Hosea 14
1 Israel, san wʼakyi kɔ Awurade wo Nyankopɔn nkyɛn. Wʼasehwe fi wo bɔne!
O Israel, return to Jehovah thy God, for thou have fallen by thine iniquity.
2 Fa wo nsɛm a wowɔ san kɔ Awurade nkyɛn. Ka kyerɛ no se, “Fa yɛn bɔne nyinaa kyɛ yɛn, na fa ahummɔbɔ gye yɛn, na yɛatumi ayi wo ayɛ.
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 Asiria rentumi nnye yɛn; yɛrentena akofo apɔnkɔ so. Yɛrenka bio da se, ‘Yɛn anyame’ nkyerɛ nea yɛn ara de yɛn nsa ayɛ, na wo mu na ayisaa nya mmɔborɔhunu.”
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 “Mɛsa wɔn asoɔden yare. Mefi me koma mu adɔ wɔn, efisɛ mʼabufuw nni wɔn so bio.
I will heal their backsliding. I will love them freely. For my anger is turned away from him.
5 Mɛyɛ sɛ obosu ama Israel. Ɔbɛfefɛw ayɛ frɔmfrɔm te sɛ sukooko. Te sɛ Lebanon sida no, ɔde ne ntin betim fam;
I will be as the dew to Israel. He shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
6 ne mman bɛdennan. Nʼahoɔfɛ bɛyɛ sɛ ngodua, na ne hua ayɛ sɛ Lebanon sida.
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
7 Nnipa bɛtena ne nwini ase bio. Obenyin ayɛ frɔmfrɔm te sɛ aburow. Ɔbɛfefɛw ayɛ frɔmfrɔm te sɛ bobe, na ne din a ahyeta bɛyɛ sɛ nsa a efi Lebanon.
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 Efraim dɛn na me ne ahoni wɔ yɛ bio? Megye no so na mʼani aku ne ho. Mete sɛ dua a nʼahaban mpo; sɛ wobɛsow aba a, egyina me so.”
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 Hena ne onyansafo? Obehu eyinom mu. Hena na ɔwɔ nhumu? Ɔbɛte eyinom ase. Awurade akwan teɛ. Atreneefo nantew so, nanso asoɔdenfo hintiw wɔ mu.
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.
