Mika 6

1 Montie asɛm a Awurade reka: “Monsɔre na mommɔ mo nkuro wɔ mmepɔ no anim; momma nkokoɔ nte deɛ mowɔ ka.

Hear ye now what the LORD saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

2 “Na afei Ao, mmepɔ, montie Awurade soboɔ; tie, asase nnyinasoɔ a ɛwɔ hɔ daa. Na Awurade wɔ asɛm a ɛtia ne nkurɔfoɔ; ɔrebɔ Israel soboɔ.

Hear, O ye mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye enduring rocks, the foundations of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with His people, and He will plead with Israel.

3 “Me nkurɔfoɔ, ɛdeɛn na mayɛ mo? Mede adesoa bi asoa mo? Mommua me!

O My people, what have I done unto thee? And wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against Me.

4 Meyii mo firii Misraim megyee mo firii nkoasom asase so. Mesomaa Mose bɛdii mo anim Aaron ne Miriam nso.

For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage, and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

5 Me nkurɔfoɔ, monkae afotuo a Moabhene Balak, maeɛ ɛne mmuaeɛ a Beor babarima Balaam maeɛ. Monkae mo akwantuo a motu firii Sitim kɔɔ Gilgal, na monhunu Awurade akwantenenee.”

O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of the LORD.

6 Ɛdeɛn na memfa mmra Awurade anim mmɛkoto ɔsorosoro Onyankopɔn no? Memfa anantwie mma a wadi afe mmɛbɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ wɔ nʼanim anaa?

'Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old?

7 Awurade ani bɛsɔ nnwennini mpempem ne ngo ɔpedu a ɛretene sɛ nsubɔntene anaa? Memfa mʼabakan mmɔ me bɔne ho afɔdeɛ, anaa me yafunu mu mma, me kra bɔne nti?

Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?'

8 Ɔde deɛ ɛyɛ akyerɛ wo, Ao onipa. Na ɛdeɛn na Awurade hwehwɛ afiri wo hɔ? Yɛ adetenenee, hunu afoforɔ mmɔbɔ, na wo ne wo Onyankopɔn nnante ahobrɛaseɛ mu.

It hath been told thee, O man, what is good, and what the LORD doth require of thee: only to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.

9 Montie! Awurade refrɛ kuropɔn no, Wo din suro yɛ nyansahu, “Monsuro Abaa no ne deɛ ɔmaa no tumi no.

Hark! the LORD crieth unto the city — and it is wisdom to have regard for Thy name — hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

10 Mo amumuyɛfoɔ, menkɔ so mma me werɛ mfiri mo ahonya a monam nsisie so apɛ, ne nkontompo susukora a ɛde nnome ba no anaa?

Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

11 Mennyae onipa a ɔkura nsania a wɔamia mu, ne nsisie nkariboɔ na ɔmfa ne ho nni anaa?

'Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?'

12 Adefoɔ a wɔwɔ mo mu no di akakabensɛm; mo nkurɔfoɔ no yɛ atorofoɔ na wɔn tɛkrɛma ka nnaadaasɛm.

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

13 Ɛno enti, mafiri aseɛ resɛe mo, Mo bɔne ahodoɔ enti, mɛsɛe mo.

Therefore I also do smite thee with a grievous wound; I do make thee desolate because of thy sins.

14 Mobɛdidi, nanso moremmee; ɛkɔm bɛkɔ so ade mo. Mobɛboaboa ano nanso ɛrenkɔsi hwee, ɛfiri sɛ mede deɛ moakora no bɛma akofena.

Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy sickness shall be in thine inward parts; and thou shalt conceive, but shalt not bring forth; and whomsoever thou bringest forth will I give up to the sword.

15 Mobɛdua nanso morentwa. Mobɛkyi ngo dua mu ngo, nanso morensra bi. Mobɛtiatia bobe so, nanso morennom nsã a mobɛnya afiri mu no bi.

Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil; and the vintage, but shalt not drink wine.

16 Moadi Omri mmara so. Moayɛ deɛ wɔyɛɛ wɔ Ahab efie. Moasua wɔn nneyɛeɛ no bi, ɛno enti mɛma ɔsɛeɛ aba mo so. Wɔbɛsere mo nkurɔfoɔ; na amanaman bɛbu mo animtia.”

For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee an astonishment, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of My people.