Hosea 10
1 Israel is a luxuriant vine that produces his fruit. As his fruit increased, the more altars he built. As his land produced more, he improved his pillars.
Israel yɛɛ bobe a ɛretrɛtrɛ; ɔsoo aba maa ne ho. Ɛberɛ a nʼaba redɔɔso no, ɔsisii afɔrebukyia bebree; nʼasase rekɔ so yɛ yie no ɔsiesie nʼabosom dum kronkron no.
2 Their heart is deceitful; now they must bear their guilt. Yahweh will demolish their altars; he will destroy their pillars.
Nnaadaasɛm wɔ wɔn akoma mu, enti ɛsɛ sɛ wɔnya wɔn afɔdie so asotwe. Awurade bɛbubu wɔn afɔrebukyia, na wasɛe wɔn abosom dum kronkron no.
3 For then they will say, “We have no king, for we did not fear Yahweh, and a king—what could he do for us?”
Afei, wɔbɛka sɛ, “Yɛnni ɔhene, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛamfa anidie amma Awurade. Mpo sɛ na yɛwɔ ɔhene kora a, ɛdeɛn na anka ɔbɛtumi ayɛ ama yɛn?”
4 They speak empty words and make covenants by swearing falsely. So justice springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
Wɔhyɛ bɔ ahodoɔ bebree, Wɔka ntam hunu na wɔyɛ apam ahodoɔ; ɛno enti mansotwe sɔresɔre te sɛ wira a borɔ wɔ mu a afifiri asase a wɔafuntum so.
5 The inhabitants of Samaria will be afraid because of the calves of Beth Aven. Its people mourned over them, as did those idolatrous priests who had rejoiced over them and their splendor, but they are no longer there.
Nnipa a wɔte Samaria no suro ma Bet Awen nantwie ba ohoni no. Ne nkurɔfoɔ bɛsu. Saa ara na nʼabosomfoɔ nso bɛyɛ, wɔn a wɔgyee wɔn ani wɔ nʼanimuonyam ho no. Ɛfiri sɛ wɔafa no afiri wɔn nkyɛn kɔ nnommumfa mu.
6 They will be carried to Assyria as a present for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced, and Israel will be ashamed of its idol.
Wɔde no bɛkɔ Asiria, de akɔhyɛ ɔhene kɛseɛ no animuonyam. Ɛbɛgu Efraim anim ase; na Israel ani bɛwu wɔ ne nnua ahoni ho.
7 Samaria's king will be destroyed, like a chip of wood on the surface of the water.
Samaria na ne ɔhene bɛsene akɔ te sɛ dua sini a ɛtɛ nsuo ani.
8 The high places of wickedness will be destroyed. This is the sin of Israel! Thorns and thistles will grow over their altars. The people will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
Wɔbɛsɛe abosonnan a wɔdi awurukasɛm ne bɔne wɔ mu no. Nkasɛɛ ne nnɛnkyɛnse bɛfifiri hɔ, na akata wɔn afɔrebukyia so. Afei wɔbɛka akyerɛ mmepɔ sɛ, “Mommɛkata yɛn so!” na wase nkokoɔ sɛ, “Monnwiri ngu yɛn so!”
9 “Israel, you have sinned since the days of Gibeah; there you have remained. Will not war overtake the sons of wrong in Gibeah?
“Ɛfiri Gibea berɛ so, woayɛ bɔne, Ao, Israel, na ɛhɔ na woaka. Na ɔko rentwi amfa amumuyɛfoɔ ɛwɔ Gibea no so anaa?
10 When I desire it, I will discipline them. The nations will gather together against them and put them in bonds for their double iniquity.
Ɛberɛ a mepɛ no, mɛtwe wɔn aso; aman bɛboaboa wɔn ho ano atia wɔn. Wɔde mpokyerɛ bɛgu wɔn wɔ wɔn bɔne dodoɔ ho.
11 Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh the grain, so I will put a yoke on her fair neck. I will put a yoke on Ephraim; Judah will plow; Jacob will pull the harrow by himself.
Efraim yɛ nantwie ba a wɔayɛn no, a ɔpɛ ayuporeeɛ adwuma, enti mede kɔnnua bɛto ne kɔn fɛfɛ mu. Mɛkyerɛ Efraim ɛkwan, ɛsɛ sɛ Yuda funtum asase no, na Yakob nso siesie so.
12 Sow righteousness for yourselves, and reap the fruit of covenant faithfulness. Break up your unplowed ground, for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
Dua tenenee aba ma wo ho, twa ɔdɔ aba a ɛtena hɔ daa, siesie wʼasase a wɔmfuntum so no; na ɛberɛ aduru sɛ wohwehwɛ Awurade, kɔsi sɛ ɔbɛba abɛpete tenenee agu wo so.
13 You have plowed wickedness; you reaped injustice. You have eaten the fruit of deception because you trusted in your plans and in your many soldiers.
Nanso, woadua atirimuɔden aba, na woatwa aba bɔne. Woadi nnaadaa aba. Ɛfiri sɛ wode wo ho ato wʼahoɔden ne wʼakodɔm bebrebe no so,
14 So a tumult of war will rise among your people, and all your fortified cities will be destroyed. It will be as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel on a day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces with their children.
ɔko mu hooyɛ bɛsɔre atia wo nkurɔfoɔ, na wʼaban nyinaa bɛsɛe, sɛdeɛ Salman sɛee Bet Arbel ɔko da no, da a wɔde maamenom ne wɔn mma hwehwee fam no.
15 So it will happen to you, Bethel, because of your great wickedness. At daybreak the king of Israel will be completely cut off.”
Saa ara na ɛbɛba wo so Ao, Bet-El, ɛfiri sɛ wʼatirimuɔdensɛm no dɔɔso. Sɛ ɛda no duru a, Wɔbɛsɛe Israelhene no koraa.
