何西阿书 14

1 以色列啊，你要归向耶和华—你的 神； 你是因自己的罪孽跌倒了。

Return, O Israel, to the Lord thy God: for thou hast fallen down by thy iniquity.

2 当归向耶和华， 用言语祷告他说： 求你除净罪孽，悦纳善行； 这样，我们就把嘴唇的祭代替牛犊献上。

Take with you words, and return to the Lord, and say to him: Take away all iniquity, and receive the good: and we will render the calves of our lips.

3 我们不向亚述求救， 不骑埃及的马， 也不再对我们手所造的说： 你是我们的 神。 因为孤儿在你—耶和华那里得蒙怜悯。

Assyria shall not save us, we will not ride upon horses, neither will we say any more: The works of our hands are our gods, for thou wilt have mercy on the fatherless that is in thee.

4 我必医治他们背道的病， 甘心爱他们； 因为我的怒气向他们转消。

I will heal their breaches, I will love them freely: for my wrath is turned away from them.

5 我必向以色列如甘露； 他必如百合花开放， 如黎巴嫩的树木扎根。

I will be as the dew, Israel shall spring as the lily, and his root shall shoot forth as that of Libanus.

6 他的枝条必延长； 他的荣华如橄榄树； 他的香气如黎巴嫩的香柏树。

His branches shall spread, and his glory shall be as the olive tree: and his smell as that of Libanus.

7 曾住在他荫下的必归回， 发旺如五谷，开花如葡萄树。 他的香气如黎巴嫩的酒。

They shall be converted that sit under his shadow: they shall live upon wheat, and they shall blossom as a vine: his memorial shall be as the wine of Libanus.

8 以法莲必说： 我与偶像还有什么关涉呢？ 我—耶和华回答他，也必顾念他。 我如青翠的松树； 你的果子从我而得。

Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I will hear him, and I will make him flourish like a green fir tree: from me is thy fruit found.

9 谁是智慧人？可以明白这些事； 谁是通达人？可以知道这一切。 因为，耶和华的道是正直的； 义人必在其中行走， 罪人却在其上跌倒。

Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know these things? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall in them.