Hosea 6

1 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

「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, that we may live in His presence.

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 So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water 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 What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

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 hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.

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, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather 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 they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to 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 evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.

基肋阿得是座作惡的城池，滿了血跡。

9 Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.

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 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and 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 for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.

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。