1Yahweh said to me, “Go again, love a woman loved by another, and an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins.”
1¶ I mea ano a Ihowa ki ahau, Tena ano haere, arohaina tetahi wahine e arohaina ana e te tangata, he wahine puremu; kia rite ki te aroha o Ihowa ki nga tama a Iharaira, ahakoa e anga atu ana ki nga atua ke, a e matenui ana ki nga keke karepe maroke.
2So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer 1 homer is about 220 litres or 6 bushels and a half of barley.
2Na hokona ana ia e ahau maku ki nga pihi hiriwa kotahi tekau ma rima ki te homa perai, me te hawhe homa parei:
3I 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.”
3A ka ki atu ki a ia, Kia maha nga ra e noho ai koe he mea taumau maku; kaua e kairau, kaua ano e riro i te tangata: ka pena ano ahau ki a koe.
4For the children of Israel shall live many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without sacred stone, and without ephod or idols.
4He maha hoki nga ra e noho ai nga tama a Iharaira, kahore he kingi, kahore he rangatira, kahore he patunga tapu, kahore hoki he pou, kahore he epora, kahore he terapimi.
5Afterward the children of Israel shall return, and seek Yahweh their God, and David their king, and shall come with trembling to Yahweh and to his blessings in the last days.
5Muri iho ka hoki mai nga tama a Iharaira, ka rapu i a Ihowa, i to ratou Atua, i a Rawiri ano, i to ratou kingi; ka haere mai i runga i te wehi ki a Ihowa, ki tona pai ano i nga ra whakamutunga.