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 to Jehovah! For he hath torn, and he will heal us; He hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

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。

After two days will he revive us, 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。」

Let us, therefore, know him; Let us ever strive to know Jehovah, His coming forth is sure as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter rain which watereth 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。

O Ephraim, what shall I do to thee? O Judah, what shall I do to thee? For your goodness is like the morning cloud, And like the early dew, which vanisheth 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 I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth, And my judgments have gone 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 I desired mercy, and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God rather 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, after the manner of men, have transgressed the covenant; Even therein have they dealt unfaithfully with me.

8 基肋阿得是座作惡的城池，滿了血跡。

Gilead is a city of them that do iniquity; She is full of footsteps 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

As troops of robbers lying in wait for a man, so is the company of priests; They murder in the way to Shechem; Yea, they commit heinous wickedness.

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 a horrible thing in the house of Israel; There Ephraim committeth fornication, Israel is polluted.

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。

For thee also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed.