Osee Propheta 6

1 [In tribulatione sua mane consurgent ad me: Venite, et revertamur ad Dominum,

“Come, let us return to Yahweh. For he has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us; he has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds.

2 quia ipse cepit, et sanabit nos; percutiet, et curabit nos.

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

3 Vivificabit nos post duos dies; in die tertia suscitabit nos, et vivemus in conspectu ejus. Sciemus, sequemurque ut cognoscamus Dominum: quasi diluculum præparatus est egressus ejus, et veniet quasi imber nobis temporaneus et serotinus terræ.

Let us know Yahweh; let us press on to know Yahweh. His coming out is as sure as the dawn; he will come to us like the showers, like the spring rains that water the land.”

4 Quid faciam tibi, Ephraim? quid faciam tibi, Juda? misericordia vestra quasi nubes matutina, et quasi ros mane pertransiens.

Ephraim, what will I do with you? Judah, what will I do with you? Your faithfulness is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes away early.

5 Propter hoc dolavi in prophetis; occidi eos in verbis oris mei: et judicia tua quasi lux egredientur.

So I have cut them to pieces by the prophets, I have killed them with the words of my mouth. Your decrees are like the light that shines out.

6 Quia misericordiam volui, et non sacrificium; et scientiam Dei plus quam holocausta.

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

7 Ipsi autem sicut Adam transgressi sunt pactum: ibi prævaricati sunt in me.

Like Adam they have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me.

8 Galaad civitas operantium idolum, supplantata sanguine.

Gilead is a city of evildoers with footprints of blood.

9 Et quasi fauces virorum latronum, particeps sacerdotum, in via interficientium pergentes de Sichem: quia scelus operati sunt.

As gangs of robbers wait for someone, so the priests band together to commit murder on the way to Shechem; they have committed shameful crimes.

10 In domo Israël vidi horrendum: ibi fornicationes Ephraim, contaminatus est Israël.

In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's prostitution is there, and Israel has become unclean.

11 Sed et Juda, pone messem tibi, cum convertero captivitatem populi mei.]

For you also, Judah, a harvest has been appointed, when I will restore the fortunes of my people.