Hosea 14

1 Turn back, O Israel, unto Jehovah thy God, For thou hast stumbled by thine iniquity.

以色列啊，你要归向耶和华—你的 神； 你是因自己的罪孽跌倒了。

2 Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah, Say ye unto Him: 'Take away all iniquity, and give good, And we do render the fruit of our lips.

当归向耶和华， 用言语祷告他说： 求你除净罪孽，悦纳善行； 这样，我们就把嘴唇的祭代替牛犊献上。

3 Asshur doth not save us, on a horse we ride not, Nor do we say any more, Our God, to the work of our hands, For in Thee find mercy doth the fatherless.'

我们不向亚述求救， 不骑埃及的马， 也不再对我们手所造的说： 你是我们的 神。 因为孤儿在你—耶和华那里得蒙怜悯。

4 I heal their backsliding, I love them freely, For turned back hath Mine anger from him.

我必医治他们背道的病， 甘心爱他们； 因为我的怒气向他们转消。

5 I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon.

我必向以色列如甘露； 他必如百合花开放， 如黎巴嫩的树木扎根。

6 Go on do his sucklings, And his beauty is as an olive, And he hath fragrance as Lebanon.

他的枝条必延长； 他的荣华如橄榄树； 他的香气如黎巴嫩的香柏树。

7 Return do the dwellers under his shadow, They revive [as] corn, and flourish as a vine, His memorial [is] as wine of Lebanon.

曾住在他荫下的必归回， 发旺如五谷，开花如葡萄树。 他的香气如黎巴嫩的酒。

8 O Ephraim, what to Me any more with idols? I — I afflicted, and I cause him to sing: 'I [am] as a green fir-tree,' From Me is thy fruit found.

以法莲必说： 我与偶像还有什么关涉呢？ 我—耶和华回答他，也必顾念他。 我如青翠的松树； 你的果子从我而得。

9 Who [is] wise, and doth understand these? Prudent, and knoweth them? For upright are the ways of Jehovah, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!

谁是智慧人？可以明白这些事； 谁是通达人？可以知道这一切。 因为，耶和华的道是正直的； 义人必在其中行走， 罪人却在其上跌倒。