Hosea 7
1 When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they practise falsehood; and the thief entereth in, [and] the troop of robbers assaileth without.
ɛberɛ biara a mɛsa Israel yadeɛ no, Efraim nnebɔne da adi. Samaria awurukasɛm nso daa adi. Wɔyɛ nnaadaafoɔ akorɔmfoɔ a wɔbubu adan ani kɔ afie mu, ne akwanmukafoɔ a wɔbɔ korɔno wɔ mmɔntene so.
2 And they say not in their hearts [that] I remember all their wickedness: now do their own doings encompass them; they are before my face.
Na wɔnhunu sɛ mekae wɔn nnebɔne nyinaa. Wɔn bɔne bunkam fa wɔn so; ɛgu mʼanim ɛberɛ biara.
3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
“Wɔde atirimuɔdensɛm gyegye ɔhene no ani, na wɔde atorɔ nso gyegye ahenemma no ani.
4 They all practise adultery, as an oven heated by the baker: he ceaseth from stirring [the fire] after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
Wɔn nyinaa yɛ awaresɛefoɔ a akɔnnɔ redɛre wɔ wɔn mu. Wɔte sɛ fononoo a wɔasɔ mu ogya ɛberɛ a burodotofoɔ ahyɛ aseɛ refotɔ nʼasikyiresiam.
5 In the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine: he stretched out his hand to scorners.
Ɛda a ɔhene rehyɛ fa no ahenemma boro nsã, na ɔhene no fɛdifoɔ ne wɔn bɔ mu goro.
6 For they have applied their heart like an oven to their lying in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth like a flaming fire.
Wɔn akoma te sɛ fononoo; wɔde atirimpɔ bɔne kɔ ɔhene anim. Wɔn nsusuiɛ bɔne no dɛɛdɛɛ anadwo mu nyinaa; adekyeeɛ mu no, ɛdɛre te sɛ ogyaframa.
7 They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
Wɔn nyinaa ayɛ hye sɛ fononoo. Wɔkunkumm wɔn sodifoɔ. Wɔn ahemfo nyinaa hwehwe ase na wɔn mu biara nnsu mfrɛ me.
8 Ephraim, he mixeth himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
“Efraim ne aman no adi afra Efraim yɛ ɔfam a anyinya a wɔnkusaeɛ.
9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth [it] not; yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth [it] not.
Ananafoɔ twe nʼahoɔden, nanso ɔnhunu. Ɛdwono aba ne tiri so, nanso nʼani mmaa so.
10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face; and they do not return to Jehovah their God, nor seek him for all this.
Israel ahantan di adanseɛ tia no, nanso yei nyinaa akyi no ɔnnsane nkɔ Awurade ne Onyankopɔn nkyɛn, na ɔnhwehwɛ no nso.
11 And Ephraim is become like a silly dove without understanding: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
“Efraim te sɛ aborɔnoma a wɔtumi daadaa no na ɔnni adwene. Ɔfrɛ Misraim, na wadane akɔ Asiria.
12 When they go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowl of the heavens; I will chastise them, according as their assembly hath heard.
Sɛ wɔkɔ a, mɛto mʼasau agu wɔn so; atwe wɔn aba fam te sɛ ewiem nnomaa. Sɛ mete sɛ wɔretu abom a, mɛkyere wɔn.
13 Woe unto them! for they have wandered from me; destruction unto them! for they have transgressed against me. And I would redeem them; but they speak lies against me.
Nnome nka wɔn, ɛfiri sɛ wɔatwe wɔn ho afiri me ho! Ɔsɛeɛ mmra wɔn so, ɛfiri sɛ wɔate me so atua! Anka mepɛ sɛ megye wɔn nanso wotwa atorɔ fa me ho.
14 And they cried not unto me in their heart, when they howled upon their beds; they assemble themselves for corn and new wine; they have turned aside from me.
Wɔmmfiri wɔn akoma mu nnsu mfrɛ me mmom wɔtwa adwo wɔ wɔn mpa so. Wɔboaboa wɔn ho ano kɔpɛ aduane ne nsã foforɔ, nanso wɔtwe wɔn ho firi me ho.
15 I have indeed trained, I have strengthened their arms, but they imagine mischief against me.
Metetee wɔn, hyɛɛ wɔn den, nanso wɔbɔ pɔ bɔne tia me.
16 They return, [but] not to the [Most] High: they are like a deceitful bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
Wɔnnhwehwɛ Ɔsorosoroni no; wɔte sɛ tadua a asɛeɛ, wɔn ntuanofoɔ bɛtotɔ wɔ akofena ano ɛfiri sɛ, wɔnnkasa obuo so. Yei enti wɔbɛdi wɔn ho fɛ wɔ Misraim asase so.
