Hosea 6

1 “Come on! Let's go back to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces, but now he will heal us. He has struck us down, but now he will bind up our wounds.

来吧，我们归向耶和华！ 他撕裂我们，也必医治； 他打伤我们，也必缠裹。

2 In two days he will heal us; after three days he will raise us up so we can live in his presence.

过两天他必使我们苏醒， 第三天他必使我们兴起， 我们就在他面前得以存活。

3 Let's get to know the Lord, really strive to know him, and he will appear to us as surely as the sun will rise; he will come to us as certainly as the spring rains fall on the earth.”

我们务要认识耶和华， 竭力追求认识他。 他出现确如晨光； 他必临到我们像甘雨， 像滋润田地的春雨。

4 Ephraim, what shall I do with you? Judah, what shall I do with you? Your love disappears like mist at dawn; it vanishes like dew in the morning.

主说：以法莲哪，我可向你怎样行呢？ 犹大啊，我可向你怎样做呢？ 因为你们的良善如同早晨的云雾， 又如速散的甘露。

5 So I cut you down through the prophets; I killed you with my words. My judgment shines out like a light.

因此，我借先知砍伐他们， 以我口中的话杀戮他们； 我施行的审判如光发出。

6 I want your true love, not your sacrifices; I want you to know me, not your burnt offerings.

我喜爱良善，不喜爱祭祀； 喜爱认识 神，胜于燔祭。

7 But you, just like Adam, broke our agreement, there you were unfaithful to me.

他们却如亚当背约， 在境内向我行事诡诈。

8 Gilead is a city of evil people where footprints are tracked in blood.

基列是作孽之人的城， 被血沾染。

9 Priests are like a gang of bandits, lying in wait to ambush travelers on the road. They commit murder in Shechem, carrying out wicked crimes.

强盗成群，怎样埋伏杀人， 祭司结党，也照样在示剑的路上杀戮， 行了邪恶。

10 I have seen in the house of Israel something totally disgusting: Ephraim engages in prostitution and Israel is sexually corrupt.

在以色列家，我见了可憎的事； 在以法莲那里有淫行， 以色列被玷污。

11 And as for you, Judah, your harvest-time has been set! When I restore the fortunes of my people,

犹大啊，我使被掳之民归回的时候， 必有为你所命定的收场。