< 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.
Preestis, here ye this, and the hous of Israel, perseyue ye, and the hous of the kyng, herkne ye; for whi doom is to you, for ye ben maad a snare to lokyng afer, and as a net spred abrood on Thabor.
2 Atuatewfo adɔ mogyahwiegu mu asukɔ. Mɛtwe wɔn nyinaa aso.
And ye bowiden doun sacrifices in to depthe; and Y am the lernere of alle hem.
3 Minim Efraim ho nsɛm nyinaa; wɔmfaa Israel nhintaw me ɛ. Efraim, mprempren de wobɔ aguaman; na Israel aporɔw.
Y knowe Effraym, and Israel is not hid fro me; for now Effraym dide fornicacioun, Israel is defoulid.
4 “Wɔn nneyɛe mma wɔ kwan mma wɔnnkɔ Nyankopɔn nkyɛn. Aguamammɔ honhom wɔ wɔn koma mu; wonnye Awurade nto mu.
Thei schulen not yiue her thouytis, that thei turne ayen to her God; for the spirit of fornicacioun is in the myddis of hem, and thei knewen not the Lord.
5 Israel ahantan di tia no. Israelfo no, mpo Efraim hintihintiw wɔ wɔn amumɔyɛ mu; Yuda nso ne wɔn hintiw saa ara.
And the boost of Israel schal answere in to the face therof, and Israel and Effraym schulen falle in her wickidnesse; also Judas schal falle with hem.
6 Sɛ wɔne wɔn nguan ne wɔn anantwi kɔhwehwɛ Awurade a Wɔrenhu no, efisɛ watwe ne ho afi wɔn ho.
In her flockis, and in her droues thei schulen go to seke the Lord, and thei schulen not fynde; he is takun awei fro hem.
7 Wɔanni Awurade nokware. Wɔwowoo aguaman mma. Sɛ wodi wɔn Ɔsram Foforo Afahyɛ a, ɔbɛsɛe wɔn nsase.
Thei trespassiden ayens the Lord, for thei gendriden alien sones; now the monethe schal deuoure hem with her partis.
8 “Hyɛn torobɛnto no wɔ Gibea. Hyɛn mmɛn no wɔ Rama. Momma ɔko nteɛmu so wɔ Bet Awen; Benyamin, monsɔre nni anim.
Sowne ye with a clarioun in Gabaa, with a trumpe in Rama; yelle ye in Bethauen, after thi bak, Beniamyn.
9 Efraim bɛda mpan wɔ akontaabu da. Israel mmusuakuw no mu no mepae mu ka nea ɛwɔ mu.
Effraym schal be in to desolacioun, in the dai of amendyng, and in the lynagis of Israel Y schewide feith.
10 Yuda sodifo no te sɛ wɔn a woyiyi ahye so abo. Mehwie mʼabufuw agu wɔn so te sɛ nsuyiri.
The princes of Juda ben maad as takynge terme; Y schal schede out on hem my wraththe as watir.
11 Wɔhyɛ Efraim so, wotiatia ne so wɔ atemmu mu, wasi nʼadwene pi sɛ obedi ahoni akyi.
Effraym suffrith fals chalenge, and is brokun bi doom; for he bigan to go after filthis.
12 Mɛyɛ sɛ nwewee ama Efraim na mayɛ Yudafo sɛ dua a aporɔw.
And Y am as a mouyte to Effraym, and as rot to the hous of Juda.
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.
And Effraym siy his sikenesse, and Judas siy his boond. And Effraym yede to Assur, and sente to the kyng veniere. And he mai not saue you, nether he mai vnbynde the boond fro you.
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 Y am as a lionesse to Effraym, and as a whelp of a lioun to the hous of Juda.
15 Afei mɛsan akɔ me nkyi kosi sɛ wobenya ahonu. Na wɔbɛhwehwɛ mʼakyi kwan; wɔn awerɛhow mu, wɔbɛhwehwɛ me anibere so.”
Y my silf schal take, and go, and take awei, and noon is that schal delyuere. I schal go, and turne ayen to my place, til ye failen, and seken my face.

< Hosea 5 >