Will you not from this time cry to Me,‘ My father, You are the guide of my youth?

从今以后，你岂不向我呼叫说：‘我父啊，你是我幼年的恩主。

你不是才向我呼叫说：‘我父啊，你是我年轻时的密友，

你不是才向我呼叫说：‘我父啊，你是我年轻时的密友，

你不是刚对我说，‘我父啊！你从我年幼时就做我的朋友。

你刚刚不是还呼叫我：‘我父啊！你是我年轻时的良伴；

從今以後，你豈不向我呼叫說：我父啊，你是我幼年的恩主。

你不是才向我呼叫說：『我父啊，你是我年輕時的密友，

你不是才向我呼叫說：『我父啊，你是我年輕時的密友，

你不是剛對我說，『我父啊！你從我年幼時就做我的朋友。

你剛剛不是還呼叫我：‘我父啊！你是我年輕時的良伴；

豈不是你剛剛呼叫我：「我父啊，你是我青年時的配偶——

自茲以往、爾豈不呼我曰、爾乃我父、為我少年之導、

當爾幼沖、我誨爾諄諄、何至今日、不以我為父。

爾方稱我為父、爾又曰、我在爾幼時、向爾施愛、

Have you not just called to me:‘ My Father, my friend from my youth,

You have just now called out to me. You said,‘ My Father, you have been my friend ever since I was young.

Have you not just now called to me,‘ My father, you are the friend of my youth—

Yet you say to me,‘ Father, you have been my guide since my youth.

Haven’t you recently called to me,“ My Father! You were my friend in my youth.

Have you not just now called to Me,‘ My Father, You are the friend of my youth?

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the guide of my youth?

Have you not lately called to Me,“ My Father. You were my friend in my youth.

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou[ art] the guide of my youth?

Even now you say to me,‘ You are my father! You have been my faithful companion ever since I was young.

Will you not from this time cry to me,‘ My Father, you are the guide of my youth?’

“ Go and cry in the hearing of Jerusalem, saying,‘ Thus says the Lord:“ I remember you, The kindness of your youth, The love of your betrothal, When you went after Me in the wilderness, In a land not sown.

“ But I said:‘ How can I put you among the children And give you a pleasant land, A beautiful heritage of the hosts of nations?’“ And I said:‘ You shall call Me,“ My Father,” And not turn away from Me.’

Who forsakes the companion of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God.

I will give her her vineyards from there, And the Valley of Achor as a door of hope; She shall sing there, As in the days of her youth, As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

O God, You have taught me from my youth; And to this day I declare Your wondrous works.

They shall come with weeping, And with supplications I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters, In a straight way in which they shall not stumble; For I am a Father to Israel, And Ephraim is My firstborn.

To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion—

For this is God, Our God forever and ever; He will be our guide Even to death.

“ I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself:‘ You have chastised me, and I was chastised, Like an untrained bull; Restore me, and I will return, For You are the Lord my God.Surely, after my turning, I repented; And after I was instructed, I struck myself on the thigh; I was ashamed, yes, even humiliated, Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a pleasant child? For though I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still; Therefore My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.

O Israel, return to the Lord your God, For you have stumbled because of your iniquity;Take words with you, And return to the Lord. Say to Him,“ Take away all iniquity; Receive us graciously, For we will offer the sacrifices of our lips.Assyria shall not save us, We will not ride on horses, Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands,‘ You are our gods.’ For in You the fatherless finds mercy.”

Yet you say,“ For what reason?” Because the Lord has been witness Between you and the wife of your youth, With whom you have dealt treacherously; Yet she is your companion And your wife by covenant.

For You are my hope, O Lord GOD; You are my trust from my youth.

Saying to a tree,‘ You are my father,’ And to a stone,‘ You gave birth to me.’ For they have turned their back to Me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble They will say,‘ Arise and save us.’

How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.