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

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.

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

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

Go and learn what this means:‘ I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

“ What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the Lord; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats.

“ I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

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

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

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? declares the Lord.

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.”

“ Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

“ And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land;

“ With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?

For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.

I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the Lord.

Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me.

“ Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?