Mika 7
1 Mayɛ mmɔbɔ! Mete sɛ aduaba tefoɔ a otwa berɛ akyi mekɔdi mpɛpɛ wɔ bobe turo mu; mennya bobe siaw na madi, borɔdɔma aba a ɛdi ɛkan a me kɔn dɔ nso, saa ara.
Woe, woe is me, for I have become like a field after harvest, like a vineyard after gathering; not a cluster of grapes to eat, not a fig that anyone desires.
2 Moapra Nyamefɛrefoɔ nyinaa afiri asase so. Anka ɔbaako a ɔtene mpo. Nnipa nyinaa tetɛ na wɔhwehwɛ sɛ wɔbɛka mogya agu; wɔsunsum wɔn ho wɔn ho mfidie.
The honest have perished from the land, of the upright among people there is none. All of them lie in wait to shed blood. They hunt one another with the net.
3 Nsa mmienu no nyinaa akokwa bɔneyɛ mu; sodifoɔ bisa akyɛdeɛ, ɔtemmufoɔ gye adanmudeɛ, wɔn a tumi wɔ wɔn nsa mu no yɛ deɛ wɔpɛ, wɔn nyinaa bɔ mu dwene amumuyɛ ho.
Their hands know well how to do evil, the officer and judge demands a bribe, the high official decides as he pleases and they conspire to pervert justice.
4 Deɛ ɔyɛ wɔ wɔn mu no te sɛ hwerɛmo; deɛ ɔtene pa ara no, nkasɛɛ ban yɛ sene no. Wʼatɛmmuda no aso, ɛda a Onyankopɔn reba wo nsrahwɛ. Yei ne ɛberɛ a wɔn ani so bɛyɛ wɔn totɔtotɔ.
The best of them are like a thorn thicket, their most upright like a prickly hedge. The day of their punishment has come, now will be their confusion!
5 Nnye obiara nni; mfa wo werɛ nhyɛ adamfo mu. Mpo ɔbaa a ɔda wo koko mu no to wo tɛkrɛma nnareka wɔ ne ho.
Do not trust your neighbor, do not rely on a friend. From the wife who lies in your arms guard your tongue.
6 Ɔbabarima twiri nʼagya, Ɔbabaa sɔre tia ne maame, asebaa nso tia nʼase na onipa biara atamfoɔ bɛfiri ɔno ankasa ne fiefoɔ mu.
For son insults father, daughter rises up against mother, daughter-in-law against mother-in-law, a man’s enemies are the people of his own household.
7 Me deɛ, mede anidasoɔ hwɛ Awurade, Metwɛn me Nkwagyeɛ Onyankopɔn; na me Onyankopɔn bɛtie me.
But I will look to the Lord, I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me!
8 Mma wʼani nnye, me ɔtamfoɔ! Mahwe ase deɛ, nanso mɛsɔre. Esum aduru me deɛ, nanso Awurade bɛyɛ me hann.
Do not rejoice over me, my enemy. If I have fallen, I will rise. If I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light.
9 Sɛ mayɛ bɔne atia no enti, Awurade abufuo bɛba me so, kɔsi sɛ ɔbɛka mʼasɛm ama me na wada me bembuo adi. Ɔde me bɛba hann no mu; na mɛhunu ne tenenee.
The anger of the Lord I will bear, for against him have I sinned – until he champions my cause and gives judgment for me. He will bring me into to the light, I will see his justice.
10 Afei, mʼatamfoɔ bɛhunu na wɔn ani bɛwu, deɛ ɔsee me sɛ, “Ɛhe na Awurade wo Onyankopɔn no wɔ?” Mʼani bɛhunu nʼahweaseɛ; mpo seesei no, wɔbɛtiatia ne so te sɛ atɛkyɛ a ɛwɔ mmɔntene so.
So my enemy will see, and shame will cover them, they who said, “Where is the Lord your God?” I will look upon them, they will be trampled on like mud in the street!
11 Ɛda a wɔbɛto wʼafasuo no bɛba, ɛda a wɔbɛtrɛ wʼahyeɛ mu.
It is a day for rebuilding your walls, this day will your boundary will be extended.
12 Ɛda no, nnipa bɛba wo nkyɛn firi Asiria ne Misraim nkuropɔn mu, mpo wɔbɛfiri Misraim akɔsi Eufrate afiri ɛpo akɔsi ɛpo ne bepɔ so akɔsi bepɔ so.
This day they will come to you, from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the Euphrates River, from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
13 Asase no bɛyɛ amanfo ɛsiane nnipa a wɔtete so ne wɔn nneyɛɛ enti.
Though the land has become a desolation because of its inhabitants, because of their deeds.
14 Fa wo poma di wo nkurɔfoɔ anim, nnwan a wɔyɛ wʼagyapadeɛ no, a wɔn nko ara tete kwaeɛ mu wira frɔmfrɔm adidibea hɔ. Ma wɔn nnidi wɔ Basan ne Gilead sɛ tete nna no mu.
Shepherd your flock with your staff, the flock that belong to you, who live alone in the forest, in the midst of meadows; so that they may pasture in Bashon and Gilead as in the days of old,
15 “Mɛyɛ anwanwadeɛ akyerɛ wo, sɛdeɛ meyɛɛ nna a wofiri Misraim baeɛ mu no.”
as in the days when you came from Egypt, gave us wonders to see.
16 Aman bɛhunu wo na wɔn ani bɛwu, wɔn a tumi nyinaa afiri wɔn nsa no. Wɔde wɔn nsa bɛtuatua wɔn ano na wɔn aso bɛsisi.
Nations will see and be ashamed of all their might; they will put their hands to their mouth, their ears will become deaf,
17 Wɔbɛdi dɔteɛ sɛ awɔ, ne mmoa a wɔwea fam. Wɔde ahopopoɔ bɛfiri wɔn abɔn mu aba; wɔde suro bɛdane wɔn ho ama Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn, na wɔbɛsuro wo.
they will lick the dust like snakes, like creatures that crawl on the earth; they will come trembling and in terror from their hiding places, in dread and fear.
18 Hwan na ɔte sɛ wo, Onyankopɔn a wode bɔne kyɛ? Wo a wode agyanom asefoɔ nkaeɛ amumuyɛ kyɛ wɔn. Wʼabofuo nntena hɔ daa na mmom wʼani gye sɛ wobɛda mmɔborɔhunu adi.
Who is a God like you, forgiving iniquity and passing by the rebellion of the remnant of your people? He does not retain his anger forever, but is one who delights in mercy.
19 Wobɛhunu yɛn mmɔbɔ bio, wobɛtiatia yɛn bɔne so, na woato yɛn amumuyɛ agu ɛpo bunu mu.
He will tread under foot our iniquity; you will cast into the depths of the sea all our iniquities.
20 Wobɛyɛ nokwafoɔ ama Yakob na wahunu Abraham mmɔbɔ sɛdeɛ wokaa yɛn agyanom ntam teteete no.
You will show faithfulness to Jacob, and loving kindness to Abraham, as you have sworn to our ancestors from the days of old.
