Hosea 14

Hosea 14, Catholic Public Domain Version

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.†

   Pereat Samaria, quoniam ad amaritudinem concitavit Deum suum! in gladio pereant, parvuli eorum elidantur, et fœtæ ejus discindantur!

2. 2

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

   Convertere, Israël, ad Dominum Deum tuum, quoniam corruisti in iniquitate tua.

3. 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.

   Tollite vobiscum verba, et convertimini ad Dominum; et dicite ei: Omnem aufer iniquitatem, accipe bonum, et reddemus vitulos labiorum nostrorum.

4. 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.”

   Assur non salvabit nos: super equum non ascendemus, nec dicemus ultra, Dii nostri opera manuum nostrarum: quia ejus, qui in te est, misereberis pupilli.

5. 5

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

   Sanabo contritiones eorum; diligam eos spontanee: quia aversus est furor meus ab eis.

6. 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.

   Ero quasi ros; Israël germinabit sicut lilium, et erumpet radix ejus ut Libani.

7. 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.

   Ibunt rami ejus, et erit quasi oliva gloria ejus, et odor ejus ut Libani.

8. 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.

   Convertentur sedentes in umbra ejus; vivent tritico, et germinabunt quasi vinea; memoriale ejus sicut vinum Libani.

9. 9

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

   Ephraim, quid mihi ultra idola? Ego exaudiam, et dirigam eum ego ut abietem virentem; ex me fructus tuus inventus est.

10. 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.

    Quis sapiens, et intelliget ista? intelligens, et sciet hæc? quia rectæ viæ Domini, et justi ambulabunt in eis; prævaricatores vero corruent in eis.

Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain · Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592)