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1來吧，我們歸向耶和華！他撕裂我們，也必醫治；他打傷我們，也必纏裹。Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
2過兩天他必使我們甦醒，第三天他必使我們興起，我們就在他面前得以存活。After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
3我們務要認識耶和華，竭力追求認識他。他出現確如晨光；他必臨到我們像甘雨，像滋潤田地的。So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
4主說：以法蓮哪，我可向你怎樣行呢？猶大啊，我可向你怎樣做呢？因為你們的良善如同早晨的雲霧，又如速散的甘露。What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.
5因此，我藉先知砍伐他們，以我口中的話殺戮他們；我施行的審判如光發出。Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.
6我喜愛良善（或譯：憐恤），不喜愛祭祀；喜愛認識 神，勝於燔祭。For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7他們卻如背約，在境內向我行事詭詐。But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
8基列是作孽之人的城，被血沾染。Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.
9強盜成群，怎樣埋伏殺人，祭司結黨，也照樣在的路上殺戮，行了邪惡。Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.
10在以色列家，我見了可憎的事；在以法蓮那裡有淫行，以色列被玷污。In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.
11猶大啊，我使被擄之民歸回的時候，必有為你所命定的收場。Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.