Hoseas 3

1 Og HERREN sagde til mig: "Gå 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 Så 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 på mig; du må 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.