何西阿書 6

1 來吧，我們歸向耶和華！ 他撕裂我們，也必醫治； 他打傷我們，也必纏裹。

Come, and let us return unto Yahweh! for, he, hath torn, that he might heal us, —smitten, that he might bind us up.

2 過兩天他必使我們甦醒， 第三天他必使我們興起， 我們就在他面前得以存活。

He will bring us to life, after two days, —on the third day, will he raise us up, that we may live before him.

3 我們務要認識耶和華， 竭力追求認識他。 他出現確如晨光； 他必臨到我們像甘雨， 像滋潤田地的春雨。

Then let us know—let us press on to know—Yahweh, Like the dawn, is his coming forth assured, —that he may come like a down-pour upon us, like the harvest-rain, [and] the seed-rain of the land.

4 主說：以法蓮哪，我可向你怎樣行呢？ 猶大啊，我可向你怎樣做呢？ 因為你們的良善如同早晨的雲霧， 又如速散的甘露。

What can I do unto thee, O Ephraim? What can I do unto thee, O Judah? for, your lovingkindness, is like a morning cloud, yea, like the dew, early departing!

5 因此，我藉先知砍伐他們， 以我口中的話殺戮他們； 我施行的審判如光發出。

For this cause, have I hewn them in pieces by the prophets, I have slain them by the sayings of my mouth, —and, my justice, as a light goeth forth.

6 我喜愛良善，不喜愛祭祀； 喜愛認識上帝，勝於燔祭。

For, lovingkindness, I desired, and not sacrifice, —and the knowledge of God, more than ascending-offerings.

7 他們卻如亞當背約， 在境內向我行事詭詐。

But, they, like Adam, have transgressed a covenant, —There, have they dealt treacherously with me.

8 基列是作孽之人的城， 被血沾染。

Gilead, is a city of workers of iniquity, —tracked with blood.

9 強盜成群，怎樣埋伏殺人， 祭司結黨，也照樣在示劍的路上殺戮， 行了邪惡。

And, like liers in wait for a man, in troops, is a band of priests, on the road, will they murder towards Shechem, —because, a shameful deed, they have done.

10 在以色列家，我見了可憎的事； 在以法蓮那裏有淫行， 以色列被玷污。

In the house of Israel, have I seen a horrible thing, —there, the unchastity of Ephraim, defiled is Israel.

11 猶大啊，我使被擄之民歸回的時候， 必有為你所命定的收場。

Judah too! a harvest is appointed for thee, —in that I will bring back the captivity of my people.