Hosea 3

1 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me se, “Kɔ na kɔfa wo yere no bio. Fa no san bra wo nkyɛn, na dɔ no. Ɛmfa ho sɛ ɔfoforo bi dɔ no anaa sɛ ɔyɛ ɔwaresɛefo. Dɔ no, sɛnea Awurade da so dɔ Israel, a mpo, nnipa no dan wɔn ho kɔ anyame afoforo nkyɛn, na wɔma wɔn bobe aba tetare no.”

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 Enti mede gram ɔha aduoson baako ne atoko lita ɔha aduɔwɔtwe abien ne atoko lita aduɔkron baako kɔpataa no.

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

3 Na meka kyerɛɛ no se, “Ɛsɛ sɛ wo ne me tena nna bebree, na wugyae wʼaguamammɔ no; wo ne ɔbarima biara nyɛ nnamfo. Me ne wo bɛtena, nanso me ne wo renna.”

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 Na ɔman Israel bɛwɔ hɔ nna tenten bi a ɔhene anaa ɔheneba nni mu, na wɔremmɔ afɔre. Wɔrenhu ɔbosom dum anaa asɔfotade anaa ahoni nso wɔ hɔ.

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

5 Akyiri yi, Israelfo bɛsan akɔhwehwɛ Awurade, wɔn Nyankopɔn, ne Dawid a ɔyɛ wɔn hene no. Wɔde ahopopo bɛba Awurade nkyɛn na wobenya ne nhyira wɔ nna a edi akyiri no mu.

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.