Hosea 6

1 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

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 After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.

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 So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

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 What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

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 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.

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

6 我喜愛良善 ，不喜愛祭祀； 喜愛認識上帝，勝於燔祭。

7 But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

7 他們卻如亞當背約， 在境內向我行事詭詐。

8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.

8 基列是作孽之人的城， 被血沾染。

9 Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.

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 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.

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 Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.

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。