Hosea Ne Ne Yere Nkabom
1Na 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.”
2Enti mede gram ɔha aduoson baako (171) ne atoko lita ɔha aduɔwɔtwe abien (182) ne atoko lita aduɔkron baako kɔpataa no. 3Na 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.”
4Na 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. 5Akyiri 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.
Hosea Brings His Wife Back to Himself
1The Lord said to me, “Go. Show your love to your wife again. She is loved by another man. And she has committed adultery. But I want you to love her just as I love the people of Israel. They turn to other gods. And they love to offer raisin cakes to Baal and eat them. In spite of that, I love my people.”
2So I bought Gomer for six ounces of silver and 430 pounds of barley. 3Then I told her, “You must wait for me for a long time. You must not be a prostitute. You must not have sex with any man. And I will be faithful to you too.”
4So the people of Israel will live for a long time without a king or prince. They won’t have sacrifices or sacred stones. They won’t have sacred linen aprons or statues of family gods. 5After that, the people of Israel will return to the Lord their God. They will look to him and to a king from the family line of David. In the last days, they will tremble with fear as they come to the Lord. And they will receive his full blessing.
