Toba Iletayo Baraka
114:1 Hos 5:5; 9:7; 12:6; Yer 3:12; Isa 19:22Rudi, ee Israeli, kwa Bwana Mungu wako.
Dhambi zako zimekuwa
ndilo anguko lako!
214:2 Rum 8:26; Za 51:16-17; Mik 7:18-19; Ebr 13:15; Kut 34:9Chukueni maneno pamoja nanyi,
mkamrudie Bwana.
Mwambieni:
“Samehe dhambi zetu zote
na utupokee kwa neema,
ili tuweze kutoa matunda yetu
kama sadaka za mafahali.
314:3 Mik 5:10; Isa 31:1; Hos 5:13; 8:6; Yer 49:11; Za 10:14; 33:17Ashuru hawezi kutuokoa,
hatutapanda farasi wa vita.
Kamwe hatutasema tena ‘Miungu yetu’
kwa kile ambacho mikono yetu wenyewe imetengeneza,
kwa kuwa kwako wewe yatima hupata huruma.”
414:4 Isa 30:26; 55:1; Hos 6:1; Yer 2:19; 31:20; Sef 3:17; Ay 13:16“Nitaponya ukaidi wao
na kuwapenda kwa hiari yangu,
kwa kuwa hasira yangu imeondoka kwao.
514:5 Wim 2:1; Isa 18:4; 35:2; Ay 29:19; Mwa 27:28Nitakuwa kama umande kwa Israeli;
atachanua kama yungiyungi.
Kama mwerezi wa Lebanoni
atashusha mizizi yake chini;
614:6 Za 52:8; 92:12; Yer 11:16; Wim 4:11matawi yake yatatanda.
Fahari yake itakuwa kama mti wa mzeituni,
harufu yake nzuri kama mwerezi wa Lebanoni.
714:7 Za 91:1-4; Hos 2:22; Eze 17:23; Mwa 40:10Watu wataishi tena kwenye kivuli chake.
Atastawi kama nafaka.
Atachanua kama mzabibu,
nao umaarufu wake utakuwa
kama divai itokayo Lebanoni.
814:8 Yer 31:18; Yak 1:17; Isa 37:24Ee Efraimu, nina shughuli gani tena na sanamu?
Nitamjibu na kumtunza.
Mimi ni kama msunobari wenye majani mabichi;
kuzaa kwako matunda kunatoka kwangu.”
914:9 Za 107:43; Mit 10:29; Dan 12:10; Sef 3:5; Mdo 13:10; Isa 1:28; 26:7Ni nani mwenye hekima? Atayatambua mambo haya.
Ni nani mwenye ufahamu? Huyu atayaelewa.
Njia za Bwana ni adili;
wenye haki huenda katika njia hizo,
lakini waasi watajikwaa ndani yake.
1O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. 2Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.14.2 receive…: or, give good 3Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
4¶ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. 5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.14.5 grow: or, blossom14.5 cast…: Heb. strike 6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.14.6 spread: Heb. go 7They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.14.7 grow: or, blossom14.7 scent: or, memorial
8Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. 9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
