何西阿书 第 14 章

¹以色列啊，你要归向耶和华─你的神；你是因自己的罪孽跌倒了。O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

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 with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves 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。Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

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 backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

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 as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

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 branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as 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。They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

⁸以法莲必说：我与偶像还有甚么关涉呢？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。Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

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, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.