< Micah 7 >

1 Woe! to me for I have become like gathering of summer fruit like gleanings of [the] grape harvest there not [is] a cluster of grapes to eat early fig[s] it craves appetite my.
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 He has perished [the] faithful from the land and [is] an upright [person] among humankind there not all of them for blood they lie in wait each brother his they hunt a 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 [are] on Evil both hands to do [it] well the official [is] asking and the judge (for bribe *L(abh)*) and the great [person] [is] speaking [the] craving of self his he and they weave it.
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 Good person their [is] like a thorn-bush an upright [person] more than a thorn hedge [the] day of watchmen your punishment your it has come now it will be confusion their.
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 May not you believe in a neighbor may not you trust in a close friend from [she who] lies of bosom your guard [the] openings of mouth your.
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 a son [is] treating with contempt a father a daughter [is] arising on mother her a daughter-in-law on mother-in-law her [are the] enemies of a person [the] people of own household his.
Ɔbabarima twiri nʼagya, Ɔbabea sɔre tia ne na, asebea nso tia nʼase onipa atamfo ne nʼankasa ne fifo.
7 And I for Yahweh I will watch I will wait for [the] God of salvation my he will hear me God my.
Me de, mede anidaso hwɛ Awurade, Metwɛn me Nkwagye Nyankopɔn; na me Nyankopɔn betie me.
8 May not you rejoice O enemy my to me for I have fallen I will arise for I sit in darkness Yahweh [will be] light of me.
Mma wʼani nnye, me tamfo! Mahwe ase de, nanso mɛsɔre. Sum aduru me de, nanso Awurade bɛyɛ me hann.
9 [the] indignation of Yahweh I will bear for I have sinned to him until that he will conduct case my and he will do justice my he will bring out me to the light I will look on righteousness his.
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 And she will see enemy my and it will cover her shame [she] who says to me where [is]? he Yahweh God your eyes my they will look on her now she will become a trampling place like [the] mud of [the] streets.
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 A day to build walls your a day that it will be far a boundary.
Da a wɔbɛto wʼafasu no bɛba, da a wɔbɛtrɛw wʼahye mu.
12 A day that and to you someone will come from Assyria and [the] cities of Egypt and from Egypt and to [the] River and sea from sea and mountain the 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 And it will become the earth a desolation on inhabitants its from [the] fruit of deeds their.
Asase no bɛyɛ amamfo, esiane nnipa a wɔtete so ne wɔn nneyɛe nti.
14 Shepherd people your with rod your [the] flock of inheritance your [who] dwell alone a forest in [the] midst of a garden-land let them graze Bashan and Gilead like [the] days of antiquity.
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 Like [the] days coming out you from [the] land of Egypt I will show him wonders.
“Mɛyɛ anwonwade akyerɛ wo, sɛnea meyɛɛ nna a wufi Misraim bae mu no.”
16 They will see nations so they may be ashamed from all strength their they will put a hand on a mouth ears their they will be 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 up dust like snake like [things which] crawl of [the] earth they will quake from strongholds their to Yahweh God our they will be in dread and they may be afraid from you.
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 [who] forgives iniquity and [who] passes over transgression to [the] remnant of inheritance his not he keeps hold of for ever anger his for [is one] desirous of covenant loyalty he.
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 return he will have compassion on us he will subdue iniquities our so you may cast in [the] depths of [the] sea all sins their.
Wubehu yɛn mmɔbɔ bio, wubetiatia yɛn bɔne so, na woatow yɛn amumɔyɛ agu po bun mu.
20 You will give faithfulness to Jacob covenant loyalty to Abraham which you swore to fathers our from days of antiquity.
Wobɛyɛ ɔnokwafo ama Yakob na woahu Abraham mmɔbɔ sɛnea wokaa yɛn agyanom ntam teteete no.

< Micah 7 >