1 O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. 2 Take with you words, and return unto Jehovah: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render as bullocks the offering of our lips. 3 Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him. 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon. 7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the grain, and blossom as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. 8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found.

9 Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.

1 以色列啊，回转吧！回到耶和华你的　神那里，

因为你是因自己的罪孽跌倒的。*本节在《马索拉文本》为14:2

2 你们预备好要说的话，归向耶和华，

对他说："除去我们一切罪孽，

悦纳我们的祷告。

这样我们就把嘴唇的果子献上。

3 亚述不能救我们，

我们必不再骑马；

我们亲手所做的，

我们必不再称为‘我们的　神’；

因为在你那里，孤儿才得着怜悯。"

4 "我必医治他们背道的病，

甘心乐意爱他们，

因为我的怒气已经远离他们了。

5 我对以色列要像甘露，

他必像百合花开放；

他要扎根，如黎巴嫩的香柏树。

6 他的幼枝必伸展，

他的荣美要像橄榄树，

他的香气必如黎巴嫩的香柏树。

7 他们必再住在他的荫下，

使五谷生长。

他们必发旺像葡萄树，

他们的名声要像黎巴嫩的酒。

8 以法莲与偶像还有甚么关系呢？

答允他的是我，看顾他的也是我。

我像一棵青翠的松树，

你的果子是从我而得。"

9 谁是智慧人，让他明白这些事吧！

谁是有见识的人，让他领会这一切吧！

因为耶和华的道路是正直的，

义人要行在其中，

恶人却必在其上绊倒。