何西阿赎回不贞之妻

耶和华对何西阿说:“你要再去爱那个另有新欢的淫妇,像耶和华爱以色列人一样爱她。尽管他们祭拜别的神明,喜爱葡萄饼,耶和华仍然爱他们。” 于是,我用一百七十克银子和一百五十公斤大麦赎回她, 对她说:“你要和我住许多日子。这期间不可行淫,不可亲近别的男人,我也不与你同房。” 以色列人也要有许多日子没有君王和首领,没有祭祀和神柱,也没有以弗得和家庭神像。 之后,以色列人将回心转意,寻求他们的上帝耶和华,归向他们的君王大卫。在末后的日子,他们将怀着敬畏的心归向耶和华,领受祂的恩惠。

Israel Will Return to God

Then the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by a (A)lover[a] and is committing adultery, just like the love of the Lord for the children of Israel, who look to other gods and love the raisin cakes of the pagans.

So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver, and one and one-half homers of barley. And I said to her, “You shall (B)stay with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man—so, too, will I be toward you.”

For the children of Israel shall abide many days (C)without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without (D)ephod or (E)teraphim. Afterward the children of Israel shall return and (F)seek the Lord their God and (G)David their king. They shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the (H)latter days.

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 3:1 Lit. friend or husband