Hosea
12 “Efraim ngɛ kɔɔhiɔ yee.
Daa ligbi ɔ, e fieɔ puje he kɔɔhiɔ ɔ se.
E haa nɛ e lakpa yemi kɛ e yiwutso ní peepee hiɛɔ.
A kɛ Asiria so nɛ a muɔɔ nu kɛ ho Egipt ya.
2 Yehowa kɛ Yuda ná sane;
E ma ha nɛ Yakob nɛ bu e blɔ ɔmɛ a he akɔtaa,
E maa wo lɛ hiɔ ngɛ e ní peepee ɔmɛ a nya.
3 E nu e nyɛminyumu ɔ nane se ja* ngɛ fɔmi kotoku mi,
Nɛ e kɛ Mawu hwu ngɛ e he wami ɔ nya.
4 E ya nɔ nɛ e kɛ bɔfo ko hwu, nɛ e ye manye.
E fo ya nɛ e kpa pɛɛ konɛ e jɔɔ lɛ.”
E na lɛ ngɛ Betel, nɛ lejɛ ɔ lɛ Mawu kɛ wɔ tu munyu ngɛ,
5 Yehowa, Mawu tabohiatsɛ ɔ,
Yehowa ji biɛ nɛ a kɛ kaiɔ lɛ.
6 “Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, moo kpale o se kɛ ya o Mawu ɔ ngɔ,
Moo ya nɔ nɛ o hɛɛ suɔmi nɛ se pui kɛ dami sane yemi mi,
Nɛ́ o ngɔ o hɛ kɛ fɔ o Mawu ɔ nɔ be fɛɛ be.
7 Sisimi sɛnihi ngɛ jua yelɔ ɔ dɛ mi;
E suɔ nɔ sisimi.
8 Efraim yaa nɔ nɛ e deɔ ke, ‘I pee niatsɛ niinɛ;
I ná ní babauu.
Nɛ ngɛ ye dengme gbomi ɔ tsuo mi ɔ, a be tɔmi loo nɔ́ yaya ko nae ngɛ mi.’
9 Se imi ji Yehowa o Mawu ɔ kɛ je Egipt zugba a nɔ tɔɔ.
Ma ha nɛ o hi bo tsuhi a mi ekohu
Kaa bɔ nɛ e ji ngɛ be nɛ a to ɔ mi ɔ.*
10 I kɛ gbali ɔmɛ tu munyu,
I ha nɛ a na ninahi fuu,
Nɛ i kɛ nɔ́ he tomi níhi tsu ní kɛ gu gbali ɔmɛ a nɔ.
11 Nɔ sisimi* kɛ lakpa yemi ngɛ Gilead.
A kɛ na kuhi sãã afɔle ngɛ Gilgal,
Nɛ a we afɔle sami latɛ ɔmɛ pee kaa tɛhi nɛ a bua nya glekuu ngɛ nyu dɔhi nɛ a ngɛ ngmɔ nɔ ɔ a mi.
12 Yakob tu fo kɛ ho Aram* kpokpa a* nɔ ya;
Israel sɔmɔ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ konɛ a ha lɛ yo,
Nɛ e hyɛ tohi a nɔ ngɛ yo he je.
13 Yehowa gu gbalɔ ko nɔ kɛ je Israel kɛ je Egipt,
Nɛ e gu gbalɔ ko nɔ kɛ po e he piɛ.
14 Efraim tɔ̃ tɔmi nɛ hɛdɔ ngɛ he;
E muɔ he fɔ yemi ɔ maa hi e nɔ;
E Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ maa wo lɛ hiɔ ngɛ e he guɛ nɛ e gbe ɔ he je.”