Hosea 6

1 “Come, and let us return to Jehovah! For he hath torn, and he will heal us; He hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

来吧，我们归向耶和华！ 他撕裂我们，也必医治； 他打伤我们，也必缠裹。

2 After two days will he revive us, On the third day he will raise us up, And we shall live in his presence,

过两天他必使我们苏醒， 第三天他必使我们兴起， 我们就在他面前得以存活。

3 Let us, therefore, know him; Let us ever strive to know Jehovah, His coming forth is sure as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter rain which watereth the earth.”

我们务要认识耶和华， 竭力追求认识他。 他出现确如晨光； 他必临到我们像甘雨， 像滋润田地的春雨。

4 O Ephraim, what shall I do to thee? O Judah, what shall I do to thee? For your goodness is like the morning cloud, And like the early dew, which vanisheth away.

主说：以法莲哪，我可向你怎样行呢？ 犹大啊，我可向你怎样做呢？ 因为你们的良善如同早晨的云雾， 又如速散的甘露。

5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth, And my judgments have gone forth like the light.

因此，我借先知砍伐他们， 以我口中的话杀戮他们； 我施行的审判如光发出。

6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God rather than burnt-offerings.

我喜爱良善，不喜爱祭祀； 喜爱认识 神，胜于燔祭。

7 But they, after the manner of men, have transgressed the covenant; Even therein have they dealt unfaithfully with me.

他们却如亚当背约， 在境内向我行事诡诈。

8 Gilead is a city of them that do iniquity; She is full of footsteps of blood.

基列是作孽之人的城， 被血沾染。

9 As troops of robbers lying in wait for a man, so is the company of priests; They murder in the way to Shechem; Yea, they commit heinous wickedness.

强盗成群，怎样埋伏杀人， 祭司结党，也照样在示剑的路上杀戮， 行了邪恶。

10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel; There Ephraim committeth fornication, Israel is polluted.

在以色列家，我见了可憎的事； 在以法莲那里有淫行， 以色列被玷污。

11 For thee also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed.

犹大啊，我使被掳之民归回的时候， 必有为你所命定的收场。