Awurade Abufuo A Ɛtia Israel
1Sɛ Efraim kasa a, na nnipa ho popo;
wɔpagyaa no wɔ Israelman mu.
Nanso Baalsom enti, ɔnyaa afɔbuo na ɔwuiɛ.
2Afei, wɔkɔ so yɛ bɔne ara;
wɔde wɔn dwetɛ yɛ ahoni ma wɔn ho,
nsɛsodeɛ no nyinaa no.
Adwumfoɔ no nam nyansakwan so na ayeyɛ.
Wɔka nnipa yi ho asɛm sɛ,
“Wɔde nnipa bɔ afɔdeɛ
na wɔfe anantwie mma ahoni ano.”
3Ɛno enti, wɔbɛyɛ sɛ anɔpa omununkum
sɛ anɔpa bosuo a ɛtu yera,
sɛ ntɛtɛ a ehu firi ayuporobea
sɛ wisie a ɛfa mpoma mu kɔ.
4“Nanso mene Awurade wo Onyankopɔn,
a meyii wo firii Misraim.
Nnye Onyankopɔn biara nto mu sɛ me,
anaa Ɔgyefoɔ biara sɛ me.
5Mehwɛɛ wo wɔ anweatam so,
asase a ɛso yɛ hye yie no so.
6Memaa wɔn aduane no, wɔdi meeɛ;
wɔmeeɛ no, wɔyɛɛ ahantan;
na wɔn werɛ firii me.
7Enti, mɛto ahyɛ wɔn so sɛ gyata,
mɛtɛ wɔn wɔ akwan ho sɛ ɔsebɔ.
8Mɛto ahyɛ wɔn so na matete wɔn mu
te sɛ sisire bi a wɔawia ne mma.
Mɛwe wɔn te sɛ gyata;
wiram aboa bɛsunsuan wɔn mu.
9“Wɔasɛe wo, Ao Israel,
ɛfiri sɛ woasɔre atia me,
me a meyɛ wo ɔboafoɔ.
10Wo ɔhene a ɔbɛgye wo no wɔ he?
Wo sodifoɔ a wɔwɔ wo nkuro so wɔ he,
wɔn a wokaa wɔ wɔn ho sɛ,
‘Ma me ɔhene ne ahenemma’ no?
11Enti mʼabufuo mu, memaa wo ɔhene,
na mʼanibereɛ mu no, meyii no hɔ.
12Efraim afɔdie no wɔaboaboa ano
wɔatwerɛ ne bɔne agu hɔ.
13Ɔbɛte ɔyea te sɛ ɔbaa a ɔreko awoɔ,
na abɔfra no nnim nyansa nti;
sɛ berɛ no duru a,
ɔmma awotwaa no ano.
14“Mɛpata agye wɔn afiri damena tumi mu.
Mɛgye wɔn afiri owuo nsam.
Owuo wo nwowɔeɛ wɔ he?
Asaman wo sɛeɛ wɔ he?
“Merennya ayamhyehyeɛ,
15mpo sɛ ɔyɛ yie wɔ ne nuanom mu a.
Apueeɛ mframa a ɛfiri Awurade hɔ bɛba,
ɛbɛbɔ afiri anweatam so;
osuo rentɔ osutɔberɛ
na nʼabura bɛwe.
Wɔbɛfom nʼakoradan mu nneɛma
deɛ ɛsom bo no nyinaa.
16Ɛsɛ sɛ nnipa a wɔwɔ Samaria gye wɔn afɔdie to mu,
ɛfiri sɛ wɔayɛ ɛdɔm atia wɔn Onyankopɔn.
Wɔbɛtotɔ wɔ akofena ano;
wɔbɛtoto wɔn mmɔfra ahwehwe fam,
wɔn mmaa a wɔanyinsɛn nso wɔbɛpaapae wɔn mu.”
The Lord’s Anger Against Israel
1When Ephraim spoke, people trembled;
he was exalted in Israel.
But he became guilty of Baal worship and died.
2Now they sin more and more;
they make idols for themselves from their silver,
cleverly fashioned images,
all of them the work of craftsmen.
It is said of these people,
“They offer human sacrifices!
They kiss13:2 Or “Men who sacrifice / kiss calf-idols!”
3Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
like the early dew that disappears,
like chaff swirling from a threshing floor,
like smoke escaping through a window.
4“But I have been the Lord your God
ever since you came out of Egypt.
You shall acknowledge no God but me,
no Savior except me.
5I cared for you in the wilderness,
in the land of burning heat.
6When I fed them, they were satisfied;
when they were satisfied, they became proud;
then they forgot me.
7So I will be like a lion to them,
like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
8Like a bear robbed of her cubs,
I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion I will devour them—
a wild animal will tear them apart.
9“You are destroyed, Israel,
because you are against me, against your helper.
10Where is your king, that he may save you?
Where are your rulers in all your towns,
of whom you said,
‘Give me a king and princes’?
11So in my anger I gave you a king,
and in my wrath I took him away.
12The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
his sins are kept on record.
13Pains as of a woman in childbirth come to him,
but he is a child without wisdom;
when the time arrives,
he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.
14“I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;
I will redeem them from death.
Where, O death, are your plagues?
Where, O grave, is your destruction?
“I will have no compassion,
15even though he thrives among his brothers.
An east wind from the Lord will come,
blowing in from the desert;
his spring will fail
and his well dry up.
His storehouse will be plundered
of all its treasures.
16The people of Samaria must bear their guilt,
because they have rebelled against their God.
They will fall by the sword;
their little ones will be dashed to the ground,
their pregnant women ripped open.”13:16 In Hebrew texts this verse (13:16) is numbered 14:1.
