Hosea 14
1 Yípadà ìwọ Israẹli sí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ. Ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ ló fa ìparun rẹ!
O Israel, come back to the Lord your God; for your evil-doing has been the cause of your fall.
2 Ẹ gba ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa gbọ́, kí ẹ sì yípadà sí Olúwa. Ẹ sọ fún un pé, “Darí gbogbo ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wa jì wá kí o sì fi oore-ọ̀fẹ́ gbà wá, kí àwa kí ó lè fi ètè wa sán an fún ọ
Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.
3 Asiria kò le gbà wá là; a kò ní í gorí ẹṣin ogun. A kò sì ní tún sọ ọ́ mọ́ láé, ‘Àwọn ni òrìṣà wa’ sí àwọn ohun tí ó fi ọwọ́ wa ṣe; nítorí pé lọ́dọ̀ rẹ ni àwọn aláìní baba tí ń rí àánú.”
Assyria will not be our salvation; we will not go on horses; we will not again say to the work of our hands, You are our gods; for in you there is mercy for the child who has no father.
4 “Èmi wo àgàbàgebè wọn sàn, Èmi ó sì fẹ́ràn wọn, lọ́fẹ̀ẹ́, nítorí ìbínú mi ti yípadà kúrò lọ́dọ̀ wọn.
I will put right their errors; freely will my love be given to them, for my wrath is turned away from him.
5 Èmi o dàbí ìrì sí Israẹli, wọn o sì yọ ìtànná bi ewéko lílì. Bi kedari ti Lebanoni yóò si ta gbòǹgbò.
I will be as the dew to Israel; he will put out flowers like a lily, and send out his roots like Lebanon.
6 Àṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀yọ ẹ̀ka rẹ̀ yóò dàgbà, dídán ẹwà yóò rẹ̀ dànù bí igi olifi. Òórùn rẹ yóò sì dàbí igi kedari ti Lebanoni.
His branches will be stretched out, he will be beautiful as the olive-tree and sweet-smelling as Lebanon.
7 Àwọn ènìyàn yóò tún padà gbé lábẹ́ òjijì rẹ̀. Yóò rúwé bi ọkà. Yóò sì yọ ìtànná bi àjàrà, òórùn rẹ yóò dàbí ti wáìnì Lebanoni.
They will come back and have rest in his shade; their life will be made new like the grain, and they will put out flowers like the vine; his name will be like the wine of Lebanon.
8 Ìwọ Efraimu, kín ló tún kù tí mo ní ṣe pẹ̀lú ère òrìṣà? Èmi ó dá a lóhùn, èmi ó sì ṣe ìtọ́jú rẹ. Mo dàbí igi junifa tó ń fi gbogbo ìgbà tutù, èso tí ìwọ ń so si ń wá láti ọ̀dọ̀ mi.”
As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.
9 Ta ni ọlọ́gbọ́n? Òun yóò mòye àwọn nǹkan wọ̀nyí. Ta a ní ó mọ̀? Òun yóò ní ìmọ̀ wọn. Títọ́ ni ọ̀nà Olúwa àwọn olódodo si ń rìn nínú wọn, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ọlọ́tẹ̀ ni yóò kọsẹ̀ nínú wọn.
He who is wise will see these things; he who has good sense will have knowledge of them. For the ways of the Lord are straight, and the upright will go in them, but sinners will be falling in them.
