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ユダ(南王国)の四人の王、ウジヤ、ヨタム、アハズ、ヒゼキヤの治世、そしてイスラエル(北王国)の王の一人、ヨアシュの子ヤロブアムの治世に、ベエリの子ホセアに主からのお告げがありました。

ホセアの妻と子どもたち

最初に告げられたのはこうです。「遊女と結婚せよ。その女から生まれる子どものうちには、ほかの男が父親である子もいる。そのことは、わたしの民がわたしに対して不誠実であることを表している。彼らは他の神々を礼拝し、わたしを無視して、堂々と姦淫をしている。」 こうしてホセアは、ディブライムの娘ゴメルと結婚しました。彼女はみごもり、男の子を産みました。 4-5 すると、主は言いました。「その子をイズレエルと名づけよ。わたしはイズレエルの谷で、エフーが犯した殺人(Ⅱ列王10・11参照)に報復するため、エフー王家を罰しようとしている。そうだ、わたしはイズレエルの谷で、イスラエルの独立を失わせ、その国の力を打ち破ろう。」

まもなくゴメルは、もう一人の子を産みました。今度は女の子です。そして神はホセアに言いました。「その子をロ・ルハマ(『もうあわれみをかけない』の意)と名づけよ。わたしは二度とイスラエルにあわれみをかけず、イスラエルを赦そうとは思わないからだ。 だが、ユダ部族にはあわれみをかける。ユダ王国の軍隊や武器の力によらず、わたし自身の力で、ユダを敵の手から救い出して自由にする。」

ロ・ルハマが乳離れすると、ゴメルはまたもみごもり、今度は男の子を産みました。 そして神は言いました。「その子をロ・アミ(『わたしのものではない』の意)と名づけよ。イスラエルはわたしのものではなく、わたしも彼らの神ではないからだ。

10 それでも、イスラエルが栄え、大きな民となる時がくる。その日には、彼らは海辺の砂のように数えきれないほどの数となる。その時わたしは彼らに、『あなたたちはわたしの民ではない』と言わずに、『あなたたちはわたしの息子、生ける神の子どもだ』と言おう。 11 それから、ユダとイスラエルの民は統一され、一人の指導者が立てられる。人々は捕囚の地からいっしょに帰って来る。それが実現する日は、なんとすばらしいことか。その日、わたしはわたしの民を、彼らの土地である肥沃な土壌に、再び植えつける。」

The word of the Lord that came(A) to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah,(B) Jotham,(C) Ahaz(D) and Hezekiah,(E) kings of Judah,(F) and during the reign of Jeroboam(G) son of Jehoash[a] king of Israel:(H)

Hosea’s Wife and Children

When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, “Go, marry a promiscuous(I) woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness(J) to the Lord.” So he married Gomer(K) daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

Then the Lord said to Hosea, “Call him Jezreel,(L) because I will soon punish the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel. In that day I will break Israel’s bow in the Valley of Jezreel.(M)

Gomer(N) conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord said to Hosea, “Call her Lo-Ruhamah (which means “not loved”),(O) for I will no longer show love to Israel,(P) that I should at all forgive them. Yet I will show love to Judah; and I will save them—not by bow,(Q) sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but I, the Lord their God,(R) will save them.”

After she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah,(S) Gomer had another son. Then the Lord said, “Call him Lo-Ammi (which means “not my people”), for you are not my people, and I am not your God.[b](T)

10 “Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted.(U) In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘children of the living God.’(V) 11 The people of Judah and the people of Israel will come together;(W) they will appoint one leader(X) and will come up out of the land,(Y) for great will be the day of Jezreel.[c](Z)

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 1:1 Hebrew Joash, a variant of Jehoash
  2. Hosea 1:9 Or your I am
  3. Hosea 1:11 In Hebrew texts 1:10,11 is numbered 2:1,2.

The word of the Lord 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.

The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord.

So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.

And the Lord 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 to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel, in the valley of Jezreel.

And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.

But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.

Then said God, Call his name Loammi: 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, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.