Miquéias 5

Bɔhyɛhene Bi A Ɔfiri Betlehem

1 Mommoaboa mo akodɔm ano,

Ao akofoɔ kuropɔn,

ɛfiri sɛ, atamfoɔ atwa yɛn ho ahyia.

Wɔde abaa bɛbɔ Israel sodifoɔ no wɔ nʼafono so.

2 "Nanso wo, Betlehem Efrata,

ɛwom sɛ woyɛ ketewa wɔ Yuda mmusua mu deɛ,

nanso, wo mu na obi bɛfiri ama me

a ɔbɛyɛ Israel sodifoɔ,

na nʼase firi teteete."

3 Enti wɔbɛgya Israelfoɔ mu,

kɔsi sɛ ɔbaa a awoɔ aka no no bɛwo

na ne nuanom mmarima nkaeɛ

bɛsane akɔka Israelfoɔ ho.

4 Ɔbɛsɔre ahwɛ ne nnwankuo

wɔ Awurade ahoɔden mu,

wɔ Awurade ne Onyankopɔn din kɛseyɛ mu.

Na wɔbɛtena asomdwoeɛ mu, na afei

ne kɛseyɛ bɛduru asase awieeɛ.

5 Na ɔbɛyɛ wɔn asomdwoeɛ.

Sɛ Asiriafoɔ bɛto hyɛ yɛn so,

na wɔbɔ nsra fa yɛn aban mu a,

yɛde nnwanhwɛfoɔ nson,

mpo ntuanofoɔ nwɔtwe bɛhyia wɔn.

6 Wɔde akofena bɛdi Asiria asase so,

wɔbɛtwe akofena de adi Nimrod asase so.

Sɛ Asiriafoɔ to hyɛ yɛn so,

bɔ nsra fa yɛn ahyeɛ so a,

ɔbɛgye yɛn afiri ne nsam.

7 Yakob asefoɔ nkaeɛ no

bɛfrafra nnipa bebree mu

te sɛ obosuo a ɛfiri Awurade,

te sɛ osuo a ɛpete gu ɛserɛ so

a ɛnntwɛn ɔdasani,

na ɔdasani biara rentumi nsi ho ɛkwan.

8 Wɔbɛkane Yakob asefoɔ nkaeɛ no afra aman no mu,

wɔbɛfrafra nnipa bebree mu

te sɛ gyata a ɔfra mmoa mu wɔ kwaeɛ mu,

te sɛ gyata ba a ɔfra nnwankuo mu

a ɔbobɔ wɔn tete wɔn mu

na obiara ntumi nnye wɔn.

9 Wɔbɛma wo nsa so sɛ woadi wʼatamfoɔ so nkonim,

na wɔbɛsɛe wʼatamfoɔ nyinaa.

10 "Saa ɛda no," sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie,

"Mɛsɛe apɔnkɔ a wowɔ

na mabubu wo nteaseɛnam.

11 Mɛsɛe nkuropɔn a ɛwɔ wʼasase so

na madwiri wo banbɔ denden nyinaa agu.

12 Mɛsɛe wʼabayisɛm

na wo ntafowayie to bɛtwa.

13 Mɛsɛe nsɛsodeɛ a wode wo nsa ayɛ

ne aboɔ ahoni a wowɔ no,

na worenkoto nsɔre

wo nsa ano adwuma bio.

14 Mɛtutu Asera afɔrebukyia no afiri wo mu

na masɛe wo nkuropɔn.

15 Aman a wɔantie mʼasɛm no nyinaa,

mede abufuo ne abufuhyeɛ bɛtɔ wɔn so wedeɛ."