Hosea 14

1 O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

以色列啊，你要歸向耶和華－你的上帝； 你是因自己的罪孽跌倒了。

2 Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah; say unto him, Forgive all iniquity, and receive [us] graciously; so will we render the calves of our lips.

當歸向耶和華， 用言語禱告他說： 求你除淨罪孽，悅納善行； 這樣，我們就把嘴唇的祭代替牛犢獻上。

3 Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Thou art] our God; because in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

我們不向亞述求救， 不騎埃及的馬， 也不再對我們手所造的說： 你是我們的上帝。 因為孤兒在你－耶和華那裏得蒙憐憫。

4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.

我必醫治他們背道的病， 甘心愛他們； 因為我的怒氣向他們轉消。

5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

我必向以色列如甘露； 他必如百合花開放， 如黎巴嫩的樹木扎根。

6 His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

他的枝條必延長； 他的榮華如橄欖樹； 他的香氣如黎巴嫩的香柏樹。

7 They shall return and sit under his shadow; they shall revive [as] corn, and blossom as the vine: the renown thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

曾住在他蔭下的必歸回， 發旺如五穀，開花如葡萄樹。 他的香氣如黎巴嫩的酒。

8 Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? (I answer [him], and I will observe him.) I am like a green fir-tree. — From me is thy fruit found.

以法蓮必說： 我與偶像還有甚麼關涉呢？ 我－耶和華回答他，也必顧念他。 我如青翠的松樹； 你的果子從我而得。

9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? intelligent, and he shall know them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but the transgressors shall fall therein.

誰是智慧人？可以明白這些事； 誰是通達人？可以知道這一切。 因為，耶和華的道是正直的； 義人必在其中行走， 罪人卻在其上跌倒。