Hosea 14
1 Ao Israel, sane wʼakyi kɔ Awurade wo Onyankopɔn nkyɛn. Wʼahweaseɛ firi wo bɔne!
Return, Israel, to the Lord your God, because your sins have brought you down.
2 Fa wo nsɛm a wowɔ sane kɔ Awurade nkyɛn. Ka kyerɛ no sɛ, “Fa yɛn bɔne nyinaa kyɛ yɛn, na fa ahummɔborɔ gye yɛn, na yɛatumi ayi wo ayɛ.
Take words like these with you and come back to the Lord, saying to him, “Please take away all our guilt, accept what is good, and we will repay you with praise from our lips.
3 Asiria rentumi nnye yɛn; yɛrentena akofoɔ apɔnkɔ so. Yɛrenka bio da sɛ, ‘Yɛn anyame’ nkyerɛ deɛ yɛn ara de yɛn nsa ayɛ, na wo mu na nwisiaa nya ahummɔborɔ.”
Assyria can't save us; we will not ride our warhorses; we will never again say ‘You are our gods’ to the idols we have made. For in you orphans find mercy.”
4 “Mɛsa wɔn asobrakyeɛ yadeɛ. Mɛfiri mʼakoma mu adɔ wɔn, ɛfiri sɛ mʼabufuo nni wɔn so bio.
I will heal their unfaithfulness; I will love them freely, for I'm not angry with them any more.
5 Mɛyɛ sɛ obosuo ama Israel. Ɔbɛfefɛ ayɛ frɔmm te sɛ sukooko. Te sɛ Lebanon ntweneduro no ɔde ne nhini bɛtim fam;
I will be like the dew to Israel, they will blossom like lilies, they will send down roots like the cedars of Lebanon.
6 ne mman bɛdennan. Nʼahoɔfɛ bɛyɛ sɛ ngo dua, na ne hwa ayɛ sɛ Lebanon ntweneduro.
They shall send out new shoots, their splendor will be like the olive tree, their scent will be like the cedars of Lebanon.
7 Nnipa bɛtena ne nwunu ase bio. Ɔbɛnyini ayɛ frɔmm te sɛ aburoo. Ɔbɛfefɛ ayɛ frɔmm te sɛ bobe, na ne din a ahyeta bɛyɛ sɛ nsã a ɛfiri Lebanon.
Those who live under their shade shall return, they will flourish like grain, they will blossom like the vine, and they will be as famous as the wine of Lebanon.
8 Ao, Efraim ɛdeɛn na me ne ahoni wɔ yɛ bio? Mɛgye no so na mʼani aku ne ho. Mete sɛ dua a nʼahahan mpo; sɛ wobɛso aba a, ɛgyina me so.”
Ephraim, how much more do I have to warn you about idols? I have answered and now I am watching. I am like a tree that is evergreen; your fruit is found in me.
9 Hwan ne onyansafoɔ? Ɔbɛhunu yeinom mu. Hwan na ɔwɔ nhunumu? Ɔbɛte yeinom ase. Awurade akwan tene. Ateneneefoɔ nante so, nanso asoɔdenfoɔ sunti so.
Who is wise to understand these things? Who has discernment in understanding them? The Lord's paths are right—the good follow them, but rebels trip and fall along the way.
