Oze 3

1 Yawe alobaki na ngai: — Kende, linga mwasi mosusu oyo azali mwasi ya mobali mosusu to mpe azali mwasi ya ekobo. Linga ye ndenge Yawe alingaka bana ya Isalaele, ata soki basambelaka banzambe mosusu mpe baliaka bagato basala na bambuma ya vino ebulisama!

And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of a friend, and an adulteress, according to the love of Jehovah for the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love raisin-cakes.

2 Boye, nasombaki ye na motuya ya mbongo ya bibende ya palata, zomi na mitano, mpe na motuya ya bakilo ya orje, nkama minei na tuku mitano.

So I bought her to me for fifteen silver [pieces], and for a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley.

3 Bongo nalobaki na ye: — Wumela na ngai tango molayi; okosala kindumba te mpe okomipesa na mobali mosusu te, ngai mpe nakosala kaka bongo epai na yo.

And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be [another] man's, and I will also be for thee.

4 Solo, bana ya Isalaele bakowumela tango molayi bazanga mokonzi, bazanga mokambi, bazanga mbeka, bazanga libanga ya ekaniseli, bazanga efode mpe bazanga banzambe ya bikeko.

For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without statue, and without ephod and teraphim.

5 Sima na yango, bana ya Isalaele bakozongela mpe bakoluka Yawe, Nzambe na bango, mpe Davidi, mokonzi na bango; bakobelema epai na Yawe, na kolenga nyonso, mpo na kozwa mapamboli na Ye, na mikolo oyo ekolanda.

Afterwards shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king; and shall turn with fear toward Jehovah and toward his goodness, at the end of the days.