3 Israel be lɛ nitsɛ e he nyɛe ma fa hu, nɛ Damasko nɔ yemi ɔ se maa po. Siria bi nɛ a yi ma na wami ɔ, zo maa gbe mɛ kaa Israel bi ɔmɛ nɔuu. Imi, Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ lɛ i de.”
Hoshea yi nɔ jeha nɛ ji nɛɛ ɔ mi ɔ, Asiria matsɛ ɔ ngɔ Samaria, nɛ e muɔ Israel bi ɔmɛ kɛ ho Asiria ya. E ngɔ ni komɛ ya to Hala, e ngɔ ni komɛ ya to Habor pa a nya ngɛ Gozan zugba a nɔ, nɛ e ngɔ ni komɛ hu ya to Media bi ɔmɛ a ma amɛ a mi.
Nɛ jehanɛ lɛɛ Yawɛ ke, “Hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ jeha etɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ ɔ, ní nɛ ɔmɛ nɛ Moab ná, kɛ ma a mi nimli babauu ɔ tsuo hɛ mi ma kpata, nɛ nihi nɛ a yi ma na wami be nɔ́ ko nɔ́ ko sue; pohu a ma gbɔjɔ.”
O ha mahi plɛ pee ma dokuhi, gbogbohi nɛ a fia wo a he ɔ, lɛ tsuo ku kɛ pueɔ si. Matsɛmɛ a mɔhi nɛ ma je li ɔmɛ ma a, a kpata a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ, a be ekoeko nae hu gblegbleegble.
Mɛni he je? Ejakaa Siria he wɛ pi Damasko nