होशे 3

1 परमप्रभुले मलाई भन्‍नुभयो, “फेरि जा, आफ्नो पतिले प्रेम गरेकी एक जना स्‍त्रीलाई प्रेम गर्, तर त्‍यो एक जना व्यभिचारिणी हो । इस्राएलका मानिसहरू अन्‍य देवतातर्फ लागे र तिनीहरूले पवित्र दाखका केकहरू मन पराए तापनि, जसरी म परमप्रभुले तिनीहरूलाई प्रेम गरें, त्‍यसरी नै त्यसलाई प्रेम गर् ।”

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 यसैले मैले त्यसलाई मेरो निम्ति पन्ध्र शेकेल चाँदी र अढाइ मुरी जौ तिरेर किनें ।

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

3 मैले त्यसलाई भनें, “तिमी मसँग धेरै दिन बस्‍नुपर्छ । तिमी अब वेश्‍या हुनेछैनौ र कुनै अर्को पुरुषको हुनेछैनौ । त्‍यसरी नै म पनि तिमीसँगै रहनेछु ।”

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 किनकि इस्राएलका मानिसहरू राजा, राजकुमार, बलिदान, ढुङ्गाको स्तम्भ, एपोद र घरघरका मूर्तिहरूविना धेरै दिनसम्म रहनेछन् ।

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 त्यसपछि इस्राएलका मानिसहरू फर्कनेछन् र परमप्रभु आफ्‍ना परमेश्‍वर र आफ्‍ना राजा दाऊदलाई खोज्‍नेछन्, र अन्तका दिनहरूमा, तिनीहरु परमप्रभु र उहाँको भलाइको सामु भयसाथ आउँछन् ।

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.