Hoseas 14

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

Israel, return to Yahweh your God, for you have fallen because of your 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 Yahweh. Say to him, “Take away all our iniquity and accept what is good, so that we may offer to you the fruit 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 will not save us; we will not ride on horses to war. Neither will we say anymore to the work of our hands, 'You are our gods,' for in you the fatherless person finds compassion.”

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

“I will heal their turning away; I will love them freely, for my anger has 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 like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like a cedar in Lebanon.

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

His branches will spread out; his beauty will be like the olive trees, and his fragrance like the cedars in Lebanon.

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

The people who live in his shade will return; they will revive like grain and blossom like vines. His fame will be like 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, what more have I to do with idols? I will answer him and care for him. I am like a cypress whose leaves are always green; from me comes your fruit.”

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 that he may understand these things? Who understands these things so that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous will walk in them, but the rebellious will stumble in them.