Hosea 3

1 And the LORD said unto me: 'Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend and an adulteress, even as the LORD loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins.

Potem mi je Gospod rekel: »Pojdi že, ljubi žensko, ljubljeno od njenega prijatelja, vendar zakonolomko, glede na Gospodovo ljubezen do Izraelovih otrok, ki gledajo k drugim bogovom in ljubijo flaškone vina.«

2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;

Tako sem si jo kupil za petnajst koščkov srebra in za tovor ječmena in pol tovora ječmena.

3 and I said unto her: 'Thou shalt sit solitary for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be any man's wife; nor will I be thine.'

Rekel sem ji: »Mnogo dni boš čakala name. Ne boš igrala pocestnice in ne boš za drugega moškega; tako bom tudi jaz nate.«

4 For the children of Israel shall sit solitary many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim;

Kajti Izraelovi otroci bodo mnogo dni ostali brez kralja, brez princa, brez klavne daritve, brez podobe, brez efóda in brez družinskega malika.

5 afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall come trembling unto the LORD and to His goodness in the end of days.

Potem se bodo Izraelovi otroci vrnili in iskali Gospoda, svojega Boga in Davida, svojega kralja in bali se bodo Gospoda in njegove dobrote v zadnjih dneh.