Wɔfrɛ Adansefoɔ Tia Israel
1Montie saa asɛm a Awurade aka atia mo yi, Ao, Israelfoɔ, deɛ ɛtia abusua a meyii wɔn firii Misraim no nyinaa:
2“Mo nko ara na mayi mo
wɔ mmusua a ɛwɔ asase so nyinaa mu;
enti mɛtwe mo aso
wɔ mo bɔne nyinaa ho.”
3Nnipa baanu bɛtumi abom anante,
wɔ ɛberɛ a wɔnyɛɛ anokorɔ anaa?
4Gyata bobom wɔ dɔtɔ ase
wɔ ɛberɛ a ɔnhunuu ahaboa biara anaa?
Ɔpɔ so wɔ ne buo mu
wɔ ɛberɛ a ɔnkyeree ahaboa biara anaa?
5Anomaa bɛtɔ afidie mu wɔ fam
wɔ baabi a wɔnnsum afidie anaa?
Afidie hwan wɔ
ɛberɛ a ɛnyii aboa anaa?
6Sɛ wɔhyɛn totorobɛnto wɔ kuropɔn mu a
nnipa no ho mpopo anaa?
Sɛ atoyerɛnkyɛm ba kuropɔn bi mu a
ɛnyɛ Awurade na ɔyɛeɛ anaa?
7Ampa ara, Otumfoɔ Awurade nnyɛ biribi
a ɔnna ne nhyehyeɛ adi
nkyerɛ nʼAsomafoɔ adiyifoɔ no.
8Gyata no abobom,
hwan na ɔnnsuro?
Otumfoɔ Awurade akasa,
hwan na ɔrenhyɛ ho nkɔm?
9Mompae mu nka nkyerɛ Asdod aban
ne Misraim aban:
“Mommoaboa mo ho ano wɔ Samaria mmepɔ so;
hwɛ basabasayɛ a ɛwɔ ne so
ne nhyɛsoɔ a ɛwɔ ne nkurɔfoɔ mu.”
10“Wɔnnim sɛdeɛ wɔyɛ deɛ ɛyɛ,”
sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie.
Wɔde nneɛma a wɔafo ne deɛ wɔawia
sie wɔ wɔn aban mu.
11Ɛno enti, yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ,
“Ɔtamfoɔ bi bɛtwi afa asase no so;
Ɔbɛbubu wʼabanbɔeɛ agu,
na wafo wʼaban.”
12Deɛ Awurade seɛ nie:
“Sɛdeɛ odwanhwɛfoɔ gye
nnyawa mmienu nnompe anaa aso sin
firi gyata anom no,
saa ara na wɔbɛgye Israelfoɔ nkwa,
wɔn a wɔtete wɔn mpa twea so wɔ Samaria,
ne wɔn a wɔdeda nkonwa pa mu wɔ Damasko.”
13“Tie yei, na di adanseɛ tia Yakob efie,” sɛdeɛ Awurade, Asafo Awurade Onyankopɔn seɛ nie.
14“Ɛda a mɛtwe Israel aso wɔ ne nnebɔne ho no,
mɛsɛe afɔrebukyia a ɛwɔ Bet-El;
wɔbɛtwitwa afɔrebukyia no mmɛn
na abu ahwe fam.
15Mɛdwiri awɔberɛ efie
ne ahuhuro berɛ efie agu;
na afie a wɔde asonse adura ho no wɔbɛsɛe no
na afie akɛseɛ no nso wɔbɛbubu agu,”
sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie.
Witnesses summoned against Israel
1Hear this word, people of Israel, the word the Lord has spoken against you – against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt:
2‘You only have I chosen
of all the families of the earth;
therefore I will punish you
for all your sins.’
3Do two walk together
unless they have agreed to do so?
4Does a lion roar in the thicket
when it has no prey?
Does it growl in its den
when it has caught nothing?
5Does a bird swoop down to a trap on the ground
when no bait is there?
Does a trap spring up from the ground
if it has not caught anything?
6When a trumpet sounds in a city,
do not the people tremble?
When disaster comes to a city,
has not the Lord caused it?
7Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing
without revealing his plan
to his servants the prophets.
8The lion has roared –
who will not fear?
The Sovereign Lord has spoken –
who can but prophesy?
9Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdod
and to the fortresses of Egypt:
‘Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria;
see the great unrest within her
and the oppression among her people.’
10‘They do not know how to do right,’ declares the Lord,
‘who store up in their fortresses
what they have plundered and looted.’
11Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
‘An enemy will overrun your land,
pull down your strongholds
and plunder your fortresses.’
12This is what the Lord says:
‘As a shepherd rescues from the lion’s mouth
only two leg bones or a piece of an ear,
so will the Israelites living in Samaria be rescued,
with only the head of a bed
and a piece of fabric3:12 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain. from a couch.3:12 Or Israelites be rescued, / those who sit in Samaria / on the edge of their beds / and in Damascus on their couches.’
13‘Hear this and testify against the descendants of Jacob,’ declares the Lord, the Lord God Almighty.
14‘On the day I punish Israel for her sins,
I will destroy the altars of Bethel;
the horns of the altar will be cut off
and fall to the ground.
15I will tear down the winter house
along with the summer house;
the houses adorned with ivory will be destroyed
and the mansions will be demolished,’
declares the Lord.
