Mika 6

1 Muntie asɛm a Awurade reka: “Monsɔre na mommɔ mo nkuro wɔ mmepɔw no anim; momma nkoko nte nea mowɔ ka.

Hear now a word: the Lord God has said; Arise, plead with the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

2 “Na afei, mmepɔw, muntie Awurade sobo; tie, asase nnyinaso a ɛwɔ hɔ daa. Na Awurade wɔ asɛm a etia ne nkurɔfo; ɔrebɔ Israel sobo.

Hear ye, O mountains, the controversy of the Lord, and [ye] valleys [even] the foundations of the earth: for the Lord [has] a controversy with his people, and will plead with Israel.

3 “Me nkurɔfo, dɛn na mayɛ mo? Mede adesoa bi asoa mo? Mummua me!

O my people, what have I done to thee? or wherein have I grieved thee? or wherein have I troubled thee? answer me.

4 Miyii mo fii Misraim migyee mo fii nkoasom asase so. Mesomaa Mose bedii mo anim, Aaron ne Miriam nso.

For I brought tee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage, and sent before thee Moses, and Aaron, and Mariam.

5 Me nkurɔfo, monkae afotu a Moabhene Balak mae ne mmuae a Beor babarima Balaam mae. Monkae mo kwan a mutu fii Sitim kɔɔ Gilgal, na munhu Awurade akwantrenee.”

O my people, remember now, what counsel Balac king of Moab took against thee, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from the reeds to Galgal; that the righteousness of the Lord might be known.

6 Dɛn na memfa mmra Awurade anim mmɛkotow ɔsorosoro Onyankopɔn no? Memfa nantwimma a wadi afe mmɛbɔ ɔhyew afɔre wɔ nʼanim ana?

Wherewithal shall I reach the Lord, [and] lay hold of my God most high? shall I reach him by whole-burnt-offerings, by calves of a year old?

7 Awurade ani bɛsɔ adwennini mpempem ne ngodua mu ngo asuten mpem du ana? Memfa mʼabakan mmɔ me bɔne ho afɔre, anaa me yafunumma, me kra bɔne nti?

Will the Lord accept thousands of rams, or ten thousands of fat goats? should I give my first-born for ungodliness, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

8 Ɔde nea eye akyerɛ wo, Ao onipa. Na dɛn na Awurade hwehwɛ afi wo hɔ? Yɛ adetrenee ne mmɔborɔhunu, na wo ne wo Nyankopɔn nnantew ahobrɛase mu.

Has it [not] been told thee, O man, what [is] good? or what does the Lord require of thee, but to do justice, and love mercy, and be ready to walk with the Lord thy God?

9 Muntie! Awurade refrɛ kuropɔn no, Wo din suro yɛ nyansahu, “Muntie abaa no ne nea Ɔmaa no tumi no.

The Lord's voice shall be proclaimed in the city, and he shall save those that fear his name: hear, O tribe; and who shall order the city?

10 Mo amumɔyɛfo, menkɔ so mma me werɛ mfi mo ahonya a monam asisi so apɛ, ne nkontompo susukoraa a ɛde nnome ba no ana?

[Is there] not fire, and the house of the wicked heaping up wicked treasures, and [that] with the pride of unrighteousness?

11 Minnyae onipa a okura nsania a wɔamia mu, ne asisi nkaribo na ɔmfa ne ho nni ana?

Shall the wicked be justified by the balanced, or deceitful weights in the bag,

12 Adefo a wɔwɔ mo mu no di akakabensɛm; mo nkurɔfo no yɛ atorofo na wɔn tɛkrɛma ka nnaadaasɛm.

whereby they have accumulated their ungodly wealth, and they that dwell in the city have uttered falsehoods, and their tongue has been exalted in their mouth?

13 Ɛno nti, mafi ase resɛe mo, Mo bɔne ahorow nti, mɛsɛe mo.

Therefore will I begin to smite thee; I will destroy thee in thy sins.

14 Mubedidi, nanso moremmee; ɔkɔm bɛkɔ so ade mo. Mobɛboaboa ano, nanso ɛrenkosi hwee, efisɛ mede nea moakora no bɛma afoa.

Thou shalt eat, and shalt not be satisfied; and there shall be darkness upon thee; and he shall depart from [thee], and thou shalt not escape; and all that shall escape shall be delivered over to the sword.

15 Mubedua nanso morentwa. Mubekyi ngodua mu ngo, nanso morensra bi, mubetiatia bobe so, nanso morennom nsa a mubenya afi mu no bi.

Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt press the olive, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; and [shalt make] wine, but ye shall drink no wine: and the ordinances of my people shall be utterly abolished.

16 Moadi Omri mmara so. Moayɛ nea wɔyɛɛ wɔ Ahab fi. Moasua wɔn nneyɛe no bi, ɛno nti mɛma ɔsɛe aba mo so. Wɔbɛserew mo nkurɔfo; na amanaman bebu mo animtiaa.”

For thou hast kept the statues of Zambri, and [done] all the works of the house of Achaab; and ye have walked in their ways, that I might deliver thee to utter destruction, and those that inhabit the city to hissing: and ye shall bear the reproach of nations.