何西阿書 6

1 「來，我們回到上主那裏去，因為衪撕碎了我們，也必要治愈；衪打傷了我們，也必要包紮。

“Come on! Let's go back to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces, but now he will heal us. He has struck us down, but now he will bind up our wounds.

2 兩天後衪必使田復生，第三天衪必使我們興起，生活在衪的慈顏下。

In two days he will heal us; after three days he will raise us up so we can live in his presence.

3 讓我們認識上主，讓我們努力認識上主! 衪定要像曙光一樣出現，衪要來到我們中間，有如秋雨，有如滋潤田地的春雨。」

Let's get to know the Lord, really strive to know him, and he will appear to us as surely as the sun will rise; he will come to us as certainly as the spring rains fall on the earth.”

4 厄弗辣因，我可對你們作什麼﹖因為你們的仁愛有如旱晨的浮雲，有如易於消散的朝露。

Ephraim, what shall I do with you? Judah, what shall I do with you? Your love disappears like mist at dawn; it vanishes like dew in the morning.

5 因此，我藉先知們砍伐了他們，以我口中的言語殺死戳了他們；我的的裁判出現有如光明：

So I cut you down through the prophets; I killed you with my words. My judgment shines out like a light.

6 因為我喜歡仁慈勝過祭獻，喜歡人認識天主勝過全燔祭。

I want your true love, not your sacrifices; I want you to know me, not your burnt offerings.

7 但是他們在阿當就犯了罪，在那裏已背叛了我。

But you, just like Adam, broke our agreement, there you were unfaithful to me.

8 基肋阿得是座作惡的城池，滿了血跡。

Gilead is a city of evil people where footprints are tracked in blood.

9 一隊司祭就如埋伏的強盜，在往舍根的路上行兇；的確，他們行了可恥的事

Priests are like a gang of bandits, lying in wait to ambush travelers on the road. They commit murder in Shechem, carrying out wicked crimes.

10 在貝特耳我見了可惡的事：在那裏厄弗辣因行了淫，以色列玷污了自己

I have seen in the house of Israel something totally disgusting: Ephraim engages in prostitution and Israel is sexually corrupt.

11 當我轉變我百姓的命運時，猶大啊! 為你也注定了一個收割期。

And as for you, Judah, your harvest-time has been set! When I restore the fortunes of my people,