Hosea’s Reconciliation With His Wife
1The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.”
2So I bought her for fifteen shekels3:2 That is, about 6 ounces or about 170 grams of silver and about a homer and a lethek3:2 A homer and a lethek possibly weighed about 430 pounds or about 195 kilograms. of barley. 3Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.”
4For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or household gods. 5Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.
何西阿贖回不貞之妻
1耶和華對我說：「你要再去愛那個另有新歡的淫婦，像耶和華愛以色列人一樣愛她。儘管以色列人祭拜其他神明，喜愛葡萄餅，耶和華仍然愛他們。」 2於是，我用三兩銀子和二百公斤大麥贖回她， 3對她說：「你要和我住許多日子。這期間不可行淫，不可親近別的男人，我也不與你同房。」 4以色列人也要有許多日子沒有君王和首領，沒有祭祀和神柱，也沒有以弗得和家庭神像。 5之後，以色列人將回心轉意，尋求他們的上帝耶和華，歸向他們的君王大衛。在末後的日子，他們將懷著敬畏的心歸向耶和華，領受祂的恩惠。
