Hosea 6

1 Come, and let us return to Jehovah, for he has torn, and he will heal us. He has smitten, and he will bind us up.

「來，我們回到上主那裏去，因為衪撕碎了我們，也必要治愈；衪打傷了我們，也必要包紮。

2 After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.

兩天後衪必使田復生，第三天衪必使我們興起，生活在衪的慈顏下。

3 And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah. His going forth is sure as the morning, and he will come to us as the rain, as the latter rain that waters the earth.

讓我們認識上主，讓我們努力認識上主! 衪定要像曙光一樣出現，衪要來到我們中間，有如秋雨，有如滋潤田地的春雨。」

4 O Ephraim, what shall I do to thee? O Judah, what shall I do to thee? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goes away early.

厄弗辣因，我可對你們作什麼﹖因為你們的仁愛有如旱晨的浮雲，有如易於消散的朝露。

5 Therefore I have hewed them by the prophets. I have slain them by the words of my mouth. And thy judgments are as the light that goes forth.

因此，我藉先知們砍伐了他們，以我口中的言語殺死戳了他們；我的的裁判出現有如光明：

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

因為我喜歡仁慈勝過祭獻，喜歡人認識天主勝過全燔祭。

7 But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant. There they have dealt treacherously against me.

但是他們在阿當就犯了罪，在那裏已背叛了我。

8 Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood.

基肋阿得是座作惡的城池，滿了血跡。

9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem. Yea, they have committed iniquity.

一隊司祭就如埋伏的強盜，在往舍根的路上行兇；的確，他們行了可恥的事

10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel. Whoredom is there in Ephraim; Israel is defiled.

在貝特耳我見了可惡的事：在那裏厄弗辣因行了淫，以色列玷污了自己

11 Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee when I bring back the captivity of my people.

當我轉變我百姓的命運時，猶大啊! 為你也注定了一個收割期。