Hoseas 3

1 Og HERREN sagde til mig: »Gaa atter hen og elsk en Kvinde, som har Elskere og boler, ligesom HERREN elsker Israeliterne, endskønt de vender sig til fremmede Guder og elsker Rosinkager.«

And the Lord said to me, Give your love again to a woman who has a lover and is false to her husband, even as the Lord has love for the children of Israel, though they are turned to other gods and are lovers of grape-cakes.

2 Saa købte jeg mig hende for femten Sekel Sølv og en Homer og en Letek Byg.

So I got her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley;

3 Og jeg sagde til hende: »I lang Tid skal du vente paa mig; du maa ikke bedrive Hor eller tilhøre nogen Mand; heller ikke jeg vil komme til dig.«

And I said to her, You are to be mine for a long space of time; you are not to be false to me, and no other man is to have you for his wife; and so will I be to you.

4 Thi i lang Tid skal Israeliterne vente uden Konge og Fyrste, uden Slagtoffer og Stenstøtte, uden Efod og Husgud.

For the children of Israel will for a long time be without king and without ruler, without offerings and without pillars, and without ephod or images.

5 Siden skal Israeliterne omvende sig og søge HERREN deres Gud og David, deres Konge, og bævende komme til HERREN og hans Velsignelse i de sidste Dage.

And after that, the children of Israel will come back and go in search of the Lord their God and David their king; and they will come in fear to the Lord and to his mercies in the days to come.