Bɔhyɛhene Bi A Ofi Betlehem
1Mommoaboa mo asraafo ano,
akofo kuropɔn,
efisɛ atamfo atwa yɛn ho ahyia.
Wɔde abaa bɛbɔ nea odi Israel so no wɔ nʼafono so.
2“Nanso wo, Betlehem Efrata,
ɛwɔ mu sɛ woyɛ ketewa wɔ Yuda mmusua mu de,
nanso wo mu na obi befi ama me
a obedi Israel so,
na nʼase fi teteete.”
3Enti wobɛto Israelfo paahwii,
kosi sɛ ɔbea a awo aka no no bɛwo
na ne nuanom mmarima nkae
bɛsan akɔka Israelfo ho.
4Ɔbɛsɔre ahwɛ ne nguankuw
wɔ Awurade ahoɔden mu,
wɔ Awurade ne Nyankopɔn din kɛseyɛ mu.
Na wɔbɛtena asomdwoe mu, na afei
ne kɛseyɛ bedu asase awiei.
5Na ɔbɛyɛ wɔn asomdwoe.
Sɛ Asiriafo bɛtow ahyɛ yɛn asase so,
na wɔbɔ nsra fa yɛn aban mu a,
yɛde nguanhwɛfo baason,
mpo asahene baawɔtwe behyia wɔn.
6Wɔde afoa bedi Asiria asase so,
wɔbɛtwe afoa de adi Nimrod asase so.
Sɛ Asiriafo tow hyɛ yɛn so,
bɔ nsra fa yɛn ahye so a,
obegye yɛn afi wɔn nsam.
7Yakob asefo nkae no
bɛfrafra nnipa bebree mu
te sɛ obosu a efi Awurade,
te sɛ osu a ɛpete gu sare so
a ɛntwɛn ɔdesani,
na ɔdesani biara rentumi nsiw ho kwan.
8Wɔbɛkan Yakob asefo nkae no afra aman no mu,
wɔbɛfrafra nnipa bebree mu
te sɛ gyata a ɔfra mmoa mu wɔ kwae mu,
te sɛ gyata ba a ɔfra nguankuw mu
a ɔbobɔ wɔn tetew wɔn mu
na obiara ntumi nnye wɔn.
9Wɔbɛma wo nsa so sɛ woadi wʼatamfo so nkonim,
na wɔbɛsɛe wʼatamfo nyinaa.
10“Saa da no,” sɛnea Awurade se ni,
“Mɛsɛe apɔnkɔ a wowɔ
na mabubu wo nteaseɛnam.
11Mɛsɛe nkuropɔn a ɛwɔ wʼasase so
na madwiriw wo bammɔ dennen nyinaa agu.
12Mɛsɛe wʼabayisɛm
na wo ntafowayi to betwa.
13Mɛsɛe nsɛsode a wode wo nsa ayɛ
ne abo ahoni a wowɔ no,
na worenkotow nsɔre
wo nsa ano adwuma bio.
14Metutu Asera abosomnnua no afi wo mu
na masɛe wo nkuropɔn.
15Aman a wɔantie mʼasɛm no nyinaa,
mede abufuw ne abufuwhyew bɛtɔ wɔn so were.”
Wolamulira Wochokera ku Betelehemu
1Iwe mzinda wa anthu ankhondo, sonkhanitsa anthu ako ankhondo,
pakuti anthu atizungulira kuti alimbane nafe.
Adzakantha ndi ndodo pa chibwano
cha wolamulira wa Israeli.
2“Koma iwe Betelehemu Efurata,
ngakhale uli wonyozeka pakati pa mafuko a Yuda,
mwa iwe mudzatuluka
munthu amene adzalamulira Israeli,
amene chiyambi chake nʼchakalekale,
nʼchamasiku amakedzana.”
3Nʼchifukwa chake Israeli adzasiyidwa
mpaka pa nthawi imene mayi amene ali woyembekezera adzachire.
Ndipo abale ake onse otsalira adzabwerera
kudzakhala pamodzi ndi Aisraeli.
4Iye adzalimbika, ndipo adzaweta nkhosa zake
mwa mphamvu ya Yehova,
mu ulemerero wa dzina la Yehova Mulungu wake.
Ndipo iwo adzakhala mu mtendere,
pakuti ukulu wake udzakhala ponseponse pa dziko lapansi.
5Ndipo Iye adzakhala mtendere wawo.
Chipulumutso ndi Chiwonongeko
Asiriya akadzalowa mʼdziko lathu
ndi kuyamba kuthira nkhondo malo athu otetezedwa,
tidzawadzutsira abusa asanu ndi awiri,
ngakhalenso atsogoleri asanu ndi atatu.
6Iwo adzagonjetsa dziko la Asiriya ndi lupanga,
dziko la Nimurodi adzalilamulira mwankhondo.
Adzatipulumutsa kwa Asiriya
akadzafika mʼmalire a mʼdziko lathu
kudzatithira nkhondo.
7Otsalira a Yakobo adzakhala
pakati pa mitundu yambiri ya anthu
ngati mame ochokera kwa Yehova,
ngati mvumbi pa udzu,
omwe sulamulidwa ndi munthu
kapena kudikira lamulo la anthu.
8Otsala a Yakobo adzakhala pakati pa mitundu ya anthu,
mʼgulu la anthu a mitundu yambiri,
ngati mkango pakati pa nyama za mʼnkhalango.
Ngati mwana wa mkango pakati pa gulu la nkhosa,
amene pozidutsa amazidya ndi kuzikhadzula,
ndipo palibe angathe kuzilanditsa.
9Mudzagonjetsa adani anu,
ndipo adani anu onse adzawonongeka.
10Yehova akuti,
“Tsiku limenelo ndidzawononga akavalo anu onse
ndi kuphwasula magaleta anu.
11Ndidzawononga mizinda ya mʼdziko mwanu
ndi kugwetsa malinga anu onse.
12Ndidzawononga ufiti wanu
ndipo sikudzakhalanso anthu owombeza mawula.
13Ndidzawononga mafano anu osema
pamodzi ndi miyala yanu yopatulika imene ili pakati panu;
simudzagwadiranso zinthu zopanga
ndi manja anu.
14Ndidzazula mitengo ya mafano a Asera imene ili pakati panu,
ndipo ndidzawononga mizinda yanu.
15Ndidzayilanga mwaukali ndi mokwiya
mitundu imene sinandimvere Ine.”
