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

我喜爱良善，不喜爱祭祀；喜爱认识神，胜于燔祭。

我喜爱慈爱，不喜爱祭物；喜爱人认识上帝，胜于燔祭。

我喜爱慈爱，不喜爱祭物；喜爱人认识神，胜于燔祭。

我喜爱怜悯之心，而非祭物；我喜爱人认识我，胜于燔祭。

我喜爱怜恤，不喜爱祭祀；我喜爱人认识神的知识，胜过人献的燔祭。

我喜愛良善，不喜愛祭祀；喜愛認識神，勝於燔祭。

我喜愛慈愛，不喜愛祭物；喜愛人認識上帝，勝於燔祭。

我喜愛慈愛，不喜愛祭物；喜愛人認識神，勝於燔祭。

我喜愛憐憫之心，而非祭物；我喜愛人認識我，勝於燔祭。

我喜愛憐恤，不喜愛祭祀；我喜愛人認識神的知識，勝過人獻的燔祭。

因為我喜悅堅貞，不喜悅祭祀；我喜悅人認識上帝，勝於人獻全燔祭。

我欲矜恤、不欲祭祀、欲識上帝之知識、愈於燔祭、

我欲矜恤、不欲祭祀、寧崇我道、毋獻燔祭、

我所悅者、乃仁義、並非祭祀、識天主之道、勝於火焚祭、識天主之道勝於火焚祭或作識天主勝於獻火焚祭

For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

I want mercy and not sacrifice. I want you to recognize me as God instead of bringing me burnt offerings.

For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings.

For I desire faithful love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

For I desire loyalty rather than sacrifice, And the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

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

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

For I desire loyalty and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.

But if you had known what this means,‘ I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you wouldn’t have condemned the guiltless.

But you go and learn what this means:‘ I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

“ What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?”, says Yahweh.“ I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed animals. I don’t delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

Samuel said,“ Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; so it was well, then. Wasn’t this to know me?” says Yahweh.

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.”

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

Hear Yahweh’s word, you children of Israel; for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land:“ Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?

For I didn’t speak to your fathers or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices;

I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know Yahweh.

I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.

“ Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?