Hosea 14
1 Rudi, ee Israeli, kwa Bwana Mungu wako. Dhambi zako zimekuwa ndilo anguko lako!
O Israel, return to Jehovah thy God, for thou have fallen by thine iniquity.
2 Chukueni maneno pamoja nanyi, mkamrudie Bwana. Mwambieni: “Samehe dhambi zetu zote na utupokee kwa neema, ili tuweze kutoa matunda yetu kama sadaka za mafahali.
Take with you words, and return to Jehovah. Say to him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good. So we will render as bullocks the offering of our lips.
3 Ashuru hawezi kutuokoa, hatutapanda farasi wa vita. Kamwe hatutasema tena ‘Miungu yetu’ kwa kile ambacho mikono yetu wenyewe imetengeneza, kwa kuwa kwako wewe yatima hupata huruma.”
Assyria shall not save us. We will not ride upon horses, nor will we say any more to the work of our hands, Our gods. For in thee the fatherless finds mercy.
4 “Nitaponya ukaidi wao na kuwapenda kwa hiari yangu, kwa kuwa hasira yangu imeondoka kwao.
I will heal their backsliding. I will love them freely. For my anger is turned away from him.
5 Nitakuwa kama umande kwa Israeli; atachanua kama yungiyungi. Kama mwerezi wa Lebanoni atashusha mizizi yake chini;
I will be as the dew to Israel. He shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
6 matawi yake yatatanda. Fahari yake itakuwa kama mti wa mzeituni, harufu yake nzuri kama mwerezi wa Lebanoni.
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
7 Watu wataishi tena kwenye kivuli chake. Atastawi kama nafaka. Atachanua kama mzabibu, nao umaarufu wake utakuwa kama divai itokayo Lebanoni.
Those who dwell under his shadow shall return. They shall revive as the grain, and blossom as the vine. The scent of it shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
8 Ee Efraimu, nina shughuli gani tena na sanamu? Nitamjibu na kumtunza. Mimi ni kama msunobari wenye majani mabichi; kuzaa kwako matunda kunatoka kwangu.”
Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him. I am like a green fir tree. From me thy fruit is found.
9 Ni nani mwenye hekima? Atayatambua mambo haya. Ni nani mwenye ufahamu? Huyu atayaelewa. Njia za Bwana ni adili; wenye haki huenda katika njia hizo, lakini waasi watajikwaa ndani yake.
Who is wise, that he may understand these things, prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them. But transgressors shall fall therein.
