Hosea 5
1 “Muntie, mo asɔfo! Monhyɛ eyi nso, mo Israelfo! Monyɛ asow, adehyefi! Saa atemmu yi tia mo: Moayɛ afiri wɔ Mispa, ne asau a wɔagu no Tabor so.
Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, house of Israel! Listen, members of the royal family!
2 Atuatewfo adɔ mogyahwiegu mu asukɔ. Mɛtwe wɔn nyinaa aso.
Judgment belongs with you because you have been a snare set at Mizpah and a net spread out on Tabor. You dug a deep trap in Shittim, but I will punish you for all these things you have done.
3 Minim Efraim ho nsɛm nyinaa; wɔmfaa Israel nhintaw me ɛ. Efraim, mprempren de wobɔ aguaman; na Israel aporɔw.
I know Ephraim very well, and Israel cannot hide from me, for now Ephraim is a prostitute and Israel is defiled.
4 “Wɔn nneyɛe mma wɔ kwan mma wɔnnkɔ Nyankopɔn nkyɛn. Aguamammɔ honhom wɔ wɔn koma mu; wonnye Awurade nto mu.
Your actions stop you from coming back to your God for a spirit of prostitution is within you and you do not know the Lord.
5 Israel ahantan di tia no. Israelfo no, mpo Efraim hintihintiw wɔ wɔn amumɔyɛ mu; Yuda nso ne wɔn hintiw saa ara.
Israel's pride speaks against them, right in the face. Israel and Ephraim will stumble because of their guilt, and Judah will stumble along with them.
6 Sɛ wɔne wɔn nguan ne wɔn anantwi kɔhwehwɛ Awurade a Wɔrenhu no, efisɛ watwe ne ho afi wɔn ho.
They will go to seek the Lord with their herds and flocks, but they will not find him, for he has given up on them.
7 Wɔanni Awurade nokware. Wɔwowoo aguaman mma. Sɛ wodi wɔn Ɔsram Foforo Afahyɛ a, ɔbɛsɛe wɔn nsase.
They have been unfaithful to the Lord and have had children that are not his. Now the New Moon will destroy them along with their fields.
8 “Hyɛn torobɛnto no wɔ Gibea. Hyɛn mmɛn no wɔ Rama. Momma ɔko nteɛmu so wɔ Bet Awen; Benyamin, monsɔre nni anim.
Blow the horn in Gibeah! Sound the trumpet in Ramah! Shout an alarm in Beth-aven! Lead the way, Benjamin!
9 Efraim bɛda mpan wɔ akontaabu da. Israel mmusuakuw no mu no mepae mu ka nea ɛwɔ mu.
Ephraim will be left desolate on the day of punishment. Among the tribes of Israel I will reveal what is the real truth.
10 Yuda sodifo no te sɛ wɔn a woyiyi ahye so abo. Mehwie mʼabufuw agu wɔn so te sɛ nsuyiri.
The rulers of Judah have become thieves like those who illegally move boundaries. I will pour out my anger like water upon them.
11 Wɔhyɛ Efraim so, wotiatia ne so wɔ atemmu mu, wasi nʼadwene pi sɛ obedi ahoni akyi.
The people of Ephraim are crushed, smashed to pieces in judgment because they were determined to follow human commands.
12 Mɛyɛ sɛ nwewee ama Efraim na mayɛ Yudafo sɛ dua a aporɔw.
I am like a maggot to Ephraim, and like something rotten to the people of Judah.
13 “Bere a Efraim huu ne yare, na Yuda nso huu nʼakuru no, Efraim de nʼani kyerɛɛ Asiria. Ɔsoma kɔɔ ɔhenkɛse no hɔ kɔpɛɛ mmoa. Nanso wantumi ansa no yare, na akuru no nso anwuwu.
When Ephraim saw how sick they were, and Judah saw how wounded they were, Ephraim turned to the great king of Assyria for help, but he could not heal them or cure their wounds.
14 Enti mɛyɛ sɛ gyata ama Efraim na mayɛ sɛ gyata hoɔdenfo ama Yuda. Mɛtetew wɔn mu nketenkete, na makɔ; Mɛsoa wɔn akɔ, na obiara rentumi nnye wɔn.
For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a fierce lion to the people of Judah. I will come and tear them to pieces, and carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them.
15 Afei mɛsan akɔ me nkyi kosi sɛ wobenya ahonu. Na wɔbɛhwehwɛ mʼakyi kwan; wɔn awerɛhow mu, wɔbɛhwehwɛ me anibere so.”
Then I will leave and return to where I came from until they acknowledge their wrongs, and in their distress they will seek my face and beg for my help.”
