Hosea 6
1 In her tribulacioun thei schulen rise eerli to me. Come ye, and turne we ayen to the Lord;
Come and let us return unto Jehovah: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
2 for he took, and schal heele vs; he schal smyte, and schal make vs hool.
After two days will he revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before his face;
3 He schal quykene vs after twei daies, and in the thridde dai he schal reise vs, and we schulen lyue in his siyt. We schulen wite, and sue, that we knowe the Lord. His goyng out is maad redi at the morewtid, and he schal come as a reyn to vs, which is timeful and lateful to the erthe.
and we shall know, — we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.
4 Effraym, what schal Y do to thee? Juda, what schal Y do to thee? Youre merci is as a cloude of the morewtid, and as deew passynge forth eerli.
What shall I do unto thee, Ephraim? What shall I do unto thee, Judah? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away.
5 For this thing Y hewide in profetis, Y killide hem in the wordis of my mouth;
Therefore have I hewed [them] by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and my judgment goeth forth as the light.
6 and thi domes schulen go out as liyt. For Y wolde merci, and not sacrifice, and Y wolde the kunnyng of God, more than brent sacrificis.
For I delight in loving-kindness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
7 But thei as Adam braken the couenaunt; there thei trespassiden ayens me.
But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8 Galaad the citee of hem that worchen idol, is supplauntid with blood; and
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is tracked with blood.
9 as the chekis of men `that ben theues. Partener of prestis sleynge in the weie men goynge fro Sichem, for thei wrouyten greet trespasse.
And as troops of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way of Shechem; yea, they commit lewdness.
10 In the hous of Israel Y siy an orible thing; there the fornicaciouns of Effraym.
In the house of Israel have I seen a horrible thing: the whoredom of Ephraim is there; Israel is defiled.
11 Israel is defoulid; but also thou, Juda, sette heruest to thee, whanne Y schal turne the caitiftee of my puple.
Also, for thee, Judah, is a harvest appointed, when I shall turn again the captivity of my people.
