< Micah 7 >

1 My woe [is] to me, For I have been as gatherings of summer-fruit, As gleanings of harvest, There is no cluster to eat, The first-ripe fruit has my soul desired.
Baba nam! Elabena mele ko abe ame aɖe si le kutsetse dim vevie le ati dzi le esi nuŋeɣi nu va yi vɔ la ene. Elabena nyemekpɔ kutsetse ɖiɖi aɖeke agbe, aɖu, atsɔ atsi nye dɔwuame nu o.
2 The kind have perished out of the land, And upright among men—there are none, All of them lie in wait for blood, They each hunt his brother [with] a net.
Alea kee ame nyuiwo hã vɔ le anyigba la dzi. Mate ŋu akpɔ ame ɖɔʋu ɖeka hɔ̃ɔ hã o. Ame sia ame le klalo be yeakɔ ʋu ɖi eye ame sia ame ɖo ɖɔ ɖi na nɔvia.
3 On the evil [are] both hands to do [it] well, The prince is asking—also the judge—for repayment, And the great—he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.
Woƒe asi eveawo bi ɖe nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔwɔ me. Dziɖula xɔa zãnu eye ʋɔnudrɔ̃la tsoa afia na ame si na zãnue. Kesinɔtɔwo ɖoa nu si dim wole; ale ame siawo blaa nu ɖekae hewɔna.
4 Their best one [is] as a brier, The upright one—than a thorn-hedge, The day of your watchmen—Your visitation—has come. Now is their perplexity.
Ame nyuitɔ si nàkpɔ le wo dome la le ko abe ŋu si tɔa ame ene eye woƒe nuteƒewɔla vɔ̃ɖi wu ŋukpɔtɔtɔ. Ke miaƒe gbetakpɔlawo ƒe ŋkeke la ɖo vɔ. Gbe si gbe Mawu ava asrã mi kpɔ la tu aƒe. Azɔ ɣeyiɣi si tɔtɔ aɖo wo dome la ɖo vɔ.
5 Do not believe in a friend, Do not trust in a leader, From her who is lying in your bosom keep the openings of your mouth.
Mègaxɔ wò aƒelika dzi se o. Mègaɖo dzi ɖe xɔ̃wò ŋu o. Nya ale si nàƒo nu le nyɔnu si le akɔwò nu la gɔ̃ hã gbɔ
6 For a son is dishonoring a father, A daughter has stood against her mother, A daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, The enemies of each [are] the men of his house.
elabena viŋutsu made bubu fofoa ŋu o; vinyɔnu adze aglã ɖe dadaa ŋu eye lɔ̃xoyɔvi atso ɖe lɔ̃xoa ŋu. Ame ƒe futɔwo atso eya ŋutɔ ƒe aƒe me.
7 And I—in YHWH I watch, I wait for the God of my salvation, My God hears me.
Ke nye la, mele ŋudzɔ le mɔ kpɔm na Yehowa. Mele lalam na Mawu, nye Ɖela. Ɛ̃, nye Mawu aɖo tom hã.
8 You do not rejoice over me, O my enemy, When I have fallen, I have risen, When I sit in darkness YHWH is a light to me.
O nye futɔ, dzi megadzɔ wò le nye anyidzedze ŋuti o; togbɔ be medze anyi hã la, magafɔ ɖe tsitre! Ne menɔ anyi ɖe viviti tsiɖitsiɖi me hã, Yehowa ŋutɔ anye nye kekeli.
9 I bear the indignation of YHWH, For I have sinned against Him, Until He pleads my cause, And has executed my judgment, He brings me forth to the light, I look on His righteousness.
Esi meda vo ɖe Yehowa ŋuti ta la mabɔbɔ ɖe eƒe dɔmedzoe te va se ɖe esime wòadrɔ̃ nye nya eye wòatso afia nam, ekema akplɔm va kekeli me eye makpɔ eƒe dzɔdzɔenyenye.
10 And my enemy sees, And shame covers her, Who says to me, “Where [is] your God YHWH?” My eyes look on her, Now she is for a treading-place, As mire of the out-places.
Ekema nye futɔ akpɔe eye ŋu akpee. Eya ame si bia be, “Afi ka Yehowa wò Mawu la le?” Azɔ mekpɔ eƒe anyidzedze kple nye ŋkuwo kple ale si woanyamae abe ba ene.
11 The day to build your walls! That day—removed is the limit.
Ŋkeke si dzi woatu wò duwo la ava eye ŋkeke na wò liƒowo ƒe keke ɖe edzi gbɔna.
12 That day—even to you it comes in, From Asshur and the cities of the fortress, And from the fortress even to the river, And from sea to sea, and mountain to mountain.
Ɣe ma ɣi la, amewo atso Asiria kple Egipte ƒe duwo me ava eye ɖewo atso Egipte va se ɖe keke Frat tɔsisi la nu. Gawu la, amewo atso atsiaƒu nu yi atsiaƒu nu, tso to dzi yi to dzi, ava kpɔ wò ɖa.
13 And the land has been for a desolation, Because of its inhabitants, Because of the fruit of their doings.
Ke anyigba aɖi gbɔlo le edzinɔlawo ƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta.
14 Rule Your people with Your rod, The flock of Your inheritance, Dwelling alone [in] a forest in the midst of Carmel, They enjoy Bashan and Gilead as in days of old.
O Yehowa, va kplɔ wò dukɔ kple wò atizɔti, alẽha si nye wò domenyinu; alẽha si nɔ eɖokui si le avewo me kple lãnyiƒe damawo dzi. Na woaɖu gbe damawo le Basan kple Gilead abe tsã ene.
15 “According to the days of your coming forth out of the land of Egypt, I show it wonderful things.”
“Abe ale si wònɔ le ŋkeke siwo me nèdo go tso Egipte ene la, mafia wo nye nukunuwo.”
16 Nations see, and they are ashamed of all their might, They lay a hand on the mouth, their ears are deaf.
Dukɔwo akpɔe eye ŋukpe alé wo elabena woƒe ŋusẽwo katã nu ayi. Woatsɔ woƒe asiwo aɖo nu eye woƒe towo atsi.
17 They lick dust as a serpent, as fearful things of earth, They tremble from their enclosures, They are afraid of our God YHWH, Indeed, they are afraid of You.
Woaɖu ʋuʋudedi abe da kple nu gbagbe siwo tana le anyigba la ene. Woado le woƒe dowo me kple vɔvɔ̃, atrɔ ɖe Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la ŋu eye woavɔ̃ miawo hã.
18 Who [is] a God like You? Taking away iniquity, And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, He has not retained His anger forever, Because He delights [in] kindness.
Afi ka woagakpɔ Mawu bubu le wòanɔ abe wò si tsɔa wò domenyinu mamlɛawo ƒe nu vɔ̃wo kple dzidadawo kena la ene? Mèdoa dɔmedzoe ɖikaa o, ke boŋ èkpɔa dzidzɔ le amenuveve ŋuti.
19 He turns back, He pities us, He subdues our iniquities, And You cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Àgakpɔ nublanui na mí, atiti afɔ ɖe míaƒe nu vɔ̃wo dzi eye àtsɔ míaƒe dzidadawo katã aƒu gbe ɖe atsiaƒu ƒe gogloƒe ke!
20 You give truth to Jacob, kindness to Abraham, That You have sworn to our fathers, from the days of antiquity!
Àwɔ nuteƒe na Yakob, eye àkpɔ nublanui na Abraham abe ale si nèka atam na mía fofowo tso blema ke ene.

< Micah 7 >