Osee Propheta 14

1 [Convertere, Israël, ad Dominum Deum tuum, quoniam corruisti in iniquitate tua.

O Israel, come back to the Lord your God; for your evil-doing has been the cause of your fall.

2 Tollite vobiscum verba, et convertimini ad Dominum; et dicite ei: Omnem aufer iniquitatem, accipe bonum, et reddemus vitulos labiorum nostrorum.

Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.

3 Assur non salvabit nos: super equum non ascendemus, nec dicemus ultra, Dii nostri opera manuum nostrarum: quia ejus, qui in te est, misereberis pupilli.

Assyria will not be our salvation; we will not go on horses; we will not again say to the work of our hands, You are our gods; for in you there is mercy for the child who has no father.

4 Sanabo contritiones eorum; diligam eos spontanee: quia aversus est furor meus ab eis.

I will put right their errors; freely will my love be given to them, for my wrath is turned away from him.

5 Ero quasi ros; Israël germinabit sicut lilium, et erumpet radix ejus ut Libani.

I will be as the dew to Israel; he will put out flowers like a lily, and send out his roots like Lebanon.

6 Ibunt rami ejus, et erit quasi oliva gloria ejus, et odor ejus ut Libani.

His branches will be stretched out, he will be beautiful as the olive-tree and sweet-smelling as Lebanon.

7 Convertentur sedentes in umbra ejus; vivent tritico, et germinabunt quasi vinea; memoriale ejus sicut vinum Libani.

They will come back and have rest in his shade; their life will be made new like the grain, and they will put out flowers like the vine; his name will be like the wine of Lebanon.

8 Ephraim, quid mihi ultra idola? Ego exaudiam, et dirigam eum ego ut abietem virentem; ex me fructus tuus inventus est.

As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.

9 Quis sapiens, et intelliget ista? intelligens, et sciet hæc? quia rectæ viæ Domini, et justi ambulabunt in eis; prævaricatores vero corruent in eis.]

He who is wise will see these things; he who has good sense will have knowledge of them. For the ways of the Lord are straight, and the upright will go in them, but sinners will be falling in them.