Hoseas 14
1 Israel, vend om til HERREN din Gud, thi du faldt ved din Brøde.
O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
2 Tag Angersord med og vend jer atter til HERREN; sig til ham: »Tilgiv al vor Brøde, vær naadig! Vi betaler med Læbernes Frugt.
Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah; say unto him, Forgive all iniquity, and receive [us] graciously; so will we render the calves of our lips.
3 Vi vil ej søge Hjælp hos Assur, ej ride paa Stridshest, vi kalder ej mer vore Hænders Værk vor Gud; hos dig finder faderløs Medynk.«
Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Thou art] our God; because in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
4 Jeg læger deres Frafald, elsker dem frivilligt, min Vrede har vendt sig fra dem.
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.
5 Jeg vil være Israel som Dug, han skal blomstre som Liljen, Rod skal han slaa som en Poppel
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
6 og bugne af Skud, som et Olietræ staa i Pragt, som Libanon dufte.
His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
7 Atter skal de bo i min Skygge, Korn skal de avle, skyde som en Vinstok med Ry som Libanons Vin.
They shall return and sit under his shadow; they shall revive [as] corn, and blossom as the vine: the renown thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
8 Hvad skal Efraim mere med Afguder? Jeg hører ham, ser ned til ham. Jeg er som en grøn Cypres, du faar din Frugt fra mig.
Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? (I answer [him], and I will observe him.) I am like a green fir-tree. — From me is thy fruit found.
9 Hvem er saa viis, at han fatter det, saa klog, at han ved det? Thi rette er HERRENS Veje; retfærdige vandrer paa dem, men Syndere snubler paa dem.
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? intelligent, and he shall know them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but the transgressors shall fall therein.
