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 up our wounds.
In her tribulacioun thei schulen rise eerli to me. Come ye, and turne we ayen to the Lord;
2 He will revive us after two days: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his presence.
for he took, and schal heele vs; he schal smyte, and schal make vs hool.
3 And let us feel it, that we may strive to know the Lord; bright as the morning-dawn is his rising; and he will come as the rain unto us, as the latter rain that maketh fruitful 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 What shall I do unto thee, O Ephraim? what shall I do unto thee, O Judah? for your piety is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew that 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 did I hew [them] down by means of the prophets; I slew them by the words of my mouth: and thy punishments go forth like the light.
For this thing Y hewide in profetis, Y killide hem in the wordis of my mouth;
6 For piety I desired, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God, more 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 an ordinary man, have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
But thei as Adam braken the couenaunt; there thei trespassiden ayens me.
8 Gil'ad is become a city of workers of wickedness, is full of traces of blood.
Galaad the citee of hem that worchen idol, is supplauntid with blood; and
9 And as troops that lie in wait for a man, so is the band of priests, they murder on the way in unison; for they commit scandalous deeds.
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 On the house of Israel have I seen a horrible thing: there is lewdness in Ephraim, Israel is become defiled.
In the hous of Israel Y siy an orible thing; there the fornicaciouns of Effraym.
11 Also for thee, O Judah, will a harvest be prepared, when I bring back 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.
