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 Lord’s message which came to Micah of Morsheth in the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. The visions he saw about 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.
Listen, all you peoples! Pay attention, all you inhabitants of the earth! For the Lord God will be a witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple!
3 Monhwɛ! Awurade fi nʼatenae reba; ɔresian na ɔnam asase sorɔnsorɔmmea so.
The Lord is coming from his holy place, he descends and treads on the heights 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.
so that the mountains melt beneath like wax in the presence of the fire, and the valleys break apart like water poured down a steep descent.
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 because of the crime of Jacob, and for the sin of the house of Israel. What was the crime of Jacob? Was it not Samaria? What is the sin of Judah? Is it 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.
“I will make Samaria a ruin in an open field, and a place where a vineyard is planted, I will hurl down her stones into the valley, and lay bare her foundations.
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.”
“All her images will be shattered, and all her statues will be burned with fire, and all her idols I will lay in ruins. For they were acquired by prostitution, and to prostitution they will return.”
8 Eyinom nti mesu atwa agyaadwo; mede adagyaw bɛnantew na merenhyɛ mpaboa. Mɛworo so sɛ odompo na masu sɛ patu.
This is why I will mourn and wail, I will go barefoot and naked, I will howl like the jackals and mourn like the desert owl.
9 Nʼapirakuru no wu ayɛ den; abedu Yuda. Abedu me nkurɔfo pon ano mpo adu Yerusalem ankasa.
For the blow that Samaria has received is incurable. It has spread over Judah, it extends even 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.
Don’t tell this in Gath! Don’t even cry – but sit in the dust at Beth-leaphrah.
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 by, inhabitants of Shaphir, naked and ashamed! The inhabitants of Zaanan cannot leave their city. Beth-ezel laments and removes its support from you.
12 Wɔn a wɔte Marot de ɔyaw nunununu wɔn mu de twɛn mmoa, efisɛ amanehunu a efi Awurade hɔ aba abedu Yerusalem pon ano.
The inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good! But the Lord has sent disaster to the gates of Jerusalem.
13 Mo a mote Lakis, munsiesie nteaseɛnam no. Mone bɔne farebae ma Ɔbabea Sion, na mudii Israel anim kɔɔ bɔne mu.
Harness the horse to the chariot, inhabitants of Lachish. You led the daughter of Zion, Jerusalem, into sin, in you are found the crimes of Israel.
14 Enti mode ntetewmu akyɛde bɛma Moreset-Gat, Aksib kurow bɛdaadaa Israel ahemfo.
Therefore you must give parting gifts to Moresheth-gath. Beth-achzib will betray the kings of Israel.
15 Mede nkonimdifo bɛtoa mo; mo a mote Maresa. Nea ɔyɛ Israel onuonyamfo no bɛba Adulam.
I will hand you to a conqueror, people of Mareshah, the leaders of Israel will hide in Adullam Cave!
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.
Shave your head in morning for the children you love, until you are bald as vultures, because they have left you for exile.
