Hosea 14
1 O Israel, return to Jehovah thy God, for thou have fallen by thine iniquity.
[Convertere, Israël, ad Dominum Deum tuum, quoniam corruisti in iniquitate tua.
2 Take with you words, and return to Jehovah. Say to him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good. So we will render as bullocks the offering of our lips.
Tollite vobiscum verba, et convertimini ad Dominum; et dicite ei: Omnem aufer iniquitatem, accipe bonum, et reddemus vitulos labiorum nostrorum.
3 Assyria shall not save us. We will not ride upon horses, nor will we say any more to the work of our hands, Our gods. For in thee the fatherless finds mercy.
Assur non salvabit nos: super equum non ascendemus, nec dicemus ultra, Dii nostri opera manuum nostrarum: quia ejus, qui in te est, misereberis pupilli.
4 I will heal their backsliding. I will love them freely. For my anger is turned away from him.
Sanabo contritiones eorum; diligam eos spontanee: quia aversus est furor meus ab eis.
5 I will be as the dew to Israel. He shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Ero quasi ros; Israël germinabit sicut lilium, et erumpet radix ejus ut Libani.
6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
Ibunt rami ejus, et erit quasi oliva gloria ejus, et odor ejus ut Libani.
7 Those who dwell under his shadow shall return. They shall revive as the grain, and blossom as the vine. The scent of it shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
Convertentur sedentes in umbra ejus; vivent tritico, et germinabunt quasi vinea; memoriale ejus sicut vinum Libani.
8 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 thy fruit is found.
Ephraim, quid mihi ultra idola? Ego exaudiam, et dirigam eum ego ut abietem virentem; ex me fructus tuus inventus est.
9 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.
Quis sapiens, et intelliget ista? intelligens, et sciet hæc? quia rectæ viæ Domini, et justi ambulabunt in eis; prævaricatores vero corruent in eis.]
