Mika 3

1 Eye megblɔ be: “Miɖo to, mi Yakob ƒe kplɔlawo. Mi ame siwo le Israel ƒe aƒe dzi ɖum. Miawoe wòdze be mianya nyui tso vɔ̃ gbɔ

and to say to hear: hear please head: leader Jacob and chief house: household Israel not to/for you to/for to know [obj] [the] justice

2 gake miawo boŋue gbe nu le nyui gbɔ eye mielɔ̃ vɔ̃. Mievuvu ayi le nye amewo ŋu ye mievuvu lã le woƒe ƒuwo ŋuti.

to hate good and to love: lover (bad: evil *Q(K)*) to plunder skin their from upon them and flesh their from upon bone their

3 Mieɖu nye amewo katã ƒe lã, vuvu ayi le wo ŋuti, gbã ƒu ɖe lãme na wo eye miefli wo abe ale si woflia adelã dea zee ene.”

and which to eat flesh people my and skin their from upon them to strip and [obj] bone their to break out and to spread like/as as which in/on/with pot and like/as flesh in/on/with midst caldron

4 Ekema woado ɣli ayɔ Yehowa gake matɔ na wo o eye aɣla eƒe mo ɖe wo ɖe nu vɔ̃ si wowɔ la ta.

then to cry out to(wards) LORD and not to answer [obj] them and to hide face his from them in/on/with time [the] he/she/it like/as as which be evil deed their

5 Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Mi nyagblɔɖila siwo kplɔa nye amewo tranae; ne ame aɖe na nu wo, woɖu la, wodoa ŋutifafa nɛ; ke ne ame aɖe mena nu wo o la, wohoa aʋa ɖe eŋuti.

thus to say LORD upon [the] prophet [the] to go astray [obj] people my [the] to bite in/on/with tooth their and to call: call out peace and which not to give: give upon lip their and to consecrate: prepare upon him battle

6 Zã ado aƒo xlã mi eye miegale ŋutega kpɔ ge o; viviti atsyɔ mia dzi eye Mawu ƒe gbe mava na mi o. Ɣe aɖo to ɖe mia dzi eye ŋkeke ado viviti na mi.

to/for so night to/for you from vision and to darken to/for you from to divine and to come (in): (sun)set [the] sun upon [the] prophet and be dark upon them [the] day

7 Miaƒe nukpɔlawo aɖu ŋukpe eye woado ŋukpe miaƒe nukalawo. Woatsɔ asi atsyɔ mo elabena gbe aɖeke metso Mawu gbɔ na wo o.”

and be ashamed [the] seer and be ashamed [the] to divine and to enwrap upon mustache all their for nothing answer God

8 Ke nye la, ŋusẽ yɔ menye taŋtaŋ, Yehowa ƒe Gbɔgbɔ le dzinye eya ta matsɔ dzɔdzɔenyenye kple ŋusẽ aɖe gbeƒã Yakob ƒe nu tovowo wɔwɔ kple Israel ƒe nu vɔ̃.

and but I to fill strength [obj] spirit LORD and justice and might to/for to tell to/for Jacob transgression his and to/for Israel sin his

9 Miɖo tom, mi Yakob ƒe aƒe ƒe kplɔlawo kple mi ame siwo le Israel ƒe aƒe dzi ɖum. Mi ame siwo gbe nu le dzɔdzɔenyenye gbɔ eye mietrɔa gbo nu siwo katã le dzɔdzɔe.

to hear: hear please this head: leader house: household Jacob and chief house: household Israel [the] to abhor justice and [obj] all [the] upright to twist

10 Mi ame siwo tu Zion ɖe ʋukɔkɔɖeanyi dzi kple Yerusalem ɖe vɔ̃ɖinyenye dzi.

to build Zion in/on/with blood and Jerusalem in/on/with injustice

11 Miaƒe kplɔlawo xɔa zãnu hafi drɔ̃a ʋɔnu. Miaƒe nunɔlawo fiaa nu ɖe ga si woaxɔ ta eye miaƒe Nyagblɔɖilawo gblɔa nya ɖi ɖe ga ta gake woziɔna ɖe Yehowa ŋu gblɔna be: “Yehowa le mia dome eya ta vɔ̃ aɖeke mawɔ mí o.”

head: leader her in/on/with bribe to judge and priest her in/on/with price to show and prophet her in/on/with silver: money to divine and upon LORD to lean to/for to say not LORD in/on/with entrails: among our not to come (in): come upon us distress: harm

12 Miawo ta woaŋlɔ Zion abe agble ene, Yerusalem azu glikpo gã ɖeka eye to si dzi gbedoxɔ le la azu togbɛ si zu ave.

to/for so in/on/with because of you Zion land: country to plow/plot and Jerusalem ruin to be and mountain: mount [the] house: home to/for high place wood