Hosea 3

1 And Jehovah saith unto me: 'Again, go, love a woman, loved of a friend, and an adulteress, like the loved of Jehovah, the sons of Israel, and they are turning unto other gods, and are lovers of grape-cakes.'

I mea ano a Ihowa ki ahau, Tena ano haere, arohaina tetahi wahine e arohaina ana e te tangata, he wahine puremu; kia rite ki te aroha o Ihowa ki nga tama a Iharaira, ahakoa e anga atu ana ki nga atua ke, a e matenui ana ki nga keke karepe maroke.

2 And I buy her to me for fifteen silverlings, and a homer and a letech of barley;

Na hokona ana ia e ahau maku ki nga pihi hiriwa kotahi tekau ma rima ki te homa perai, me te hawhe homa parei:

3 and I say unto her, 'Many days thou dost remain for Me, thou dost not go a-whoring, nor become any one's; and I also [am] for thee.'

A ka ki atu ki a ia, Kia maha nga ra e noho ai koe he mea taumau maku; kaua e kairau, kaua ano e riro i te tangata: ka pena ano ahau ki a koe.

4 For many days remain do the sons of Israel without a king, and there is no prince, and there is no sacrifice, and there is no standing pillar, and there is no ephod and teraphim.

He maha hoki nga ra e noho ai nga tama a Iharaira, kahore he kingi, kahore he rangatira, kahore he patunga tapu, kahore hoki he pou, kahore he epora, kahore he terapimi.

5 Afterwards turned back have the sons of Israel, and sought Jehovah their God, and David their king, and have hastened unto Jehovah, and unto His goodness, in the latter end of the days.

Muri iho ka hoki mai nga tama a Iharaira, ka rapu i a Ihowa, i to ratou Atua, i a Rawiri ano, i to ratou kingi; ka haere mai i runga i te wehi ki a Ihowa, ki tona pai ano i nga ra whakamutunga.