何西阿書

第 14 章

1. 以色列阿、你要歸向耶和華你的　神．你是因自己的罪孽跌倒了。
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God. Your sins have been your downfall!
2. 當歸向耶和華、用言語禱告他說、求你除淨罪孽、悅納善行、這樣、我們就把嘴唇的祭代替牛犢獻上。
Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to him: "Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips.
3. 我們不向亞述求救．不騎埃及的馬．也不再對我們手所造的說、你是我們的　神、因為孤兒在你耶和華那裡得蒙憐憫。
Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount war-horses. We will never again say 'Our gods' to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion."
4. 我必醫治他們背道的病、甘心愛他們、因為我的怒氣向他們轉消。
"I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them.
5. 我必向以色列如甘露、他必如百合花開放、如利巴嫩的樹木扎根。
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily. Like a cedar of Lebanon he will send down his roots;
6. 他的枝條必延長、他的榮華如橄欖樹、他的香氣如利巴嫩的香柏樹。
his young shoots will grow. His splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.
7. 曾住在他蔭下的必歸回、發旺如五穀、開花如葡萄樹．他的香氣如利巴嫩的酒。
Men will dwell again in his shade. He will flourish like the grain. He will blossom like a vine, and his fame will be like the wine from Lebanon.
8. 以法蓮必說、我與偶像還有甚麼關涉呢．我耶和華回答他、也必顧念他．我如青翠的松樹、你的果子從我而得。
O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? I will answer him and care for him. I am like a green pine tree; your fruitfulness comes from me."
9. 誰是智慧人、可以明白這些事、誰是通達人、可以知道這一切．因為耶和華的道是正直的、義人必在其中行走、罪人卻在其上跌倒。
Who is wise? He will realize these things. Who is discerning? He will understand them. The ways of the LORD are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.