Hosea 14

1 Israel, convert to the Lord your God. For you have been ruined by your own iniquity.

Oh Izrael, vrni se h Gospodu, svojemu Bogu, kajti padel si zaradi svoje krivičnosti.

2 Take these words with you and return to the Lord. And say to him, “Remove all iniquity and accept the good. And we will repay the calves of our lips.

S seboj vzemite besede in se obrnite h Gospodu. Recite mu: ›Odvzemi proč vso krivičnost in nas milostljivo sprejmi, tako bomo povrnili teleta svojih ustnic.‹

3 Assur will not save us; we will not ride on horses. Neither will we say any more, ‘The works of our hands are our gods,’ for those that are in you will have mercy on the orphan.”

Asúr nas ne bo rešil, ne bomo jahali na konjih niti delu naših rok ne bomo več rekli: › Vi ste naši bogovi, ‹ kajti v tebi osiroteli najde usmiljenje.

4 I will heal their contrition; I will love them spontaneously. For my wrath has been turned away from them.

Jaz bom ozdravil njihov odpad, velikodušno jih bom ljubil, kajti moja jeza se je odvrnila od njega.

5 I will be like the dew; Israel will spring forth like the lily, and his root will spread out like that of the cedars of Lebanon.

Izraelu bom kakor rosa. Rasel bo kakor lilija in svoje korenine poganjal kakor Libanon.

6 His branches will advance, and his glory will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance will be like that of the cedars of Lebanon.

Njegove mladike se bodo razširile in njegova lepota bo kakor oljka in njegov vonj kakor Libanon.

7 They will be converted, sitting in his shadow. They will live on wheat, and they will grow like a vine. His memorial will be like the wine of the cedars of Lebanon.

Tisti, ki prebivajo pod njegovo senco, se bodo vrnili; oživeli bodo kakor žito in rastli kakor trta. Njegova vonjava bo kakor libanonsko vino.

8 Ephraim will say, “What are idols to me anymore?” I will listen to him, and I will set him straight like a healthy spruce tree. Your fruit has been found by me.

Efrájim bo rekel: ›Kaj imam še opraviti z maliki?‹ Slišal sem ga in ga opazil. Podoben sem zeleni cipresi. Od mene je najti tvoj sad.

9 Who is wise and will understand this? Who has understanding and will know these things? For the ways of the Lord are straight, and the just will walk in them, but truly, the traitors will fall in them.

Kdo je moder in bo razumel te stvari? Razsoden in jih bo spoznal? Kajti Gospodove poti so pravilne in pravični se bo ravnal po njih. Toda prestopniki bodo padli na njih.«