Ozej 14

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

Return, O Israel, to the Lord thy God: for thou hast fallen down by thy iniquity.

2 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.‹

Take with you words, and return to the Lord, and say to him: Take away all iniquity, and receive the good: and we will render the calves of our lips.

3 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.

Assyria shall not save us, we will not ride upon horses, neither will we say any more: The works of our hands are our gods, for thou wilt have mercy on the fatherless that is in thee.

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

I will heal their breaches, I will love them freely: for my wrath is turned away from them.

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

I will be as the dew, Israel shall spring as the lily, and his root shall shoot forth as that of Libanus.

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

His branches shall spread, and his glory shall be as the olive tree: and his smell as that of Libanus.

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

They shall be converted that sit under his shadow: they shall live upon wheat, and they shall blossom as a vine: his memorial shall be as the wine of Libanus.

8 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.

Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I will hear him, and I will make him flourish like a green fir tree: from me is thy fruit found.

9 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.«

Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know these things? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall in them.