Hosea 3
International Children’s Bible
Hosea Buys Gomer Back
3 The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again. She has had other lovers and has been unfaithful to you. But you must keep on loving her the way the Lord loves the people of Israel. This is true even though the Israelites worship other gods. They love to eat the raisin cakes.”[a]
2 So I bought Gomer for six ounces of silver and about ten bushels of barley. 3 Then I told her, “You must wait for me for many days. You must not be a prostitute. You must not be any other man’s lover. I, in turn, will wait for you.”
4 In the same way Israel will live many days without a king or leader. They will not have sacrifices or holy stone pillars. They will be without the holy vest or an idol. 5 After this, the people of Israel will return to the Lord their God. They will follow the Lord and the king from David’s family. In the last days they will come to the Lord. And he will bless them.
Footnotes
- 3:1 raisin cakes This food may have been used in the feasts that honored false gods.
Hoseas 3
Ang Biblia, 2001
Si Hoseas at ang Babaing Mangangalunya
3 At sinabing muli ng Panginoon sa akin, “Humayo ka uli, ibigin mo ang isang babae na minamahal ng kanyang asawa, bagama't isang mangangalunya, kung paanong iniibig ng Panginoon ang mga anak ni Israel, bagaman sila'y bumaling sa ibang mga diyos, at gustong-gusto ang mga tinapay na may pasas.”
2 Sa gayo'y binili ko siya sa halagang labinlimang siklong pilak, isang omer na sebada, at ng isang takal na alak.
3 At sinabi ko sa kanya, “Dapat kang manatiling akin sa loob ng maraming araw. Huwag kang maging bayarang babae,[a] o pipisan sa ibang lalaki, at magiging gayon din ako sa iyo.”
4 Sapagkat ang mga anak ni Israel ay mananatili nang maraming araw na walang hari, at walang prinsipe, walang alay at walang haligi, walang efod o terafim.
5 Pagkatapos ang mga anak ni Israel ay manunumbalik at hahanapin nila ang Panginoon nilang Diyos at si David na kanilang hari. Darating silang may takot sa Panginoon at sa kanyang kabutihan sa mga huling araw.
Footnotes
- Hoseas 3:3 o babaing nagbibili ng panandaliang aliw .
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