Micah 7
1 Woe, woe is me, for I have become like a field after harvest, like a vineyard after gathering; not a cluster of grapes to eat, not a fig that anyone desires.
Mayɛ mmɔbɔ! Mete sɛ otwabere nnuaba tasefo a otwabere akyi mikodi mpɛpɛ wɔ bobeturo mu; minnya bobe kasiaw na madi, borɔdɔma aba a edi kan a mekɔn dɔ nso, saa ara.
2 The honest have perished from the land, of the upright among people there is none. All of them lie in wait to shed blood. They hunt one another with the net.
Wɔapra Onyamefɛrefo nyinaa afi asase so. Anka ɔbaako a ɔteɛ mpo. Nnipa nyinaa tetɛw na wɔhwehwɛ sɛ wɔbɛka mogya agu; wɔde ɔtan sunsum wɔn ho wɔn ho mfiri.
3 Their hands know well how to do evil, the officer and judge demands a bribe, the high official decides as he pleases and they conspire to pervert justice.
Nsa abien no nyinaa akokwaw bɔneyɛ mu; ɔsodifo bisa akyɛde, otemmufo gye adanmude, wɔn a tumi wɔ wɔn nsa mu no yɛ nea wɔpɛ, wɔn nyinaa bɔ mu dwene amumɔyɛ ho.
4 The best of them are like a thorn thicket, their most upright like a prickly hedge. The day of their punishment has come, now will be their confusion!
Nea oye wɔ wɔn mu no te sɛ ohwirem; nea ɔteɛ pa ara no, nsɔeban ye sen no. Wʼatemmuda no aso, da a Onyankopɔn reba wo nsrahwɛ. Eyi ne bere a wɔn ani so bɛyɛ wɔn totɔtotɔ.
5 Do not trust your neighbor, do not rely on a friend. From the wife who lies in your arms guard your tongue.
Nnye obiara nni; mfa wo werɛ nhyɛ adamfo mu. Mpo, ɔbea a ɔda wo koko mu no to wo tɛkrɛma nnareka wɔ ne ho.
6 For son insults father, daughter rises up against mother, daughter-in-law against mother-in-law, a man’s enemies are the people of his own household.
Ɔbabarima twiri nʼagya, Ɔbabea sɔre tia ne na, asebea nso tia nʼase onipa atamfo ne nʼankasa ne fifo.
7 But I will look to the Lord, I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me!
Me de, mede anidaso hwɛ Awurade, Metwɛn me Nkwagye Nyankopɔn; na me Nyankopɔn betie me.
8 Do not rejoice over me, my enemy. If I have fallen, I will rise. If I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light.
Mma wʼani nnye, me tamfo! Mahwe ase de, nanso mɛsɔre. Sum aduru me de, nanso Awurade bɛyɛ me hann.
9 The anger of the Lord I will bear, for against him have I sinned – until he champions my cause and gives judgment for me. He will bring me into to the light, I will see his justice.
Sɛ mayɛ bɔne atia no nti, Awurade abufuw bɛba me so, kosi sɛ ɔbɛka mʼasɛm ama me na wada me bembu adi. Ɔde me bɛba hann no mu; na mehu ne trenee.
10 So my enemy will see, and shame will cover them, they who said, “Where is the Lord your God?” I will look upon them, they will be trampled on like mud in the street!
Afei, mʼatamfo behu na wɔn ani bewu, nea osee me sɛ, “Ɛhe na Awurade wo Nyankopɔn no wɔ?” Mʼani behu nʼasehwe; mpo mprempren no, wobetiatia no so te sɛ dontori a ɛwɔ mmɔnten so.
11 It is a day for rebuilding your walls, this day will your boundary will be extended.
Da a wɔbɛto wʼafasu no bɛba, da a wɔbɛtrɛw wʼahye mu.
12 This day they will come to you, from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the Euphrates River, from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
Da no, nnipa bɛba wo nkyɛn afi Asiria ne Misraim nkuropɔn mu, mpo wobefi Misraim akosi Eufrate afi po akosi po ne bepɔw so akosi bepɔw so.
13 Though the land has become a desolation because of its inhabitants, because of their deeds.
Asase no bɛyɛ amamfo, esiane nnipa a wɔtete so ne wɔn nneyɛe nti.
14 Shepherd your flock with your staff, the flock that belong to you, who live alone in the forest, in the midst of meadows; so that they may pasture in Bashon and Gilead as in the days of old,
Fa wo pema di wo nkurɔfo anim, nguan a wɔyɛ wʼagyapade no, a wɔn nko ara tete kwae mu, wura frɔmfrɔm adidibea hɔ. Ma wonnidi wɔ Basan ne Gilead sɛ tete nna no mu.
15 as in the days when you came from Egypt, gave us wonders to see.
“Mɛyɛ anwonwade akyerɛ wo, sɛnea meyɛɛ nna a wufi Misraim bae mu no.”
16 Nations will see and be ashamed of all their might; they will put their hands to their mouth, their ears will become deaf,
Aman behu wo na wɔn ani bewu, wɔn a tumi nyinaa afi wɔn nsa no. Wɔde wɔn nsa betuatua wɔn ano na wɔn aso besisiw.
17 they will lick the dust like snakes, like creatures that crawl on the earth; they will come trembling and in terror from their hiding places, in dread and fear.
Wobedi dɔte sɛ awɔ, ne mmoa a wɔwea wɔ fam. Wɔde ahopopo befi wɔn abon mu aba; wɔde osuro bɛdan wɔn ho ama Awurade yɛn Nyankopɔn, na wobesuro wo.
18 Who is a God like you, forgiving iniquity and passing by the rebellion of the remnant of your people? He does not retain his anger forever, but is one who delights in mercy.
Hena na ɔte sɛ wo, Onyankopɔn a wode bɔne kyɛ? Wo a wode agyanom asefo nkae amumɔyɛ kyɛ wɔn. Wʼabufuw ntena hɔ daa, na mmom wʼani gye sɛ wobɛda mmɔborɔhunu adi.
19 He will tread under foot our iniquity; you will cast into the depths of the sea all our iniquities.
Wubehu yɛn mmɔbɔ bio, wubetiatia yɛn bɔne so, na woatow yɛn amumɔyɛ agu po bun mu.
20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob, and loving kindness to Abraham, as you have sworn to our ancestors from the days of old.
Wobɛyɛ ɔnokwafo ama Yakob na woahu Abraham mmɔbɔ sɛnea wokaa yɛn agyanom ntam teteete no.
