⁷ Naakatalika mulimo wakwe wabusinsimi, Hosea wakaambilwa kukwata “mwanakazi muvuule.” (1:2) Mubwini, kuli kaambo Jehova nkaakajisi mukumulailila kucita boobo. Kuli Jehova, Israyeli wakazikuba mbuli mwanakazi wakaleka kusyomeka, iwakali kucita bwaamu. Pele wakali kumutondezya luyando akusola kumubweedezya. Mukaintu wa Hosea, Gomeri, wakali kukonzya kuba cikozyanyo cibotu mumakani aaya. Kuzizilwe kuti musyule aakuzyalwa kwamwana mutaanzi, wakaleka kusyomeka alimwi kweelede kuti wakazyala bana bambi mubumambi. (2:5-7) Eeci cilalibonya izilembedwe nozyaamba kuti “wakamuzyalila [Hosea] mwana mulombe” pele musinsimi taambwi kujatikizya kuzyalwa kwabana bambi bobile. (1:3, 6, 8) Imakani aali kucaandaano 3, tupango 1-3, alibonya kwaamba kuti Hosea wakapilusya Gomeri alimwi, ikumuula mbuli muzike, alimwi eeci cileendelana abwakacita Jehova naakapilusya bantu bakwe nobakeempwa kubukkale bwabo bwabwaamu.

¹⁴ Ibbuku lya Hosea liyumya lusyomo mubusinsimi bwa Jehova bwakasololelwa amuuya. Zyoonse Hosea nzyaakasinsima kujatikizya Israyeli a Juda zyakacitika. Israyeli bakamuccija basimamambe bakwe ibakali akati kamasi aakali mufwaafwi anguwe aakali kukomba mituni, alimwi wakanyonyoonwa cakufwambaana munzila igambya abana Asuri mu 740 B.C.E. (Hos. 8:7-10; 2 Bam. 15:20; 17:3-6, 18) Pele, Hosea wakasinsimide kuti Jehova wakali kuyoofwida Juda lubomba akumufwutula, pele kutali kwiinda munguzu zyalumamba. Eeci cakazuzikizigwa ciindi mungelo wa Jehova naakajaya bana Asuri bali 185,000 ibakali kuyanda kulwana Jerusalemu. (Hos. 1:7; 2 Bam. 19:34, 35) Nokuba boobo, Juda wakalibikkilizidwe mulubeta luli kuli Hosea 8:14 lwakuti: “Pele njootuma mulilo kuminzi yabo, elyo maanda aabo aabwami ulaatenta,” ibusinsimi bwamapenzi mapati ibwakazuzikizigwa ciindi Nebukadinezara naakanyonyoona Juda a Jerusalemu mu 609-607 B.C.E. (Jer. 34:6, 7; 2 Mak. 36:19) Businsimi bunji bwa Hosea bwakupilusigwa bwakazuzikizigwa ciindi Jehova naakayobolola antoomwe Juda a Israyeli, ‘alimwi bakazwa munyika’ yabuzike mu 537 B.C.E.—Hos. 1:10, 11; 2:14-23; 3:5; 11:8-11; 13:14; 14:1-9; Ezr 2:1; 3:1-3.