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 to the LORD: 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: in the third day will he raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

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.

Then shall we know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he will come to us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain to 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.

O Ephraim, what shall I do to thee? O Judah, what shall I do to thee? for your goodness [is] as the morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth 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 thy judgments [are as] the light [that] goeth forth.

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 desired mercy, 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 men 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, [and is] polluted 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 wait for a man, [so] the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

10 In the hous of Israel Y siy an orible thing; there the fornicaciouns of Effraym.

I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: there [is] the prostitution of Ephraim, 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, O Judah, he hath set a harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.