Hosea
8 “Nyɛɛ ngɔ titimati kɛ ma nyɛ nya he!
Nɔ ko ma Yehowa we ɔ tuami kaa kɔle,
Ejakaa a yi ye somi ɔ nɔ, nɛ a tɔ̃ ye mlaa a nɔ.
2 A kpaa ngmlaa kɛ tsɛɔ mi ke, ‘Ye Mawu, wɔ Israel, wa le mo!’
3 Israel kua nɔ́ kpakpa.
Ha nɛ he nyɛlɔ ɔ nɛ fiee e se.
4 A hla matsɛmɛ, se pi ye nɔ nɛ a gu kɛ pee jã.
A hla ma nikɔtɔmahi, se i kplɛɛ we a nɔ.
A kɛ a sika hiɔ kɛ a sika tsu pee amagahi,
Konɛ a kɛ kpata mɛ nitsɛmɛ a hɛ mi.
5 Oo Samaria, a kua o na bi ɔ.
Ye mi mi fu mɛ wawɛɛ.
Kɛ ya si mɛni be nɛ e he maa wa ha mɛ kaa a maa pee a ní kaa nihi nɛ sane ko be a he?*
6 Enɛ ɔ je Israel.
Ga ní tsulɔ lɛ pee, nɛ pi Mawu ji lɛ;
A maa ku Samaria na bi ɔ dukuduku.
7 Ejakaa kɔɔhiɔ lɛ a ngɛ due ɔ nɛ,
Nɛ a ma kpa ahumi.
Tso ko be nɛ e wo yiblii nɛ e wa;*
Nɔ́ fɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ tsɛ̃ ɔ be hae nɛ a ná mamu.
Ke a ná eko po, nibwɔhi* maa ye lɛ tsuo.
8 A maa mi Israel.
Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, a maa hi je ma amɛ a kpɛti,
Kaa buɛ nɛ a sume.
9 Ejakaa a kuɔ kɛ ho Asiria ya kaa nga mi teji nɛ́ lɛ pɛ e tsɔ e he banee.
Efraim bɔ suɔli apaa.
10 A bɔ mɛ apaa kɛ je je ma amɛ a kpɛti mohu lɛɛ,
Se amlɔ nɛ ɔ, ma bua a nya;
A maa na nɔ́ ngɛ tlomi nɛ matsɛ ɔ kɛ ma nikɔtɔma amɛ kɛ fɔ a nɔ ɔ he je.
11 Efraim ma afɔle sami latɛ babauu, nɛ lɔ ɔ ha nɛ e pee yayami.
A ba pee e we afɔle sami latɛ nɛ e kɛ peeɔ yayami.
12 I ngma mlaahi* fuu kɛ ha lɛ,
Se e bu mɛ kaa nɔ́ ko nɛ se nami be a he.
13 A kɛ nike ní ba haa mi kaa afɔle, nɛ a yeɔ lo ɔ,
Se Yehowa bua jɔɛ he.
Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, e ma kai a tɔmi ɔ, nɛ e maa gbla a tue ngɛ a yayami ɔmɛ a he.
A kpale a se* kɛ ho Egipt ya.
14 Israel hɛ je e Bɔlɔ* ɔ nɔ, nɛ e ma jami hehi,
Nɛ Yuda hu po mahi fuu nɛ a fia gbogbo wo a he,
Se ma tsɔ la kɛ ya e ma amɛ a mi,
Nɛ e maa sã e mɔ ɔmɛ tsuo.