Koseya 3

1 Mukama n’aŋŋamba nti, “Genda, mukyala wo oyongere okumwagala, newaakubadde nga mwenzi era yakwaniddwa omusajja omulala. Mwagale nga Mukama bw’ayagala Abayisirayiri newaakubadde nga bakyukira bakatonda abalala ne baagala obugaati obw’emizabbibu enkalu obuwonge eri bakatonda abalala.”

And the Lord said to me, Give your love again to a woman who has a lover and is false to her husband, even as the Lord has love for the children of Israel, though they are turned to other gods and are lovers of grape-cakes.

2 Awo ne mmugula n’effeeza obuzito bwayo gulaamu kikumi mu nsavu ne lita ebikumi bisatu mu amakumi asatu eza sayiri.

So I got her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley;

3 Bwe ntyo ne mugamba nti, “Oteekwa okubeera nange ebbanga lyonna. Lekeraawo okukuba obwamalaaya, oba okukola obwenzi, nange bwe ntyo naabeeranga naawe.”

And I said to her, You are to be mine for a long space of time; you are not to be false to me, and no other man is to have you for his wife; and so will I be to you.

4 Era bwe batyo abaana ba Isirayiri bwe balibeera okumala ennaku ennyingi nga tebalina kabaka newaakubadde omulangira, nga tebakyawaayo ssaddaaka eri bakatonda abalala, newaakubadde okusinza amayinja amawonge oba bakatonda abalala, wadde efodi.

For the children of Israel will for a long time be without king and without ruler, without offerings and without pillars, and without ephod or images.

5 N’oluvannyuma abaana ba Isirayiri balidda ne banoonya Mukama Katonda waabwe ne Dawudi kabaka waabwe. Balijja eri Mukama nga bakankana nga banoonya emikisa gye mu nnaku ez’oluvannyuma.

And after that, the children of Israel will come back and go in search of the Lord their God and David their king; and they will come in fear to the Lord and to his mercies in the days to come.