Hosea 14

1 “Turn back, O Israel, to your God YHWH, For you have stumbled by your iniquity.

以色列! 歸向上主你的天主吧! 因為妳跌倒了，是因了你的罪孽。

2 Take words with you, and turn to YHWH, Say to Him, Take away all iniquity, and give good, And we render the fruit of our lips.

準備你們的話，好在回來歸向上主時，對衪說：「求你我們一切的罪過，使我們重獲幸福，叫我們好給你獻上我們嘴脣的佳果。

3 Asshur does not save us, we do not ride on a horse, Nor do we say anymore, Our god, to the work of our hands, For in You the fatherless find mercy.

亞述不能拯救我們，我們也不再騎坐埃及的馬；我們也不再對我們雙手的作品說：「你是我們的天主。」因為孤兒只有在你那裏才得到憐恤。

4 I heal their backsliding, I love them freely, For My anger has turned back from him.

我要治療他們的不忠，我要從心裏疼愛他們，因為我的怒氣已遠離了他們。

5 I am as dew to Israel, he flourishes as a lily, And he strikes forth his roots as Lebanon.

我對以色列將如甘露；她將開花如百合，扎根如白楊；

6 His shoots go on, And his splendor is as an olive, And he has fragrance as Lebanon.

她的枝條必要茂盛，她的秀麗就如橄欖樹，她的芬芳就如黎巴嫩的馨香。

7 The dwellers return under his shadow, They revive [as] grain, and flourish as a vine, His memorial [is] as wine of Lebanon.

他們必將歸來，坐在我的庇蔭下；他們必將繁殖有如五榖，滋生有如葡萄；她的聲譽將如黎巴嫩的美酒。

8 O Ephraim, what have I anymore to do with idols? I have answered, and I look after him: I [am] as a green fir-tree, Your fruit is found from Me.

厄弗辣因和偶像還有什麼關係﹖是我折磨了她，我也要福佑她；我如一棵翠綠的松樹，由於我，她才結出了果實。

9 Who [is] wise, and understands these? Prudent, and knows them? For upright are the ways of YHWH, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!”

誰明智，就會明瞭，就會領會，因為上主的道路是正直的；義人在上面暢行，惡人反在上面跌倒。