Hoseas 14

1 Israel, vend om til HERREN din Gud, thi du faldt ved din Brøde.

Return, O Israel, to the Lord thy God: for thou hast fallen down by thy 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 return to the Lord, and say to him: Take away all iniquity, and receive the good: and we will 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: The works of our hands are our gods, for thou wilt have mercy on the fatherless that is in thee.

4 Jeg læger deres Frafald, elsker dem frivilligt, min Vrede har vendt sig fra dem.

I will heal their breaches, I will love them freely: for my wrath is turned away from them.

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, Israel shall spring as the lily, and his root shall shoot forth as that of Libanus.

6 og bugne af Skud, som et Olietræ staa i Pragt, som Libanon dufte.

His branches shall spread, and his glory shall be as the olive tree: and his smell as that of Libanus.

7 Atter skal de bo i min Skygge, Korn skal de avle, skyde som en Vinstok med Ry som Libanons Vin.

They shall be converted that sit under his shadow: they shall live upon wheat, and they shall blossom as a vine: his memorial shall be as the wine of Libanus.

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 will hear him, and I will make him flourish 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? prudent, and he shall know these things? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall in them.