何西阿书 14

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

悔改带来祝福

14 以色列啊，
你被自己的罪恶绊倒了，
归向你的上帝耶和华吧！
²你要归向耶和华，
向祂忏悔说：
“求你赦免我们的罪，
施恩悦纳我们，
好叫我们以赞美为祭献给你！
³我们不再向亚述求救，
不再依靠战马，
也不再称自己所造的神像为我们的上帝。
耶和华啊，只有在你那里，
孤儿才能得到怜悯。”

⁴耶和华说：
“我要医治他们的叛道，
心甘情愿地爱他们，
因为我的怒气已经转离他们。
⁵我要像甘露一样滋润以色列，
使他绽放如百合花，
扎根如黎巴嫩的香柏树。
⁶他要长出嫩枝，
他要像橄榄树一样荣美，
如黎巴嫩的香柏树一般芳香。
⁷他要归回，住在我的荫下。
他要茂盛如五谷，
荣美如葡萄树，
声名远扬如黎巴嫩的美酒。

⁸“以法莲啊，你要远离偶像。
我应允你的祷告，看顾你。
我像一棵青翠的松树，
你的果实都来自于我。”

⁹让那些智者明白这一切，
让那些明哲了解这一切。
因为耶和华的道是正道，
义人要行走在上面，
罪人却在上面跌倒。

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Hosea 14

Easy-to-Read Version

Return to the Lord

14 Israel, you fell and sinned against God. So come back to the Lord your God. ²Think about what you will say, and come back to the Lord. Say to him,

“Take away our sin,
    and accept these words as our sacrifice.
    We offer you the praise from our lips.^[a]
³Assyria will not save us.
    We will not ride on war horses.
We will never again say, ‘Our God’
    to something we made with our hands.
This is because you are the one who
    shows mercy to orphans.”

The Lord Will Forgive Israel

⁴The Lord says,
“I will forgive them for leaving me.
    I will show them my love without limits,
    because I have stopped being angry.
⁵I will be like the dew to Israel.
    Israel will blossom like the lily.
    He will grow like the cedar trees of Lebanon.
⁶His branches will grow,
    and he will be like a beautiful olive tree.
He will be like the sweet smell
    from the cedar trees of Lebanon.
⁷The people of Israel will again live under my protection.
    They will grow like grain.
They will bloom like a vine.
    They will be like the wine of Lebanon.

The Lord Warns Israel About Idols

⁸“Ephraim, I will have nothing more to do with idols.
I am the one who answers your prayers and watches over you.^[b]
I am like a fir tree that is always green.
Your fruit comes from me.”

Final Advice

⁹A wise person understands these things,
    and a smart person should learn them.
The Lord’s ways are right.
    Good people will live by them.
    Sinners will die by them.^[c]

Footnotes

Hosea 14:2 praise from our lips Literally, “the fruit of our lips.”
Hosea 14:8 and watches over you This is a wordplay. The Hebrew word is like the name “Assyria.” God is saying that he, not some foreign country, protects Israel.
Hosea 14:9 Good … die by them Literally, “Good people will walk on them. Sinners will stumble on them.”

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