Oséias 1

1 Ko te kupu a Ihowā i puta ki a Hōhea tama a Peeri i ngā rā o ngā kīngi o Hūrā, arā o Utia, o Iotama, o Ahata, o Hetekia, i ngā rā hoki o Ieropoama, tama a Ioaha kīngi o Īharaira.

Te Wahine me ngā Tamariki a Hōhea

2 I te kōrerotanga ai a Ihowā i te tuatahi, he mea kōrero nā Hōhea, i mea a Ihowā ki a Hōhea, "Haere, tangohia tētahi wahine māu, he mea kairau, ētahi tamariki anō, he mea nā te kairau. He nui hoki te kairautanga i kairau ai te whenua i te mea ka whakarērea nei a Ihowā." 3 Nā, haere ana ia, tīkina ana e ia a Kōmere tamāhine a Ripiraima; nā, kua hapū tērā, kua whānau tā rāua tama.

4 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a ia, "Huaina tōna ingoa, ko Ietereere; nō te mea tēnei ake, he wā poto nei, ka rapu utu ahau mō te toto o Ietereere i te whare o Iehu, ka whakamutua anō e ahau te kīngitanga o te whare o Īharaira. 5 I taua rā, ka whati i ahau te kōpere a Īharaira ki te raorao o Ietereere."

6 Nā, kua hapū anō ia, whānau ake he tamāhine. Ā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a ia, "Huaina tōna ingoa, ko Roruhama; nō te mea e kore e atawhaitia e ahau te whare o Īharaira ā muri ake nei, e murua rānei e ahau tētahi wāhi a rātou. 7 Engari te whare o Hūrā ka atawhaitia e ahau, ka meinga anō e ahau a Ihowā, tō rātou Atua, hei whakaora i a rātou; e kore e meinga e ahau te kōpere, te hoari, te whawhai, ngā hōiho, ngā kaieke hōiho rānei hei whakaora i a rātou."

8 Ā, ka whakamutua e ia tā Roruhama kai ū, ka hapū ia, ā, whānau ake he tama. 9 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā, "Huaina tōna ingoa ko Roami; ehara hoki koutou i te iwi nāku, ehara anō hoki ahau i te Atua nō koutou."

Kia Whakahokia a Īharaira

10 "Ka rite anō ia te tokomaha o ngā tama a Īharaira ki te onepū o te moana e kore nei e mēhuatia, e kore e tāua. Nā, i te wāhi i kōrerotia ai ki a rātou, ‘Ehara koutou i te iwi nāku,’ ko reira anō te kupu ki a rātou, ‘He tama koutou nā te Atua ora.’ 11 Ko reira anō ngā tama a Hūrā rātou ko ngā tama a Īharaira huihui ngātahi ai, whiriwhiri ai i te upoko kotahi mō rātou, ka haere mai anō rātou i te whenua; nō te mea he nui te rā o Ietereere."

1 The word of Jehovah that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

2 When Jehovah spake at the first by Hosea, Jehovah said unto Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredom and children of whoredom; for the land doth commit great whoredom, departing from Jehovah. 3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bare him a son. 4 And Jehovah said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease. 5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel. 6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And Jehovah said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah; for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel, that I should in any wise pardon them. 7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by Jehovah their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. 8 Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. 9 And Jehovah said, Call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. 11 And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall go up from the land; for great shall be the day of Jezreel.