Maikah 5
1 Tanu te hlap laeh. Caem loh mamih taengah vongup a khueh coeng. Israel laitloek kah a kam te caitueng neh a vuek uh pawn ni.
Mommoaboa mo akodɔm ano, Ao akofoɔ kuropɔn, ɛfiri sɛ, atamfoɔ atwa yɛn ho ahyia. Wɔde abaa bɛbɔ Israel sodifoɔ no wɔ nʼafono so.
2 Bethlehem Epharath nang tah Judah a thawng a sang lakli ah a noe la na om. Nang lamkah te kai yueng la thoeng vetih Israel aka taem la om ni. Te dongah hlamat lamkah khosuen tue lamloh a naat nah coeng.
“Nanso wo, Betlehem Efrata, ɛwom sɛ woyɛ ketewa wɔ Yuda mmusua mu deɛ, nanso, wo mu na obi bɛfiri ama me a ɔbɛyɛ Israel sodifoɔ, na nʼase firi teteete.”
3 Te dongah amih te ca-om cacun tue hil a tloeng ni. Te vaengah a manuca hlangrhuel tah Israel ca taengla mael uh ni.
Enti wɔbɛgya Israelfoɔ mu, kɔsi sɛ ɔbaa a awoɔ aka no no bɛwo na ne nuanom mmarima nkaeɛ bɛsane akɔka Israelfoɔ ho.
4 Anih te BOEIPA kah sarhi dongah, a Pathen BOEIPA ming kah mingthennah dongah pai vetih a luem puei ni. Anih te diklai bawt duela rhoeng sak hamla kho a sak ni.
Ɔbɛsɔre ahwɛ ne nnwankuo wɔ Awurade ahoɔden mu, wɔ Awurade ne Onyankopɔn din kɛseyɛ mu. Na wɔbɛtena asomdwoeɛ mu, na afei ne kɛseyɛ bɛduru asase awieeɛ.
5 Mamih khohmuen la ha kun vaengah Assyria neh rhoepnah om ni. Mamih kah impuei long a cawt vaengah anih taengah hlang aka dawn parhih neh boeimang hlang parhet neh n'thoo ni.
Na ɔbɛyɛ wɔn asomdwoeɛ. Sɛ Asiriafoɔ bɛto hyɛ yɛn so, na wɔbɔ nsra fa yɛn aban mu a, yɛde nnwanhwɛfoɔ nson, mpo ntuanofoɔ nwɔtwe bɛhyia wɔn.
6 Assyria khohmuen khaw, Nimrod khohmuen neh a thohka khaw cunghang neh luem uh ni. Tedae mamih khohmuen la ha kun tih mah khorhi te a cawt vaengah Assyria lamloh n'huul ni.
Wɔde akofena bɛdi Asiria asase so, wɔbɛtwe akofena de adi Nimrod asase so. Sɛ Asiriafoɔ to hyɛ yɛn so, bɔ nsra fa yɛn ahyeɛ so a, ɔbɛgye yɛn afiri ne nsam.
7 Jakob kah a meet tah pilnam lakli ah BOEIPA taeng lamkah buemtui bangla, baelhing dongkah mueitui bangla muep om ni. Te te hlang ham lamtawn pawt tih hlang ca ham khaw a ngaiuep dae moenih.
Yakob asefoɔ nkaeɛ no bɛfrafra nnipa bebree mu te sɛ obosuo a ɛfiri Awurade, te sɛ osuo a ɛpete gu ɛserɛ so a ɛnntwɛn ɔdasani, na ɔdasani biara rentumi nsi ho ɛkwan.
8 Jakob rhaengnaeng te pilnam miping khui kah namtom taengah om ni. Duup rhamsa lakli kah sathueng bangla, tuping boiva lakli kah sathuengca bangla te te a pah tih, a taelh tih a baeh phoeiah tah aka huul a om moenih.
Wɔbɛkane Yakob asefoɔ nkaeɛ no afra aman no mu, wɔbɛfrafra nnipa bebree mu te sɛ gyata a ɔfra mmoa mu wɔ kwaeɛ mu, te sɛ gyata ba a ɔfra nnwankuo mu a ɔbobɔ wɔn tete wɔn mu na obiara ntumi nnye wɔn.
9 Na kut te na rhal soah phuel uh vetih na thunkha rhoek te boeih a saii uh ni.
Wɔbɛma wo nsa so sɛ woadi wʼatamfoɔ so nkonim, na wɔbɛsɛe wʼatamfoɔ nyinaa.
10 BOEIPA kah olphong khohnin te a pai vaengah tah na khui lamkah na marhang te ka hnawt vetih na leng te ka poo sak ni.
“Saa ɛda no,” sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie, “Mɛsɛe apɔnkɔ a wowɔ na mabubu wo nteaseɛnam.
11 Na khohmuen kah khopuei rhoek ka hnawt vetih na hmuencak boeih te ka koengloeng ni.
Mɛsɛe nkuropɔn a ɛwɔ wʼasase so na madwiri wo banbɔ denden nyinaa agu.
12 Sungrhai te na kut lamloh ka hnawt vetih kutyaek aka so khaw na taengah om mahpawh.
Mɛsɛe wʼabayisɛm na wo ntafowayie to bɛtwa.
13 Na mueidaep neh na kaam te na khui lamloh ka hnawt vetih na kut saii taengah na bakop voel mahpawh.
Mɛsɛe nsɛsodeɛ a wode wo nsa ayɛ ne aboɔ ahoni a wowɔ no, na worenkoto nsɔre wo nsa ano adwuma bio.
14 Na khui lamloh nang kah Asherah te ka phong vetih na khopuei khaw ka milh sak ni.
Mɛtutu Asera afɔrebukyia no afiri wo mu na masɛe wo nkuropɔn.
15 A yaak uh pawt bangla namtom taengah phulohnah te thintoek neh kosi neh ka saii ni.
Aman a wɔantie mʼasɛm no nyinaa, mede abufuo ne abufuhyeɛ bɛtɔ wɔn so wedeɛ.”
