Hozejas 14
1 Atgriezies, ak Israēl, pie Tā Kunga, sava Dieva, jo tu esi kritis sava nozieguma dēļ.
Return, O Israel, even unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast stumbled through thy iniquity.
2 Ņemiet šos vārdus līdz un atgriežaties pie Tā Kunga un sakāt uz Viņu: piedod visu noziegumu un parādi žēlastību, ka mēs nesam savu lūpu upurus.
Take with you swords, and return to the Lord: say unto him, “Pardon all [our] iniquity, and accept [our return to] good; and let us repay the steers [of sacrifice] with [the prayer of] our lips.
3 Asurs mūs neizpestīs, mēs nejāsim uz zirgiem un nesacīsim vairs uz savu roku darbu: tu esi mūsu dievs! Jo pie Tevis bāriņš atrod žēlastību.
Asshur shall not help us; upon horses will we not ride: and we will no more say, Ye are our gods, to the work of our hands; for in thee alone the fatherless obtaineth mercy.”
4 Es dziedināšu viņu atkāpšanos, Es tos mīlēšu ar labu prātu, jo Mana dusmība no viņa novērsīsies.
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them.
5 Es Israēlim būšu kā rasa: viņš zaļos kā lilija un iesakņosies kā Libānas(ciedrs).
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall bloom as the lily; and he shall strike his roots as [the forests of] Lebanon.
6 Viņa zari izplētīsies, un skaistums viņam būs kā eļļas kokam, un smarža viņam būs kā Libānas(ciedram).
His suckers shall spread out, and his beauty shall be as that of the olive-tree, and his smell as that of the Lebanon.
7 Tie, sēdēdami viņa ēnā, atkal audzinās labību un zaļos kā vīna koks; tam būs slava kā vīnam no Libānas.
They shall return that sat under his shade; they shall revive as corn, and bloom as the vine: the scent of which shall be as that of the wine of Lebanon.
8 Efraīm, kas Man vēl ar dievekļiem? Es paklausīšu un viņu uzlūkošu. Es būšu kā zaļa priede, pie Manis tavs auglis rodas.
Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will observe him; I will be [to him] like a green fir-tree; through me is thy fruit found.
9 Kas ir gudrs, ka saprot šās lietas? Kas ir prātīgs, ka tās atzīst? Jo Tā Kunga ceļi ir taisni, un taisnie pa tiem staigās, bet pārkāpēji pa tiem kritīs.
Who is wise, that he may understand these things? intelligent, that he may know them? for righteous are the ways of the Lord; and the just shall walk in them; but the transgressors will stumble through them.
