Hosea 3

1 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.

Yehowa gblɔ nam be, “Yi nàkplɔ srɔ̃wò agbɔe, eye nàlɔ̃e, togbɔ be ame bubu le elɔ̃m, eye wòwɔ ahasi hã, elabena Yehowa galɔ̃ Israel kokoko, togbɔ be edzo yi ɖe mawu bubuwo gbɔ, eye wòlɔ̃ waintsetsebolo hã.”

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

Ale megbugbɔ ƒlee tso eƒe kluvinyenye me kple klosalo wuiatɔ̃ kple lu agba alafa ɖeka blaatɔ̃.

3 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.

Megblɔ nɛ be, “Ele be nànɔ gbɔnye ŋkeke geɖe; mègado go kple ŋutsu bubuwo alo awɔ gbolo o, ekema manye tɔwò ɖaa.”

4 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.

Le ɣeyiɣi didi siwo gbɔna me la, fia alo amegã manɔ Israel si o, vɔsasa, legba, kɔmewu alo aklamakpakpɛ ŋutɔ gɔ̃ hã manɔ wo si o!

5 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.

Emegbe la, woatrɔ adi Yehowa, woƒe Mawu la, eye woayi woƒe Fia gbɔ. Woatsɔ dzodzo nyanyanya ava Yehowa kple eƒe dɔmenyonyo gbɔ le ŋkeke mamlɛawo me.