Hosea
10 “Israel ji wai tso yaya,* nɛ woɔ yiblii.
Be abɔ nɛ e yiblii ɔ ngɛ hiɛe ɔ, be abɔ nɛ e we afɔle sami latɛ ɔmɛ ngɛ hiɛe;
Ke e zugba a nɔ niba ní ɔmɛ ngɛ hiɛe ɔ, kɛkɛ e wɔ titima amɛ hu a he ngɛ fɛu pee.
2 A tsui peeɔ osato;*
Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, a maa bu mɛ fɔ.
Nɔ ko ngɛ nɛ e maa ku a we afɔle sami latɛ ɔmɛ nɛ e ma puɛ a wɔ titima amɛ.
3 Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, a ma de ke, ‘Wa be matsɛ ko, ejakaa wa yi Yehowa gbeye.
Nɛ mɛni matsɛ maa pee ha wɔ?’
4 A tuɔ munyu puu, a kãa lakpa kita, nɛ a soɔ somihi;
Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, kojomi nɛ maa ba a ngɛ kaa hu yaya nɛ gbɛ fia gɔta tsɔwi nɛ a ngɛ ngmɔ mi ɔ a mi.
5 Samariabi ɔmɛ maa ye gbeye ngɛ na bi amaga nɛ ngɛ Bet Aven ɔ he je.
E ma mi bi ɔmɛ maa ye e he kɔmɔ,
Kaa bɔ nɛ e ma se mawu ɔ we osɔfo ɔmɛ nɛ a nya ngɛ e he kɛ e hɛ mi nyami ɔ he ɔ hu maa pee ɔ,
Ejakaa e maa je a he kɛ ho nyɔguɛ tso mi ya.
6 A kɛ maa ba Asiria kaa nike ní kɛ ha matsɛ ngua ko.
Efraim hɛ mi ma pue si,
Nɛ zo maa gbe Israel ngɛ ga womi nɛ e bu tue ɔ he je.
7 A ma kpata Samaria kɛ e matsɛ ɔ hɛ mi kokooko,
Kaa tso kɔni nɛ fɔɔ si ngɛ nyu hɛ.
8 A ma kpata hehi nɛ ya hiɔwe nɛ ngɛ Bet Aven, he nɛ Israel pee yayami ngɛ ɔ hɛ mi.
Miohi kɛ mio tsohi maa puɛ ngɛ a we afɔle sami latɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ.
Nihi ma de yoku ɔmɛ ke, ‘Nyɛɛ laa wa nɔ!’
Nɛ a ma de kpongu ɔmɛ ke, ‘Nyɛɛ hule kɛ pue wa nɔ!’
9 Oo Israel, o pee yayami kɛ je Gibea be ɔ mi tɔɔ.
A ya nɔ nɛ a pee jã ngɛ lejɛ ɔ.
Ta nɛ ba nihi nɛ a dɛ ɔ a bimɛ a nɔ ngɛ Gibea a kpataa we a hɛ mi kulaa.
10 Ma gbla a tue ngɛ be nɛ i suɔ mi.
Ke a kɛ a tɔmi enyɔ ɔmɛ kpla a kuɛ ɔ,*
Nihi ma bua a he nya kɛ wo mɛ.
11 Efraim ji na eyo nɛ a tsɔse lɛ nɛ e bua jɔ he kaa e maa fiaa ngma,
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i ha we nɛ e kɛ e kuɛ nɛ ngɛ fɛu ɔ nɛ tsu ní.
Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, ma ha nɛ nɔ ko maa hi* Efraim nɔ.
Yuda ma hu, nɛ Yakob ma futu zu ɔ mi kɛ ha lɛ.
12 Nyɛ du ní ha nyɛ he ngɛ dami mi nɛ́ nyɛ kpa suɔmi nɛ se pui.
Nyɛ hu zugba nɛ hi kɛ ha ní dumi kɛ ha nyɛ he
Be mi nɛ be ngɛ nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ ma hla Yehowa se blɔ,
Kɛ ya si be nɛ e maa ba nɛ e ba tsɔɔ nyɛ ní ngɛ dami mi ɔ.
13 Se nyɛ hu yiwutso ní peepee,
Nɛ nyɛ kpa nɔ́ nɛ dɛ,
Nɛ nyɛ ye nɔ sisimi yiblii;
Ejakaa nyɛ ngɔ nyɛ hɛ kɛ fɔ nyɛ nitsɛmɛ nyɛ blɔ ɔmɛ a nɔ,
Nyɛ ngɔ nyɛ hɛ kɛ fɔ nyɛ tatsɛmɛ babauu ɔmɛ a nɔ.
14 Hoo peemi maa te si kɛ wo o we bi ɔmɛ,
Nɛ a ma kpata o mahi nɛ a fia gbogbo kɛ wo a he ɔ tsuo a hɛ mi,
Kaa bɔ nɛ Shalman kpata Arbel we ɔ hɛ mi,
Ngɛ ta ligbi ɔ nɔ, benɛ a kɛ binyɛmɛ kɛ a bimɛ tsuo fiaa si nɛ a ku ɔ.
15 Jã nɛ a maa pee mo, oo Betel, ejakaa nyɛ yayami ɔ hiɛ tsɔ.
Bɔ fɛɛ bɔ nɛ ji ɔ, a ma kpata Israel matsɛ ɔ hɛ mi makɛ.”*