¹Navráťže sa, Izraelu, cele k Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu, lebo si klesol pre svoju neprávosť.

¹Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.

²Vezmite si so sebou slová pokánia a navráťte sa k Hospodinovi, povedzte mu: Odpusti všetku neprávosť a vezmi dobré, a za pokojné obeti budeme obetovať juncov, svoje rty.

²Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good: so we offer our lips like bulls.

³Assúr nás nezachráni, nepojdeme na koňoch ani nepovieme viacej dielu svojich rúk: Náš Bôh; lebo len v tebe najde zľutovanie sirota.

³Assyria can’t save us. We won’t ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’ for in you the fatherless finds mercy.”

⁴Uzdravím ich odvrátenie, budem ich milovať dobrovoľne, lebo môj hnev sa obráti od neho.

⁴“I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from him.

⁵Budem Izraelovi jako rosa, bude kvitnúť ako ľalia a zapustí svoje korene jako Libanon.

⁵I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.

⁶Jeho mládniky sa rozídu, a jeho nádhera bude jako nádhera olivy, a jeho vôňa bude jako vôňa Libanona.

⁶His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.

⁷Tí, ktorí sedia v jeho tôni, sa navrátia; oživia obilie, a sami budú kvitnúť ako vinič, ktorého pamiatka je ako pamiatka vína z Libanona.

⁷Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.

⁸Efraim povie: Čo ja mám ešte s modlami?! A ja vyslyším a budem pozorovať na neho. Ja som ako zelená jedľa; zo mňa sa najde tvoje ovocie.

⁸Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green fir tree; from me your fruit is found.”

⁹Kto je múdry, nech porozumie týmto veciam, rozumný, nech ich pozná! Lebo cesty Hospodinove sú priame, a spravedliví pojdú po nich, ale priestupníci klesnú na nich.

⁹Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.