Hosea 14
1 Return, O Israel, even unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast stumbled through thy iniquity.
Conviértete, ¡O! Israel, a Jehová tu Dios; porque por tu pecado has caído.
2 Take with you swords, and return to the Lord: say unto him, “Pardon all [our] iniquity, and accept [our return to] good; and let us repay the steers [of sacrifice] with [the prayer of] our lips.
Tomád con vosotros palabras, y convertíos a Jehová, y decídle: Quita toda iniquidad, y recibe el bien; y pagaremos becerros de nuestros labios.
3 Asshur shall not help us; upon horses will we not ride: and we will no more say, Ye are our gods, to the work of our hands; for in thee alone the fatherless obtaineth mercy.”
No nos librará Assur, no subiremos sobre caballo, ni nunca más diremos a la obra de nuestras manos: Dioses nuestros; porque por ti el huérfano alcanzará misericordia.
4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them.
Yo medicinaré su rebelión, amarlos he de voluntad; porque mi furor se quitó de ellos.
5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall bloom as the lily; and he shall strike his roots as [the forests of] Lebanon.
Yo seré a Israel como rocío: el florecerá, como lirio, y extenderá sus raíces, como el Líbano.
6 His suckers shall spread out, and his beauty shall be as that of the olive-tree, and his smell as that of the Lebanon.
Extenderse han sus ramos, y será su gloria como la de la oliva, y olerá como el Líbano.
7 They shall return that sat under his shade; they shall revive as corn, and bloom as the vine: the scent of which shall be as that of the wine of Lebanon.
Volverán los que se sentaren debajo de su sombra: serán vivificados como trigo, y florecerán como la vid: su olor, como de vino del Líbano.
8 Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will observe him; I will be [to him] like a green fir-tree; through me is thy fruit found.
Efraím entonces dirá: ¿Qué más tendré ya con los ídolos? Yo le oiré, y miraré: yo seré a él como la haya verde: tu fruto es hallado de mí.
9 Who is wise, that he may understand these things? intelligent, that he may know them? for righteous are the ways of the Lord; and the just shall walk in them; but the transgressors will stumble through them.
¿Quién es sabio para que entienda esto; y prudente para que lo sepa? Porque los caminos de Jehová son derechos, y los justos andarán por ellos: mas los rebeldes caerán en ellos.
