Mika 7
1 Mayɛ mmɔbɔ! Mete sɛ otwabere nnuaba tasefo a otwabere akyi mikodi mpɛpɛ wɔ bobeturo mu; minnya bobe kasiaw na madi, borɔdɔma aba a edi kan a mekɔn dɔ nso, saa ara.
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
2 Wɔapra Onyamefɛrefo nyinaa afi asase so. Anka ɔbaako a ɔteɛ mpo. Nnipa nyinaa tetɛw na wɔhwehwɛ sɛ wɔbɛka mogya agu; wɔde ɔtan sunsum wɔn ho wɔn ho mfiri.
The good man hath perished from the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
3 Nsa abien no nyinaa akokwaw bɔneyɛ mu; ɔsodifo bisa akyɛde, otemmufo gye adanmude, wɔn a tumi wɔ wɔn nsa mu no yɛ nea wɔpɛ, wɔn nyinaa bɔ mu dwene amumɔyɛ ho.
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they weave it together.
4 Nea oye wɔ wɔn mu no te sɛ ohwirem; nea ɔteɛ pa ara no, nsɔeban ye sen no. Wʼatemmuda no aso, da a Onyankopɔn reba wo nsrahwɛ. Eyi ne bere a wɔn ani so bɛyɛ wɔn totɔtotɔ.
The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy punishment cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
5 Nnye obiara nni; mfa wo werɛ nhyɛ adamfo mu. Mpo, ɔbea a ɔda wo koko mu no to wo tɛkrɛma nnareka wɔ ne ho.
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
6 Ɔbabarima twiri nʼagya, Ɔbabea sɔre tia ne na, asebea nso tia nʼase onipa atamfo ne nʼankasa ne fifo.
For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
7 Me de, mede anidaso hwɛ Awurade, Metwɛn me Nkwagye Nyankopɔn; na me Nyankopɔn betie me.
Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
8 Mma wʼani nnye, me tamfo! Mahwe ase de, nanso mɛsɔre. Sum aduru me de, nanso Awurade bɛyɛ me hann.
Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light to me.
9 Sɛ mayɛ bɔne atia no nti, Awurade abufuw bɛba me so, kosi sɛ ɔbɛka mʼasɛm ama me na wada me bembu adi. Ɔde me bɛba hann no mu; na mehu ne trenee.
I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he shall plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
10 Afei, mʼatamfo behu na wɔn ani bewu, nea osee me sɛ, “Ɛhe na Awurade wo Nyankopɔn no wɔ?” Mʼani behu nʼasehwe; mpo mprempren no, wobetiatia no so te sɛ dontori a ɛwɔ mmɔnten so.
Then she that is my enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said to me, Where is the LORD thy God? my eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
11 Da a wɔbɛto wʼafasu no bɛba, da a wɔbɛtrɛw wʼahye mu.
In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
12 Da no, nnipa bɛba wo nkyɛn afi Asiria ne Misraim nkuropɔn mu, mpo wobefi Misraim akosi Eufrate afi po akosi po ne bepɔw so akosi bepɔw so.
In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
13 Asase no bɛyɛ amamfo, esiane nnipa a wɔtete so ne wɔn nneyɛe nti.
Afterwards the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell in it, for the fruit of their doings.
14 Fa wo pema di wo nkurɔfo anim, nguan a wɔyɛ wʼagyapade no, a wɔn nko ara tete kwae mu, wura frɔmfrɔm adidibea hɔ. Ma wonnidi wɔ Basan ne Gilead sɛ tete nna no mu.
Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy heritage, who dwell solitarily in the forest, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
15 “Mɛyɛ anwonwade akyerɛ wo, sɛnea meyɛɛ nna a wufi Misraim bae mu no.”
According to the days of thy departure from the land of Egypt will I show to him marvellous things.
16 Aman behu wo na wɔn ani bewu, wɔn a tumi nyinaa afi wɔn nsa no. Wɔde wɔn nsa betuatua wɔn ano na wɔn aso besisiw.
The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
17 Wobedi dɔte sɛ awɔ, ne mmoa a wɔwea wɔ fam. Wɔde ahopopo befi wɔn abon mu aba; wɔde osuro bɛdan wɔn ho ama Awurade yɛn Nyankopɔn, na wobesuro wo.
They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
18 Hena na ɔte sɛ wo, Onyankopɔn a wode bɔne kyɛ? Wo a wode agyanom asefo nkae amumɔyɛ kyɛ wɔn. Wʼabufuw ntena hɔ daa, na mmom wʼani gye sɛ wobɛda mmɔborɔhunu adi.
Who is a God like thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
19 Wubehu yɛn mmɔbɔ bio, wubetiatia yɛn bɔne so, na woatow yɛn amumɔyɛ agu po bun mu.
He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
20 Wobɛyɛ ɔnokwafo ama Yakob na woahu Abraham mmɔbɔ sɛnea wokaa yɛn agyanom ntam teteete no.
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
