< Nahum 3 >

1 Nnome nka mogya kuropɔn a atoro ne korɔn ahyɛ no ma na amanehunufo mpa mu da!
Woe to! [the] city of blood all of it lying plunder [is] full not it will depart prey.
2 Apɔnkɔkafo abaa regyigye, nteaseɛnam nhankare reyɛ kirididi Apɔnkɔ rehuruhuruw ne nteaseɛnam redankyidankyi.
[the] sound of A whip and [the] sound of [the] rattling of a wheel and a horse galloping and a chariot jolting.
3 Apɔnkɔ ne wɔn sotefo ko kɔ wɔn anim; afoa twa yerɛw yerɛw, na mpeaw nso pa yerɛw yerɛw. Atɔfo bebree, awufo a bi deda bi so, afunu a wontumi nkan wɔn dodow a nnipa tiatia so.
A horseman bringing up and [the] blade of a sword and [the] flash of a spear and [the] multitude of [the] slain and [the] weight of corpse[s] and there not [is] an end to the bodi[es] (and people will stumble *Q(K)*) over bodi[es] their.
4 Eyi nyinaa fi oguamanfo bi akɔnnɔ, ntafowayifo no nnaadaa dodow no. Ɔno na ɔde nʼaguamammɔ tɔn amanaman na ɔde ne ntafowayi tɔn nnipa.
From [the] abundance of [the] prostitution of a prostitute good of grace a mistress of sorceries who sells nations by prostitution her and clans by sorceries her.
5 “Me ne wo nka,” sɛnea Asafo Awurade se ni, “Mɛpagyaw wʼatade akɔ soro. Mɛma amanaman ahu wʼadagyaw na ahenni ahorow nso ahu wʼanimguase.
Here I [am] against you [the] utterance of Yahweh of hosts and I will uncover skirts your on face your and I will show nations nakedness your and kingdoms shame your.
6 Mede fi bɛsra wo ho, mebu wo animtiaa na mama nnipa ahwɛ wo.
And I will throw on you detestable things and I will treat with contempt you and I will make you like a spectacle.
7 Obiara a obehu wo beguan afi wo ho aka se, ‘Ninewe adwiriw, na hena na obesu no?’ Ɛhe na menya obi akyekye wo werɛ?”
And it will be all [those who] see you he will flee from you and he will say it is devastated Nineveh who? will he show sympathy to it from where? will I seek comforters for you.
8 Wuye sen Tebes a ɛda Asubɔnten Nil ho a nsu atwa ne ho ahyia ana? Asubɔnten bɔ ne ho ban na nsu yɛ ne fasu.
¿ Have you been made good more than No Amon that was dwelling among the canals water [was] all around it which rampart [was the] sea [was] from sea wall its.
9 Kus ne Misraim yɛ ne dɔm a wontumi nkan wɔn. Put ne Libia ka nʼadomfo ho.
Cush [was] strength its and Egypt and there not [was] an end Put and [the] Libyans they were help your.
10 Nanso wɔfaa no nnommum twaa no asu. Wɔtow ne nkokoaa hwehwee fam ma wɔtetee wɔ mmɔnten so. Wɔbɔɔ nʼadehye so ntonto, na nʼatitiriw nso wɔde nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn guguu wɔn.
Also it to exile it went in captivity also children its they were dashed in pieces at [the] head of all [the] streets and on honored [people] its they cast a lot and all great [people] its they were bound with fetters.
11 Wo nso wobɛbow Na wubehintaw wo ho de akɔpɛ guankɔbea wɔ atamfo nkyɛn.
Also you you will become drunk it will be hidden also you you will seek a refuge from [the] enemy.
12 Wʼaban nyinaa te sɛ borɔdɔma nnua a asow aba foforo: sɛ wɔwosow a aba no tetew gu ma nea ɔrehwehwɛ bi adi.
All fortifications your [are] fig trees with first-fruits if they will be shaken and they will fall on [the] mouth of an eater.
13 Hwɛ wʼakofo wɔn nyinaa yɛ mmea! Wʼasase so apon ano deda hɔ ma wʼatamfo; ogya ahyew wʼapon no akyi adaban.
There! people your [are] women in midst your to enemies your certainly they will be opened [the] gates of land your it will consume fire bars your.
14 Sesaw nsu sie ma bere a wɔatua mo ano no. Yere wo bammɔ mu! Wɔw dɔte no na siesie ntayaa a wɔato no!
Water of siege draw for yourself strengthen fortifications your go in the clay and trample on the mortar take hold of a brick mold.
15 Ɛhɔ na ogya bɛhyew wo; afoa betwa wo ahwe fam, wobedi wo nam sɛ mmoadabikuw. Monnɔ sɛ tɛwtɛw, mo ase mfɛe sɛ mmoadabi!
There it will consume you fire it will cut off you [the] sword it will consume you like the locust make yourself numerous like the locust make yourself numerous like the locust.
16 Woama wʼaguadifo adɔɔso, wɔn dodow asen ɔsoro nsoromma, nanso wɔte sɛ mmoadabi a wɔbɔ asase no kwaterekwa na afei wotu kɔ.
You have increased traders your more than [the] stars of the heavens a locust it strips off and it flew away.
17 Wʼawɛmfo te sɛ mmoadabi. Wʼadwumayɛfo te sɛ mmoadabi akuw a wɔsensam ban ho awɔw da. Nanso sɛ owia pue a wotu kɔ, na obi nnim faako a wɔkɔ.
Courtiers your [are] like the locust and officials your [are] like a locust of locusts which encamp in the walls on a day of coldness [the] sun it rises and it flees and not it is known place its where [are]? they.
18 Asiriahene wo nguanhwɛfo retɔ nko. Wʼanuonyamfo deda hɔ rehome. Wo nkurɔfo abɔ apete wɔ mmepɔw no so a wonni anoboaboafo.
They are slumbering shepherds your O king of Assyria they settle down nobles your they are scattered people your on the mountains and there not [is one who] gathers [them].
19 Aduru biara rentumi nkum wʼapirakuru no; wo kuru no bekum wo. Obiara a ɔte wo nka no bɔ ne nsam wɔ wʼasehwe ho, Na hena koraa na wʼatirimɔdensɛm no bi nkaa no da?
There not [is] relief for fracture your [is] severe wound your all - [those who] hear report your they strike a palm on you for over whom? not has it passed evil your continually.

< Nahum 3 >