Hosea 3

1 And the Lord said to me: “Go yet again, and love a woman, beloved by a friend, yet an adulteress, for so does the Lord love the sons of Israel, yet they look to strange gods, and love the seeds of grapes.”

١ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي الرَّبُّ: «اذْهَبْ ثَانِيَةً وَأَحْبِبِ امْرَأَةً عَشِيقَةَ آخَرَ، زَانِيَةً، أَحْبِبْهَا كَمَحَبَّةِ الرَّبِّ لِشَعْبِهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ ضَلالِهِمْ وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، وَوَلَعِهِمْ بِتَقْدِيمِ قَرَابِينِ الزَّبِيبِ لَهُمْ.

2 And I contracted her to me for fifteen silver coins, and for a basket of barley, and half a basket of barley.

٢ فَاشْتَرَيْتُهَا بِخَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ شَاقِلاً مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ (نَحْوَ مِئَةٍ وَثَمَانِينَ جِرَاماً)، وَبِحُومَرَ وَنِصْفِ حُومَرَ مِنَ الشَّعِيرِ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثِ مِئَةٍ وَسِتِّينَ لِتْراً)،

3 And I said to her, “You will wait for me for many days. You will not commit fornication, and you will not be with a man. But I also will wait for you.”

٣ وَقُلْتُ لَهَا: تَمْكُثِينَ مِلْكاً خَالِصاً لِي أَيَّاماً كَثِيرَةً لَا تَزْنِينَ وَلا تَكُونِينَ لِرَجُلٍ آخَرَ وَأَكُونُ أَنَا كَذَلِكَ لَكِ.

4 For the sons of Israel will sit for many days without a king, and without a leader, and without sacrifice, and without altar, and without priestly vestments, and without religious symbols.

٤ لأَنَّ أَبْنَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ يَمْكُثُونَ أَمَداً طَوِيلاً مِنْ غَيْرِ مَلِكٍ أَوْ أَمِيرٍ، وَمِنْ غَيْرِ ذَبِيحَةٍ وَلا تَمَاثِيلَ وَلا أَفُودٍ وَلا تَرَافِيمَ.

5 And after this, the sons of Israel will return, and they will seek the Lord their God and David their king, and they will be terrified by the Lord and by his goodness, in the last days.

٥ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ أَبْنَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَطْلُبُونَ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُمْ، وَدَاوُدَ مَلِكَهُمْ، وَيَلْتَمِسُونَ بِرَهْبَةٍ الرَّبَّ وَجُودَهُ فِي آخِرِ الأَيَّامِ».