< 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.
Onyenwe anyị gwara m ọzọ, “Gakwuru nwanyị a na-akwa iko, nke na-emekwa enyi na-ezighị ezi, gosi ya ịhụnanya gị dịka Onyenwe anyị si hụ ndị Izrel nʼanya, nʼagbanyeghị na ha na-eso chi ndị ọzọ na-enwekwa mmasị dị ukwuu nʼachịcha nsọ e ji mkpụrụ osisi a mịkpọrọ amịkpọ mee.”
2 So I got her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley;
Nʼihi ya, eweere m ego ọlaọcha dị iri na ise, na otu ntụju ọka homa, na ọka balị zụta ya.
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.
Mgbe ahụ agwara m ya, “Mụ na gị ga-ebi ọtụtụ ụbọchị, ị gaghị agbakwa akwụna, maọbụ nwee nwoke ọbụla gị na ya ga-enwe mmekọ, otu a ka m ga-emekwa nʼebe ị nọ.”
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.
Nke a na-egosi na Izrel ga-anọ ogologo mgbe na-enweghị eze maọbụ onye ọchịchị. Ọ gaghị enwe ịchụ aja maọbụ nkume nsọ maọbụ efọọd maọbụ arụsị ezinaụlọ.
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.
Mgbe nke a gasịrị, Izrel ga-alọghachi, chọọ Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke ha, na Devid bụ eze ha. Ha ga-ewere ịma jijiji bịakwute Onyenwe anyị, bịaghachitekwa ngọzị ya nʼoge ikpeazụ a.