Hošea 3

1 Potom mi Jahve reče: “Idi opet, ljubi ženu koja drugog ljubi i čini preljub, kao što Jahve ljubi djecu Izraelovu dok se oni k drugim bogovima okreću i žude za kolačima od grožđa.”

And the Lord said to me: Go yet again, and love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress: as the Lord loveth the children of Israel, and they look to strange gods, and love the husks of the grapes.

2 Ja je tad kupih za petnaest srebrnika, za homer i letek ječma,

And I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a core of barley, and for half a core of barley.

3 i rekoh joj: “Za mnogo dana ostat ćeš mi povučena, nećeš se odavati bludu ni podavati nikojem čovjeku, a ni ja neću k tebi prilaziti.”

And I said to her: Thou shalt wait for me many days: thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt be no man’s, and I also will wait for thee.

4 Jer mnogo će dana sinovi Izraelovi ostati bez kralja i bez kneza, bez žrtve i bez stupa, bez oplećka i bez kumira.

For the children of Israel shall sit many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without altar, and without ephod, and without theraphim.

5 Poslije toga, sinovi će se Izraelovi vratiti; tražit će Jahvu, Boga svoga, i Davida, svoga kralja; sa strahom će pristupiti k Jahvi i k njegovim dobrima, na kraju dana.

And after this the children of Israel shall return, and shall seek the Lord their God, and David their king: and they shall fear the Lord, and his goodness in the last days.