何西阿書 14

1 以色列啊，你要歸向耶和華－你的上帝； 你是因自己的罪孽跌倒了。

Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God; for the people have fallen through your iniquities.

2 當歸向耶和華， 用言語禱告他說： 求你除淨罪孽，悅納善行； 這樣，我們就把嘴唇的祭代替牛犢獻上。

Take with you words, and turn to the Lord your God: speak to him, that you may not receive [the reward of] unrighteousness, but that you may receive good things: and we will render in return the fruit of our lips.

3 我們不向亞述求救， 不騎埃及的馬， 也不再對我們手所造的說： 你是我們的上帝。 因為孤兒在你－耶和華那裏得蒙憐憫。

Assur shall never save us; we will not mount on horseback; we will no longer say to the works of our hands, Our gods. He who is in you shall pity the orphan.

4 我必醫治他們背道的病， 甘心愛他們； 因為我的怒氣向他們轉消。

I will restore their dwellings, I will love them truly: for he has turned away my wrath from him.

5 我必向以色列如甘露； 他必如百合花開放， 如黎巴嫩的樹木扎根。

I will be as dew to Israel: he shall bloom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Libanus.

6 他的枝條必延長； 他的榮華如橄欖樹； 他的香氣如黎巴嫩的香柏樹。

His branches shall spread, and he shall be as a fruitful olive, and his smell shall be as [the smell] of Libanus.

7 曾住在他蔭下的必歸回， 發旺如五穀，開花如葡萄樹。 他的香氣如黎巴嫩的酒。

They shall return, and dwell under his shadow: they shall live and be satisfied with corn, and he shall flower as a vine: his memorial shall be to Ephraim as the wine of Libanus.

8 以法蓮必說： 我與偶像還有甚麼關涉呢？ 我－耶和華回答他，也必顧念他。 我如青翠的松樹； 你的果子從我而得。

What [has] he to do any more with idols? I have afflicted him, and I will strengthen him: I am as a leafy juniper tree. From me is your fruit found.

9 誰是智慧人？可以明白這些事； 誰是通達人？可以知道這一切。 因為，耶和華的道是正直的； 義人必在其中行走， 罪人卻在其上跌倒。

Who is wise, and will understand these things? or prudent, and will know them? for the ways of the Lord are straight, and the righteous shall walk in them: but the ungodly shall fall therein.