Mika 1
1 Awurade de saa nsɛm yi brɛɛ Moresetni Mika bere a na Yotam, Ahas ne Hesekia di ade wɔ Yuda no. Anisoade a ohu faa Samaria ne Yerusalem ho.
The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
2 Monyɛ aso, mo nnipa nyinaa, muntie, asase ne mo a mote so nyinaa. Otumfo Awurade redi adanse atia mo, ɔkasa fi nʼasɔredan kronkron no mu.
Hear, ye peoples, all of you. Hearken, O earth, and all who are in it, and let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
3 Monhwɛ! Awurade fi nʼatenae reba; ɔresian na ɔnam asase sorɔnsorɔmmea so.
For, behold, Jehovah comes forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
4 Mmepɔw nan wɔ nʼase, aku mu paapae te sɛ ama a aka ogya, te sɛ nsu a ɛresian waa fi koko so.
And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be split, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.
5 Eyi nyinaa yɛ Yakob nnebɔne, ne bɔne ahorow a ɛwɔ Israel fi nti. Yakob nnebɔne ne dɛn? Ɛnyɛ Samaria ana? Na he ne Yuda sorɔnsorɔmmea? Ɛnyɛ Yerusalem ana?
All this is for the transgression of Jacob, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Are they not Jerusalem?
6 “Enti mɛyɛ Samaria kurow no nnwiriwii siw, baabi a wɔbɛyɛ bobe turo. Mehwie nʼabo agu obon mu ama ne fapem ho ada hɔ.
Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, and as places for planting vineyards. And I will pour down the stones of it into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations of it.
7 Wobebubu nʼahoni nyinaa mu asinasin; wɔde ogya bɛhyew nʼasɔredan mu ayɛyɛde nyinaa. Mɛsɛe ne nsɛsode nyinaa. Esiane sɛ nʼakyɛde a waboa ano no nyinaa, onya fii nguamanfo akatua mu no nti wɔde bɛma nguamanfo.”
And all her graven images shall be beaten to pieces. And all her wages shall be burned with fire, and I will lay desolate all her idols. For she has gathered them from the wages of a harlot, and to the wage of a harlot they shall return.
8 Eyinom nti mesu atwa agyaadwo; mede adagyaw bɛnantew na merenhyɛ mpaboa. Mɛworo so sɛ odompo na masu sɛ patu.
For this I will lament and wail. I will go stripped and naked. I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.
9 Nʼapirakuru no wu ayɛ den; abedu Yuda. Abedu me nkurɔfo pon ano mpo adu Yerusalem ankasa.
For her wounds are incurable. For it has come even to Judah. it reaches to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
10 Monnka no wɔ Gat munnsu koraa Mo a mowɔ Bet-Leafra de, monyantam mfutuma mu.
Tell it not in Gath. Weep not at all. I have rolled myself in the dust at Beth-le-aphrah.
11 Monsen nkɔ adagyaw ne aniwu mu, mo a mote Safir. Wɔn a wɔte Saanan ntumi mpue. Bet-Esel wɔ awerɛhow mu; efisɛ, wo hɔ na onya ne bammɔ.
Pass away, O inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan has not come forth. The wailing of Beth-ezel shall take from you the stay of it.
12 Wɔn a wɔte Marot de ɔyaw nunununu wɔn mu de twɛn mmoa, efisɛ amanehunu a efi Awurade hɔ aba abedu Yerusalem pon ano.
For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.
13 Mo a mote Lakis, munsiesie nteaseɛnam no. Mone bɔne farebae ma Ɔbabea Sion, na mudii Israel anim kɔɔ bɔne mu.
Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O inhabitant of Lachish. She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
14 Enti mode ntetewmu akyɛde bɛma Moreset-Gat, Aksib kurow bɛdaadaa Israel ahemfo.
Therefore thou shall give a parting gift to Moresheth-gath. The houses of Achzib shall be a deceitful thing to the kings of Israel.
15 Mede nkonimdifo bɛtoa mo; mo a mote Maresa. Nea ɔyɛ Israel onuonyamfo no bɛba Adulam.
I will yet bring to thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah, him who shall possess thee. The glory of Israel shall come even to Adullam.
16 Munyi mo tinwi mfa nni awerɛhow, wɔ mma a mo ani gye wɔn ho no ho; mommɔ tikwaw te sɛ opete, efisɛ, wɔbɛfa wɔn afi mo nkyɛn akɔ nnommum mu.
Make thee bald, and cut off thy hair for the sons of thy delight. Enlarge thy baldness as the vulture, for they have gone into captivity from thee.
