Hosea 6

1 'Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth us up.

「來，我們回到上主那裏去，因為衪撕碎了我們，也必要治愈；衪打傷了我們，也必要包紮。

2 He doth revive us after two days, In the third day He doth raise us up, And we live before Him.

兩天後衪必使田復生，第三天衪必使我們興起，生活在衪的慈顏下。

3 And we know — we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain — sprinkling earth.'

讓我們認識上主，讓我們努力認識上主! 衪定要像曙光一樣出現，衪要來到我們中間，有如秋雨，有如滋潤田地的春雨。」

4 What do I do to thee, O Ephraim? What do I do to thee, O Judah? Your goodness [is] as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early — going.

厄弗辣因，我可對你們作什麼﹖因為你們的仁愛有如旱晨的浮雲，有如易於消散的朝露。

5 Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments to the light goeth forth.

因此，我藉先知們砍伐了他們，以我口中的言語殺死戳了他們；我的的裁判出現有如光明：

6 For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.

因為我喜歡仁慈勝過祭獻，喜歡人認識天主勝過全燔祭。

7 And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against me.

但是他們在阿當就犯了罪，在那裏已背叛了我。

8 Gilead [is] a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from blood.

基肋阿得是座作惡的城池，滿了血跡。

9 And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder — the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done.

一隊司祭就如埋伏的強盜，在往舍根的路上行兇；的確，他們行了可恥的事

10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing, There [is] the whoredom of Ephraim — defiled is Israel.

在貝特耳我見了可惡的事：在那裏厄弗辣因行了淫，以色列玷污了自己

11 Also, O Judah, appointed is a harvest to thee, In My turning back [to] the captivity of My people!

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