Osee 5
1 Hear these things, ye priests; and attend, O house of Israel; and hearken, O house of the king; for the controversy is with you, because ye have been a snare in Scopia, and as a net spread on Itabyrium,
“Montie mo asɔfoɔ! Monhyɛ yei nso, mo Israelfoɔ! Monyɛ aso, Ao adehyefie! Saa atemmuo yi tia mo: Moayɛ afidie wɔ Mispa, ne asau a wɔagu no Tabor so.
2 which they that hunt the prey have fixed: but I will correct you.
Atuatefoɔ adɔ mogyahwiegu mu asukɔ. Mɛtwe wɔn nyinaa aso.
3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not far from me: for now Ephraim has gone grievously a-whoring, Israel is defiled.
Menim Efraim ho nsɛm nyinaa; wɔmfaa Israel nhintaa me. Efraim, seesei deɛ wobɔ adwaman; na Israel aprɔ.
4 They have not framed their counsels to return to their God, for the spirit of fornication is in them, and they have not known the Lord.
“Wɔn nneyɛeɛ mma wɔn ɛkwan mma wɔnkɔ Onyankopɔn nkyɛn. Adwamammɔ honhom wɔ wɔn akoma mu; wɔnnye Awurade nto mu.
5 And the pride of Israel shall be brought low before his face; and Israel and Ephraim shall fall in their iniquities; and Judas also shall fall with them.
Israel ahantan di tia no. Israelfoɔ, mpo Efraim suntisunti wɔ wɔn amumuyɛ mu; Yuda nso ne wɔn sunti saa ara.
6 They shall go with sheep and calves diligently to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him, for he has withdrawn himself from them.
Sɛ wɔne wɔn nnwan ne wɔn anantwie kɔhwehwɛ Awurade a Wɔrenhunu no, ɛfiri sɛ, watwe ne ho afiri wɔn ho.
7 For they have forsaken the Lord; for strange children have been born to them: now shall the cankerworm devour them and their heritages.
Wɔanni Awurade nokorɛ. Wɔwowoo adwamam mma. Afei wɔn Bosome Foforɔ Afahyɛ bɛsɛe wɔn ne wɔn nsase.
8 Blow ye the trumpet on the hills, sound aloud on the heights: proclaim in the house of On, Benjamin is amazed.
“Hyɛn totorobɛnto no wɔ Gibea. Hyɛn abɛn no wɔ Rama. Momma ɔko nteam so wɔ Bet Awen; Ao, Benyamin akofoɔ, monsɔre nni anim.
9 Ephraim has come to nought in the days of reproof: in the tribes of Israel I have shown faithful [dealings].
Wɔbɛsɛe Efraim wɔ akontabuo da. Israel mmusuakuo no mu no mepae mu ka deɛ ɛwom.
10 The princes of Juda became as they that removed the bounds: I will pour out upon them my fury as water.
Yuda sodifoɔ no te sɛ wɔn a wɔyiyi ahyeɛso aboɔ. Mɛhwie mʼabufuo agu wɔn so te sɛ nsuyire.
11 Ephraim altogether prevailed against his adversary, he trod judgment under foot, for he began to go after vanities.
Wɔhyɛ Efraim so, wɔtiatia ne so wɔ atemmuo mu, wasi nʼadwene pi sɛ ɔbɛdi ahoni akyi.
12 Therefore I [will be] as consternation to Ephraim, and as a goad to the house of Juda.
Mɛyɛ sɛ nweweboa ama Efraim na mayɛ Yudafoɔ sɛ dua a aporɔ.
13 And Ephraim saw his disease, and Judas his pain; then Ephraim went to the Assyrians, and sent ambassadors to king Jarim: but he could not heal you, and your pain shall in nowise cease from you.
“Ɛberɛ a Efraim hunuu ne yadeɛ, na Yuda nso hunuu nʼakuro no, Efraim de nʼani kyerɛɛ Asiria. Ɔsoma kɔɔ ɔhene kɛseɛ no hɔ kɔpɛɛ mmoa. Nanso wantumi ansa no yadeɛ, na akuro no nso anwuwu.
14 Wherefore I am as a panther to Ephraim, and as a lion to the house of Juda: and I will tear, and go away; and I will take, and there shall be none to deliver.
Enti mɛyɛ sɛ gyata ama Efraim na mayɛ sɛ gyata hoɔdenfoɔ ama Yuda. Mɛtete wɔn mu nkete nkete, na makɔ; Mɛsoa wɔn akɔ, na obiara rentumi nnye wɔn.
15 I will go and return to my place, until they are brought to nought, and [then] shall they seek my face.
Afei, mɛsane akɔ me nkyi kɔsi sɛ wobɛnya ahonu. Na wɔbɛhwehwɛ mʼakyiri ɛkwan; wɔn awerɛhoɔ mu, wɔbɛhwehwɛ me anibereɛ so.”
