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。

O Israel, return unto YHWH thy Elohim; for thou hast fallen by thine 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 turn to YHWH: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we 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。

Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our elohim: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

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 backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

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 unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

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 beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

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 that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

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 have heard him, and observed him: I am 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 them? for the ways of YHWH are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.