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。

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

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。

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.

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。

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.

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。

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，我藉先知砍伐他們， 以我口中的話殺戮他們； 我施行的審判如光發出。

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

我喜愛良善，不喜愛祭祀； 喜愛認識上帝，勝於燔祭。

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

他們卻如亞當背約， 在境內向我行事詭詐。

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

基列是作孽之人的城， 被血沾染。

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.

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。

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

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。

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

猶大啊，我使被擄之民歸回的時候， 必有為你所命定的收場。