Hosea 3

1 The Lord told me, “Go again and love a woman who is loved by another and who is committing adultery, just as the Lord loves the children of Israel, even though they turn to other gods and love their sensual worship.”

Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Kɔ na kɔfa wo yere no bio. Fa no sane bra wo nkyɛn, na dɔ no. Ɛmfa ho sɛ ɔfoforɔ bi dɔ no anaa sɛ ɔyɛ ɔwaresɛefoɔ. Dɔ no, sɛdeɛ Awurade da so dɔ Israel a, mpo, nnipa no adane wɔn ho kɔ anyame foforɔ nkyɛn, na wɔma wɔn bobe aba taterɛ no.”

2 So I bought her back for fifteen shekels of silver and one and half homer of barley.

Enti, mede gram ɔha aduɔson baako (gram 171) ne atokoɔ kɛntɛn baako (lita 182) ne atokoɔ lita aduɔkron baako kɔpataa no.

3 I told her, “You must remain with me for many days and you shall stop your prostitution. You shall not be intimate with any man, and then I shall be yours.”

Na meka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ɛsɛ sɛ wo ne me tena nna bebree, na wogyae wʼadwamammɔ no; wo ne ɔbarima biara nnyɛ nnamfo. Me ne wo bɛtena, nanso me ne wonna.”

4 For the people of Israel shall be without a king or a prince, without a sacrifice or a stone pillar or a pagan image or an idolatrous shrine for a long time.

Na ɔman Israel bɛwɔ hɔ nna tenten bi a ɔhene anaa ɔheneba nni mu, na wɔmmɔ afɔdeɛ. Wɔrenhunu ɔbosom dum anaa asɔfotadeɛ anaa ahoni nso wɔ hɔ.

5 After this, the people of Israel will return and dedicate themselves to the Lord their God and to the line of David their king. In the last days they will come with awe and reverence for the Lord and his goodness.

Akyire yi, Israelfoɔ bɛsane akɔhwehwɛ Awurade, wɔn Onyankopɔn, ne Dawid a ɔyɛ wɔn ɔhene no. Wɔde ahopopoɔ bɛba Awurade nkyɛn na wɔbɛnya ne nhyira wɔ nna a ɛdi akyire no mu.