Hošea 14
1 Vrati se, Izraele, Jahvi Bogu svome, jer zbog svojeg si bezakonja posrnuo.
O Israel, return to the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thy 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 turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and receive [us] graciously: so will we render the calves 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.”
Ashur 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 my 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 to Israel: he shall grow 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 shade shall return; they shall revive [as] the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent of it [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 heard [him], and observed 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, and he shall understand these [things]? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD [are] right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall in them.
