Hosea 14

1 Israel, return to Yahweh your God, for you have fallen because of 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 with you words and return to Yahweh. Say to him, “Take away all our iniquity and accept what is good, so that we may offer to you 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 Assyria will not save us; we will not ride on horses to war. Neither will we say anymore to the work of our hands, 'You are our gods,' for in you the fatherless person finds compassion.”

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 will heal their turning away; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned away 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 will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like a cedar in 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 branches will spread out; his beauty will be like the olive trees, and his fragrance like the cedars in 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 people who live in his shade will return; they will revive like grain and blossom like vines. His fame will be like the 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 Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? I will answer him and care for him. I am like a cypress whose leaves are always green; from me comes your fruit.”

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 that he may understand these things? Who understands these things so that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous will walk in them, but the rebellious will stumble in them.

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。