Osee 3

1 And the Lord said to me, Go yet, and love a woman that loves evil things, an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, and they have respect to strange gods, and love cakes of dried grapes.

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 hired [her] to myself for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and a homer of barley, and a flagon of wine.

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

3 And I said to her, You shall wait for me many days; and you shall not commit fornication, neither shall you be for [another] man; and I [will be] for you.

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 abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an altar, and without a priesthood, and without manifestations.

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

5 And afterward shall the children of Israel return, and shall seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall be amazed at the Lord and at his goodness in the latter 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.