Hosea 3

1 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Kɔ na kɔfa wo yere no bio. Fa no sane bra wo nkyɛn, na dɔ no. Ɛmfa ho sɛ ɔfoforɔ bi dɔ no anaa sɛ ɔyɛ ɔwaresɛefoɔ. Dɔ no, sɛdeɛ Awurade da so dɔ Israel a, mpo, nnipa no adane wɔn ho kɔ anyame foforɔ nkyɛn, na wɔma wɔn bobe aba taterɛ no.”

Then the Lord said to me, “Go again, show love to this woman, who is loved by another, who commits adultery. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods, and love the raisin cakes offered to idols.

2 Enti, mede gram ɔha aduɔson baako (gram 171) ne atokoɔ kɛntɛn baako (lita 182) ne atokoɔ lita aduɔkron baako kɔpataa no.

So I redeemed her for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a lethek of barley.

3 Na meka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ɛsɛ sɛ wo ne me tena nna bebree, na wogyae wʼadwamammɔ no; wo ne ɔbarima biara nnyɛ nnamfo. Me ne wo bɛtena, nanso me ne wonna.”

And I told her, “You must live with me for many days and you must not sleep around or marry 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 wɔmmɔ afɔdeɛ. Wɔrenhunu ɔbosom dum anaa asɔfotadeɛ anaa ahoni nso wɔ hɔ.

And like this the Israelites will live for a long time without king and without prince, without sacrifice and without pillar, without ephod and without teraphim.

5 Akyire yi, Israelfoɔ bɛsane akɔhwehwɛ Awurade, wɔn Onyankopɔn, ne Dawid a ɔyɛ wɔn ɔhene no. Wɔde ahopopoɔ bɛba Awurade nkyɛn na wɔbɛnya ne nhyira wɔ nna a ɛdi akyire no mu.

Yet afterward the Israelites will return, and seek the Lord their God and their Davidic king, and in the days to come they will turn with awe to the Lord and his goodness.