Hosea 6

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

“Come, and we turn back to YHWH, For He has torn, and He heals us, He strikes, and He binds us up.

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

He revives us after two days, In the third day He raises us up, And we live before Him.

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.”

And we know—we pursue to know YHWH, His going forth is prepared as the dawn, And He comes in as a shower to us, As spring rain [and] autumn rain to 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 do I do to you, O Ephraim? What do I do to you, O Judah? Your goodness [is] as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early—going.

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

Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments go forth to the light.

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

For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.

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

And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against Me.

8 Gilead yɛ atirimɔdenfo kuropɔn a mogya anammɔn akeka hɔ.

Gilead [is] a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from 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.

And as bands wait for a man, A company of priests murder—the way to Shechem, For they have done wickedness.

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, There [is] the whoredom of Ephraim—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, O Judah, a harvest is appointed to you, In My turning back [to] the captivity of My people!”