Atate Awombola Wokondedwa Wake
Atate wathu akuuza Hoseya kuti apite akakondenso mkazi wachigololo, ndipo iye amuwombola ndi siliva ndi barele. Iye akhale naye popanda amuna ena kwa nthawi yaitali yopanda kanthu, mofanana ndi zaka zikubwera za Israeli zopanda mfumu, nsembe kapena fano asanabwerere.
3 1Atate wathu anandiwuzanso kuti: “Pita, ukakonde mkazi wokondedwa ndi wina, mkazi wachigololo—monga momwe Atate wako amakondera ana a Israeli, ngakhale iwo amatembenukira kwa milungu ina nkukonda makeke a mphesa zouma.” a a v1 Makeke a mphesa zouma anali zopereka zokoma zogwiritsidwa ntchito pakupembedza kwachikunja kwa chonde; chikondi cha Israeli pa makekewa chikuimira kusakhulupirika kwauzimu.
2Choncho ndinamuwombola kuti akhale wanga: ndalama zasiliva khumi ndi zisanu ndi barele wokwana pafupifupi matumba asanu ndi anayi. b b v2 Siliva ndi mbewu pamodzi zinafika pafupifupi pa mtengo wa kapolo; Hoseya analipira kuti abwezeretse mkazi wake wosakhulupirika—chithunzithunzi cha Atate wathu akuwombola ana amene anamusiya Iye. 3Ndipo ndinati kwa iye: “Ukhale ndi ine masiku ambiri: usachite chiwerewere, usakhale wa mwamuna wina—ndipo inenso ndidzachita chimodzimodzi kwa iwe.”
4Ana a Israeli adzakhala masiku ambiri popanda mfumu kapena kalonga, popanda nsembe kapena mwala wopatulika, popanda efodi kapena mafano a m'nyumba. c c v4 Efodi inali chovala cha wansembe chogwiritsidwa ntchito pofunafuna chitsogozo cha Mulungu; kusowa kwake kukusonyeza kutaya kotheratu mwayi wofika kwa Iye. 5Pambuyo pake anthu a Israeli adzabwerera, nadzafunafuna Atate wawo ndi Davide mfumu yawo, nadzadza akunjenjemera kwa Atate wathu ndi ukoma wake m'masiku otsiriza. d d v5 Davide wolonjezedwa amene adzalamulira ndiye Yesu, Mwana amene anautsidwa kuchokera mu mzere wa Davide—mfumu imene ana ake obwerera amabwerera kunyumba kwake.
