Hošea 14
1 Vrati se, Izraele, Jahvi Bogu svome, jer zbog svojeg si bezakonja posrnuo.
O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
2 Uzmite sa sobom riječi i Jahvi se vratite. Recite mu: “Skini sa nas bezakonje i dobrohotno primi da ti prinesemo plod svojih usana.
Take with you words, and return unto Jehovah: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render [as] bullocks [the offering of] our lips.
3 Asirac nas neće izbavljati i nećemo konje više jahati niti ćemo djelu ruku svojih govoriti: 'Bože naš!' - jer u tebe sirota milost nalazi.”
Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
4 Iscijelit ću ih od njihova otpada, od svega ću ih srca ljubiti; jer gnjev se moj odvratio od njih.
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.
5 Bit ću kao rosa Izraelu; kao ljiljan on će cvasti, pustit će korijen poput jablana,
I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
6 nadaleko pružat će izdanke. Ljepota će mu biti kao u masline, miris poput libanonskog.
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
7 Opet će u mojoj sjeni boraviti, uzgajat će svoju pšenicu, vinograde gajit' što će steći ime vina helbonskog.
They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive [as] the grain, and blossom as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
8 Efrajime, što ti imaš još s kumirima? Ja sam ga uslišao i pogledao. Ja sam poput zelena čempresa: po meni si rodan plodovima.
Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found.
9 Tko je mudar neka shvati ovo, i čovjek razuman neka spozna! Jer pravi su putovi Jahvini: pravednici hode po njima, grešnici na njima posrću.
Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.
