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, 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 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。

After two days he will revive us; he will raise us up on the third day, and we will 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。

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。

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。

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 我喜愛良善，不喜愛祭祀； 喜愛認識上帝，勝於燔祭。

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

7 他們卻如亞當背約， 在境內向我行事詭詐。

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 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。

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

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。

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