Osee 14

1 Return, O Israel, to the Lord thy God; for the people have fallen through thine iniquities.

以色列! 歸向上主你的天主吧! 因為妳跌倒了，是因了你的罪孽。

2 Take with you words, and turn to the Lord your God: speak to him, that ye may not receive [the reward of] unrighteousness, but that ye may receive good things: and we will render in return the fruit of our lips.

準備你們的話，好在回來歸向上主時，對衪說：「求你我們一切的罪過，使我們重獲幸福，叫我們好給你獻上我們嘴脣的佳果。

3 Assur shall never save us; we will not mount on horseback; we will no longer say to the works of our hands, Our gods. He who is in thee shall pity the orphan.

亞述不能拯救我們，我們也不再騎坐埃及的馬；我們也不再對我們雙手的作品說：「你是我們的天主。」因為孤兒只有在你那裏才得到憐恤。

4 I will restore their dwellings, I will love them truly: for he has turned away my wrath from him.

我要治療他們的不忠，我要從心裏疼愛他們，因為我的怒氣已遠離了他們。

5 I will be as dew to Israel: he shall bloom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Libanus.

我對以色列將如甘露；她將開花如百合，扎根如白楊；

6 His branches shall spread, and he shall be as a fruitful olive, and his smell shall be as [the smell] of Libanus.

她的枝條必要茂盛，她的秀麗就如橄欖樹，她的芬芳就如黎巴嫩的馨香。

7 They shall return, and dwell under his shadow: they shall live and be satisfied with corn, and he shall flower as a vine: his memorial shall be to Ephraim as the wine of Libanus.

他們必將歸來，坐在我的庇蔭下；他們必將繁殖有如五榖，滋生有如葡萄；她的聲譽將如黎巴嫩的美酒。

8 What [has] he to do any more with idols? I have afflicted him, and I will strengthen him: I am as a leafy juniper tree. From me is thy fruit found.

厄弗辣因和偶像還有什麼關係﹖是我折磨了她，我也要福佑她；我如一棵翠綠的松樹，由於我，她才結出了果實。

9 Who is wise, and will understand these things? or prudent, and will know them? for the ways of the Lord are straight, and the righteous shall walk in them: but the ungodly shall fall therein.

誰明智，就會明瞭，就會領會，因為上主的道路是正直的；義人在上面暢行，惡人反在上面跌倒。