Hosea 14
1 O Israel, mitrɔ yi Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la gbɔ, elabena miaƒe nu vɔ̃wo gbã mi gudugudu.
Return! O Israel to Yahweh God your for you have stumbled on iniquity your.
2 Miva Yehowa gbɔ kple miaƒe kukuɖeɖe, eye miagblɔ nɛ be, “O Yehowa, tsɔ míaƒe nu vɔ̃wo ke mí. Ve mía nu nàgaxɔ mí, eye míatsɔ kafukafuvɔsa vɛ na wò.
Take with you words and return to Yahweh say to him every you will forgive iniquity and take good thing[s] so let us pay bulls lips our.
3 Asiria mate ŋu axɔ na mí le aʋa me o, eye míaƒe aʋawɔsɔwo hã mate ŋu aɖe mí o; míagayɔ legba siwo míewɔ kple asi la be míaƒe mawuwo azɔ o, elabena wò Yehowa ɖeɖe gbɔ ko tsyɔ̃eviwo kpɔa nublanuikpɔkpɔ le.”
Assyria - not it will save us on horse[s] not we will ride and not we will say again gods our to [the] work of hands our that by you he is shown compassion [the] fatherless.
4 “Ekema mada gbe le woƒe mɔtatra ŋu, eye magalɔ̃ wo kple dzi faa, elabena nye dɔmedzoe nu afa keŋ.
I will heal apostasy their I will love them voluntariness for it has turned away anger my from him.
5 Manɔ abe ahũdzadza ene na Israel, aƒo se nyuie abe dzogbenya ene, eye wòaƒo ke ɖe to abe Lebanon ƒe sedati ene.
I will be like the dew to Israel it will blossom like lily and it may strike roots its like Lebanon.
6 Eƒe alɔdzewo atse nyuie, eƒe dzedzeme anɔ abe amiti ene, eye eƒe ʋeʋẽ anɔ abe Lebanon ƒe sedati ene.
They will go young shoots its and it may be like olive tree splendor its and fragrance of it like Lebanon.
7 Amewo aganɔ anyi ɖe eƒe vɔvɔli te bɔkɔɔ, aʋã abe bli ene, aƒo se abe wainti ene, eye axɔ ŋkɔ abe Lebanon ƒe wain ene.
They will return [those who] dwell in shade its they will cause to grow grain so they may blossom like vine memorial its [will be] like [the] wine of Lebanon.
8 O Efraim! Migbe nu le legbawo gbɔ! Matɔ nɛ, akpɔ eta. Mele abe ati dama ene. Wò nuteƒewɔwɔ tso gbɔnye.”
O Ephraim what? to me again to idols I I will answer and I will watch over it I [am] like a cypress tree luxuriant from me fruit your it is found.
9 Ame sia ame si si nunya le la, ase nu siawo gɔme. Ame sia ame si bua ta me la, neɖo to, elabena Yehowa ƒe mɔwo le dzɔdzɔe, eye ame dzɔdzɔewoe zɔa edzi, ke nu vɔ̃ wɔlawo ya akli nu, adze anyi.
Who? [is] wise and let him understand these [things] discerning? and let him know them for [are] upright [the] ways of Yahweh and righteous [people] they walk in them and transgressors they stumble in them.
