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, and let us return unto the Lord; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and 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。

He will revive us after two days: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall 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。」

And let us feel it, that we may strive to know the Lord; bright as the morning-dawn is his rising; and he will come as the rain unto us, as the latter rain that maketh fruitful 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。

What shall I do unto thee, O Ephraim? what shall I do unto thee, O Judah? for your piety is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away.

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：

Therefore did I hew [them] down by means of the prophets; I slew them by the words of my mouth: and thy punishments go forth like the 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。

For piety I desired, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God, more than burnt-offerings.

7 但是他們在阿當就犯了罪，在那裏已背叛了我。

But they, like an ordinary man, have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

8 基肋阿得是座作惡的城池，滿了血跡。

Gil'ad is become a city of workers of wickedness, is full of traces of 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

And as troops that lie in wait for a man, so is the band of priests, they murder on the way in unison; for they commit scandalous deeds.

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

On the house of Israel have I seen a horrible thing: there is lewdness in Ephraim, Israel is become defiled.

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。

Also for thee, O Judah, will a harvest be prepared, when I bring back the captivity of my people.