Hosea 14

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

以色列啊，你要归向耶和华—你的 神； 你是因自己的罪孽跌倒了。

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.

当归向耶和华， 用言语祷告他说： 求你除净罪孽，悦纳善行； 这样，我们就把嘴唇的祭代替牛犊献上。

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.

我们不向亚述求救， 不骑埃及的马， 也不再对我们手所造的说： 你是我们的 神。 因为孤儿在你—耶和华那里得蒙怜悯。

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

我必医治他们背道的病， 甘心爱他们； 因为我的怒气向他们转消。

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

我必向以色列如甘露； 他必如百合花开放， 如黎巴嫩的树木扎根。

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

他的枝条必延长； 他的荣华如橄榄树； 他的香气如黎巴嫩的香柏树。

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

曾住在他荫下的必归回， 发旺如五谷，开花如葡萄树。 他的香气如黎巴嫩的酒。

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.

以法莲必说： 我与偶像还有什么关涉呢？ 我—耶和华回答他，也必顾念他。 我如青翠的松树； 你的果子从我而得。

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!”

谁是智慧人？可以明白这些事； 谁是通达人？可以知道这一切。 因为，耶和华的道是正直的； 义人必在其中行走， 罪人却在其上跌倒。