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!

Then said the Lord unto me, Go once more, love a woman beloved of her husband, yet committing adultery; like the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who turn themselves after other gods, and love flagons of wine.

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 me such a one for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a chomer of barley, and half a chomer 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, Many days shalt thou abide [true] for me: thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not belong to any man, and so will I also be toward 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 many days shall the children of Israel abide without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without a standing image, and without an ephod and theraphim.

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.

After that will the children of Israel return, and seek for the Lord their God and David their king; and fearing will they hasten to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days,