Hosea 6

1 [The Israeli people say, ] “Come, let’s return to Yahweh! He has caused [us] to be injured, but he will heal us. He has caused [us] to be wounded, but [it is as though] he will put bandages on our wounds [MET].

۱ بیایید نزد خداوند بازگشت نماییم زیرا که او دریده است و ما را شفا خواهد داد؛ اوزده است و ما را شکسته بندی خواهد نمود.

2 After a very short time he will revive us; in less than three days he will restore us in order that we may live in his presence.

۲ بعداز دو روز ما را زنده خواهد کرد. در روز سوم ما راخواهد برخیزانید و در حضور او زیست خواهیم نمود.

3 We must try to know Yahweh; [if we do that, ] he will come [and help] us, as surely as the sun rises [every morning], as surely as rain falls every winter/cold season, and as surely as the rain falls again (in the springtime/at the end of the cold season).”

۳ پس خداوند را بشناسیم و به جد و جهدمعرفت او را تعاقب نماییم. طلوع او مثل فجریقین است و بر ما مثل باران و مانند باران آخر که زمین را سیراب می‌کند خواهد آمد.

4 [But Yahweh knows they are insincere; ] [so he says to them, ] “You [people of] Israel, and you [people of] Judah, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should do to you. Your being faithful [to me will disappear as quickly] as [SIM] the morning mist [disappears], like [SIM] the dew [on the ground] that disappears quickly [when the sun shines].

۴ ‌ای افرایم با تو چه کنم؟ ای یهودا با تو چه کنم؟ زیرا نیکویی تو مثل ابرهای صبح و مانند شبنم است که بزودی می‌گذرد.

5 I warned [HYP] you by [the messages that I gave to] the prophets, [but you did not pay attention to my messages]. Therefore I will completely destroy you; the punishment that I give you will strike you like lightning.

۵ بنابراین من ایشان را بوسیله انبیا قطع نمودم و به سخنان دهان خود ایشان را کشتم و داوری من مثل نور ساطع می‌شود.

6 I want [my people] to faithfully love [me] more than [I want them to offer] sacrifices [to me]; [I want them] to know me more than [I want them to] completely burn sacrifices [on the altar].

۶ زیرا که رحمت را پسند کردم و نه قربانی را و معرفت خدا را بیشتر از قربانی های سوختنی.

7 But they have refused to obey my agreement, [just] like Adam did; they have not been faithful to me.

۷ اما ایشان مثل آدم از عهد تجاوزنمودند و درآنجا به من خیانت ورزیدند.

8 Gilead is a city [full] of people who do wicked things; [in the streets] are the bloody footprints [of those who have murdered others].

۸ جلعادشهر گناهکاران و خون آلود است.

9 The priests are like [SIM] bandits who wait (in ambushes/along the road) to attack people; they murder [people who are walking] on the road to Shechem, and they commit other disgraceful crimes.

۹ و چنانکه رهزنان برای مردم در کمین می‌باشند، همچنان جمعیت کاهنان در راه شکیم می‌کشند زیرا که ایشان مرتکب قباحت شده‌اند.

10 I have seen horrible things [being done] in Israel [MTY]. The people have abandoned me [like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands] [MET]; [so the people of] Israel have become unacceptable to me.

۱۰ در خاندان اسرائیل عملی هولناک دیدم: افرایم در آنجامرتکب زنا شده، اسرائیل خویشتن را نجس ساخته است.

11 And you [people of] Judah, I have appointed a time when I will punish [MET] you, too. Whenever I wanted to enable my people to prosper again,”

۱۱ و برای تو نیز‌ای یهودا حصادی معین شده است هنگامی که اسیری قوم خود راخواهم برگردانید.