Mika 6

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

Hear ye what Jehovah saith! Arise, contend thou before 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, O ye mountains, the controversy of Jehovah! Hear, ye strong foundations of the earth! For Jehovah hath a controversy with his people; He contendeth 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, And wherein have I offended thee? Testify against me!

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

I brought thee up from the land of Egypt, And from the house of bondage I redeemed thee; I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, to go before thee.

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 what Balak the king of Moab devised. And what Balaam, the son of Beor, answered him, What happened from Shittim to Gilgal, That ye may know the mercies of Jehovah.”

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

Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, And bow myself before the most high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, With 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 Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for the sin of my soul, The fruit of my body for my transgression?

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.

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; What doth Jehovah require of thee, But to do justly, and to love mercy, And to walk humbly before thy God?

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

The voice of Jehovah crieth to the city, And the man of wisdom will discern thee; Hear ye the rod, and who hath threatened it!

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?

Are there not yet in the houses of the unrighteous the treasures of iniquity, And the scanty measure, which is abominable?

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

Shall I count her pure with the wicked balances, And with the bag of deceitful weights?

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

For her rich men are full of violence, And her inhabitants speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

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

Therefore will I sorely smite thee, And make thee desolate on account of 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 not be satisfied, And hunger shall be within thee. Thou shalt remove, but shalt not save, And what thou savest will I give up 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 shalt not reap; Thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil, And the grapes, but shalt not drink the wine.

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 ye keep the statutes of Omri, And all the works of the house of Ahab, And walk in their devices; Therefore will I make thee a desolation, And thine inhabitants a derision; And ye shall bear the reproach of my people.