Hosea 5
1 Hear ye this—O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, and ye, House of the King, give ear, for, to you, pertaineth the sentence, —for, a snare, have ye been to Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.
“Montie mo asɔfoɔ! Monhyɛ yei nso, mo Israelfoɔ! Monyɛ aso, Ao adehyefie! Saa atemmuo yi tia mo: Moayɛ afidie wɔ Mispa, ne asau a wɔagu no Tabor so.
2 And, a slaughter, have apostates deeply designed, —though, I, was a rebuker to them all.
Atuatefoɔ adɔ mogyahwiegu mu asukɔ. Mɛtwe wɔn nyinaa aso.
3 I, have known Ephraim, and, Israel, hath not been hidden from me, —for, now, hast thou committed unchastity, O Ephraim, Israel, hath made himself impure.
Menim Efraim ho nsɛm nyinaa; wɔmfaa Israel nhintaa me. Efraim, seesei deɛ wobɔ adwaman; na Israel aprɔ.
4 Their doings, will not suffer, them to return unto their God, —for, the spirit of unchastity, is within them, and, Yahweh, have they not known.
“Wɔn nneyɛeɛ mma wɔn ɛkwan mma wɔnkɔ Onyankopɔn nkyɛn. Adwamammɔ honhom wɔ wɔn akoma mu; wɔnnye Awurade nto mu.
5 Therefore will the Excellency of Israel, answer, to his face, —and, Israel and Ephraim, shall stumble in their iniquity, even Judah with them, hath stumbled.
Israel ahantan di tia no. Israelfoɔ, mpo Efraim suntisunti wɔ wɔn amumuyɛ mu; Yuda nso ne wɔn sunti saa ara.
6 With their flocks and with their herds, will they go to seek Yahweh, but shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
Sɛ wɔne wɔn nnwan ne wɔn anantwie kɔhwehwɛ Awurade a Wɔrenhunu no, ɛfiri sɛ, watwe ne ho afiri wɔn ho.
7 With Yahweh, have they dealt treacherously, for, to alien children, have they given birth, —now, a new moon, shall devour them, with their portions.
Wɔanni Awurade nokorɛ. Wɔwowoo adwamam mma. Afei wɔn Bosome Foforɔ Afahyɛ bɛsɛe wɔn ne wɔn nsase.
8 Blow ye a horn in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, —sound an alarm at Beth-aven, behind thee, O Benjamin!
“Hyɛn totorobɛnto no wɔ Gibea. Hyɛn abɛn no wɔ Rama. Momma ɔko nteam so wɔ Bet Awen; Ao, Benyamin akofoɔ, monsɔre nni anim.
9 Ephraim, shall become, a desolation, in the day of rebuke: Throughout the tribes of Israel, have I hide known what is sure.
Wɔbɛsɛe Efraim wɔ akontabuo da. Israel mmusuakuo no mu no mepae mu ka deɛ ɛwom.
10 The rulers of Judah have become as they who remove a land-mark. Upon them, will I pour out, like water, my wrath.
Yuda sodifoɔ no te sɛ wɔn a wɔyiyi ahyeɛso aboɔ. Mɛhwie mʼabufuo agu wɔn so te sɛ nsuyire.
11 Oppressed, is Ephraim, crushed in judgment, —because he hath, wilfully, walked after falsehood.
Wɔhyɛ Efraim so, wɔtiatia ne so wɔ atemmuo mu, wasi nʼadwene pi sɛ ɔbɛdi ahoni akyi.
12 But, I, was like a moth, to Ephraim, —and like rotten wood to the house of Judah.
Mɛyɛ sɛ nweweboa ama Efraim na mayɛ Yudafoɔ sɛ dua a aporɔ.
13 When Ephraim, saw, his injury, and Judah his wound, then went Ephraim unto Assyria, and [Judah] sent unto a hostile king, —yet, he, cannot heal you, nor will the wound, remove from you.
“Ɛberɛ a Efraim hunuu ne yadeɛ, na Yuda nso hunuu nʼakuro no, Efraim de nʼani kyerɛɛ Asiria. Ɔsoma kɔɔ ɔhene kɛseɛ no hɔ kɔpɛɛ mmoa. Nanso wantumi ansa no yadeɛ, na akuro no nso anwuwu.
14 For, I, will be as a lion unto Ephraim, and as a young lion to the house of Judah, —I, I, will tear in pieces, and depart, I will carry off, and none be able to rescue.
Enti mɛyɛ sɛ gyata ama Efraim na mayɛ sɛ gyata hoɔdenfoɔ ama Yuda. Mɛtete wɔn mu nkete nkete, na makɔ; Mɛsoa wɔn akɔ, na obiara rentumi nnye wɔn.
15 I will depart, will return unto my place! till what time they acknowledge their guilt, and seek my face, —In their trouble, will they make for me diligent search.
Afei, mɛsane akɔ me nkyi kɔsi sɛ wobɛnya ahonu. Na wɔbɛhwehwɛ mʼakyiri ɛkwan; wɔn awerɛhoɔ mu, wɔbɛhwehwɛ me anibereɛ so.”
