هُوشَع 3

١ 1 ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي الرَّبُّ: «اذْهَبْ ثَانِيَةً وَأَحْبِبِ امْرَأَةً عَشِيقَةَ آخَرَ، زَانِيَةً، أَحْبِبْهَا كَمَحَبَّةِ الرَّبِّ لِشَعْبِهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ ضَلالِهِمْ وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، وَوَلَعِهِمْ بِتَقْدِيمِ قَرَابِينِ الزَّبِيبِ لَهُمْ.

Then Yahweh said to me, “Go and show to your wife that you still love her, even though she has been committing adultery with another man who loves her. [That will show that] I still love the people of Israel, even though they worship other gods/idols and eat raisin cakes [in feasts that honor those gods].”

٢ 2 فَاشْتَرَيْتُهَا بِخَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ شَاقِلاً مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ (نَحْوَ مِئَةٍ وَثَمَانِينَ جِرَاماً)، وَبِحُومَرَ وَنِصْفِ حُومَرَ مِنَ الشَّعِيرِ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثِ مِئَةٍ وَسِتِّينَ لِتْراً)،

[My wife had become a slave, ] but I bought her for (6 ounces/179 grams) of silver and ten bushels of barley.

٣ 3 وَقُلْتُ لَهَا: تَمْكُثِينَ مِلْكاً خَالِصاً لِي أَيَّاماً كَثِيرَةً لَا تَزْنِينَ وَلا تَكُونِينَ لِرَجُلٍ آخَرَ وَأَكُونُ أَنَا كَذَلِكَ لَكِ.

Then I said to her, “You must wait for many days [before we sleep together] [EUP]. During that time, you must not be a prostitute, and you must not have sex with any other man; but I will live with you.”

٤ 4 لأَنَّ أَبْنَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ يَمْكُثُونَ أَمَداً طَوِيلاً مِنْ غَيْرِ مَلِكٍ أَوْ أَمِيرٍ، وَمِنْ غَيْرِ ذَبِيحَةٍ وَلا تَمَاثِيلَ وَلا أَفُودٍ وَلا تَرَافِيمَ.

[Our doing that will show that] in the same way, the people of Israel will not have a king and [other] leaders for many years. They will not offer sacrifices or [have sacred stone] pillars, no sacred vest [for the Supreme Priest], and no idols!

٥ 5 ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ أَبْنَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَطْلُبُونَ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُمْ، وَدَاوُدَ مَلِكَهُمْ، وَيَلْتَمِسُونَ بِرَهْبَةٍ الرَّبَّ وَجُودَهُ فِي آخِرِ الأَيَّامِ».

But later, the people of Israel will return to Yahweh their God and [be guided by him and] by a king who is a descendant of [King] David. In the last/future days they will come to Yahweh, revering him and trembling [in his presence], and he will bless them.