“Yawɛ ma ha haomi be ko ma ba na mo, kɛ o ma mi bi ɔmɛ, kɛ matsɛ weku ɔ tsuo. Kɛ je be nɛ Israel kɛ Yuda mi gba nɛ ɔ, be yaya kaa enɛ ɔ eko bɛ hyɛ. Asiria matsɛ ɔ ji haomi nɛ Yawɛ maa ngɔ kɛ ba a nɛ.
Kekleekle nɛ Yawɛ kɛ Israel tu munyu kɛ gu Hosea nɔ ɔ, e de Hosea ke, “Yaa nɛ o ya ngɔ yo; yo ɔ maa pee e he yakayaka nɔmlɔ, nɛ e bimɛ maa hi kaa lɛ pɛ. Ja pɛpɛɛpɛ ye ma a pee ɔ nɛ; ye ma a kua mi; a yi mi anɔkuale.”
“Daa nyɔ kɛ pia a, yi wu tso níhi, kɛ níhi nɛ a he be se nami sɔuu Israel ma a ngɛ pee. A sisiɔ nɔ, nɛ a pueɔ muɔ si. A kɛ Asiria ngɛ huɛ bɔe, nɛ Egipt lɛɛ a kɛ lɛ yeɔ nu jua.”
Be ko nɛ be ɔ, ke Efraim wɛtso ɔ de nɔ́ ko ɔ, Israel wɛtso kpa amɛ yee gbeye; ejakaa a buu Efraim saminya. Se ma a pee yayami kaa a ya ja Baal; lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a ma gbo.
“Benɛ Israel na kaa e hiɔ ɔ nya ba wa, nɛ Yuda hu na kaa e plaa wawɛɛ nitsɛ ɔ, Israel ho Asiria matsɛ ɔ ngɔ ya ya bi yemi kɛ buami. Se e nyɛ we nɛ e tsa hiɔ ɔ ha Israel, nɛ pa amɛ hu e nyɛ we nɛ e pee nɔ́ ko ngɛ a he.
Yawɛ ke, “Ngɛ je ma amɛ tsuo a kpɛti ɔ, nyɛ pɛ ji ma nɛ i je blɔ hla, nɛ i ngɛ nɔ hyɛe. Enɛ ɔ ha nɛ nyɛ he yayami ɔ kle agbo, nɛ e hia kaa ma gbla nyɛ tue wawɛɛ nitsɛ.”
Yosef he wa kaa na ku; se e tsuɔ ní kaa na yo nɛ hɛ mi wo la. E he wami ɔ bɔbɔyoo pɛ lɛ ngɛ Manase; se hiɛhiɛɛ ɔ ngɛ Efraim. Yosef buaa a nya kɛ fieɔ a he nyɛli ɔmɛ kɛ yaa se lokoo kaa bɔ nɛ na kɛ e kolihi siɔ nɔ ɔ.”