1Wonnue, wɔn a wɔhyɛ mmara a ɛmfa ne kwan mu,
wɔn a wɔhyɛ mmara dennen a ɛde nhyɛso ba,
2de siw ahiafo ahofadi ho kwan,
de atɛntrenee bɔ me nkurɔfo a wɔhyɛ wɔn so no atirimɔden.
Wɔma akunafo yɛ amanehunufo
na wɔbɔ ayisaa korɔn.
3Dɛn na mobɛyɛ wɔ akontaabu da no,
bere a amanehunu fi akyirikyiri reba?
Hena nkyɛn na mubeguan akɔpɛ mmoa?
Ɛhefa na mubegyaw mo ahode?
4Ɛrenka mo hwee sɛ mobɛfra nneduafo mu
anaasɛ mobɛtotɔ wɔ atɔfo mu.
Nanso eyinom nyinaa akyi no ne bo nnwoo ɛ,
na ne nsa da so wɔ soro.
Asiria Atemmu A Efi Onyankopɔn
5“Nnome nka Asiriani no, mʼabufuw abaa,
nea okura mʼabufuwhyew pema no!
6Mesoma no akɔ ɔman a wonnim Onyankopɔn so
migya no kwan ma wakɔ nnipa a wɔhyɛ me abufuw so
sɛ wonkogye akorɔnne abran so na wonhuam afowde,
na wontiatia wɔn so sɛ dɔte wɔ mmɔnten so.
7Nanso ɛnyɛ eyi ne nea ɔpɛ sɛ ɔyɛ
ɛnyɛ eyi ne nea ɛwɔ nʼadwene mu;
ne botae ne sɛ ɔbɛsɛe,
sɛ ɔde aman bebree bɛba wɔn awiei.
8Na obisa se, ‘Ahemfo nyinaa nyɛ mʼasahene ana?
9Kalno nyɛɛ sɛ Karkemis ana?
Hamat nte sɛ Arpad
na Samaria nte sɛ Damasko ana?
10Sɛnea migyee ahoni ahenni ahorow abran so,
ahenni a wɔn nsɛsode sen nea ɛwɔ Yerusalem ne Samaria no.
11Merentumi ne Yerusalem ne ne nsɛsode nni,
sɛnea me ne Samaria ne nʼahoni dii no?’ ”
12Sɛ Awurade wie nʼadwuma a etia Bepɔw Sion ne Yerusalem nyinaa a, ɔbɛka se, “Mɛtwe Asiriahene aso wɔ ne komapirim ne nʼani a ɛnsɔ ade no ho. 13Efisɛ ɔka se,
“ ‘Mede mʼahoɔden na ayɛ eyi,
na mifi me nyansa mu, efisɛ mewɔ nimdeɛ.
Mesɛee aman aman ahye,
mefow wɔn ademude;
mebrɛɛ wɔn ahemfo ase te sɛ ɔbran.
14Sɛnea obi teɛ ne nsa hyɛ berebuw mu no,
saa ara nso na mɛteɛ me nsa wɔ amanaman no ahonyade so;
sɛnea wɔtase nkesua a wɔagyaw hɔ no,
saa ara na mɛboaboa amanaman no nyinaa ano;
obiara ammɔ ne ntaban mu,
na wammue nʼano ansu.’ ”
15Abonnua ma ne ho so tra nea ɔtow,
anaasɛ ɔwan hoahoa ne ho kyɛn nea ɔde no yɛ adwuma ana?
Ayɛ te sɛnea abaa tumi dannan nea ɔmaa no so,
anaasɛ poribaa tumi hinhim nea ɔnyɛ dua!
16Afei Awurade, Asafo Awurade,
de ɔyaredɔm bɛbɔ nʼakofo ahoɔdenfo no;
ne kɛseyɛ mu wobefita ogya mu ama adɛw
te sɛ gyaframa.
17Israel Hann no bɛdan ogya.
Wɔn Kronkronni no bɛyɛ ogya a ɛdɛw;
ɔde da koro bɛhyew na wasɛe
ne nsɔe ne nnɛnkyɛnse.
18Ne kwae ne nʼasasebere anuonyam no,
ɛbɛsɛe pasapasa
te sɛ ɔyarefo a ɔrefɔn.
