Hosea 1:1-11
1 Asɛm a Yehowa ka kyerɛɛ Beeri ba Hosea* ni. Ɔka kyerɛɛ no wɔ Yuda ahemfo+ Usia+ ne Yotam+ ne Ahas+ ne Hesekia+ ne Israel hene Yeroboam+ a ɔyɛ Yoas ba+ no bere so.
2 Bere a Yehowa fii ase kasa faa Hosea so no, Yehowa ka kyerɛɛ Hosea sɛ: “Kɔ na kɔware ɔbea aguaman.* Wubenya aguaman mma, efisɛ aguamammɔ nti, asaase no atwe ne ho afi Yehowa ho koraa.”+
3 Enti ɔkɔwaree Diblaim babea Gomer, na onyinsɛnee, na ɔwoo ɔbabarima maa no.
4 Ɛnna Yehowa ka kyerɛɛ Hosea sɛ: “To no din Yesreel,* efisɛ aka kakraa bi, mɛma Yehu fi abu Yesreel mogyahwiegu ho akontaa,+ na mama Israel fi ahenni to atwa.+
5 Saa da no, mebubu Israel agyan mu wɔ Yesreel Bon mu.”*
6 Na ɔsan nyinsɛnee, na ɔwoo ɔbabea. Na Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ Hosea sɛ: “To no din Lo-Ruhama,* efisɛ merenhu Israel fi mmɔbɔ bio,+ na nea ɛbɛyɛ biara, mɛpam wɔn.+
7 Nanso mehu Yuda fi mmɔbɔ,+ na me, Yehowa wɔn Nyankopɔn, megye wɔn.+ Ɛnyɛ agyan anaa sekan anaa ɔko anaa apɔnkɔ anaa mmarima a wɔtete apɔnkɔ so na mede begye wɔn.”+
8 Bere a Gomer twaa Lo-Ruhama nufu no, onyinsɛnee, na ɔwoo ɔbabarima.
9 Na Onyankopɔn kae sɛ: “To no din Lo-Ami,* efisɛ ɛnyɛ me man ne mo, na menyɛ mo Nyankopɔn.
10 “Na Israelfo* bɛdɔɔso te sɛ mpoano anwea a enni ano a wontumi nkan.+ Na baabi a wɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, ‘Ɛnyɛ me man ne mo’ no,+ ɛhɔ ara na wɔbɛka akyerɛ wɔn sɛ, ‘Onyankopɔn teasefo no mma.’+
11 Na wɔbɛka Yudafo ne Israelfo abom ayɛ wɔn baako,+ na wobeyi baako adi wɔn anim na wɔafi asaase no so aba.* Na Yesreel da no bɛyɛ da kɛse.+
Ase Hɔ Nsɛm
^ Ɛyɛ din Hosaia a wɔatwa no tiaa. Ɛkyerɛ “Yah Agye No.”
^ Anaa “ɔbea a ɔbɛbɔ aguaman.”
^ Ɛkyerɛ, “Onyankopɔn Bedua Aba.”
^ Anaa “Asaasetraa so.”
^ Ɛkyerɛ, “Wɔanhu No Mmɔbɔ.”
^ Ɛkyerɛ “Wɔnyɛ Me Man.”
^ Nt., “Israel mma.”
^ Anaa “na wɔaforo afi asaase no so aba.”
