何西阿书 14
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
勸以色列歸向 神
14 以色列啊，回轉吧！回到耶和華你的 神那裡，
因為你是因自己的罪孽跌倒的。（本節在《馬索拉文本》為14:2）
2 你們預備好要說的話，歸向耶和華，
對他說：“除去我們一切罪孽，
悅納我們的禱告。
這樣我們就把嘴唇的果子獻上。
3 亞述不能救我們，
我們必不再騎馬；
我們親手所做的，
我們必不再稱為‘我們的 神’；
因為在你那裡，孤兒才得著憐憫。”
神再施憐愛
4 “我必醫治他們背道的病，
甘心樂意愛他們，
因為我的怒氣已經遠離他們了。
5 我對以色列要像甘露，
他必像百合花開放；
他要扎根，如黎巴嫩的香柏樹。
6 他的幼枝必伸展，
他的榮美要像橄欖樹，
他的香氣必如黎巴嫩的香柏樹。
7 他們必再住在他的蔭下，
使五穀生長。
他們必發旺像葡萄樹，
他們的名聲要像黎巴嫩的酒。
8 以法蓮與偶像還有甚麼關係呢？
答允他的是我，看顧他的也是我。
我像一棵青翠的松樹，
你的果子是從我而得。”
9 誰是智慧人，讓他明白這些事吧！
誰是有見識的人，讓他領會這一切吧！
因為耶和華的道路是正直的，
義人要行在其中，
惡人卻必在其上絆倒。
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. 2 Think 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]
3 Assyria 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
4 The Lord says,
“I will forgive them for leaving me.
I will show them my love without limits,
because I have stopped being angry.
5 I will be like the dew to Israel.
Israel will blossom like the lily.
He will grow like the cedar trees of Lebanon.
6 His 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.
7 The 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
9 A 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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