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.”
UThixo wasesithi kimi, “Hamba, utshengisele uthando lwakho kumkakho futhi, lanxa nje ethandwa ngomunye njalo eyisifebekazi. Mthande njengoThixo ethanda abako-Israyeli, lanxa baphendukela kwabanye onkulunkulu njalo bethanda amakhekhe ezithelo ezonyisiweyo.”
2 Enti, mede gram ɔha aduɔson baako (gram 171) ne atokoɔ kɛntɛn baako (lita 182) ne atokoɔ lita aduɔkron baako kɔpataa no.
Ngakho ngamthenga ngamashekeli esiliva alitshumi lanhlanu langokwakuphosa kube lihomeri leletheki lebhali.
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.”
Ngasengisithi kuye, “Uzahlala lami insuku ezinengi; akumelanga ube yisifebe loba wembathe lenye indoda, lami ngizahlala lawe.”
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.
Ngoba abako-Israyeli bazahlala insuku ezinengi bengelankosi kumbe inkosana, bengelamhlatshelo kumbe amatshe angcwele, bengelasembatho semahlombe kumbe isithombe.
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.
Muva abako-Israyeli bazaphenduka bamdinge uThixo uNkulunkulu wabo kanye loDavida inkosi yabo. Bazakuza kuThixo beqhaqhazela kanye lasezibusisweni zakhe ensukwini zokucina.
