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Si Hosea at ang Babaing Mangangalunya

Sinabi sa akin ni Yahweh, “Umalis kang muli, at ipakita mo ang iyong pag-ibig sa iyong asawa bagaman siya'y nangangalunya. Sapagkat mahal pa rin ni Yahweh ang Israel kahit na sumamba sila sa ibang mga diyos at laging naghahandog sa mga ito ng tinapay na may pasas.”

Kaya't binili ko siya sa halagang labinlimang pirasong pilak at 150 kilong sebada. At sinabi ko sa kanya, “Manatili kang tapat sa akin. Huwag ka nang mangalunya o makipagtalik pa sa ibang lalaki. Ako ay magiging tapat sa iyo.” Sapagkat ang mga taga-Israel ay mamumuhay na walang hari at walang pinuno sa loob ng mahabang panahon. Mawawalan din sila ng mga handog, Ashera, efod, at larawan ng mga diyus-diyosan. Pagkatapos, magbabalik-loob sila kay Yahweh na kanilang Diyos at kay David na kanilang hari. Sa mga huling araw, nanginginig silang lalapit kay Yahweh at malalasap nila ang kanyang kabutihan.

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

Hosea Redeems His Wife

And the Lord said to me, (A)“Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.” So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a (B)homer and a lethech[a] of barley. And I said to her, “You must (C)dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you.” For the children of Israel (D)shall dwell many days (E)without king or prince, (F)without sacrifice or (G)pillar, without (H)ephod or (I)household gods. Afterward (J)the children of Israel shall return and (K)seek the Lord their God, and (L)David their king, (M)and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the (N)latter days.

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 3:2 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams; a homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters; a lethech was about 3 bushels or 110 liters