Hosea, 14

1. Let Samaria perish, because she has urged her God towards bitterness. Let them perish by the sword, let their little ones be thrown down, and let their pregnant women be cut in two.

1. Ispaštat æe Samarija jer se protiv Boga svoga pobunila. Od maèa past æe oni, djecu æe njihovu smrskati, žene trudne rasporiti.

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

2. Vrati se, Izraele, Jahvi Bogu svome, jer zbog svojeg si bezakonja posrnuo.

3. 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.

3. Uzmite sa sobom rijeèi i Jahvi se vratite. Recite mu: "Skini sa nas bezakonje i dobrohotno primi da ti prinesemo plod svojih usana.

4. 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.”

4. Asirac nas neæe izbavljati i neæemo konje više jahati niti æemo djelu ruku svojih govoriti: 'Bože naš!' - jer u tebe sirota milost nalazi."

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

5. Iscijelit æu ih od njihova otpada, od svega æu ih srca ljubiti; jer gnjev se moj odvratio od njih.

6. 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.

6. Bit æu kao rosa Izraelu; kao ljiljan on æe cvasti, pustit æe korijen poput jablana,

7. 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.

7. nadaleko pružat æe izdanke. Ljepota æe mu biti kao u masline, miris poput libanonskog.

8. 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.

8. Opet æe u mojoj sjeni boraviti, uzgajat æe svoju pšenicu, vinograde gajit' što æe steæi ime vina helbonskog.

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

9. Efrajime, što ti imaš još s kumirima? Ja sam ga uslišao i pogledao. Ja sam poput zelena èempresa: po meni si rodan plodovima.

10. 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.

10. Tko je mudar neka shvati ovo, i èovjek razuman neka spozna! Jer pravi su putovi Jahvini: pravednici hode po njima, grešnici na njima posræu.