19Nnua a ɛbɛka wɔ ne kwae mu bɛyɛ kakraa bi
a abofra betumi akyerɛ ne dodow.
Israel Nkaefo
20Da no, Israel nkae,
Yakob fifo a wɔbɛka no,
remfa wɔn ho nto no so bio
nea ɔbɔɔ wɔn hwee fam no;
na mmom wɔde wɔn ho bɛto Awurade so nokware mu,
Israel Kronkronni no.
21Nkae bi bɛsan aba, Yakob nkae bi
bɛsan aba Otumfo Onyankopɔn no nkyɛn.
22Israel, ɛwɔ mu sɛ wo nkurɔfo dɔɔso sɛ mpoano nwea de,
nanso nkae bi pɛ na wɔbɛsan.
Wɔahyɛ ɔsɛe ho mmara dennen
a ebebunkam so na ɛteɛ.
23Awurade, Asafo Awurade de ɔsɛe
a wɔahyɛ ho mmara ketee na ɛbɛba asase no so nyinaa.
24Enti sɛɛ na Awurade, Asafo Awurade se,
“Me nkurɔfo a mote Sion,
munnsuro Asiriafo no,
wɔn a wɔde mmaa hwe mo
na wɔma kontibaa so tia mo, sɛnea Misraim yɛe no.
25Ɛrenkyɛ koraa mʼabufuw a etia mo no ano bedwo
na mʼanibere bɛkɔ wɔn sɛe so.”
26Asafo Awurade de mpire bɛhwe wɔn,
sɛnea ɔbɔɔ Midian hwee fam wɔ Oreb Ɔbotan ho no;
na ɔbɛteɛ ne pema wɔ nsu no so,
sɛnea ɔyɛɛ wɔ Misraim no.
27Da no wobeyi wɔn adesoa no afi wɔn mmati so
wɔn konnua afi wo kɔn mu;
wobubu konnua no
efisɛ woayɛ ɔbran yiye.
28Wɔhyɛn Ayat;
wɔfa Migron;
na wɔkora wɔn nneɛma wɔ Mikmas.
29Wɔfaa ɔtempɔn no so, na wɔka se,
“Yɛbɛwɛn wɔ Geba anadwo yi.”
Rama ho popo;
Saulo kurow Gibea nso guan.
30Teɛ mu, Galim Babea!
Tie, Laisa!
Anatot Mmɔborɔni!
31Madmena reguan;
Gebimfo kɔtetɛw.
32Nnɛ ara wobegyina wɔ Nob;
wobehim wɔn nsa
wɔ Ɔbabea Sion bepɔw no so,
wɔ Yerusalem koko no so.
33Hwɛ, Awurade, Asafo Awurade no,
ɔde tumi kɛse betwitwa dua mman no.
Wobebubu nnua atenten no agu fam
nea ɛwowaree no bɛba fam.
34Ɔde abonnua betwitwa kwaedɔtɔ agu fam
Lebanon bɛhwe ase wɔ Ɔkɛse no anim.
1Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;10.1 that write…: or, to the writers that write grievousness 2To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! 3And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? 4Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
5¶ O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.10.5 O…: or, Woe to the Assyrian: Heb. Asshur10.5 and: or, though 6I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.10.6 tread…: Heb. lay them a treading 7Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. 8For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? 9Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? 10As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; 11Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? 12Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.10.12 punish: Heb. visit upon10.12 stout…: Heb. greatness of the heart 13For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:10.13 a valiant…: or, many people 14And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. 15Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.10.15 the rod…: or, a rod should shake them that lift it up10.15 itself, as if…: or, that which is not wood 16Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire. 17And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day; 18And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.10.18 both…: Heb. from the soul, and even to the flesh 19And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.10.19 few: Heb. number
20¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. 21The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. 22For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.10.22 of them: Heb. in, or, among, etc10.22 with: or, in 23For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
24¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.10.24 and shall…: or, but he shall lift up his staff for 25For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction. 26And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. 27And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.10.27 be taken…: Heb. remove 28He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages: 29They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled. 30Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.10.30 Lift…: Heb. Cry shrill with 31Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee. 32As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. 33Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. 34And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.10.34 by…: or, mightily
