Hosea
9 “Oo Israel, o bua ko jɔ,
Ko nya kaa bɔ nɛ je ma amɛ peeɔ ɔ.
Ejakaa ajuama bɔmi ha nɛ o je o Mawu ɔ se.
O suɔ hiɔ womi nɛ tuutuu poli náa ngɛ ngma fiaami he fɛɛ ngma fiaami he ɔ.
2 Se ngma fiaami he kɛ wai ngami muɔ ɔ be nyɛe maa lɛ mɛ,
Nɛ wai ehe ma bɔ lɛ.
3 A be nɔ yae nɛ a hi Yehowa zugba a nɔ;
Mohu ɔ, Efraim maa kpale kɛ ya Egipt,
Nɛ a maa ye nɔ́ nɛ he tsɔ we ngɛ Asiria.
4 A be dã plɛe kɛ sã afɔle ha Yehowa hu;
A we afɔle sami ɔ be e hɛ mi sae.
A ngɛ kaa kɔmɔ yemi abolo;
Nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ maa ye ɔ ma ble e he.
Ejakaa a we abolo ɔ, mɛ pɛ a nɔ́;*
E be Yehowa we ɔ bae.
5 Mɛni nyɛ maa pee ngɛ kpe ligbi ɔ nɔ,*
Ngɛ Yehowa gbijlɔ yemi ligbi ɔ nɔ?
6 Ejakaa hyɛ! A maa tu fo ngɛ hɛ mi kpatami he je.
Egipt ma bua a nya, nɛ Memfis maa pu mɛ.
Tɔgɛtɔgɛ maa ngɔ a níhi nɛ a he jua wa nɛ a kɛ sika hiɔ pee ɔ,
Nɛ mio tsohi maa hi a bo tsu ɔmɛ a mi.
7 Kojomi ligbi ɔmɛ maa ba,
Tue gblami ligbi ɔmɛ maa ba,
Nɛ Israel maa le.
A gbalɔ ɔ ma plɛ pee kuasia, nɛ nyumu ɔ nɛ naa ní ɔ maa nu godo;
Akɛnɛ nyɛ tɔmi hiɛ babauu he je ɔ, a maa nyɛ nyɛ wawɛɛ.”
8 Jinɛ Efraim bulɔ ɔ ngɛ Mawu kasa nya.
Se amlɔ nɛ ɔ, e gbali ɔmɛ a blɔ ɔmɛ tsuo ngɛ kaa lohwe pɛlitsɛ nulɔ klama;
Ninyɛ ngɛ e Mawu ɔ we ɔ.
9 A hɛ mi kpata kulaa kaa bɔ nɛ e ba ngɛ Gibea ligbi ɔmɛ a mi ɔ.
E ma kai a tɔmi ɔmɛ nɛ e maa gbla a tue ngɛ a yayami ɔmɛ a he je.
10 “Benɛ i na Israel ɔ, a ngɛ kaa wai yiblii ngɛ nga nɔ.
Benɛ i na nyɛ nɛmɛ ɔ, a ngɛ kaa fig kekleekle yiblii ngɛ fig tso nɔ.
11 Efraim hɛ mi nyami ɔ te kɛ ho kaa lohwe pɛlitsɛ;
A be fɔe, a be hɔ ngɔe nɛ a be mi náe hulɔ.
12 Ke a ná bimɛ nɛ a lɛ mɛ po,
Ma gbe mɛ nɛ ekoeko be piɛe;
Ee, musu tloo mɛ ke i hɛ ye he kɛ je a he!
13 Jinɛ Efraim nɛ a du lɛ ngɛ lohwehi a ní yemi he ɔ ngɛ kaa Tiro;
Se amlɔ nɛ ɔ, e sa nɛ Efraim nɛ je e bimɛ kpo nɛ a gbe mɛ.”
14 Oo Yehowa, ha mɛ nɔ́ nɛ e sa kaa o ha mɛ ɔ;
Ha nɛ a mi nɛ sane nɛ nyɔ nyu nɛ ta a nyɔ mi.
15 “Yayami tsuo nɛ a pee ɔ ya nɔ ngɛ Gilgal, nɛ lejɛ ɔ nɛ i ná ninyɛ ha mɛ ngɛ.
Ma fiee mɛ kɛ je ye we ɔ mi ngɛ yayami nɛ a pee ɔ he je.
I be mɛ suɔe hu;
A ma nikɔtɔma amɛ tsuo a tue mi ti.
16 A maa fiaa Efraim ní.
A sipoku ma gbli, nɛ a be yiblii woe.
Ke a fɔ po ɔ, ma gbe a bimɛ nɛ a suɔ wawɛɛ ɔ.”
17 Ye Mawu ɔ ma kua mɛ,
Ejakaa a bui lɛ tue,
Nɛ a maa wo lalaalo ngɛ je ma amɛ a kpɛti.