Osee Propheta 14

1 Convertere Israel ad Dominum Deum tuum: quoniam corruisti in iniquitate tua.

O Israel, return to the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thy iniquity.

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 turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and receive [us] graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.

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

Ashur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

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

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for my anger is turned away from him.

5 Ero quasi ros, Israel germinabit sicut lilium, et erumpet radix eius ut Libani.

I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

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

His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

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

They that dwell under his shade shall return; they shall revive [as] the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent of it [shall be] as 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.

Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard [him], and observed him: I [am] like a green fir-tree. From me is thy fruit found.

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

Who [is] wise, and he shall understand these [things]? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD [are] right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall in them.