Ozej 3

1 Potem mi je Gospod rekel: »Pojdi že, ljubi žensko, ljubljeno od njenega prijatelja, vendar zakonolomko, glede na Gospodovo ljubezen do Izraelovih otrok, ki gledajo k drugim bogovom in ljubijo flaškone vina.«

Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and offer raisin cakes to idols.”

2 Tako sem si jo kupil za petnajst koščkov srebra in za tovor ječmena in pol tovora ječmena.

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.

3 Rekel sem ji: »Mnogo dni boš čakala name. Ne boš igrala pocestnice in ne boš za drugega moškega; tako bom tudi jaz nate.«

Then I said to her, “You must live with me for many days; you must not be promiscuous or belong to another, and I will do the same for you.”

4 Kajti Izraelovi otroci bodo mnogo dni ostali brez kralja, brez princa, brez klavne daritve, brez podobe, brez efóda in brez družinskega malika.

For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.

5 Potem se bodo Izraelovi otroci vrnili in iskali Gospoda, svojega Boga in Davida, svojega kralja in bali se bodo Gospoda in njegove dobrote v zadnjih dneh.

Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.