Hosea
7 “Be fɛɛ be nɛ ma pee kaa ma tsa Israel ɔ,
Kɛkɛ ɔ, Efraim tɔmi ɔ je kpo,
Nɛ Samaria yiwutso ní peepee ɔ hu jeɔ kpo.
Ejakaa a ji nɔ sisili;
Juli ywiaa kɛ sɛɔ mi, nɛ ojo fiali a kuu haa ní ngɛ gbɛjegbɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ.
2 Se a de we ngɛ a tsui mi kaa ma kai a yiwutso ní peepee ɔmɛ tsuo.
Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, a ní peepee ɔ bɔle mɛ kɛ kpe;
Lɛ tsuo fɔɔ si paa ngɛ ye hɛ mi.
3 A kɛ a yiwutso ní peepee ɔ haa nɛ matsɛ ɔ bua jɔɔ,
Nɛ a kɛ a nɔ sisimi ɔ haa nɛ ma nikɔtɔma amɛ a bua jɔɔ.
4 Mɛ tsuo a ji gba puɛli,
A ngɛ tsoe kaa la nɛ abolo sãlɔ slɛ ngɛ flɔɔnɔɔ mi,
Nɔ nɛ ke e pɔtɔ mamu ɔ ta a, e klɛ we la a mi kɛ ya si be nɛ mamu ɔ ma fu ɔ.
5 Ngɛ wa matsɛ ɔ ligbi ɔ nɔ ɔ, ma nikɔtɔma amɛ nu hiɔ,
Wai ha nɛ a mi mi fu.
E kpa e nine mi kɛ ta he fɛu yeli a dɛ mi.
6 Ejakaa a kɛ tsui nɛ tsoɔ kaa flɔɔnɔɔ mi la lɛ baa.*
Nyɔ mi tsuo ɔ, abolo sãlɔ hwɔɔ si;
Ke e su mɔtu ɔ, flɔɔnɔɔ ɔ mi la a tsoɔ kaa la nɛ ngɛ tsoe gegeege.
7 Mɛ tsuo a dɔ la kaa flɔɔnɔɔ,
Nɛ a tsɔtslɔɔ a nɔ yeli ɔmɛ* a mi.
A matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ tsuo nɔ si;
A kpɛti nɔ ko nɔ ko tsɛ we mi.
8 Efraim kɛ e he futu je ma amɛ.
Efraim ngɛ kaa keeki lokotoo nɛ a plɛ we fã kake.
9 Nibwɔhi gbla e he wami ɔ, se e li.
Nɛ e mua a hu pee futaa, se e yɔse we.
10 Israel he nɔ womi ɔ ye odase kɛ si lɛ,
Se a kpale we kɛ bɛ Yehowa a Mawu ɔ ngɔ,
Nɛ ngɛ enɛ ɔmɛ tsuo se ɔ, a hla we e se blɔ hulɔ.
11 Efraim ngɛ kaa beleku lahuɛ nɛ e biɛɛ nɛ e be juɛmi.*
A kpa ngmlaa kɛ tsɛ Egipt; a ho Asiria ya.
12 He fɛɛ he nɛ a maa ya a, ma bli ye ya a mi kɛ ha a nɔ.
Ma gbla mɛ kɛ ba zugba kaa hiɔwe lohwe pɛlitsɛmɛ.
Ma gbla a tue ngɛ kɔkɔ bɔmi nɛ a kɛ ha a we asafo ɔ nya.
13 Kpoo ha mɛ ejakaa a tu fo kɛ je ye he!
Hɛ mi kpatami nɛ ba a nɔ ejakaa a tɔ̃ ye nɔ!
Jinɛ i pee klaalo kaa ma kpɔ̃ mɛ, se a tu ye he lakpa munyuhi.
14 E ngɛ mi kaa a fo ya ngɛ a sahi a nɔ mohu lɛɛ,
Se a ji a tsui mi kɛ kpa ngmlaa kɛ tsɛ mi kɛ ha yemi kɛ buami,
A kɛ nɔ́ poɔ a he ngɛ a ngma kɛ a wai ehe he je;
A teɔ si kɛ woɔ mi.
15 E ngɛ mi kaa i tsɔse mɛ nɛ i wo a nine mi he wami mohu lɛɛ,
Se a te si kɛ wo mi, nɛ a to ga yaya.
16 A tsake a blɔ, se pi kɛ ya nɔ́ nɛ e nɔ kuɔ nɔ;*
A ngɛ kaa kɛ̃ɛ̃ nɛ e mi jɔ nɛ́ a be nyɛe maa fĩa kɛ fɔ a nɔ.
A ma nikɔtɔma amɛ ma gbo ngɛ klaate nya ejakaa a kɛ a lilɛ tuɔ nɔ buimi munyuhi.
Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, nihi maa ye a he fɛu ngɛ Egipt zugba a nɔ.”