Oze 3

1 Seyè a pale ak mwen ankò, li di m' konsa: -Ale non, Oze! Al renmen yon fanm k'ap fè adiltè sou mari l' ak yon lòt gason. Se pou ou renmen l' menm jan mwen menm, Seyè a, mwen renmen pèp Izrayèl la, atout l'ap vire do ban mwen al jwenn lòt bondye, atout li renmen ofri gato rezen ba yo.

The LORD said to me, "Go again, love a woman who loves another, and is an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins."

2 Se konsa, m' al achte yon fanm k'ap fè adiltè, mwen peye kenz pyès ajan ak sèt barik lòj pou li.

So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.

3 Mwen di l'. -Ou pral rete avè m' atò, machè! Ou pral sispann lage kò ou nan dezòd. Ou pa pral kouche ak ankenn gason. Mwen menm tou, mwen p'ap nan kouche avè ou.

I said to her, "You shall stay with me many days. You shall not play the prostitute, and you shall not be with any other man. I will also be so toward you."

4 Konsa tou, moun Izrayèl yo pral rete pase kèk tan san wa, san chèf, san fè ofrann bèt, san wòch lotèl, san plastwon pou prèt yo.

For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without sacred stone, and without ephod or idols.

5 Apre sa, moun Izrayèl yo va tounen sou sa yo te fè a. Seyè a, Bondye yo a, va fè yo chache l', y'a tounen vin jwenn David, wa yo a. Y'a gen krentif pou Seyè a. Apre sa, y'a toujou resevwa favè l'.

Afterward the children of Israel shall return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king, and shall come with trembling to the LORD and to his blessings in the last days.