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. 2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. 3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto 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 early dew it goeth 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 desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. 8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. 9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. 10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. 11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
6–BOB
Odamlarning soxta tavbasi
1 Bu xalq shunday deydi:
“Kelinglar, Egamizga qaytaylik!
U bizni tilka–pora qildi,
Shifoni ham Oʻzi beradi.
Bizni yarador qildi,
Yaralarimizni Oʻzi bogʻlaydi.
2 Uning huzurida yashay olishimiz uchun,
Ikki kunda bizni hayotga qaytaradi,
Uchinchi kuni oyogʻimizga turgʻizadi.
3 Kelinglar, Egamizni bilishga intilaylik.
Tong otishi muqarrar boʻlganday,
U albatta bizga zohir boʻladi,
Kuz va bahorda yomgʻir yogʻishi tabiiy boʻlganday,
U albatta oldimizga keladi.”
Isroilning soxta sadoqati va oladigan jazosi
4 Egamiz shunday deydi:
“Seni nima qilay, ey Efrayim?!
Seni nima qilay, ey Yahudo?!
Sening sevging tongdagi tumanday tez gʻoyib boʻlar,
Sahardagi shudring kabi bugʻlanib ketar.
5 Shuning uchun soʻzlarim bilan seni oʻlguday savaladim,
Paygʻambarlarim orqali seni chopib tashladim.
Chiqargan hukmim chaqmoq kabi seni uradi.
6 Zero, Men qurbonlikni emas,
Rahm–shafqatni istayman,
Kuydirilgan qurbonliklarni emas,
Meni tanib–bilishingni afzal koʻraman.
7 Xalqim Odam Atoday ahdni buzdi,
Evoh, Menga bevafolik qildi.
8 Gilad — yovuzlarning shahridir,
Koʻchalari qon dogʻlariga toʻladir.
9 Ruhoniylar qaroqchilarga oʻxshaydi,
Ular pistirmada yotib, qurbonini poylashadi.
Shakam shahri yoʻlida qotilliklar qilishadi,
Ha, ular mudhish jinoyatlarga qoʻl urdi.
10 Men Isroilda dahshatli hodisani koʻrdim:
Efrayim bevafolik qildi!
Isroil oʻzini bulgʻadi!
11 Ey Yahudo, sen uchun ham oʻrim payti belgilandi.
Men xalqimni yana farovonlikka erishtirmoqchi boʻlganimda,
