1“Frɛ wo nuabarimanom, ‘Me nkurɔfo’ na frɛ wo nuabeanom, ‘Mʼadɔfo.’ ”
Wɔtwe Israel Aso, Gye No To Mu Bio
2“Ka wo na anim, ka nʼanim,
na ɔnyɛ me yere
na menyɛ ne kunu.
Ma ɔnsesa nʼanim a ayɛ aguaman anim no
na onnyae awaresɛe a ɔde ne nufu yɛ no.
3Anyɛ saa a mɛpa ne ho ntama
na wada adagyaw te sɛ da a wɔwoo no no;
mɛma wayɛ sɛ nweatam,
mɛdan no asase a awo wosee
na mama osukɔm akum no.
4Merennɔ ne mma,
efisɛ wɔyɛ aguaman mma.
5Wɔn na anyɛ ɔnokwafo
na onyinsɛnee wɔn wɔ animguase mu.
Ɔkae se, ‘Medi mʼadɔfo akyi,
wɔn a wɔma me aduan ne nsu,
ne kuntu ne nwera, ngo ne nsa.’
6Eyi nti, mede nsɔe besiw no kwan;
mɛto ɔfasu afa ne ho, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ɔrenhu kwan.
7Obetiw nʼadɔfo, nanso ɔrento wɔn;
ɔbɛhwehwɛ wɔn, nanso ɔrenhu wɔn.
Afei, ɔbɛka se,
‘Mɛsan akɔ me kunu nkyɛn, te sɛ kan no,
efisɛ, saa bere no na eye ma me sen mprempren.’
8Ɔnkae sɛ me na
memaa no aduan, nsa foforo ne ngo,
nea ɔmaa sikakɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ buu no so
ma wɔde kɔsom Baal no.
9“Enti sɛ mʼaduan no du twabere a mɛfa mʼade,
ne me nsa foforo no nso saa ara.
Megye me kuntu ne me nwera,
a anka mepɛ sɛ ɔde kata nʼadagyaw so no.
10Enti afei mɛbɔ no adagyaw
wɔ nʼadɔfo anim;
obiara rentumi nnye no mfi me nsam.
11Metwa nʼafahyɛ nyinaa so:
nʼafirihyia afahyɛ, Ɔsram Foforo afahyɛ
Homeda afahyɛ ne nʼafahyɛ ahorow nyinaa.
12Mɛsɛe ne bobe ne borɔdɔma nnua,
nea ɔka se nʼadɔfo de tuaa no ka no;
mɛyɛ ne nyinaa nkyɛkyerɛ,
ama wuram mmoa awe.
13Mɛtwe nʼaso wɔ nna a
ɔhyew aduhuam maa Baal no ho;
ɔde nkaa ne agude hyehyɛɛ ne ho,
tu dii nʼadɔfo akyi,
me de, ne werɛ fii me,”
nea Awurade se ni.
14“Enti merekɔdaadaa no;
mede no bɛkɔ nweatam so
na makasa bɔkɔɔ akyerɛ no wɔ hɔ.
15Mɛsan de ne bobe mfuw ama no.
Mɛyɛ no Sɛkyɛ Bon,
anidaso pon.
Ɛhɔ na ɔbɛto dwom sɛnea na ɔyɛ ne mmabun bere mu no
ne bere a ofii Misraim no.
16“Saa da no,” sɛɛ na Awurade se,
“Wobɛfrɛ me ‘me kunu’;
na woremfrɛ me ‘me wura’ bio.
17Meyi Baal ahorow din no afi nʼano;
na ɔrenkankye wɔ wɔn din mu bio.
18Saa da no, mɛyɛ apam ama wɔn,
wɔne wuram mmoa ne wim nnomaa
ne mmoa a wɔwea wɔ asase so.
Tadua, mpeaw ne ɔko,
mɛbra wɔ asase no so,
sɛnea wɔn nyinaa bɛtena ase asomdwoe mu.
19Mɛware wo afebɔɔ;
mɛda trenee ne atɛntrenee,
ahummɔbɔ ne ayamhyehye adi akyerɛ wo.
20Mɛware wo nokware mu,
ama woahu Awurade.
21“Saa da no, megye wo so,”
nea Awurade se ni.
“Megye ɔsoro so,
na ɔsoro de osu begye asase so,
22na asase nso begye nnɔbae so:
bobe foforo ne ngodua,
na wɔn nso agye so se ‘Yesreel’, ‘Onyankopɔn na wadua.’
23Mede Israel bedua asase no so ama me ho;
mɛda me dɔ adi akyerɛ nea mekae se, ‘wonyɛ me dɔfo’ no.
Mɛka akyerɛ wɔn a misee wɔn sɛ ‘monyɛ me nkurɔfo’ no se
‘moyɛ me nkurɔfo,’
na wɔn nso aka se, ‘Wone me Nyankopɔn.’”
1Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ru-hamah. 2.1 Ammi: that is, My people2.1 Ru-hamah: that is, Having obtained mercy 2Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; 3Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. 4And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms. 5For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.2.5 drink: Heb. drinks
6¶ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.2.6 make…: Heb. wall a wall 7And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now. 8For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.2.8 wine: Heb. new wine2.8 which…: or, wherewith they made Baal 9Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.2.9 recover: or, take away 10And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.2.10 lewdness: Heb. folly, or, villany 11I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. 12And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.2.12 destroy: Heb. make desolate 13And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
14¶ Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.2.14 comfortably: or, friendly: Heb. to her heart 15And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. 16And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.2.16 Ishi: that is, My husband2.16 Baali: that is, My lord 17For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. 18And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. 19And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. 20I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. 21And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; 22And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. 23And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
