1Verbum Domini, quod factum est ad Osee,The word of the Lord that came to Hosea,filium Beeri,the son of Beeri,in diebus Oziæ, Joathan,in the days of Uzziah, Jotham,Achaz, Ezechiæ,Ahaz, and Hezekiah,regum Juda;kings of Judah,et in diebus Jeroboam,and in the days of Jeroboam,filii Joas,the son of Joash,regis Israël.king of Israel.

2Principium loquendi Domino in Osee.The beginning of the Lord’s conversation with Hosea.Et dixit Dominus ad Osee: Vade,And the Lord said to Hosea: “Go,sume tibi uxorem fornicationum,take to yourself a wife of fornications,et fac tibi filios fornicationum,and make for yourself sons of fornications, because,quia fornicans fornicabitur terra a Domino.by fornicating, the land will fornicate away from the Lord.”

3Et abiit, et accepit Gomer, filiam Debelaim:And he went out and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim;et concepit, et peperit ei filium.and she conceived and bore him a son.

4Et dixit Dominus ad eum:And the Lord said to him:Voca nomen ejus Jezrahel,“Call his name Jezreel because,quoniam adhuc modicum,after a little while,et visitabo sanguinem Jezrahel super domum Jehu,I will visit the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu,et quiescere faciam regnum domus Israël.and I will put the kingdom of the house of Israel to rest.

5Et in illa die conteram arcum Israël in valle Jezrahel.And in that day, I will crush the stronghold of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”

6Et concepit adhuc,And after a while,et peperit filiam.she conceived and bore a daughter.Et dixit ei:And he said to him:Voca nomen ejus,“Call her name,Absque misericordia,Without Mercy,quia non addam ultra misereri domui Israël,for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel,sed oblivione obliviscar eorum.but I will utterly forget them.

7Et domui Juda miserebor, et salvabo eos in Domino Deo suo;Yet I will have mercy on the house of Judah,et non salvabo eos in arcu et gladio,and I will save them by the Lord their God.et in bello, et in equis, et in equitibus.And I will not save them by bow and sword and battle and horses and horsemen.”

8Et ablactavit eam quæ erat Absque misericordia.And she weaned her,Et concepit,who was called Without Mercy.et peperit filium.And she conceived and bore a son.

9Et dixit:And he said:Voca nomen ejus,“Call his name,Non populus meus,Not My People,quia vos non populus meus,for you are not my people,et ego non ero vester.and I will not be yours.

10Et erit numerus filiorum Israël quasi arena maris,And the number of the sons of Israel will be like the sand of the sea,quæ sine mensura est,which is without measure and cannot be numbered.et non numerabitur.And in the place where it will be said to them,Et erit in loco ubi dicetur eis:‘You are not my people,’Non populus meus vos:this will happen:dicetur eis:it will be said to them,Filii Dei viventis.‘You are the sons of the living God.’

11Et congregabuntur filii Juda et filii Israël pariter;And the sons of Judah, and the sons of Israel, will be gathered together.et ponent sibimet caput unum,And they will place over themselves one head,et ascendent de terra,and they will rise up from the earth,quia magnus dies Jezrahel.for great is the day of Jezreel.”