Hosea 9
1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, like the peoples; for thou hast played the harlot, [departing] from thy God; thou hast loved hire upon every grain-floor.
Nni ahurusi, Israel; nsɛpɛw wo ho te sɛ aman a aka no. Efisɛ woanni wo Nyankopɔn nokware, wʼani gye aguamammɔ ho wɔ awiporowbea nyinaa so.
2 The threshing-floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.
Awiporowbea ne nsakyiamoa rentumi mma nnipa no aduan; nsa foforo nso bɛbɔ wɔn.
3 They shall not dwell in Jehovah’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
Wɔrentena Awurade asase no so bio; Efraim bɛsan akɔ Misraim na wadi aduan a ɛho ntew wɔ Asiria.
4 They shall not pour out wine-[offerings] to Jehovah, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted; for their bread shall be for their appetite; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah.
Wɔremmɔ ahwiesa afɔre mma Awurade, na wɔn afɔrebɔ nso nsɔ nʼani. Saa afɔrebɔ yi bɛyɛ sɛ asufo brodo de ama wɔn; wɔn a wodi nyinaa ho begu fi. Saa aduan no bɛyɛ wɔn ankasa dea na wɔrentumi mmfa nkɔ Awurade asɔredan mu.
5 What will ye do in the day of solemn assembly, and in the day of the feast of Jehovah?
Dɛn na mobɛyɛ wɔ mo aponto da no ne Awurade afahyɛnna no nso?
6 For, lo, they are gone away from destruction; [yet] Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents.
Mpo sɛ woguan fi ɔsɛe mu a Misraim bɛboaboa wɔn ano, na Memfis besie wɔn. Wɔn dwetɛ ahonyade befuw wura, na wɔn ntamadan adan nsɔe.
7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.
Asotwe nna no reba, akontaabu nna no adu; ma Israel nhu eyi. Esiane mo bɔne bebrebe ne mo akokoakoko a adɔɔso nti mofa no sɛ odiyifo yɛ kwasea, na nea honhom akanyan no no yɛ ɔbɔdamfo.
8 Ephraim [was] a watchman with my God: as for the prophet, a fowler’s snare is in all his ways, [and] enmity in the house of his God.
Odiyifo no ne me Nyankopɔn yɛ Efraim so wɛmfo, nanso wɔasum no afiri wɔ nʼakwan nyinaa so, na ɔtan ahyɛ ne Nyankopɔn fi ma.
9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
Wɔadu porɔwee bun mu, sɛnea na ɛte wɔ Gibea nna no mu. Onyankopɔn bɛkae wɔn atirimɔden na watwe wɔn aso wɔ wɔn bɔne ho.
10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first-ripe in the fig-tree at its first season: but they came to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves unto the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved.
“Bere a mihuu Israel no, na ɛte sɛ nea mahu bobe wɔ nweatam so; bere a mihuu mo agyanom no, na ɛte sɛ nea mahu borɔdɔma aba a edi kan wɔ ne dua so. Nanso bere a wɔbaa Baal-Peor nkyɛn no wodwiraa wɔn ho maa ohoni nimguaseni no. Wɔn ho yɛɛ nwini te sɛ ohoni a wɔdɔ no no ara.
11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird: there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.
Efraim anuonyam betu akɔ sɛ anomaa, nyinsɛn ne awo nni ne mu.
12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, so that not a man shall be left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
Mpo sɛ wɔtetew mmofra a, mɛma mmofra no awuwu wɔ wɔn nsa mu. Wonnue, sɛ miyi mʼani fi wɔn so a!
13 Ephraim, like as I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring out his children to the slayer.
Mahu Efraim te sɛ Tiro, a ɛda baabi a eye. Nanso Efraim de ne mma bɛbrɛ okumfo no.”
14 Give them, O Jehovah—what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
Fa ma wɔn, Awurade, dɛn na wode bɛma wɔn? Ma wɔn ɔyafunu a ɛpɔn ne nufu a nufusu nni mu.
15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house; I will love them no more; all their princes are revolters.
“Wɔn atirimɔdensɛm nyinaa a wodii wɔ Gilgal nti, mefaa wɔn ho tan wɔ hɔ. Wɔn nnebɔne nti mɛpam wɔn afi me fi. Merennɔ wɔn bio; efisɛ wɔn ntuanofo nyinaa yɛ atuatewfo.
16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb.
Efraim agyigya, wɔn ntin akisa, nti wɔnsow aba. Sɛ wɔwo mma mpo a, mekunkum wɔn mma a wɔdɔ wɔn no.”
17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Me Nyankopɔn bɛpo wɔn, efisɛ, wɔanyɛ osetie amma no; Wobekyinkyin aman no mu.
