Hosea 7
1 ɛberɛ biara a mɛsa Israel yadeɛ no, Efraim nnebɔne da adi. Samaria awurukasɛm nso daa adi. Wɔyɛ nnaadaafoɔ akorɔmfoɔ a wɔbubu adan ani kɔ afie mu, ne akwanmukafoɔ a wɔbɔ korɔno wɔ mmɔntene so.
when I heal Israel, Ephraim's sins will be exposed, together with the evil actions of Samaria. They deal in lies; they are thieves who break into homes and rob people on the outside.
2 Na wɔnhunu sɛ mekae wɔn nnebɔne nyinaa. Wɔn bɔne bunkam fa wɔn so; ɛgu mʼanim ɛberɛ biara.
But they don't realize that I remember all of their wickedness. Their sins surround them and are always before me.
3 “Wɔde atirimuɔdensɛm gyegye ɔhene no ani, na wɔde atorɔ nso gyegye ahenemma no ani.
They make their king happy with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
4 Wɔn nyinaa yɛ awaresɛefoɔ a akɔnnɔ redɛre wɔ wɔn mu. Wɔte sɛ fononoo a wɔasɔ mu ogya ɛberɛ a burodotofoɔ ahyɛ aseɛ refotɔ nʼasikyiresiam.
All of them are adulterers, burning with lust like an oven whose fire stays hot, even though it is not tended by the baker, having left the dough to rise after kneading.
5 Ɛda a ɔhene rehyɛ fa no ahenemma boro nsã, na ɔhene no fɛdifoɔ ne wɔn bɔ mu goro.
On the king's birthday the princes drink so much they are sick, while he joins in with those who mock.
6 Wɔn akoma te sɛ fononoo; wɔde atirimpɔ bɔne kɔ ɔhene anim. Wɔn nsusuiɛ bɔne no dɛɛdɛɛ anadwo mu nyinaa; adekyeeɛ mu no, ɛdɛre te sɛ ogyaframa.
Their minds are fired up like an oven; they go to him with their plots. All through the night their anger burns; in the morning it blazes out uncontrollably.
7 Wɔn nyinaa ayɛ hye sɛ fononoo. Wɔkunkumm wɔn sodifoɔ. Wɔn ahemfo nyinaa hwehwe ase na wɔn mu biara nnsu mfrɛ me.
All of them are as hot as a burning oven, and they exhaust their leaders. All of their kings have fallen, and not one of them calls on me.
8 “Efraim ne aman no adi afra Efraim yɛ ɔfam a anyinya a wɔnkusaeɛ.
Ephraim mixes with the foreign nations; he is as useless as half-baked bread!
9 Ananafoɔ twe nʼahoɔden, nanso ɔnhunu. Ɛdwono aba ne tiri so, nanso nʼani mmaa so.
Foreigners drain his strength, and he doesn't even realize it. His hair is turning grey and he doesn't even notice.
10 Israel ahantan di adanseɛ tia no, nanso yei nyinaa akyi no ɔnnsane nkɔ Awurade ne Onyankopɔn nkyɛn, na ɔnhwehwɛ no nso.
Israel's pride testifies against him, but for all of this he still does not return to the Lord their God or look for him.
11 “Efraim te sɛ aborɔnoma a wɔtumi daadaa no na ɔnni adwene. Ɔfrɛ Misraim, na wadane akɔ Asiria.
Ephraim is like a dove, foolish and without sense—calling to Egypt, then going to Assyria.
12 Sɛ wɔkɔ a, mɛto mʼasau agu wɔn so; atwe wɔn aba fam te sɛ ewiem nnomaa. Sɛ mete sɛ wɔretu abom a, mɛkyere wɔn.
When they go I will throw my net over them; I will bring them down like wild birds. When I hear them flocking together I will punish them.
13 Nnome nka wɔn, ɛfiri sɛ wɔatwe wɔn ho afiri me ho! Ɔsɛeɛ mmra wɔn so, ɛfiri sɛ wɔate me so atua! Anka mepɛ sɛ megye wɔn nanso wotwa atorɔ fa me ho.
What disaster is coming to them because they have strayed from me! Destruction is coming to them because they have rebelled against me! I wish I could redeem them, but they tell lies about me.
14 Wɔmmfiri wɔn akoma mu nnsu mfrɛ me mmom wɔtwa adwo wɔ wɔn mpa so. Wɔboaboa wɔn ho ano kɔpɛ aduane ne nsã foforɔ, nanso wɔtwe wɔn ho firi me ho.
They do not cry out to me with sincere minds; instead they lie on their beds howling. They assemble together and gash themselves to gain grain and new wine, but they turn away from me.
15 Metetee wɔn, hyɛɛ wɔn den, nanso wɔbɔ pɔ bɔne tia me.
I myself trained them and made them strong, but now they plot evil against me.
16 Wɔnnhwehwɛ Ɔsorosoroni no; wɔte sɛ tadua a asɛeɛ, wɔn ntuanofoɔ bɛtotɔ wɔ akofena ano ɛfiri sɛ, wɔnnkasa obuo so. Yei enti wɔbɛdi wɔn ho fɛ wɔ Misraim asase so.
They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a useless bow. Their leaders will be killed by the sword because of their cursing. Because of this they will be ridiculed in Egypt.
