Hosea 6
1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
In her tribulacioun thei schulen rise eerli to me. Come ye, and turne we ayen to the Lord;
2 After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.
for he took, and schal heele vs; he schal smyte, and schal make vs hool.
3 And let us know, let us follow on to know the LORD; his going forth is sure as the morning: and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
He schal quykene vs after twei daies, and in the thridde dai he schal reise vs, and we schulen lyue in his siyt. We schulen wite, and sue, that we knowe the Lord. His goyng out is maad redi at the morewtid, and he schal come as a reyn to vs, which is timeful and lateful to the erthe.
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.
Effraym, what schal Y do to thee? Juda, what schal Y do to thee? Youre merci is as a cloude of the morewtid, and as deew passynge forth eerli.
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.
For this thing Y hewide in profetis, Y killide hem in the wordis of my mouth;
6 For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
and thi domes schulen go out as liyt. For Y wolde merci, and not sacrifice, and Y wolde the kunnyng of God, more than brent sacrificis.
7 But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
But thei as Adam braken the couenaunt; there thei trespassiden ayens me.
8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, it is stained with blood.
Galaad the citee of hem that worchen idol, is supplauntid with blood; and
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.
as the chekis of men `that ben theues. Partener of prestis sleynge in the weie men goynge fro Sichem, for thei wrouyten greet trespasse.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen an horrible thing: there whoredom is [found] in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
In the hous of Israel Y siy an orible thing; there the fornicaciouns of Effraym.
11 Also, O Judah, there is an harvest appointed for thee, when I bring again the captivity of my people.
Israel is defoulid; but also thou, Juda, sette heruest to thee, whanne Y schal turne the caitiftee of my puple.
