Koseya 14
1 Mudde eri Mukama Katonda wammwe, ggwe Isirayiri. Ebibi byammwe bye bibaleetedde okugwa.
“Turn back, O Israel, to your God YHWH, For you have stumbled by your iniquity.
2 Mudde eri Mukama nga mwogera ebigambo bino nti, “Tusonyiwe ebibi byaffe byonna, otwanirize n’ekisa, bwe tutyo tunaawaayo ebibala by’akamwa kaffe, ng’ebiweebwayo eby’ente ennume.
Take words with you, and turn to YHWH, Say to Him, Take away all iniquity, and give good, And we render the fruit of our lips.
3 Obwasuli tebusobola kutulokola; Tetujja kwebagala mbalaasi ez’omu ntalo. Tetuliddayo kwogera nate nti, ‘Bakatonda baffe,’ nga twogera ku bintu bye twekoledde n’emikono gyaffe, kubanga mu ggwe, bamulekwa mwe bajja okusaasirwa.”
Asshur does not save us, we do not ride on a horse, Nor do we say anymore, Our god, to the work of our hands, For in You the fatherless find mercy.
4 Ndibalekesaayo empisa zaabwe embi, ne mbaagala awatali kye mbasalidde kya kusasula. Kubanga obusungu bwange butanudde okubavaako.
I heal their backsliding, I love them freely, For My anger has turned back from him.
5 Ndifaanana ng’omusulo eri Isirayiri: alimulisa ng’eddanga, era alisimba emirandira ng’emivule gy’e Lebanooni.
I am as dew to Israel, he flourishes as a lily, And he strikes forth his roots as Lebanon.
6 Amatabi ge amato galikula; n’obulungi bwe buliba ng’omuzeyituuni, n’akaloosa ke kaliba ng’akaloosa k’omuvule gw’e Lebanooni.
His shoots go on, And his splendor is as an olive, And he has fragrance as Lebanon.
7 Abantu balibeera nate wansi w’ekisiikirize kye, era alibala ng’emmere ey’empeke. Alimulisa ng’omuzabbibu, era alyatiikirira nga wayini ow’e Lebanooni.
The dwellers return under his shadow, They revive [as] grain, and flourish as a vine, His memorial [is] as wine of Lebanon.
8 Ggwe Efulayimu mugabo ki gwe nnina mu bakatonda bo? Ndimwanukula ne mulabirira. Nninga omuberosi omugimu, era n’ebibala byo biva mu nze.
O Ephraim, what have I anymore to do with idols? I have answered, and I look after him: I [am] as a green fir-tree, Your fruit is found from Me.
9 Abalina amagezi bategeera ensonga zino, era abakabakaba balibimanya. Amakuba ga Mukama matuufu, n’abatuukirivu bagatambuliramu, naye abajeemu bageesittaliramu.
Who [is] wise, and understands these? Prudent, and knows them? For upright are the ways of YHWH, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!”
