| 歐瑟亞 | Hosea |
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| 1「來，我們回到上主那裡去，因為他撕碎了我們，也必要治愈；他打傷了我們，也必要包紮。 | 1Come, let us return to Yahweh.
He who shattered us to pieces, will heal us as well;
he has struck us down, but he will bind up our wounds. |
| 2兩天後他必使我們復生，第三天他必使我們興起，生活在他的慈顏下。 | 2Two days later he will bring us back to life;
on the third day, he will raise us up,
and we shall live in his presence. |
| 3讓我們認識上主，讓我們努力認識上主！他定要像曙光一樣出現，他要來到我們中間，有如秋雨，有如滋潤田地的春雨。」 | 3Let us strive to know Yahweh.
His coming is as certain as the dawn; |
| 4厄弗辣因，我可對你作什麼？猶大，我可對你作什麼？因為你們的仁愛有如早晨的浮雲，有如易於消逝的朝露。 | 4O Ephraim, what shall I do with you?
O Judah, how shall I deal with you?
This love of yours is like morning mist,
like morning dew that quickly disappears. |
| 5因此，我藉先知們砍伐了他們，以我口中的言語殺戮了他們；我的裁判出現有如光明： | 5c
his judgment will burst forth like the light;
he will come to us as showers come,
like spring rain that waters the earth. |
| 6因為我喜歡仁愛勝過祭獻，喜歡人認識天主勝過全燔祭。 | 6For it is love that I desire, not sacrifice;
it is knowledge of God, not burnt offerings. |
| 7但是他們在阿當就違犯了盟約，在那裡已背叛了我。 | 7At Adam they broke my covenant; there they were unfaithful to me. |
| 8基肋阿得是座作惡者的城池，滿了血跡。 | 8Gilead is a city of evildoers, stained with footprints of blood. |
| 9一隊司祭就如埋伏的強盜，在往舍根的路上行兇；的確，他們行了可恥的事。 | 9Like thieves in an ambush, so are the priests; they murder on the road to Shechem and commit adultery. |
| 10在貝特耳我見了可惡的事：在那裡厄弗辣因行了淫，以色列玷污了自己。 | 10In Bethel I saw their disgraceful conduct; that is where Ephraim played the harlot and was defiled. |
| 11當我轉變我百姓的命運時，猶大啊！為你也注定了一個收割期。 | 11(For you, too, Judah, I have a harvest stored when I bring back my captive people and heal Israel.) |
