Hosea 7
1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief comes in, and the troop of robbers spoils 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 consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; 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 are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceases from raising after he has 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 have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
Ɛda a ɔhene rehyɛ fa no ahenemma boro nsã, na ɔhene no fɛdifoɔ ne wɔn bɔ mu goro.
6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleeps all the night; in the morning it burns as 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 have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calls to 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 has mixed himself among the people; 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 knows it not: yes, gray hairs are here and there on him, yet he knows not.
Ananafoɔ twe nʼahoɔden, nanso ɔnhunu. Ɛdwono aba ne tiri so, nanso nʼani mmaa so.
10 And the pride of Israel testifies to his face: and they do not return to the LORD 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 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: 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 shall go, I will spread my net on them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation has 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 to them! for they have fled from me: destruction to them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken 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 have not cried to me with their heart, when they howled on their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against 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 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do 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.
