Hosea
11 “Benɛ Israel ji jokuɛ nyumuyo ɔ, i suɔ lɛ,
Nɛ Egipt lɛ i tsɛ ye binyumu ɔ kɛ je.
2 Be abɔ nɛ a* ngɛ mɛ tsɛe ɔ,
Be abɔ nɛ a ngɛ a he hɛe kɛ ngɛ a he jee.
A ya nɔ nɛ a sã afɔle kɛ ha Baal amaga amɛ
Nɛ a sã afɔlehi kɛ ha amaga amɛ.
3 Se imi lɛ i tsɔɔ Efraim nyɛɛmi, nɛ i wo mɛ ngɛ ye nine bɔkɔ mi;
Se a yɔse we kaa imi lɛ i tsa mɛ.
4 I ya nɔ nɛ i kɛ nimli a kpahi* gbla mɛ, i kɛ suɔmi kpahi gbla mɛ;
Nɛ i ba pee kaa nɔ ko nɛ e jeɔ kuɛpã tso kɛ jeɔ a kuɛ,*
Nɛ i je mi mi jɔmi mi kɛ ha a ti nɔ fɛɛ nɔ niye ní.
5 A be a se kpalee kɛ ya Egipt zugba a nɔ hu, se Asiria maa pee a matsɛ,
Ejakaa a sume kaa a maa kpale kɛ ba ye ngɔ.
6 Klaate maa hi e he poe kɛ wo e ma amɛ
Nɛ e ma puɛ e we agbo se lami dade ɔmɛ, nɛ e ma kpata a hɛ mi ngɛ a ga tsɔmi ɔmɛ a he je.
7 Ye ma a fia e pɛɛ si kaa e be mi anɔkuale yee.
E ngɛ mi kaa a tsɛ mɛ ke a ya hiɔwe no ɔ ngɔ* mohu lɛɛ, se nɔ ko nɔ ko ti si.
8 Oo Efraim, kɛ maa pee kɛɛ nɛ ma ngmɛɛ o he?
Oo Israel, kɛ maa pee kɛɛ nɛ ma je mo kɛ ha?
Kɛ maa pee kɛɛ nɛ i kɛ mo maa ye kaa bɔ nɛ i kɛ Adma ye ɔ?
Kɛ maa pee kɛɛ nɛ ma pee mo kaa Zeboiim?
9 I be ye mi mi fumi nɛ nya wa a kpo jee.
I be Efraim hɛ mi kpatae hu,
Ejakaa Mawu ji mi, tsa pi adesa ji mi,
Imi ji Nɔ Klɔuklɔu ɔ nɛ ngɛ nyɛ kpɛti ɔ nɛ;
Nɛ i kɛ mi mi fumi nɛ nya wa be o nɔ bae.
10 A maa nyɛɛ Yehowa se, nɛ e maa huã kaa jata;
Ke e huã a, e bimɛ ɔmɛ kɛ he domi blibliibli maa je pusinɔ he kɛ ba.
11 A kɛ he domi blibliibli maa je Egipt kɛ ba kaa lohwe pɛlitsɛ,
A maa je Asiria zugba a nɔ kɛ ba kaa beleku lahuɛ;
Nɛ ma ha nɛ a ma ba hi a wehi a mi,” Yehowa lɛ de.
12 Efraim kɛ lakpa yemi bɔle mi kɛ kpe,
Nɛ Israel we ɔ kɛ nɔ sisimi bɔle mi kɛ kpe.
Se Yuda lɛɛ, e kɛ Mawu ngɛ nyɛɛe loloolo,
Nɛ e yeɔ Nɔ Klɔuklɔu Pe Kulaa a anɔkuale.”