1 Yahweh’s word that came to 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 Yahweh spoke at first by Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, "Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits great adultery, forsaking Yahweh."

3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son.

4 Yahweh said to him, "Call his name Jezreel, for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease. 5 It will happen in that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel."

6 She conceived again, and bore a daughter.

Then he said to him, "Call her name Lo-Ruhamah, for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them. 7 But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by Yahweh their God, and will not save them by bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen."

8 Now when she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived, and bore a son.

9 He said, "Call his name Lo-Ammi, for you are not my people, and I will not be yours. 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’ 11 The children of Judah and the children of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint themselves one head, and will go up from the land; for great will be the day of Jezreel.

1 犹大王乌西雅、约坦、亚哈斯、希西家在位的时候， 也是约阿施的儿子以色列王耶罗波安执政的时候， 耶和华的话临到备利的儿子何西阿。

2 耶和华初次借着何西阿说话。耶和华对何西阿说： "你去娶一个像娼妓一样的女人， 生养像娼妓一样的儿女， 因为这地盛行淫乱， 离开了耶和华。"

3 于是他就去娶了滴拉音的女儿歌玛。后来， 她怀了孕， 给他生了一个儿子。

4 耶和华就对何西阿说： "给他起名叫耶斯列； 因为不久我就要惩罚耶户家在耶斯列流人血的罪， 我要灭绝以色列家的国。

5 "到那日， 我要在耶斯列平原折断以色列的弓。"

6 后来， 歌玛又怀孕， 生了一个女儿。耶和华对何西阿说： "给她起名叫罗．路哈玛（"罗．路哈玛"意即"不蒙怜恤"）； 因为我必不再怜恤以色列家， 我决不赦免他们。

7 "但我要怜恤犹大家， 使他们靠耶和华他们的 神得救。我要拯救他们， 并不是靠弓、靠刀、靠兵器， 也不是靠战马、靠骑兵。"

8 罗．路哈玛断奶之后， 歌玛又怀孕生了一个儿子。

9 耶和华说： "给他起名叫罗．阿米（"罗．阿米"意即"非我民"）； 因为你们不是我的子民， 我也不是你们的 神。

10 "然而， 以色列人的数目， 必多如海边的沙， 量不尽， 数不完。从前在什么地方对他们说： ‘你们不是我的子民’， 将来要在那里对他们说： ‘你们是永活的 神的儿子。’

11 犹大人和以色列人要聚集在一起， 为自己立一位首领， 并离开那地上去， 因为耶斯列的日子必为大日。"（本章第10-11节在《马索拉抄本》为2:1-2）