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 Yahweh. For he has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us; he has injured us, but he will bandage 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; he will raise us up on the third day, and we will 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.”

Let us know Yahweh; let us press on to know Yahweh. His coming out is as sure as the dawn; he will come to us like the showers, like the spring rains that water the land.”

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.

Ephraim, what will I do with you? Judah, what will I do with you? Your faithfulness is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes away early.

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

So I have cut them to pieces by the prophets, I have killed them with the words of my mouth. Your decrees are like the light that shines out.

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

For I desire faithfulness and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

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

Like Adam they have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me.

8 Gilead yɛ atirimɔdenfo kuropɔn a mogya anammɔn akeka hɔ.

Gilead is a city of evildoers 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.

As gangs of robbers wait for someone, so the priests band together to commit murder on the way to Shechem; they have committed shameful crimes.

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's prostitution is there, and Israel has become unclean.

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

For you also, Judah, a harvest has been appointed, when I will restore the fortunes of my people.