Micah 6
1 Now hear that which YHWH is saying: “Rise—strive with the mountains, And cause the hills to hear your voice.
Montie asɛm a Awurade reka: “Monsɔre na mommɔ mo nkuro wɔ mmepɔ no anim; momma nkokoɔ nte deɛ mowɔ ka.
2 Hear, O mountains, the strife of YHWH, You strong ones—foundations of earth! For a strife [is] to YHWH, with His people, And with Israel He reasons.
“Na afei Ao, mmepɔ, montie Awurade soboɔ; tie, asase nnyinasoɔ a ɛwɔ hɔ daa. Na Awurade wɔ asɛm a ɛtia ne nkurɔfoɔ; ɔrebɔ Israel soboɔ.
3 O My people, what have I done to you? And how have I wearied you? Testify against Me.
“Me nkurɔfoɔ, ɛdeɛn na mayɛ mo? Mede adesoa bi asoa mo? Mommua me!
4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, And I have ransomed you from the house of servants, And I send Moses, Aaron, and Miriam before you.
Meyii mo firii Misraim megyee mo firii nkoasom asase so. Mesomaa Mose bɛdii mo anim Aaron ne Miriam nso.
5 O My people, please remember What Balak king of Moab counseled, What Balaam son of Beor answered him (From Shittim to Gilgal), In order to know the righteous acts of YHWH.”
Me nkurɔfoɔ, monkae afotuo a Moabhene Balak, maeɛ ɛne mmuaeɛ a Beor babarima Balaam maeɛ. Monkae mo akwantuo a motu firii Sitim kɔɔ Gilgal, na monhunu Awurade akwantenenee.”
6 With what do I come before YHWH? Do I bow to God Most High? Do I come before Him with burnt-offerings? With calves—sons of a year?
Ɛdeɛn na memfa mmra Awurade anim mmɛkoto ɔsorosoro Onyankopɔn no? Memfa anantwie mma a wadi afe mmɛbɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ wɔ nʼanim anaa?
7 Is YHWH pleased with thousands of rams? With myriads of streams of oil? Do I give my firstborn [for] my transgression? The fruit of my body [for] the sin of my soul?
Awurade ani bɛsɔ nnwennini mpempem ne ngo ɔpedu a ɛretene sɛ nsubɔntene anaa? Memfa mʼabakan mmɔ me bɔne ho afɔdeɛ, anaa me yafunu mu mma, me kra bɔne nti?
8 He has declared to you, O man, what [is] good; Indeed, what is YHWH requiring of you, Except—to do judgment, and love kindness, And to walk lowly with your God?
Ɔde deɛ ɛyɛ akyerɛ wo, Ao onipa. Na ɛdeɛn na Awurade hwehwɛ afiri wo hɔ? Yɛ adetenenee, hunu afoforɔ mmɔbɔ, na wo ne wo Onyankopɔn nnante ahobrɛaseɛ mu.
9 A voice of YHWH calls to the city, And wisdom fears Your Name, “Hear the rod, and Him who appointed it.
Montie! Awurade refrɛ kuropɔn no, Wo din suro yɛ nyansahu, “Monsuro Abaa no ne deɛ ɔmaa no tumi no.
10 Are there yet [in] the house of the wicked Treasures of wickedness, And the abhorred meager ephah?
Mo amumuyɛfoɔ, menkɔ so mma me werɛ mfiri mo ahonya a monam nsisie so apɛ, ne nkontompo susukora a ɛde nnome ba no anaa?
11 Do I reckon [it] pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?
Mennyae onipa a ɔkura nsania a wɔamia mu, ne nsisie nkariboɔ na ɔmfa ne ho nni anaa?
12 Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.
Adefoɔ a wɔwɔ mo mu no di akakabensɛm; mo nkurɔfoɔ no yɛ atorofoɔ na wɔn tɛkrɛma ka nnaadaasɛm.
13 And I also, I have begun to strike you, To make desolate, because of your sins.
Ɛno enti, mafiri aseɛ resɛe mo, Mo bɔne ahodoɔ enti, mɛsɛe mo.
14 You eat, and you are not satisfied, And your pit [is] in your midst, And you remove, and do not deliver, And that which you deliver, I give to a sword.
Mobɛdidi, nanso moremmee; ɛkɔm bɛkɔ so ade mo. Mobɛboaboa ano nanso ɛrenkɔsi hwee, ɛfiri sɛ mede deɛ moakora no bɛma akofena.
15 You sow, and you do not reap, You tread the olive, And you do not pour out oil, And new wine—and you do not drink wine.
Mobɛdua nanso morentwa. Mobɛkyi ngo dua mu ngo, nanso morensra bi. Mobɛtiatia bobe so, nanso morennom nsã a mobɛnya afiri mu no bi.
16 And the statutes of Omri are kept habitually, And all the work of the house of Ahab, And you walk in their counsels, For My giving you for a desolation, And its inhabitants for a hissing, And you bear the reproach of My people!”
Moadi Omri mmara so. Moayɛ deɛ wɔyɛɛ wɔ Ahab efie. Moasua wɔn nneyɛeɛ no bi, ɛno enti mɛma ɔsɛeɛ aba mo so. Wɔbɛsere mo nkurɔfoɔ; na amanaman bɛbu mo animtia.”
