Hosea 14
1 Israel, return to Yahweh your God, for you have fallen because of your iniquity.
Israel, vend om til HERREN din Gud, thi du faldt ved din Brøde.
2 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.
Tag Angersord med og vend jer atter til HERREN; sig til ham: "Tilgiv al vor Brøde, vær nådig! Vi betaler med Læbernes F1ugt.
3 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.”
Vi vil ej søge Hjælp hos Assur, ej lide på Stridshest, vi kalder ej mer vore Hænders Værk vor Gud; hos dig finder faderløs Medynk."
4 “I will heal their turning away; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned away from him.
Jeg læger deres Frafald, elsker dem frivilligt, min Vrede har vendt sig fra dem.
5 I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like a cedar in Lebanon.
Jeg vil være Israel som Dug, han skal blomstre som Liljen, Rod skal han slå som en Poppel
6 His branches will spread out; his beauty will be like the olive trees, and his fragrance like the cedars in Lebanon.
og bugne af Skud, som et Olietræ stå i Pragt, som Libanon dufte.
7 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.
Atter skal de bo i min Skygge, Korn skal de avle, skyde som en Vinstok med Ry som Libanons Vin.
8 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.”
Hvad skal Efraim mere med Afguder? Jeg hører ham, ser ned til ham. Jeg er som en grøn Cypres, du får din Frugt fra mig.
9 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.
Hvem er så viis, at han fatter det, så klog, at han ved det? Thi rette er HERRENs Veje; retfærdige vandrer på dem, men Syndere snubler på dem.
