Hosea 5

1 “Montie mo asɔfoɔ! Monhyɛ yei nso, mo Israelfoɔ! Monyɛ aso, Ao adehyefie! Saa atemmuo yi tia mo: Moayɛ afidie wɔ Mispa, ne asau a wɔagu no Tabor so.

to hear: hear this [the] priest and to listen house: household Israel and house: household [the] king to listen for to/for you [the] justice: judgement for snare to be to/for Mizpah and net to spread upon (Mount) Tabor

2 Atuatefoɔ adɔ mogyahwiegu mu asukɔ. Mɛtwe wɔn nyinaa aso.

and slaughtering rebellion be deep and I discipline to/for all their

3 Menim Efraim ho nsɛm nyinaa; wɔmfaa Israel nhintaa me. Efraim, seesei deɛ wobɔ adwaman; na Israel aprɔ.

I to know Ephraim and Israel not to hide from me for now to fornicate Ephraim to defile Israel

4 “Wɔn nneyɛeɛ mma wɔn ɛkwan mma wɔnkɔ Onyankopɔn nkyɛn. Adwamammɔ honhom wɔ wɔn akoma mu; wɔnnye Awurade nto mu.

not to give: allow deed their to/for to return: return to(wards) God their for spirit fornication in/on/with entrails: among their and [obj] LORD not to know

5 Israel ahantan di tia no. Israelfoɔ, mpo Efraim suntisunti wɔ wɔn amumuyɛ mu; Yuda nso ne wɔn sunti saa ara.

and to answer pride Israel in/on/with face his and Israel and Ephraim to stumble in/on/with iniquity: guilt their to stumble also Judah with them

6 Sɛ wɔne wɔn nnwan ne wɔn anantwie kɔhwehwɛ Awurade a Wɔrenhunu no, ɛfiri sɛ, watwe ne ho afiri wɔn ho.

in/on/with flock their and in/on/with cattle their to go: went to/for to seek [obj] LORD and not to find to rescue from them

7 Wɔanni Awurade nokorɛ. Wɔwowoo adwamam mma. Afei wɔn Bosome Foforɔ Afahyɛ bɛsɛe wɔn ne wɔn nsase.

in/on/with LORD to act treacherously for son: child be a stranger to beget now to eat them month: new moon with portion their

8 “Hyɛn totorobɛnto no wɔ Gibea. Hyɛn abɛn no wɔ Rama. Momma ɔko nteam so wɔ Bet Awen; Ao, Benyamin akofoɔ, monsɔre nni anim.

to blow trumpet in/on/with Gibeah trumpet in/on/with Ramah to shout Beth-aven Beth-aven after you Benjamin

9 Wɔbɛsɛe Efraim wɔ akontabuo da. Israel mmusuakuo no mu no mepae mu ka deɛ ɛwom.

Ephraim to/for horror: destroyed to be in/on/with day rebuke in/on/with tribe Israel to know be faithful

10 Yuda sodifoɔ no te sɛ wɔn a wɔyiyi ahyeɛso aboɔ. Mɛhwie mʼabufuo agu wɔn so te sɛ nsuyire.

to be ruler Judah like/as to remove border: boundary upon them to pour: pour like/as water fury my

11 Wɔhyɛ Efraim so, wɔtiatia ne so wɔ atemmuo mu, wasi nʼadwene pi sɛ ɔbɛdi ahoni akyi.

to oppress Ephraim to crush justice: judgement for be willing to go: follow after command

12 Mɛyɛ sɛ nweweboa ama Efraim na mayɛ Yudafoɔ sɛ dua a aporɔ.

and I like/as moth to/for Ephraim and like/as rottenness to/for house: household Judah

13 “Ɛberɛ a Efraim hunuu ne yadeɛ, na Yuda nso hunuu nʼakuro no, Efraim de nʼani kyerɛɛ Asiria. Ɔsoma kɔɔ ɔhene kɛseɛ no hɔ kɔpɛɛ mmoa. Nanso wantumi ansa no yadeɛ, na akuro no nso anwuwu.

and to see: see Ephraim [obj] sickness his and Judah [obj] wound his and to go: went Ephraim to(wards) Assyria and to send: depart to(wards) king `great` and he/she/it not be able to/for to heal to/for you and not to cure from you wound

14 Enti mɛyɛ sɛ gyata ama Efraim na mayɛ sɛ gyata hoɔdenfoɔ ama Yuda. Mɛtete wɔn mu nkete nkete, na makɔ; Mɛsoa wɔn akɔ, na obiara rentumi nnye wɔn.

for I like/as lion to/for Ephraim and like/as lion to/for house: household Judah I I to tear and to go: went to lift: bear and nothing to rescue

15 Afei, mɛsane akɔ me nkyi kɔsi sɛ wobɛnya ahonu. Na wɔbɛhwehwɛ mʼakyiri ɛkwan; wɔn awerɛhoɔ mu, wɔbɛhwehwɛ me anibereɛ so.”

to go: continue to return: return to(wards) place my till which be guilty and to seek face my in/on/with distress to/for them to seek me