1 Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him. 3 And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.

4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away. 5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth. 6 For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings. 7 But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. 8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood. 9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness. 10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled. 11 Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people.

1 "来吧！让我们回转归向耶和华；

因为，他虽然撕裂了我们，但必定医治我们；

他虽然击伤了我们，却必替我们裹伤。

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。

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 "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。

5 因此，我藉众先知砍碎他们，

用我口中的话杀戮他们；

我的审判必如光一般发出。

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。

7 可是他们却在亚当城背约，

在那里向我行诡诈。

8 基列是作孽之人的城，

他们的脚踪染满了血渍。

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。

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 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。"