Michaeas 3

1 And he shall say, Hear now these words, you heads of the house of Jacob, and you remnant of the house of Israel; is it not for you to know judgment?

Afei mekae se, “Muntie, mo Yakob akannifo, mo a mudi Israelfi so. Ɛsɛ sɛ muhu nea ɛyɛ atɛntrenee,

2 [who] hate good, and seek evil; [who] tear their skins off them, and their flesh off their bones:

Mo a mukyi nea eye na modɔ bɔne moworɔw me nkurɔfo were na motetew nam no fi wɔn nnompe ho;

3 even as they devoured the flesh of my people, and stripped their skins off them, and broke their bones, and divided [them] as flesh for the caldron, and as meat for the pot,

mowe me nkurɔfo nam, mowae wɔn were, bubu wɔn nnompe mu nketenkete; mutwitwa wɔn sɛ nam a mode regu kutu mu.”

4 thus they shall cry to the Lord, but he shall not listen to them; and he shall turn away his face from them at that time, because they have done wickedly in their practices against themselves.

Afei wobesu afrɛ Awurade, nanso ɔrennye wɔn so. Saa bere no ɔde nʼanim besie wɔn, bɔne a wɔayɛ nti.

5 Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets that lead my people astray, that bit with their teeth, and proclaim peace to them; and [when] nothing was put into their mouth, they raised up war against them:

Nea Awurade se ni: “Adiyifo a wɔdaadaa me nkurɔfo no de, obi ma wɔn biribi di a wɔpae mu ka asomdwoe nsɛm, na sɛ wɔamma wɔn biribi anni a, adiyifo no siesie wɔn ho sɛ wobetu wɔn so sa.

6 therefore there shall be night to you instead of a vision, and there shall be to you darkness instead of prophecy; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be dark upon them.

Enti ade bɛsa mo a morennya adaeso, sum beduru mo a morennya ahintasɛm biara. Owia bɛtɔ ama adiyifo no, na adekyee bɛdan sum ama wɔn.

7 And the seers of night-visions shall be ashamed, and the prophets shall be laughed to scorn: and all the people shall speak against them, because there shall be none to listen to them.

Adehufo ani bewu na wobegu asamanfrɛfo anim ase. Wɔn nyinaa bɛkatakata wɔn anim, efisɛ mmuae biara mfi Onyankopɔn hɔ mma.”

8 Surely I will strengthen myself with the Spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of power, to declare to Jacob his transgressions, and to Israel his sins.

Nanso me de, tumi ahyɛ me ma, Awurade Honhom ahyɛ me ma trenee ne ahoɔden a mede bɛpae mu aka Yakob amumɔyɛ ne Israel bɔne.

9 Hear now these words, you chiefs of the house of Jacob, and the remnant of the house of Israel, who hate judgment, and pervert all righteousness;

Muntie, mo Yakobfi akannifo, mo a mudi Israel so, a mukyi atɛntrenee na mokyea nea ɛteɛ nyinaa;

10 who build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

Mo a mode mogyahwiegu kyekyeree Sion ne awurukasɛm kyekyeree Yerusalem.

11 The heads thereof have judged for gifts, and the priests thereof have answered for hire, and her prophets have divined for silver: and [yet] they have rested on the Lord, saying, Is not the Lord among us? no evil shall come upon us.

Nʼakannifo no gye adanmude ansa na wobu atɛn, nʼasɔfo gye sika ansa na wɔakyerɛkyerɛ, nʼadiyifo de nkɔmhyɛ ayɛ sikapɛ. Nanso wɔdan Awurade, na wɔka se, “Awurade nni yɛn ntam ana? Ɔhaw biara remma yɛn so.”

12 Therefore on your account Sion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall be as a storehouse of fruits, and the mountain of the house as a grove of the forest.

Na mo nti, wobefuntum Sion te sɛ afuw, Yerusalem bɛyɛ nnwiriwii siw, na asɔredan no pampa bɛyɛ nkɔmoa so nkyɛkyerɛ.