Hosea 14
1 Israel, san wʼakyi kɔ Awurade wo Nyankopɔn nkyɛn. Wʼasehwe fi wo bɔne!
Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.
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 words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good; so we offer bulls as we vowed 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 can’t save us. We won’t ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’ for in you 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 waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them.
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 like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.
6 ne mman bɛdennan. Nʼahoɔfɛ bɛyɛ sɛ ngodua, na ne hua ayɛ sɛ Lebanon sida.
His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like 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.
Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like 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, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green cypress tree; from me your 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? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.
