Hosea 6

1 “Mommra, momma yɛnsan nkɔ Awurade nkyɛn. Watetew yɛn mu asinasin nanso ɔbɛsa yɛn yare. Wapirapira yɛn nanso ɔbɛkyekyere yɛn apirakuru.

Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

2 Nnaanu akyi, ɔbɛma yɛanya ahoɔden; nansa so, ɔde yɛn besi yɛn sibea na yɛanya nkwa wɔ nʼanim.

After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.

3 Momma yennye Awurade nto mu; momma yɛnkɔ so nnye no nto mu. Sɛnea owia pue da biara no, obepue; ɔbɛba yɛn nkyɛn te sɛ osu a ɛtɔ awɔwbere mu anaa asusow bere mu su a ɛfɔw asase.”

So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

4 “Dɛn na metumi de wo ayɛ, Efraim? Dɛn na metumi de wo ayɛ, Yuda? Mo dɔ te sɛ anɔpa bɔ, ɛte sɛ anɔpa bosu a etu yera.

What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

5 Mede mʼadiyifo twitwaa mo mu asinasin, mede mʼanom nsɛm kunkum mo; mʼatemmu baa mo so sɛ anyinam.

Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.

6 Mepɛ ahummɔbɔ na ɛnyɛ afɔrebɔ, mepɛ Onyankopɔn ho nimdeɛ sen ɔhyew afɔre.

For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

7 Wɔabu apam no so sɛnea Adam yɛe. Wɔanni me nokware wɔ hɔ.

But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

8 Gilead yɛ atirimɔdenfo kuropɔn a mogya anammɔn akeka hɔ.

Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.

9 Sɛnea akwamukafo ka kwan mu no saa ara na asɔfokuw no nso yɛ; wodi awu wɔ Sekem tempɔn so, yɛ nnebɔne a ɛyɛ animguase.

Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.

10 Mahu ahodwiriwde wɔ Israelfi. Ɛhɔ, Efraim kɔ aguamammɔ mu Israel gu ne ho fi.

In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.

11 “Na wo Yuda nso, wɔahyɛ otwa bere ama wo. “Bere biara a mede me nkurɔfo siade bɛsan ama wɔn no,

Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.