Hosea 6
1 'Come, and let us return unto the LORD; for He hath torn, and He will heal us, He hath smitten, and He will bind us up.
In her tribulacioun thei schulen rise eerli to me. Come ye, and turne we ayen to the Lord;
2 After two days will He revive us, on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
for he took, and schal heele vs; he schal smyte, and schal make vs hool.
3 And let us know, eagerly strive to know the LORD, His going forth is sure as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.'
He schal quykene vs after twei daies, and in the thridde dai he schal reise vs, and we schulen lyue in his siyt. We schulen wite, and sue, that we knowe the Lord. His goyng out is maad redi at the morewtid, and he schal come as a reyn to vs, which is timeful and lateful to the erthe.
4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away.
Effraym, what schal Y do to thee? Juda, what schal Y do to thee? Youre merci is as a cloude of the morewtid, and as deew passynge forth eerli.
5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of My mouth; and thy judgment goeth forth as the light.
For this thing Y hewide in profetis, Y killide hem in the wordis of my mouth;
6 For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt-offerings.
and thi domes schulen go out as liyt. For Y wolde merci, and not sacrifice, and Y wolde the kunnyng of God, more than brent sacrificis.
7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant; there have they dealt treacherously against Me.
But thei as Adam braken the couenaunt; there thei trespassiden ayens me.
8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, it is covered with footprints of blood.
Galaad the citee of hem that worchen idol, is supplauntid with blood; and
9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so doth the company of priests; they murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they commit enormity.
as the chekis of men `that ben theues. Partener of prestis sleynge in the weie men goynge fro Sichem, for thei wrouyten greet trespasse.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; there harlotry is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
In the hous of Israel Y siy an orible thing; there the fornicaciouns of Effraym.
11 Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee! When I would turn the captivity of My people,
Israel is defoulid; but also thou, Juda, sette heruest to thee, whanne Y schal turne the caitiftee of my puple.
