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 Yahweh which came unto Micah the Morashtite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, —of which he had vision 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 the fulness thereof, —and let My Lord Yahweh be among you for a witness, My Lord out of his holy temple.
3 Monhwɛ! Awurade fi nʼatenae reba; ɔresian na ɔnam asase sorɔnsorɔmmea so.
For lo! Yahweh, coming forth out of his place, —that he may descend, and march along 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.
Then shall the mountains be melted beneath him, and, the valleys, be cleft, —as wax before the fire, as waters poured out in 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?
For the transgression of Jacob, is all this, and for the sin of the house of Israel, —Whose is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria’s? And whose 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.
Therefore will I make of Samaria a heap in a field, the plantings in a vineyard, —and I will pour down, into the valley, her stones, and, her foundations, will I lay bare;
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 images, shall be beaten in pieces, and, all her rewards for unchastity, shall be burned in the fire, and, all her idols, will I make a desolation, —for, out of the reward of unchastity, she gathered [them], and, unto the reward of unchastity, shall they return.
8 Eyinom nti mesu atwa agyaadwo; mede adagyaw bɛnantew na merenhyɛ mpaboa. Mɛworo so sɛ odompo na masu sɛ patu.
For this cause, will I lament and howl, I will go stript and bare, —I will make a lamentation, like the wild dogs, and a mourning, like ostriches.
9 Nʼapirakuru no wu ayɛ den; abedu Yuda. Abedu me nkurɔfo pon ano mpo adu Yerusalem ankasa.
For dangerous are her wounds, —for she hath come as far as Judah, she hath reached as far as the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem.
10 Monnka no wɔ Gat munnsu koraa Mo a mowɔ Bet-Leafra de, monyantam mfutuma mu.
In Gath, do not tell, in Accho, do not weep, —in Beth-l’aphrah, roll yourselves in dust.
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 thou over (for you), thou inhabitress of Shaphir, of disgraceful disclosure, —the inhabitress of Zaanan, hath not gone forth, at the lamentation of Beth-ezel, shall he take from you his station,
12 Wɔn a wɔte Marot de ɔyaw nunununu wɔn mu de twɛn mmoa, efisɛ amanehunu a efi Awurade hɔ aba abedu Yerusalem pon ano.
Though the inhabitress of Maroth waited for blessing, —yet there came down calamity from Yahweh, 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 steed, O inhabitress of Lachish, —the beginning of sin, was she to the daughter of Zion, for, in thee, have been found the transgressions of Israel.
14 Enti mode ntetewmu akyɛde bɛma Moreset-Gat, Aksib kurow bɛdaadaa Israel ahemfo.
Therefore, shalt thou give a dismission, against Moresheth-gath, —The houses of Achzib, served for a deception to the kings of Israel.
15 Mede nkonimdifo bɛtoa mo; mo a mote Maresa. Nea ɔyɛ Israel onuonyamfo no bɛba Adulam.
The time shall yet be when, the heir, I will bring unto thee, O inhabitress of Mareshah, —as far as Adullam, shall enter the glory of Israel.
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 children of thy pleasures, —enlarge thy baldness, like a vulture, for they are exiled from thee.
