Hosea 14
1 Rudi, ee Israeli, kwa Bwana Mungu wako. Dhambi zako zimekuwa ndilo anguko lako!
to return: return [emph?] Israel till LORD God your for to stumble in/on/with iniquity: crime your
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.
to take: take with you word and to return: return to(wards) LORD to say to(wards) him all to lift: forgive iniquity: crime and to take: recieve good and to complete bullock lips our
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 not to save us upon horse not to ride and not to say still God our to/for deed: work hand our which in/on/with you to have compassion orphan
4 “Nitaponya ukaidi wao na kuwapenda kwa hiari yangu, kwa kuwa hasira yangu imeondoka kwao.
to heal faithlessness their to love: lover them voluntariness for to return: turn back face: anger my from him
5 Nitakuwa kama umande kwa Israeli; atachanua kama yungiyungi. Kama mwerezi wa Lebanoni atashusha mizizi yake chini;
to be like/as dew to/for Israel to sprout like/as lily and to smite root his like/as Lebanon
6 matawi yake yatatanda. Fahari yake itakuwa kama mti wa mzeituni, harufu yake nzuri kama mwerezi wa Lebanoni.
to go: walk shoot his and to be like/as olive splendor his and aroma to/for him like/as Lebanon
7 Watu wataishi tena kwenye kivuli chake. Atastawi kama nafaka. Atachanua kama mzabibu, nao umaarufu wake utakuwa kama divai itokayo Lebanoni.
to return: return to dwell in/on/with shadow his to live grain and to sprout like/as vine memorial his like/as wine 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 what? to/for me still to/for idol I to answer and to see him I like/as cypress luxuriant from me fruit your to find
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? wise and to understand these to understand and to know them for upright way: conduct LORD and righteous to go: walk in/on/with them and to transgress to stumble in/on/with them
