Hosea 14 – NIV & NEN

New International Version

Hosea 14:1-9

Repentance to Bring Blessing

In Hebrew texts 14:1-9 is numbered 14:2-10. 1Return, Israel, to the Lord your God.

Your sins have been your downfall!

2Take words with you

and return to the Lord.

Say to him:

“Forgive all our sins

and receive us graciously,

that we may offer the fruit of our lips.14:2 Or offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls

3Assyria cannot save us;

we will not mount warhorses.

We will never again say ‘Our gods’

to what our own hands have made,

for in you the fatherless find compassion.”

4“I will heal their waywardness

and love them freely,

for my anger has turned away from them.

5I will be like the dew to Israel;

he will blossom like a lily.

Like a cedar of Lebanon

he will send down his roots;

6his young shoots will grow.

His splendor will be like an olive tree,

his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.

7People will dwell again in his shade;

they will flourish like the grain,

they will blossom like the vine—

Israel’s fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.

8Ephraim, what more have I14:8 Or Hebrew; Septuagint What more has Ephraim to do with idols?

I will answer him and care for him.

I am like a flourishing juniper;

your fruitfulness comes from me.”

9Who is wise? Let them realize these things.

Who is discerning? Let them understand.

The ways of the Lord are right;

the righteous walk in them,

but the rebellious stumble in them.

Kiswahili Contemporary Version (Neno: Bibilia Takatifu)

Hosea 14:1-9

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.