Hosea 3

1 Sinabi sa akin ni Yahweh, “Humayo kang muli, umibig ka sa isang babae, na inibig ng kaniyang asawa, ngunit isang mangangalunya. Ibigin mo siya gaya ko, si Yahweh, na iniibig ang mga tao ng Israel, kahit na bumabaling sila sa ibang mga diyos at iniibig ang mga tinapay na may pasas.”

And the Lord said to me: “Go yet again, and love a woman, beloved by a friend, yet an adulteress, for so does the Lord love the sons of Israel, yet they look to strange gods, and love the seeds of grapes.”

2 Kaya binili ko siya para sa aking sarili ng labinlimang pirasong pilak at ng isang homer at isang lethek ng sebada.

And I contracted her to me for fifteen silver coins, and for a basket of barley, and half a basket of barley.

3 Sinabi ko sa kaniya, “Mamuhay ka kasama ko ng mahabang panahon. Hindi ka na magiging babaing nagbebenta ng aliw o magiging pag-aari ng sinumang ibang lalaki. gayundin naman, makakasama mo ako.”

And I said to her, “You will wait for me for many days. You will not commit fornication, and you will not be with a man. But I also will wait for you.”

4 Sapagkat mamumuhay sa mahabang panahon ang mga tao ng Israel nang walang hari, prinsipe, alay, haliging bato, efod o mga diyus-diyosan sa sambahayan.

For the sons of Israel will sit for many days without a king, and without a leader, and without sacrifice, and without altar, and without priestly vestments, and without religious symbols.

5 Pagkatapos, manunumbalik at hahanapin ng mga tao ng Israel si Yahweh na kanilang Diyos at si David na kanilang hari. At sa huling mga araw, lalapit silang nanginginig sa harapan ni Yahweh at sa kaniyang kabutihan.

And after this, the sons of Israel will return, and they will seek the Lord their God and David their king, and they will be terrified by the Lord and by his goodness, in the last days.