何西阿书 6

1 来吧，我们归向耶和华！ 他撕裂我们，也必医治； 他打伤我们，也必缠裹。

“Come, let us return to Yahweh. For he has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us; he has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds.

2 过两天他必使我们苏醒， 第三天他必使我们兴起， 我们就在他面前得以存活。

After two days he will revive us; he will raise us up on the third day, and we will live before him.

3 我们务要认识耶和华， 竭力追求认识他。 他出现确如晨光； 他必临到我们像甘雨， 像滋润田地的春雨。

Let us know Yahweh; let us press on to know Yahweh. His coming out is as sure as the dawn; he will come to us like the showers, like the spring rains that water the land.”

4 主说：以法莲哪，我可向你怎样行呢？ 犹大啊，我可向你怎样做呢？ 因为你们的良善如同早晨的云雾， 又如速散的甘露。

Ephraim, what will I do with you? Judah, what will I do with you? Your faithfulness is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes away early.

5 因此，我借先知砍伐他们， 以我口中的话杀戮他们； 我施行的审判如光发出。

So I have cut them to pieces by the prophets, I have killed them with the words of my mouth. Your decrees are like the light that shines out.

6 我喜爱良善，不喜爱祭祀； 喜爱认识 神，胜于燔祭。

For I desire faithfulness and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

7 他们却如亚当背约， 在境内向我行事诡诈。

Like Adam they have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me.

8 基列是作孽之人的城， 被血沾染。

Gilead is a city of evildoers with footprints of blood.

9 强盗成群，怎样埋伏杀人， 祭司结党，也照样在示剑的路上杀戮， 行了邪恶。

As gangs of robbers wait for someone, so the priests band together to commit murder on the way to Shechem; they have committed shameful crimes.

10 在以色列家，我见了可憎的事； 在以法莲那里有淫行， 以色列被玷污。

In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's prostitution is there, and Israel has become unclean.

11 犹大啊，我使被掳之民归回的时候， 必有为你所命定的收场。

For you also, Judah, a harvest has been appointed, when I will restore the fortunes of my people.