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. |
