Mika 6
1 Mise nya si gblɔm Yehowa le na eƒe dukɔ: “Tsi tsitre, nàgblɔ nya siwo nètsɔ ɖe ŋutinye. Towo kple togbɛwo nanye ɖasefowo na nya siwo nètsɔ ɖe ŋutinye.
Hear ye what Jehovah saith! Arise, contend thou before the mountains, And let the hills hear thy voice!
2 “Azɔ la, mi towo, miɖo to miase nya siwo Yehowa tsɔ ɖe mia ŋuti. Miɖo to, mi anyigba ƒe agunu mavɔwo, elabena Yehowa tsɔ nya ɖe eƒe dukɔ ŋuti eye wòtsɔ nya ɖe Israel ŋu.
Hear, O ye mountains, the controversy of Jehovah! Hear, ye strong foundations of the earth! For Jehovah hath a controversy with his people; He contendeth with Israel.
3 “O, nye dukɔ, nu ka mewɔ wò? Fu ka meɖe na wò? Ɖo eŋu nam!
“O my people, what have I done to thee, And wherein have I offended thee? Testify against me!
4 Elabena nyee kplɔ wò tso Egipte eye meɖe wò tso kluvinyenye me. Medɔ Mose, Aron kple Miriam be woakplɔ mi.
I brought thee up from the land of Egypt, And from the house of bondage I redeemed thee; I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, to go before thee.
5 Nye dukɔ, ɖo ŋku aɖaŋu si Moab fia, Balak, ɖo kple ale si Balaam, Beor ƒe vi la ɖo eŋu nɛ la dzi. Ɖo ŋku wò mɔzɔzɔ tso Sitim yi Gilgal la dzi, be nàdze si Yehowa ƒe nu dzɔdzɔe wɔwɔwo.”
O my people, remember what Balak the king of Moab devised. And what Balaam, the son of Beor, answered him, What happened from Shittim to Gilgal, That ye may know the mercies of Jehovah.”
6 Nu ka matsɔ ɖe asi ado ɖe Yehowa gbɔ eye made ta agu ɖe Mawu dziƒoʋĩtɔ la ŋkume? Matsɔ nyivi si xɔ ƒe ɖeka la asa numevɔ nɛa?
Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, And bow myself before the most high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, With calves of a year old?
7 Ɖe agbo akpewo kple amitɔsisi akpe akpewo adze Yehowa ŋua? Ɖe matsɔ nye ŋgɔgbevi asa vɔe ɖe nye dzidadawo ta kple nye dɔmevi ɖe nye luʋɔ ƒe nu vɔ̃ ta mahã?
Will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for the sin of my soul, The fruit of my body for my transgression?
8 O amegbetɔ, egblɔ nu si nyo la na wò. Nu ka Yehowa di tso asiwò? Be nàwɔ nu si le eteƒe, alɔ̃ nublanuikpɔkpɔ eye nàzɔ kple wò Mawu la le ɖokuibɔbɔ me.
He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; What doth Jehovah require of thee, But to do justly, and to love mercy, And to walk humbly before thy God?
9 “Miɖo to! Yehowa le Yerusalem dua katã yɔm. Ame si vɔa wò ŋkɔ la, nunyalae. Miɖo to ameƒoti la kple Ame si dɔe ɖa.
The voice of Jehovah crieth to the city, And the man of wisdom will discern thee; Hear ye the rod, and who hath threatened it!
10 O, aƒe vɔ̃ɖi! Ɖe maŋlɔ wò kesinɔnu madzɔmadzɔ kple nudotre sue si dzi fiƒode le la bea?
Are there not yet in the houses of the unrighteous the treasures of iniquity, And the scanty measure, which is abominable?
11 Ɖe matso afia na ame aɖe ne nudanu madzɔmadzɔ le esi eye nudakpe amebatɔwo yɔ akplo me nɛ fũua?
Shall I count her pure with the wicked balances, And with the bag of deceitful weights?
12 Miaƒe kesinɔtɔwo yɔ fũu kple ŋutasẽse eye miaƒe dukɔmeviwo daa alakpa eye amebeble le aɖe dzi na wo.
For her rich men are full of violence, And her inhabitants speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
13 Eya ta nye hã matsrɔ̃ wò, agbã wò gudugudu ɖe wò nu vɔ̃wo ta.
Therefore will I sorely smite thee, And make thee desolate on account of thy sins.
14 Àɖu nu, ke màɖi ƒo o, eye dɔ anɔ wuwòm ɖaa. Àdzra nu gbogbowo ɖo, ke naneke masusɔ na wò o, elabena ne ɖe susɔ gɔ̃ hã la, matsɔe ade asi na yi.
Thou shalt eat and not be satisfied, And hunger shall be within thee. Thou shalt remove, but shalt not save, And what thou savest will I give up to the sword.
15 Àƒã nu, ke màŋe nu o; àɖa ami, gake màkpɔ ami asi o; àfia waintsetse, ke màkpɔ wain ano o.
Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap; Thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil, And the grapes, but shalt not drink the wine.
16 Miewɔ nu ɖe Omri ƒe sewo nu eye miewɔ Ahab ƒe aƒe la ƒe nuwɔnawo katã. Miedze woƒe nuɖoanyiwo yome eya ta matsɔ mi ade asi na gbegblẽ eye wò amewo azu alɔmeɖenu; ale dukɔwo ƒe vlododo ava dziwò.”
For ye keep the statutes of Omri, And all the works of the house of Ahab, And walk in their devices; Therefore will I make thee a desolation, And thine inhabitants a derision; And ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
