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.
Wɔfrɛ Nnansefo Tia Israel
1Muntie saa asɛm a Awurade aka atia mo yi, Israelfo, nea etia abusua a miyii wɔn fii 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 betumi abɔ mu anantew,
wɔ bere a wɔnyɛɛ nokoro ana?
4Gyata bobɔ mu wɔ ɔdɔtɔ ase
wɔ bere a onhuu hanam biara ana?
Ɔbobɔ mu wɔ ne tu mu
wɔ bere a ɔnkyeree hanam biara ana?
5Anomaa bɛtɔ afiri mu wɔ fam
wɔ baabi a wonsum afiri ana?
Afiri huan konkɔn hɔ wɔ
bere a enyii aboa ana?
6Sɛ wɔhyɛn torobɛnto wɔ kuropɔn mu a
nnipa no ho mpopo ana?
Sɛ atoyerɛnkyɛm ba kuropɔn bi mu a
ɛnyɛ Awurade na ɔyɛe ana?
7Ampa ara, Otumfo Awurade nyɛ biribi
a ɔnna ne nhyehyɛe adi
nkyerɛ nʼAsomafo adiyifo no.
8Gyata no abobɔ mu,
hena na onnsuro?
Otumfo Awurade akasa,
hena na ɔrenhyɛ ho nkɔm?
9Mompae mu nka nkyerɛ Asdod aban
ne Misraim aban:
“Mommoaboa mo ho ano wɔ Samaria mmepɔw so;
hwɛ basabasayɛ a ɛwɔ no so
ne nhyɛso a ɛwɔ ne nkurɔfo mu.”
10“Wonnim sɛnea wɔyɛ nea eye,”
sɛnea Awurade se ni.
“Wɔde nneɛma a wɔafow ne nea wɔawia
sie wɔ wɔn aban mu.”
11Ɛno nti, sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se,
“Ɔtamfo bi betwiw afa mo asase no so;
Obebubu mo bammɔ agu,
na wɔafow mo aban.”
12Nea Awurade se ni:
“Sɛnea oguanhwɛfo gye
anan abien nnompe anaa aso sin pɛ
fi gyata anum no,
saa ara na wobegye Israelfo nkwa,
wɔn a wɔtete wɔn mpa ntwea so wɔ Samaria,
ne wɔn a wɔdeda nkongua pa mu wɔ Damasko no.”
13“Tie eyi, na di adanse tia Yakobfi,”
sɛnea Awurade, Asafo Awurade Nyankopɔn se ni.
14“Da a mɛtwe Israel aso wɔ ne nnebɔne ho no,
mɛsɛe afɔremuka a ɛwɔ Bet-El;
wobetwitwa afɔremuka no mmɛn
na abu ahwe fam.
15Medwiriw awɔwbere mu ofi
ne ahuhurubere mu ofi agu;
na afi a wɔde asonse adura ho no wɔbɛsɛe no
na afi akɛse no nso wobebubu agu,”
sɛnea Awurade se ni.
