Hosea
13 Ke Efraim tu munyu ɔ, nihi kpokpoɔ;
Jinɛ e ji nɔmlɔ ngua ngɛ Israel.
Se e ye fɔ ngɛ Baal he je, nɛ e gbo.
2 Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, a kpale pee yayami kɛ piɛɛ he
Nɛ a kɛ a sika hiɔ ɔ pee dade amagahi;
A kɛ ga lemi peeɔ amagahi, kɛ níhi tsuo nɛ ga ní tsuli peeɔ ɔ.
A deɔ mɛ ke, ‘Ha nɛ nihi nɛ a sãã afɔle ɔ nɛ a fĩɔ na bi ɔ nya he.’
3 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a maa pee kaa mɔtu bɔku,
Kaa bɔ́ nɛ́ e kɛ we kɛkɛ e laa,
Kaa jakati nɛ ahumi muɔɔ kɛ je ngma fiaami he kɛ yaa,
Kaa lasuku nɛ jeɔ kpo kɛ jeɔ tsu yi mi puɔ mi.
4 Se imi ji Yehowa o Mawu ɔ kɛ je Egipt zugba a nɔ tɔɔ;
O li Mawu kpa ko kaa ja imi,
Nɛ ngɛ ye se ɔ, yi wami helɔ kpa ko be.
5 I le mo ngɛ nga a nɔ, ngɛ zugba nɛ nyu be nɔ ɔ nɔ.
6 A lohwehi a niye mi he ɔmɛ ha nɛ a tɔ,
A tɔ, nɛ a tsui wo e he nɔ.
Nɛ lɔ ɔ he je ɔ, a hɛ je ye nɔ.
7 Ma pee kaa jata wayo kɛ ha mɛ,
Kaa ngatsɛ nɛ wo ka ngɛ blɔ he.
8 Ma tua mɛ kaa osisiblisi nɛ e bimɛ laa,
Nɛ ma fɛ a gugue.*
Nɛ ma tsɔtslɔɔ a mi ngɛ lejɛ ɔ kaa jata;
Nga mi lohwe awi yelɔ ma tsɔtslɔɔ a mi.
9 E ma kpata o hɛ mi, Oo Israel,
Ejakaa o te si kɛ wo mi, o te si kɛ wo o yemi kɛ bualɔ ɔ.
10 Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, jije o matsɛ ɔ ngɛ, konɛ e he o yi wami ngɛ o ma amɛ tsuo a mi,
Nɛ jije o nɔ yeli ɔmɛ* nɛ o de ngɛ a he ke,
‘Ha mi matsɛ kɛ ma nikɔtɔmahi’ ɔ ngɛ?
11 I ha mo matsɛ ngɛ abofu mi,
Nɛ ma ngɔ lɛ kɛ je ngɛ ye mi mi la a mi.
12 A fĩ Efraim tɔmi ɔ;*
A kɛ e yayami ɔ to.
13 Fɔmi mi kɔɔmi maa ba e nɔ.
Se e ji bi nɛ e be juɛmi;
Ke e su be nɛ a ma fɔ lɛ ɔ, e bɛ.
14 Ma kpɔ̃ mɛ kɛ je Yɔkɔ* he wami ɔ dɛ mi.
Ma je mɛ kɛ je gbenɔ mi.
Oo Gbenɔ, jije nɔ́ nɛ o kɛ tsɛ̃ɔ nɔ ɔ ngɛ?
Oo Yɔkɔ, jije nɔ́ nɛ o kɛ puɛɔ ní ɔ ngɛ?
Mi mi sami maa laa ngɛ ye hɛ mi.
15 Ke e bɔ ngɛ glã amɛ a kpɛti po,
Puje he kɔɔhiɔ, nɛ ji Yehowa kɔɔhiɔ ɔ maa ba,
E maa je nga kplanaa a nɔ kɛ ba, nɛ e ma ha nɛ e vu ɔ mi ma gbli nɛ e nyu hɛngmɛ ɔ ma kpa ba mi.
Jamɛ a nɔ ɔ maa muɔɔ e weto ní nɛ a he jua wa a tsuo.
16 A maa bu Samaria fɔ, ejakaa e tsɔ atuã kɛ si Mawu.
A maa nɔɔ si ngɛ klaate nya,
A kɛ a bimɛ ɔmɛ maa fiaa si nɛ a maa ku wɔtsɔwɔtsɔ,
Nɛ a ma gba a yihɔyi ɔmɛ a muklii ɔmɛ.”