Hosea
1 Yehowa kɛ Beeri bi Hosea* tu munyu ngɛ Yuda matsɛmɛ nɛ ji Uzia, Yotam, Ahaz kɛ Hezekia a be ɔ mi, kɛ jehanɛ se hu, ngɛ Yoash bi Yeroboam, nɛ ji Israel matsɛ ɔ be ɔ mi. 2 Benɛ Yehowa kɛ Hosea bɔni munyu tumi ɔ, Yehowa de Hosea ke: “Yaa nɛ o ya ngɔ tuutuu yo,* nɛ o ma ná ajuama bimɛ, ejakaa tuutuu pomi* he je ɔ, zugba a kpale kɛ je Yehowa se kulaa.”
3 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, e ya nɛ e ya ngɔ Diblaim biyo nɛ a tsɛɔ lɛ Gomer, e ngɔ hɔ nɛ e fɔ binyumu ha lɛ.
4 Kɛkɛ nɛ Yehowa de lɛ ke: “Wo lɛ biɛ ke Yezreel,* ejakaa e be kɛe kulaa nɛ ma ha nɛ Yehu we ɔ nɛ bu Yezreel muɔ si puemi ɔ he akɔtaa, nɛ ma ha Israel we ɔ matsɛ yemi ɔ se maa po. 5 Jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, ma ku Israel kɛ̃ɛ̃ ɔ mi ngɛ Yezreel Dɔgba a mi.”
6 E ná mi ekohu nɛ e fɔ biyo. Nɛ Mawu de lɛ ke: “Wo lɛ biɛ ke Lo Ruhama,* ejakaa i be Israel we ɔ mɔbɔ nae hu, bɔ fɛɛ bɔ nɛ ji ɔ, ma fiee mɛ kɛ ho. 7 Se ma na Yuda we ɔ mɔbɔ, nɛ imi Yehowa a Mawu ɔ, ma he a yi wami; tsa pi kɛ̃ɛ̃ loo klaate loo ta loo okpɔngɔhi loo okpɔngɔ nɔ hili nɛ ma kɛ he a yi wami.”
8 Benɛ Gomer po Lo Ruhama nyɔ ɔ, e ná mi ekohu, nɛ e fɔ binyumu. 9 Kɛkɛ nɛ Mawu de ke: “Wo lɛ biɛ ke Lo Ami,* ejakaa pi ye we bi ji nyɛ, nɛ imi hu pi nyɛ Mawu ji mi.
10 “Nɛ Israelbi ɔmɛ* a he maa hiɛ kaa wo nya zia nɛ a be nyɛe ma susu loo a kane. Nɛ he nɛ a de mɛ ngɛ ke ‘Pi ye we bi ji nyɛ’ ɔ, lejɛ ɔ nɔuu nɛ a ma de mɛ ngɛ ke ‘Mawu hɛ kalɔ ɔ bimɛ ji nyɛ.’ 11 Nɛ a ma bua Yudabi ɔmɛ kɛ Israelbi ɔmɛ a nya nɛ a pee kake, nɛ a maa hla hɛ mi nyɛɛlɔ kake kɛ ha a he nɛ a maa je zugba a nɔ, ejakaa Yezreel ligbi ɔ maa pee ligbi ngua.