1 WYC In her tribulacioun thei schulen rise eerli to me. Come ye, and turne we ayen to the Lord; BSB BSB: Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
2 WYC for he took, and schal heele vs; he schal smyte, and schal make vs hool. BSB BSB: After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
3 WYC 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. BSB BSB: So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
4 WYC 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. BSB BSB: What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.
5 WYC For this thing Y hewide in profetis, Y killide hem in the wordis of my mouth; BSB BSB: Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.
6 WYC 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. BSB BSB: For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 WYC But thei as Adam braken the couenaunt; there thei trespassiden ayens me. BSB BSB: But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
8 WYC Galaad the citee of hem that worchen idol, is supplauntid with blood; and BSB BSB: Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.
9 WYC as the chekis of men `that ben theues. Partener of prestis sleynge in the weie men goynge fro Sichem, for thei wrouyten greet trespasse. BSB BSB: Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.
10 WYC In the hous of Israel Y siy an orible thing; there the fornicaciouns of Effraym. BSB BSB: In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.
11 WYC Israel is defoulid; but also thou, Juda, sette heruest to thee, whanne Y schal turne the caitiftee of my puple. BSB BSB: Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.