Hosea 14

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

以色列啊，你要歸向耶和華－你的上帝； 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.

當歸向耶和華， 用言語禱告他說： 求你除淨罪孽，悅納善行； 這樣，我們就把嘴唇的祭代替牛犢獻上。

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.

我們不向亞述求救， 不騎埃及的馬， 也不再對我們手所造的說： 你是我們的上帝。 因為孤兒在你－耶和華那裏得蒙憐憫。

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

我必醫治他們背道的病， 甘心愛他們； 因為我的怒氣向他們轉消。

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； 他必如百合花開放， 如黎巴嫩的樹木扎根。

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

他的枝條必延長； 他的榮華如橄欖樹； 他的香氣如黎巴嫩的香柏樹。

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

曾住在他蔭下的必歸回， 發旺如五穀，開花如葡萄樹。 他的香氣如黎巴嫩的酒。

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.

以法蓮必說： 我與偶像還有甚麼關涉呢？ 我－耶和華回答他，也必顧念他。 我如青翠的松樹； 你的果子從我而得。

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!”

誰是智慧人？可以明白這些事； 誰是通達人？可以知道這一切。 因為，耶和華的道是正直的； 義人必在其中行走， 罪人卻在其上跌倒。