Hosea 14
1 Turn back, O Israel, unto Jehovah thy God, For thou hast stumbled by thine iniquity.
Ao Israel, sane wʼakyi kɔ Awurade wo Onyankopɔn nkyɛn. Wʼahweaseɛ firi wo bɔne!
2 Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah, Say ye unto Him: 'Take away all iniquity, and give good, And we do render the fruit of our lips.
Fa wo nsɛm a wowɔ sane kɔ Awurade nkyɛn. Ka kyerɛ no sɛ, “Fa yɛn bɔne nyinaa kyɛ yɛn, na fa ahummɔborɔ gye yɛn, na yɛatumi ayi wo ayɛ.
3 Asshur doth not save us, on a horse we ride not, Nor do we say any more, Our God, to the work of our hands, For in Thee find mercy doth the fatherless.'
Asiria rentumi nnye yɛn; yɛrentena akofoɔ apɔnkɔ so. Yɛrenka bio da sɛ, ‘Yɛn anyame’ nkyerɛ deɛ yɛn ara de yɛn nsa ayɛ, na wo mu na nwisiaa nya ahummɔborɔ.”
4 I heal their backsliding, I love them freely, For turned back hath Mine anger from him.
“Mɛsa wɔn asobrakyeɛ yadeɛ. Mɛfiri mʼakoma mu adɔ wɔn, ɛfiri sɛ mʼabufuo nni wɔn so bio.
5 I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon.
Mɛyɛ sɛ obosuo ama Israel. Ɔbɛfefɛ ayɛ frɔmm te sɛ sukooko. Te sɛ Lebanon ntweneduro no ɔde ne nhini bɛtim fam;
6 Go on do his sucklings, And his beauty is as an olive, And he hath fragrance as Lebanon.
ne mman bɛdennan. Nʼahoɔfɛ bɛyɛ sɛ ngo dua, na ne hwa ayɛ sɛ Lebanon ntweneduro.
7 Return do the dwellers under his shadow, They revive [as] corn, and flourish as a vine, His memorial [is] as wine of Lebanon.
Nnipa bɛtena ne nwunu ase bio. Ɔbɛnyini ayɛ frɔmm te sɛ aburoo. Ɔbɛfefɛ ayɛ frɔmm te sɛ bobe, na ne din a ahyeta bɛyɛ sɛ nsã a ɛfiri Lebanon.
8 O Ephraim, what to Me any more with idols? I — I afflicted, and I cause him to sing: 'I [am] as a green fir-tree,' From Me is thy fruit found.
Ao, Efraim ɛdeɛn na me ne ahoni wɔ yɛ bio? Mɛgye no so na mʼani aku ne ho. Mete sɛ dua a nʼahahan mpo; sɛ wobɛso aba a, ɛgyina me so.”
9 Who [is] wise, and doth understand these? Prudent, and knoweth them? For upright are the ways of Jehovah, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!
Hwan ne onyansafoɔ? Ɔbɛhunu yeinom mu. Hwan na ɔwɔ nhunumu? Ɔbɛte yeinom ase. Awurade akwan tene. Ateneneefoɔ nante so, nanso asoɔdenfoɔ sunti so.
