< Hosea 5 >

1 Hear this O priests and pay attention - O house of Israel and O house of the king give ear for [belongs] to you the judgment for a trap you have been to Mizpah and a net spread out over 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 slaughtering rebels they have made deep and I [am] discipline to all of them.
Atuatefoɔ adɔ mogyahwiegu mu asukɔ. Mɛtwe wɔn nyinaa aso.
3 I I know Ephraim and Israel not it is hidden from me for now you have prostituted yourself O Ephraim it has made itself unclean Israel.
Menim Efraim ho nsɛm nyinaa; wɔmfaa Israel nhintaa me. Efraim, seesei deɛ wobɔ adwaman; na Israel aprɔ.
4 Not they permit deeds their to return to God their for a spirit of prostitution [is] in inner being their and Yahweh not they know.
“Wɔn nneyɛeɛ mma wɔn ɛkwan mma wɔnkɔ Onyankopɔn nkyɛn. Adwamammɔ honhom wɔ wɔn akoma mu; wɔnnye Awurade nto mu.
5 And it testifies [the] pride of Israel in face its and Israel and Ephraim they will stumble on iniquity their it will stumble also Judah with them.
Israel ahantan di tia no. Israelfoɔ, mpo Efraim suntisunti wɔ wɔn amumuyɛ mu; Yuda nso ne wɔn sunti saa ara.
6 With flock[s] their and with herd[s] their they will go to seek Yahweh and not they will find [him] he has withdrawn from them.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 they have dealt treacherously for children strange they have borne now it will devour them a new moon with portions their.
Wɔanni Awurade nokorɛ. Wɔwowoo adwamam mma. Afei wɔn Bosome Foforɔ Afahyɛ bɛsɛe wɔn ne wɔn nsase.
8 Blow a horn in Gibeah a trumpet in Ramah sound an alarm Beth Aven after you 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 a waste it will become on [the] day of rebuke among [the] tribes of Israel I make known [something] trustworthy.
Wɔbɛsɛe Efraim wɔ akontabuo da. Israel mmusuakuo no mu no mepae mu ka deɛ ɛwom.
10 They have become [the] leaders of Judah like [those who] displace a boundary on them I will pour out like water wrath my.
Yuda sodifoɔ no te sɛ wɔn a wɔyiyi ahyeɛso aboɔ. Mɛhwie mʼabufuo agu wɔn so te sɛ nsuyire.
11 [is] oppressed Ephraim [is] crushed of judgment for he was determined he walked after a command.
Wɔhyɛ Efraim so, wɔtiatia ne so wɔ atemmuo mu, wasi nʼadwene pi sɛ ɔbɛdi ahoni akyi.
12 And I [am] like moth to Ephraim and like rottenness to [the] house of Judah.
Mɛyɛ sɛ nweweboa ama Efraim na mayɛ Yudafoɔ sɛ dua a aporɔ.
13 And he saw Ephraim sickness his and Judah wound his and he went Ephraim to Assyria and he sent to king Jareb and he not he is able to heal you and not it will depart from you [the] wound.
“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] like lion to Ephraim and like young lion to [the] house of Judah I I I will tear to pieces and I may go I will carry off and there not [will be] a deliverer.
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 go I will return to place my until that they will be held guilty and they will seek face my when it is distress to them they will seek earnestly me.
Afei, mɛsane akɔ me nkyi kɔsi sɛ wobɛnya ahonu. Na wɔbɛhwehwɛ mʼakyiri ɛkwan; wɔn awerɛhoɔ mu, wɔbɛhwehwɛ me anibereɛ so.”

< Hosea 5 >