1In tribulatione sua mane consurgent ad me:In their tribulation, they will arise early to me.Venite,Come,et revertamur ad Dominum,let us return to the Lord.
2quia ipse cepit,For he has seized us,et sanabit nos;and he will heal us.percutiet,He will strike,et curabit nos.and he will cure us.
3Vivificabit nos post duos dies;He will revive us after two days;in die tertia suscitabit nos,on the third day he will raise us up,et vivemus in conspectu ejus.and we will live in his sight.Sciemus,We will understand,sequemurque ut cognoscamus Dominum:and we will continue on,quasi diluculum præparatus est egressus ejus,so that we may know the Lord.et veniet quasi imber nobis temporaneusHis landing place has been prepared like the first light of morning,et serotinus terræ.and he will come to us like the early and the late rains of the land.
4Quid faciam tibi,What am I to do with you,Ephraim?Ephraim?quid faciam tibi,What am I to do with you,Juda?Judah?misericordia vestra quasi nubes matutina,Your mercy is like the morning mist,et quasi ros mane pertransiens.and like the dew passing away in the morning.
5Propter hoc dolavi in prophetis;Because of this, I have cut them with the prophets,occidi eos in verbis oris mei:I have slain them with the words of my mouth;et judicia tua quasi lux egredientur.and your opinions will depart like the light.
6Quia misericordiam volui,For I desired mercyet non sacrificium;and not sacrifice,et scientiam Dei plus quam holocausta.and knowledge of God more than holocausts.
7Ipsi autem sicut Adam transgressi sunt pactum:But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant;ibi prævaricati sunt in me.in this, they have been dishonest with me.
8Galaad civitas operantium idolum,Gilead is a city that manufactures idols;supplantata sanguine.it has been tripped up by family relations.
9Et quasi fauces virorum latronum,And, like those who rob with skillful words, they,particeps sacerdotum,by conspiring with the priests,in via interficientium pergentes de Sichem:bring a death sentence to travelers on a pilgrimage from Shechem;quia scelus operati sunt.for they have been performing evil deeds.
10In domo Israël vidi horrendum:I have seen horrible things in the house of Israel;ibi fornicationes Ephraim,the fornications of Ephraim are there.contaminatus est Israël.Israel has been contaminated.
11SedBut you,et Juda,Judah,pone messem tibi,set a harvest for yourself,cum convertero captivitatem populi mei.while I reverse the captivity of my people.