Hoseas otrogna hustru

Herren sade till mig: "Gå och älska din hustru igen, fastän hon älskas av en annan och har begått äktenskapsbrott. Älska henne som jag, Herren, älskar Israels barn, fastän de vänder sig till andra gudar och älskar druvkakor."[a]

Och jag köpte henne åt mig och gav för henne femton siklar silver och en homer och en letek korn. Jag sade till henne: "Under lång tid skall du vara hos mig. Bedriv inte otukt och ge dig inte åt någon annan man. Jag skall vara hos dig."

Ty under lång tid skall Israels barn bli utan kung och furste,
utan offer och stoder och utan efod och husgudar.
Sedan skall Israels barn vända om och söka Herren, sin Gud,
och David, sin kung.
    Med fruktan skall de söka Herren
och hans godhet i kommande dagar.

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 3:1 druvkakor användes vid offer till avgudarna.

Hosea’s Reconciliation With His Wife

The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress.(A) Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.(B)

So I bought her for fifteen shekels[a] of silver and about a homer and a lethek[b] of barley. Then 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.”

For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince,(C) without sacrifice(D) or sacred stones,(E) without ephod(F) or household gods.(G) Afterward the Israelites will return and seek(H) the Lord their God and David their king.(I) They will come trembling(J) to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.(K)

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 3:2 That is, about 6 ounces or about 170 grams
  2. Hosea 3:2 A homer and a lethek possibly weighed about 430 pounds or about 195 kilograms.

Matrimonio simbólico de Oseas

Entonces el Señor me dijo: «Ve otra vez, ama a una mujer amada por otro y adúltera, así como el Señor ama a los israelitas(A) a pesar de que ellos se vuelven a otros dioses y se deleitan con tortas de pasas(B)». La compré(C), pues, para mí por 15 siclos (171 gramos) de plata y un homer y medio (330 litros) de cebada. Y le dije: «Te quedarás conmigo por muchos días(D). No te prostituirás, ni serás de otro hombre, y yo también seré para ti». Porque por muchos días los israelitas quedarán sin rey y sin príncipe(E), sin sacrificio(F) y sin pilar sagrado(G), sin efod(H) y sin ídolos domésticos(I). Después los israelitas volverán y buscarán al Señor su Dios(J) y a David su rey(K); y acudirán temblorosos al Señor(L) y a Su bondad en los últimos días.

Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.

For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:

Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.