Hosea 6

1 “Miva, mina míatrɔ ayi Yehowa gbɔ, elabena eyae vuvu mí, eya koe ate ŋu ayɔ dɔ mi. Eyae de abi mía ŋuti, eye eyae abla abi la na mí.

In their affliction they will seek me early, saying, Let us go, and return to the Lord our God; for he has torn, and will heal us; he will strike, and bind us up.

2 Le ŋkeke eve megbe la, agbɔ agbe mí, le ŋkeke etɔ̃a gbe la, aɖo mí te, eye míanɔ agbe le eŋkume!

After two days he will heal us: in the third day we shall arise, and live before him, and shall know [him]:

3 Mina míatrɔ ɖe Yehowa ŋu. Mina míadze agbagba be míanyae, eye abe ale si ɣedzedze kple kelemetsi medana le edzi o ene la, nenema ke kakaɖedzi li be magbe tɔtɔ na mí o.”

let us follow on to know the Lord: we shall find him ready as the morning, and he will come to us as the early and latter rain to the earth.

4 “O, Efraim, nu ka mawɔ na wò, O, Yuda, nu ka mawɔ kpli wò?

What shall I do to you, Ephraim? What shall I do to you, Juda? whereas your mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew that goes away.

5 Medɔ nye nyagblɔɖilawo ɖa, wolã mi kakɛkakɛe, eye metsɔ nye numenyawo wu mii; nye ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ ake dzo ɖe mia dzi abe dzikedzo ene,

Therefore have I mown down your prophets; I have slain them with the word of my mouth: and my judgment shall go forth as the light.

6 elabena nublanuikpɔkpɔ dim mele, menye vɔsa o, eye sidzedze Mawu dim mele wu numevɔsawo,

For I will [have] mercy rather than sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than whole burnt offerings.

7 gake abe Adam ene la, mietu nye nubabla la, eye miewɔ nuteƒe o.

But they are as a man transgressing a covenant:

8 Gilead nye nu tovo wɔlawo ƒe du, eye ʋu si woƒe afɔwo ƒo la ɖe ɖe woƒe ablɔwo dzi.

there the city Galaad despised me, working vanity, troubling water.

9 Dua me nɔlawo katã nye adzoblasuwo sɔŋ, eye wode xa ɖi na ame siwo woɖo be yewoafi. Nunɔlawo ƒe hawo hã de xa ɖe Sekem mɔ dzi le amewo wum, eye wole nu vɔ̃ ƒomevi ɖe sia ɖe wɔm.

And your strength [is that] of a robber: the priests have hid the way, they have murdered [the people of] Sicima; for they have wrought iniquity in the house of Israel.

10 Nyateƒe, mekpɔ nu dziŋɔwo le Israel. Efraim wɔ ahasi to mawu bubuwo yometiti me, eye Israel ya bliba ɖe ŋunyɔnu me.

I have seen horrible [things] there, [even] the fornication of Ephraim: Israel and Juda are defiled;

11 “O, Yuda, woɖo nuŋeɣi ɖi na wò hã. “Ne megaɖo nye dukɔ ƒe nunyonamewo te,

begin together grapes for yourself, when I turn the captivity of my people.