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第 14 章

1. 以色列阿，你要归向耶和华你的神。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. 当归向耶和华，用言语祷告他说，求你除净罪孽，悦纳善行，这样。我们就把嘴唇的祭，代替牛犊献上。
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. 我们不向亚述求救。不骑埃及的马。也不再对我们手所造的说，你是我们的神。因为孤儿在你耶和华那里得蒙怜悯。
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. 我必医治他们背道的病，甘心爱他们，因为我的怒气向他们转消。
"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，他必如百合花开放，如利巴嫩的树木扎根。
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. 他的枝条必延长，他的荣华如橄榄树，他的香气如利巴嫩的香柏树。
his young shoots will grow. His splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.
7. 曾住在他荫下的必归回，发旺如五谷。开花如葡萄树。他的香气如利巴嫩的酒。
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. 以法莲必说，我与偶像还有什么关涉呢？我耶和华回答他，也必顾念他。我如青翠的松树，你的果子从我而得。
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. 谁是智慧人，可以明白这些事，谁是通达人，可以知道这一切。因为，耶和华的道是正直的，义人必在其中行走，罪人却在其上跌倒。
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.