Hosea 6

1 In their tribulation, they will arise early to me. Come, let us return to the Lord.

「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 For he has seized us, and he will heal us. He will strike, and he will cure us.

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 He will revive us after two days; on the third day he will raise us up, and we will live in his sight. We will understand, and we will continue on, so that we may know the Lord. His landing place has been prepared like the first light of morning, and he will come to us like the early and the late rains of the land.

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 am I to do with you, Ephraim? What am I to do with you, Judah? Your mercy is like the morning mist, and like the dew passing away in the morning.

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 Because of this, I have cut them with the prophets, I have slain them with the words of my mouth; and your opinions will depart like the light.

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 desired mercy and not sacrifice, and knowledge of God more than holocausts.

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; in this, they have been dishonest with 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 that manufactures idols; it has been tripped up by family relations.

基肋阿得是座作惡的城池，滿了血跡。

9 And, like those who rob with skillful words, they, by conspiring with the priests, bring a death sentence to travelers on a pilgrimage from Shechem; for they have been performing evil deeds.

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 horrible things in the house of Israel; the fornications of Ephraim are there. Israel has been contaminated.

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 But you, Judah, set a harvest for yourself, while I reverse 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。