Hosea

1“Come! Let’s return to the LORD;for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us;he has injured us,and he will bind up our wounds.

2After two days he will revive us.On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.

3Let’s acknowledge the LORD.Let’s press on to know the LORD.As surely as the sun rises,the LORD will appear.He will come to us like the rain,like the spring rain that waters the earth.”

4“Ephraim, what shall I do to you?Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.

5Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets;I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.

6For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice;and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

7But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant.They were unfaithful to me there.

8Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity;it is stained with blood.

9As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man,so the company of priests murder on the path toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.

10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing.There is prostitution in Ephraim. Israel is defiled.

11“Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you,when I restore the fortunes of my people.

以色列無悔改誠意

1來吧，我們歸向耶和華！ 他撕裂我們，也必醫治； 他打傷我們，也必纏裹。

2過兩天他必使我們甦醒， 第三天他必使我們興起， 我們就在他面前得以存活。

3我們務要認識耶和華， 竭力追求認識他。 他出現確如晨光； 他必臨到我們像甘雨， 像滋潤田地的春雨。

4主說：以法蓮哪，我可向你怎樣行呢？ 猶大啊，我可向你怎樣做呢？ 因為你們的良善如同早晨的雲霧， 又如速散的甘露。

5因此，我藉先知砍伐他們， 以我口中的話殺戮他們； 我施行的審判如光發出。

6我喜愛良善，不喜愛祭祀； 喜愛認識上帝，勝於燔祭。

7他們卻如亞當背約， 在境內向我行事詭詐。

8基列是作孽之人的城， 被血沾染。

9強盜成群，怎樣埋伏殺人， 祭司結黨，也照樣在示劍的路上殺戮， 行了邪惡。

10在以色列家，我見了可憎的事； 在以法蓮那裏有淫行， 以色列被玷污。

11猶大啊，我使被擄之民歸回的時候， 必有為你所命定的收場。