Hosea 14

1 O Israel, return to Jehovah thy God, for thou have fallen by thine iniquity.

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。

2 Take with you words, and return to Jehovah. Say to him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good. So we will render as bullocks the offering of our lips.

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。

3 Assyria shall not save us. We will not ride upon horses, nor will we say any more to the work of our hands, Our gods. For in thee the fatherless finds mercy.

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。

4 I will heal their backsliding. I will love them freely. For my anger is turned away from him.

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。

5 I will be as the dew to Israel. He shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

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。

6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

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。

7 Those who dwell under his shadow shall return. They shall revive as the grain, and blossom as the vine. The scent of it shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

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。

8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him. I am like a green fir tree. From me thy fruit is found.

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。

9 Who is wise, that he may understand these things, prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them. But transgressors shall fall therein.

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。