Hosea 1:1-11
1 Diswan nao message wea kam from Jehovah for Hosea,* son blo Beeri, lo taem blo Uzziah,+ Jotham,+ Ahaz,+ and Hezekiah,+ olketa king blo Judah,+ and lo taem blo Jeroboam,+ son blo Joash,+ wea hem king blo Israel.
2 Taem Jehovah givim message hia thru lo Hosea, Jehovah sei lo Hosea: “Go maritim wanfala gele wea bae kamap prostitute* and garem olketa pikinini from wei blo hem for prostitute,* bikos pipol lo disfala land olketa olsem prostitute* taem olketa no faithful lo Jehovah.”+
3 So Hosea go and maritim Gomer, dota blo Diblaim. Woman hia babule and bornem wanfala son for hem.
4 Then Jehovah sei lo hem: “Nemim hem lo Jezreel,* bikos klosap nao mi bae judgem olketa lo laen blo Jehu+ for olketa killing lo Jezreel, and mi bae finisim rul blo olketa king blo pipol blo Israel.+
5 Lo datfala day mi bae brekem bow blo Israel lo Valley* lo Jezreel.”
6 Gomer hem babule moa and bornem wanfala gele. And God sei lo Hosea: “Nemim hem lo Lo-ruhamah,* bikos mi bae no showim mercy+ moa lo pipol blo Israel, and mi bae raosem olketa.+
7 Bat mi bae showim mercy lo pipol blo Judah,+ and mi bae sevem olketa, mi, Jehovah, God blo olketa.+ Mi bae no iusim bow or sword or war or olketa horse or olketa man wea raedem horse for sevem olketa.”+
8 Bihaen Lo-ruhamah lusim susu, Gomer babule and bornem wanfala boy.
9 Then God sei: “Nemim hem lo Lo-ammi,* bikos iufala bae no pipol blo mi and mi bae no God blo iufala.
10 “And namba blo pipol lo* Israel bae olsem sandbis lo saedsea wea staka tumas and hard for kaontem olketa.+ And lo ples wea mi sei lo olketa, ‘Iufala no pipol blo mi,’+ bae mi sei lo olketa, ‘Olketa son blo God wea laef.’+
11 And pipol lo Judah and pipol lo Israel bae wan mind and hipap tugeta+ and bae olketa chusim wanfala leader and go aot from datfala land bikos day blo Jezreel+ bae hem gud tumas.
Olketa footnote
^ Diswan hem short form for Hoshaiah, wea minim “Jah Hem Sevem.”
^ Or, “olobaot; jury.”
^ Or, “olobaot; jury.”
^ Or, “olobaot; jury.”
^ Mining blo hem “God Bae Plantim Seed.”
^ Or, “Flat Ples.”
^ Mining blo hem “No Showim Mercy.”
^ Mining blo hem “No Pipol blo Mi.”
^ Lit., “olketa son blo.”
