ホセア書 6

1 來れわれらヱホバにかへるべし ヱホバわれらを抓劈たまひたれどもまた醫すことをなし我儕をうち給ひたれどもまたその傷をつつむことを爲したまふ可ればなり

“Come on! Let's go back to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces, but now he will heal us. He has struck us down, but now he will bind up our wounds.

2 ヱホバは二日ののちわれらむ活かへし三日にわれらを起せたまはん 我らその前にて生ん

In two days he will heal us; after three days he will raise us up so we can live in his presence.

3 この故にわれらヱホバをしるべし切にヱホバを知ことを求むべしヱホバは晨光のごとく必ずあらはれいで雨のごとくわれらにのぞみ後の雨のごとく地をうるほし給ふ

Let's get to know the Lord, really strive to know him, and he will appear to us as surely as the sun will rise; he will come to us as certainly as the spring rains fall on the earth.”

4 エフライムよ我なんぢに何をなさんやユダよ我なんぢに何をなさんやなんぢの愛情はあしたの雲のごとくまたただちにきゆる露のごとし

Ephraim, what shall I do with you? Judah, what shall I do with you? Your love disappears like mist at dawn; it vanishes like dew in the morning.

5 このゆゑにわれ預言者等をもてかれらを撃ちわが口の言をもてかれらえを殺せりわが審判はあらはれいづる光明のごとし

So I cut you down through the prophets; I killed you with my words. My judgment shines out like a light.

6 われは愛憎をよろこびて犠牲をよろこばず神をしるを悦ぶこと燔祭にまされり

I want your true love, not your sacrifices; I want you to know me, not your burnt offerings.

7 然るに彼らはアダムのごとく誓をやぶりかしこにて不義をわれにおこなへり

But you, just like Adam, broke our agreement, there you were unfaithful to me.

8 ギレアデは惡をおこなふものの邑にして血の足跡そのなかに徧し

Gilead is a city of evil people where footprints are tracked in blood.

9 祭司のともがらは山賊の群のごとく伏伺して人をそこなひシケムに往く大路にて人をころす彼等はかくのごとき惡きことをおこなへり

Priests are like a gang of bandits, lying in wait to ambush travelers on the road. They commit murder in Shechem, carrying out wicked crimes.

10 われイスラエルのいへに憎むべきことあるを見たりかの處にてエフライムは淫をおこなふイスフルは汚れたり

I have seen in the house of Israel something totally disgusting: Ephraim engages in prostitution and Israel is sexually corrupt.

11 ユダよ我わが民の俘囚をかへさんときまた汝のためにも穫刈をそなへん

And as for you, Judah, your harvest-time has been set! When I restore the fortunes of my people,