Habakkuk 2
1 On my charge I stand, and I station myself on a bulwark, and I watch to see what He doth speak against me, and what I do reply to my reproof.
Mɛgyina mʼahwɛeɛ na mawɛn. Mɛbɔ nsra na mahwɛ deɛ ɔbɛka akyerɛ me, ne mʼanoyie a mede bɛma nkurobɔ yi.
2 And Jehovah answereth me and saith: 'Write a vision, and explain on the tables, That he may run who is reading it.
Afei, Awurade buaa sɛ, “Twerɛ adiyie yi wɔ abopono so ma emu nna hɔ pefee ama ɔkenkanfoɔ ate aseɛ.
3 For yet the vision [is] for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.
Adiyisɛm no retwɛn hyɛberɛ bi; ɛka awieeɛ ho asɛm na ɛbɛba mu. Ɛwom sɛ ɛrekyɛre deɛ, nanso twɛn, ɛrenkyɛre, ɛbɛba mu.
4 Lo, a presumptuous one! Not upright is his soul within him, And the righteous by his stedfastness liveth.
“Hwɛ, wama ne ho so; nʼapɛdeɛ ntene, nanso ɔteneneeni firi gyidie mu bɛnya nkwa.
5 And also, because the wine [is] treacherous, A man is haughty, and remaineth not at home, Who hath enlarged as sheol his soul, And is as death that is not satisfied, And doth gather unto itself all the nations, And doth assemble unto itself all the peoples, (Sheol h7585)
Nokorɛm, nsã ayi no ama wayɛ ahantan na ɔnni ahotɔ. Esiane sɛ ɔyɛ adifudepɛ sɛ damena na ɔte sɛ owuo a hwee mmee no enti ɔfom aman no nyinaa na ɔfa amanfoɔ no nyinaa nnommum. (Sheol h7585)
6 Do not these — all of them — against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Woe [to] him who is multiplying [what is] not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?
“Nnommumfoɔ yi nyinaa bɛdi ne ho fɛ asere no aka sɛ, “‘Nnome nka deɛ ɔboaboa korɔnodeɛ ano, na ɔnam apoobɔ so nya ne ho! Yei nkɔ so nkɔsi da bɛn?’
7 Do not thy usurers instantly rise up, And those shaking thee awake up, And thou hast been for a spoil to them?
Wɔn a wode wɔn ka no bɛsɔre mpofirim so. Wɔbɛsɔre ama wo ho apopo na wɔbɛtwi afa wo so.
8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, Spoil thee do all the remnant of the peoples, Because of man's blood, and of violence [to] the land, [To] the city, and [to] all dwelling in it.
Esiane sɛ woafo aman bebree enti, wɔn a wɔaka no bɛfo wo bi. Ɛfiri sɛ woahwie nnipa mogya agu; woasɛe nsase, nkuropɔn ne wɔn a wɔtete mu.
9 Woe [to] him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,
“Nnome nka deɛ ɔde korɔnodeɛ kyekyere ne ɔman, a ɔyɛ ne pirebuo wɔ sorɔnsorɔmmea, sɛdeɛ ɔbɛyi ne ho afiri ɔsɛeɛ mu.
10 Thou hast counselled a shameful thing to thy house, To cut off many peoples, and sinful [is] thy soul.
Woatu nnipa bebree sɛeɛ ho agyina, de agu wo fie anim ase, na wode wo nkwa atwa so.
11 For a stone from the wall doth cry out, And a holdfast from the wood answereth it.
Aboɔ a ɛhyehyɛ afie afasuo mu no bɛteam na ɛbɛgyegye wɔ mpunan a wɔahyehyɛ no mu.
12 Woe [to] him who is building a city by blood, And establishing a city by iniquity.
“Nnome nka deɛ ɔnam mogya hwieguo so kyekyere kuropɔn na ɔnam awudie so kyekyere kuro.
13 Lo, is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?
Asafo Awurade ahyɛ sɛ, nnipa no adwumayɛ bɛyɛ ogya a wɔhye. Aman no brɛ gu kwa.
14 For full is the earth of the knowledge of the honour of Jehovah, As waters cover [the bottom of] a sea.
Na Awurade animuonyam ho nimdeɛ bɛhyɛ asase nyinaa ma, sɛdeɛ nsuo hyɛ ɛpo ma no.
15 Woe [to] him who is giving drink to his neighbour, Pouring out thy bottle, and also making drunk, In order to look on their nakedness.
“Due! Wo a woma wo mfɛfoɔ nsã, Wohwie ma wɔnom kɔsi sɛ wɔbɛboro, na afei woahwɛ wɔn adagya.
16 Thou hast been filled — shame without honour, Drink thou also, and be uncircumcised, Turn round unto thee doth the cup of the right hand of Jehovah, And shameful spewing [is] on thine honour.
Worennya animuonyam biara. Wʼani bɛwu. Afei aduru wo so. Nom na tɔ ntintan. Kuruwa a ɛfiri Awurade nsa nifa reba wo so, Aniwuo bɛkata wʼanimuonyam so
17 For violence [to] Lebanon doth cover thee, And spoil of beasts doth affright them, Because of man's blood, and of violence [to] the land, [To] the city, and [to] all dwelling in it.
Awurukasɛm a wode adi Lebanon no bɛmene wo, ɔsɛeɛ a wosɛee mmoa nso bɛbɔ wo hu. Woaka nnipa mogya agu; woasɛe nsase, nkuropɔn ne nnipa a wɔwɔ mu.
18 What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation — to make dumb idols?
“Ɛdeɛn mfasodeɛ na monya firi ahoni a onipa ayɛ mu? Anaa nsɛsodeɛ a ɛkyerɛkyerɛ atorɔ? Deɛ ɔyɛ ohoni no de ne ho to ɔno ankasa nsa ano adwuma so; na ɔyɛ anyame a wɔntumi nkasa.
19 Woe [to] him who is saying to wood, 'Awake,' 'Stir up,' to a dumb stone, It a teacher! lo, it is overlaid — gold and silver, And there is no spirit in its midst.
Nnome nka deɛ ɔka kyerɛ dua sɛ, ‘Nya nkwa!’ Anaa ɔka kyerɛ ɛboɔ a ɛnni nkwa sɛ, ‘Nyane!’ Ɛbɛtumi ama akwankyerɛ? Wɔde sika kɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ adura ho; nanso ahomeɛ nni mu.”
20 And Jehovah [is] in His holy temple, Be silent before Him, all the earth!
Nanso Awurade wɔ nʼasɔrefie kronkron mu. Momma asase nyinaa nyɛ komm wɔ nʼanim.
