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。

saying, “Come let us return to the Lord, for he has torn us but he will heal us, he has injured us but he will bandage 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 in a couple of days, on the third day he will raise us up again, to 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 know, let us eagerly seek to know the Lord. His coming is as sure as the sunrise. He will come to us like the winter rain, as the spring rain that waters 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 can I make of you, Ephraim! What can I make of you, Judah! Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew which early goes 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：

That is why I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth. My judgment is like the light that goes forth,

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 it is love that I delight in and not sacrifice, and knowledge of God and not 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, there they have played me false.

8 基肋阿得是座作惡的城池，滿了血跡。

Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with bloody footprints,

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 bandits lie in wait for a man, so a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem. How terrible is the evil they do!

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

In Bethel I have seen a horrible thing. There Ephraim plays the prostitute, Israel is 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。

Judah for you also a harvest is set. When I would restore the fortunes of my people,