Hosea
5 “Nyɛ osɔfohi, nyɛɛ bu munyu nɛ ɔ tue,
Nyɛ Israel we, nyɛɛ bu tue saminya,
Matsɛ we, nyɛɛ bu tue,
Ejakaa kojomi ɔ kɔɔ nyɛ he;
Nyɛ ji klama kɛ ha Mizpa
Kɛ ya nɛ a kɛ ha Tabor nɔ.
3 I le Efraim,
Nɛ Israel hu laa we ngɛ ye hɛ mi.
Ejakaa mo Efraim, amlɔ nɛ ɔ, o kɛ o he wo ajuama bɔmi mi;
Israel ble e he.
4 A ní peepee ɔmɛ ngmɛ́ mɛ blɔ nɛ a kpale kɛ ba a Mawu ɔ ngɔ,
Ejakaa ajuama bɔmi mumi ngɛ a mi;
Nɛ a kɛ Yehowa pee we nɔ́ ko.
5 Israel he nɔ womi ɔ ye odase kɛ si lɛ;*
Israel kɛ Efraim tsuo a tɔmi ɔ ha nɛ a nane tɔ̃tɔ̃,
Nɛ Yuda kɛ mɛ tsuo a nane tɔ̃tɔ̃.
6 A kɛ a to ɔmɛ kɛ a na amɛ ya konɛ a ya hla Yehowa,
Se a nɛ́ lɛ.
Ejakaa e hɛ e he kɛ je a he.
7 A je Yehowa se,
Ejakaa a fɔ ma se bimɛ.
Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, nyɔhiɔ kake ma kpata a kɛ a blɔ fa mi ní ɔmɛ* a hɛ mi.*
8 Nyɛ kpa koli ngɛ Gibea, nyɛ kpa titimati ngɛ Rama!
Nyɛ he ta ose ngɛ Bet Aven; oo Benyamin, moo nyɛɛ a hɛ mi!
9 Oo Efraim, o maa pee he gbeye womi nɔ́ ngɛ tue gblami ligbi ɔ nɔ.
I ha nɛ a le nɔ́ nɛ maa ba kokooko ngɛ Israel wɛtso ɔmɛ a mi.
10 Yuda ganɔ ɔmɛ ngɛ kaa nihi nɛ a ngɛ huzu hɛe.
Ma plɛ ye mi mi la a kɛ pue a nɔ kaa nyu.
11 A wa Efraim yi mi, kojomi nɛ a kojo lɛ ɔ ha nɛ e kuɔ,
Ejakaa e fia e pɛɛ si kaa e maa nyɛɛ e he nyɛli ɔmɛ a se.
12 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i pee kaa wɔyewɔye kɛ ha Efraim
Nɛ i pee kaa nɔ́ nɛ sa kɛ ha Yuda we ɔ.
13 Benɛ Efraim na e hiɔ ɔ, nɛ Yuda hu na e pa a,
Efraim ho Asiria ya, nɛ e tsɔ kɛ ya matsɛ ngua ko ngɔ.
Se e nyɛ we nɛ e tsa nyɛ hiɔ ɔ ha nyɛ,
Nɛ e nyɛ we nɛ e ha nɛ nyɛ pa a nɛ gbo.
14 Ejakaa ma pee kaa jata wayo kɛ ha Efraim,
Nɛ ma pee kaa jata* nɛ he wa kɛ ha Yuda we ɔ.
Imi nitsɛ ma tsɔtslɔɔ a mi nɛ ma je kɛ ho;
Ma ngɔ mɛ kɛ ho, nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be nyɛe ma kpɔ̃ mɛ.
15 Ma je kɛ ho, nɛ ma kpale kɛ ho ye hi he ɔ ya kɛ ya si be nɛ a maa tloo nɔ́ nɛ maa je a tɔmi ɔ mi kɛ ba a,
Nɛ lɔ ɔ se ɔ, a ma ba hla ye hɛ mi dloomi.*
Ke a ngɛ nɔ́ nae ɔ, a ma hla ye se blɔ.”