Mika 1
1 Esiae nye gbedeasi si va na Mika, Moresitɔ la, tso Yehowa gbɔ. Gbedeasia va nɛ le Yada fiawo, Yotam, Ahaz kple Hezekia ŋɔli. Gbedeasia ku ɖe Samaria kple Yerusalem ŋuti, eye wòva nɛ le ŋutega me.
[the] word of Yahweh - which it came to Micah the Morasthite in [the] days of Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah [the] kings of Judah which he saw on Samaria and Jerusalem.
2 Mi dukɔwo katã miɖo to nya sia, wò anyigba kple edzinɔlawo katã mise ɖa; Aƒetɔ Yehowa le eƒe gbedoxɔ kɔkɔe me eye wòtsɔ nya ɖe mia ŋuti!
Hear O peoples all of them pay attention O earth and what fills it so may he become [the] Lord Yahweh in you a witness [the] Lord from [the] temple of holiness his.
3 Kpɔ ɖa Yehowa gbɔna tso eƒe nɔƒe! Eɖi tso dzi eye wòzɔ to kɔkɔƒewo le anyigba dzi.
For here! Yahweh [is] about to go forth from place his and he will come down and he will tread on ([the] high places of *Q(k)*) [the] earth.
4 Towo lolõ ɖe eƒe afɔ te, eye balimewo ma le eŋgɔ abe ale si bosomi lolõnae le dzo gbɔ ene; abe ale si tsi sina ne wòle aga ɖim ene.
And they will melt the mountains under him and the valleys they will be cleft like wax from before the fire like water poured out on a slope.
5 Nu siawo katã le dzɔdzɔm ɖe Yakob ƒe aglãdzedze ta, ele dzɔdzɔm ɖe Israel ƒe aƒe ƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta. Nu kae nye Yakob ƒe aglãdzedzea? Ɖe menye Samariae oa? Nu kae nye Yuda ƒe vɔsaƒewo? Ɖe menye Yerusalem ye oa?
[is] for [the] transgression of Jacob all this and for [the] sins of [the] house of Israel who? [is] [the] transgression of Jacob ¿ not [is it] Samaria and who? [are] [the] high places of Judah ¿ not [is it] Jerusalem.
6 “Le esiawo ta la, mana Samaria nazu aƒedo, ale be woate ŋu ade waingble ɖe edzi gɔ̃ hã. Malɔ eƒe kpe gbagbãwo akɔ ɖe balime eye eƒe xɔwo ƒe agunu adze.
And I will make Samaria into [the] heap of ruins of the field into a planting place of a vineyard and I will pour down to the valley stones its and foundations its I will uncover.
7 Woagbã eƒe legbawo gudugudu eye woatɔ dzo nunana siwo woli kɔe ɖe eƒe trɔ̃xɔwo me. Ale matɔ dzo eƒe legbawo katã. Elabena gboloho wotsɔ ƒo wo nu ƒui eye gboloho woagazu.”
And all images its they will be crushed and all hire its they will be burned with fire and all idols its I will make a waste for from [the] hire of a prostitute it gathered [them] and to [the] hire of a prostitute they will return.
8 Le esia ta mafa avi ado ɣli; maɖe amama azɔ afɔ ƒuƒlu. Maxlɔ̃ abe amegaxi ene, eye mafa konyi abe adzexe ene,
On this I will lament and I will wail I will go (barefoot *Q(K)*) and naked I will make a lament like jackals and a mourning like [the] daughters of an ostrich.
9 elabena Yuda ka abi makumaku. Abi la keke va ɖo nye dukɔ ƒe agbowo nu ke, va ɖo Yerusalem ŋutɔ gɔ̃ hã.
For [is] incurable wounds its for it has come to Judah it has reached to [the] gate of people my to Jerusalem.
10 Migaɖe gbeƒãe alo afa avi le Gat o. Ke mibliba mia ɖokuiwo ɖe ke me le Bet Ofra.
In Gath may not you tell at all may not you weep in Beth Leaphrah dust (roll yourself. *Q(K)*)
11 Mi Safirtɔwo midzo le ŋukpe kple amamanɔnɔ me; mi Zaanantɔwo miadzo o. Bet Ezel le konyi fam eya ta sitsoƒe aɖeke mele esi na mi o.
Pass on yourselves O inhabitant[s] of Shaphir nakedness shame not she came forth [the] inhabitant[s] of Zaanan [the] lament of Beth Ezel it will take from you standing ground its.
12 Marotɔwo le mɔ kpɔm vevie be ŋu nyui aɖe ava ke, gake vevesese koe le wo lalam, elabena gbegblẽ tso Yehowa gbɔ va keke Yerusalem ƒe agbo nu.
For she is in anguish for good [the] inhabitant[s] of Maroth for it has come down calamity from with Yahweh to [the] gate of Jerusalem.
13 Mi Lakistɔwo mitsi sɔwo ɖe miaƒe tasiaɖamwo ŋu. Wòe nye Zion nyɔnuvi ƒe nu vɔ̃ ƒe gɔmedzeƒe elabena wokpɔ Israel ƒe nu vɔ̃wo le mewò.
Harness the chariot to the steed O inhabitant[s] of Lachish [was the] beginning of sin it for [the] daughter of Zion for in you they were found [the] transgressions of Israel.
14 Eya ta miaklã ɖa tso Moreset Gat gbɔ. Akzib ƒe aƒe aflu Israel fiawo.
Therefore you will give parting gifts to Moresheth Gath [the] houses of Aczib [will become] a deceitful thing to [the] kings of Israel.
15 Mi ame siwo le Maresa, makplɔ aʋakɔ aƒu mi, woaɖu mia dzi, ale Israel ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe ava Adulam.
Again the [one who] dispossesses I will bring to you O inhabitant[s] of Mareshah to (Adullam *L(abh)*) he will come [the] glory of Israel.
16 Lũ ta kolikoli nàfa konyi elabena wokplɔ vi siwo gbɔ mèlɔ̃a nu le o la dzoe. Lũ ta wòanɔ abe akaga tɔ ene, elabena woakplɔ viwòwo ayi aboyo mee.
Make bald and shear on [the] children of delights your make large baldness your like eagle for they will go into exile from you.
