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 us up.

「來，我們回到上主那裏去，因為衪撕碎了我們，也必要治愈；衪打傷了我們，也必要包紮。

2 After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.

兩天後衪必使田復生，第三天衪必使我們興起，生活在衪的慈顏下。

3 And let us know, let us follow on to know the LORD; his going forth is sure as the morning: and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.

讓我們認識上主，讓我們努力認識上主! 衪定要像曙光一樣出現，衪要來到我們中間，有如秋雨，有如滋潤田地的春雨。」

4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.

厄弗辣因，我可對你們作什麼﹖因為你們的仁愛有如旱晨的浮雲，有如易於消散的朝露。

5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are [as] the light that goeth forth.

因此，我藉先知們砍伐了他們，以我口中的言語殺死戳了他們；我的的裁判出現有如光明：

6 For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

因為我喜歡仁慈勝過祭獻，喜歡人認識天主勝過全燔祭。

7 But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

但是他們在阿當就犯了罪，在那裏已背叛了我。

8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, it is stained with blood.

基肋阿得是座作惡的城池，滿了血跡。

9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.

一隊司祭就如埋伏的強盜，在往舍根的路上行兇；的確，他們行了可恥的事

10 In the house of Israel I have seen an horrible thing: there whoredom is [found] in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

在貝特耳我見了可惡的事：在那裏厄弗辣因行了淫，以色列玷污了自己

11 Also, O Judah, there is an harvest appointed for thee, when I bring again the captivity of my people.

當我轉變我百姓的命運時，猶大啊! 為你也注定了一個收割期。