Hosea 14
1 Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
Oh Izrael, vrni se h Gospodu, svojemu Bogu, kajti padel si zaradi svoje krivičnosti.
2 Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.
S seboj vzemite besede in se obrnite h Gospodu. Recite mu: ›Odvzemi proč vso krivičnost in nas milostljivo sprejmi, tako bomo povrnili teleta svojih ustnic.‹
3 Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
Asúr nas ne bo rešil, ne bomo jahali na konjih niti delu naših rok ne bomo več rekli: › Vi ste naši bogovi, ‹ kajti v tebi osiroteli najde usmiljenje.
4 I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
Jaz bom ozdravil njihov odpad, velikodušno jih bom ljubil, kajti moja jeza se je odvrnila od njega.
5 I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
Izraelu bom kakor rosa. Rasel bo kakor lilija in svoje korenine poganjal kakor Libanon.
6 His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.
Njegove mladike se bodo razširile in njegova lepota bo kakor oljka in njegov vonj kakor Libanon.
7 They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.
Tisti, ki prebivajo pod njegovo senco, se bodo vrnili; oživeli bodo kakor žito in rastli kakor trta. Njegova vonjava bo kakor libanonsko vino.
8 O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.
Efrájim bo rekel: ›Kaj imam še opraviti z maliki?‹ Slišal sem ga in ga opazil. Podoben sem zeleni cipresi. Od mene je najti tvoj sad.
9 Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.
Kdo je moder in bo razumel te stvari? Razsoden in jih bo spoznal? Kajti Gospodove poti so pravilne in pravični se bo ravnal po njih. Toda prestopniki bodo padli na njih.«
