¹“Come, and let us return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.

¹劝人民诚心归向　神

²After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.

²两天以后，他要使我们复原；第三天，他使我们起来，我们就可以活在他的面前。

³Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”

³让我们认识，竭力追求认识耶和华。他必定出现，像晨光一样，他必临到我们，如雨水一般，又像滋润大地的春雨。

⁴“Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.

⁴指摘人民虚伪的行为“以法莲啊！我要怎样待你呢？犹大啊，我要怎样待你呢？你们的爱心像早晨的云雾；又像瞬即消逝的朝露。

⁵Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.

⁵因此，我借众先知砍碎他们，用我口中的话杀戮他们；我的审判必如光一般发出。

⁶For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

⁶我喜爱怜恤，不喜爱祭祀；我喜爱人认识　神的知识，胜过人献的燔祭。

⁷But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me, there.

⁷可是他们却在亚当城背约，在那里向我行诡诈。

⁸Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood.

⁸基列是作孽之人的城，他们的脚踪染满了血渍。

⁹As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.

⁹在往示剑的路上，祭司结党杀害人，就像埋伏路旁的强盗；他们行了邪恶的事。

¹⁰In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing. There is prostitution in Ephraim. Israel is defiled.

¹⁰在以色列家！我看见了可怕的事；那里有以法莲的淫行，以色列被玷污了。

¹¹“Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, when I restore the fortunes of my people.

¹¹犹大啊！我使我的子民归回的时候，必有为你定下的一个收割时期。”