Hosea 14

1 Israel, convert to the Lord your God. For you have been ruined by your own 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 these words with you and return to the Lord. And say to him, “Remove all iniquity and accept the good. And we will repay the calves 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 Assur will not save us; we will not ride on horses. Neither will we say any more, ‘The works of our hands are our gods,’ for those that are in you will have mercy on the orphan.”

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 contrition; I will love them spontaneously. For my wrath has been turned away from them.

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 like the dew; Israel will spring forth like the lily, and his root will spread out like that of the cedars of 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 will advance, and his glory will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance will be like that of the cedars of 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 They will be converted, sitting in his shadow. They will live on wheat, and they will grow like a vine. His memorial will be like the wine of the cedars 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 will say, “What are idols to me anymore?” I will listen to him, and I will set him straight like a healthy spruce tree. Your fruit has been found by me.

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 and will understand this? Who has understanding and will know these things? For the ways of the Lord are straight, and the just will walk in them, but truly, the traitors will fall in them.

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。