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14 Yípadà ìwọ Israẹli sí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ.
    Ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ ló fa ìparun rẹ!
(A)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
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.’

“Èmi wo àgàbàgebè wọn sàn,
    Èmi ó sì fẹ́ràn wọn, lọ́fẹ̀ẹ́,
    nítorí ìbínú mi ti yípadà kúrò lọ́dọ̀ wọn.
Èmi o dàbí ìrì sí Israẹli
    wọn o sì yọ ìtànná bi ewéko lílì
Bi kedari ti Lebanoni yóò si ta gbòǹgbò
    Àṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀yọ ẹ̀ka rẹ̀ yóò dàgbà,
Dídán ẹwà yóò rẹ̀ dànù bí igi olifi
    Òórùn rẹ yóò sì dàbí igi kedari ti Lebanoni.
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.
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.”

(B)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.

Repentance to Bring Blessing

14 [a]Return,(A) Israel, to the Lord your God.
    Your sins(B) have been your downfall!(C)
Take words with you
    and return to the Lord.
Say to him:
    “Forgive(D) all our sins
and receive us graciously,(E)
    that we may offer the fruit of our lips.[b](F)
Assyria cannot save us;(G)
    we will not mount warhorses.(H)
We will never again say ‘Our gods’(I)
    to what our own hands have made,(J)
    for in you the fatherless(K) find compassion.”

“I will heal(L) their waywardness(M)
    and love them freely,(N)
    for my anger has turned away(O) from them.
I will be like the dew(P) to Israel;
    he will blossom like a lily.(Q)
Like a cedar of Lebanon(R)
    he will send down his roots;(S)
    his young shoots will grow.
His splendor will be like an olive tree,(T)
    his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.(U)
People will dwell again in his shade;(V)
    they will flourish like the grain,
they will blossom(W) like the vine—
    Israel’s fame will be like the wine(X) of Lebanon.(Y)
Ephraim, what more have I[c] to do with idols?(Z)
    I will answer him and care for him.
I am like a flourishing juniper;(AA)
    your fruitfulness comes from me.”

Who is wise?(AB) Let them realize these things.
    Who is discerning? Let them understand.(AC)
The ways of the Lord are right;(AD)
    the righteous walk(AE) in them,
    but the rebellious stumble in them.

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:1 In Hebrew texts 14:1-9 is numbered 14:2-10.
  2. Hosea 14:2 Or offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls
  3. Hosea 14:8 Or Hebrew; Septuagint What more has Ephraim