣已遠離了他們。

“I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them.

5 我對以色列將如甘露；她將開花如百合，扎根如白楊；

I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.

6 她的枝條必要茂盛，她的秀麗就如橄欖樹，她的芬芳就如黎巴嫩的馨香。

His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.

7 他們必將歸來，坐在我的庇蔭下；他們必將繁殖有如五榖，滋生有如葡萄；她的聲譽將如黎巴嫩的美酒。

Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.

8 厄弗辣因和偶像還有什麼關係﹖是我折磨了她，我也要福佑她；我如一棵翠綠的松樹，由於我，她才結出了果實。

Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green cypress tree; from me your fruit is found.”

9 誰明智，就會明瞭，就會領會，因為上主的道路是正直的；義人在上面暢行，惡人反在上面跌倒。

Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.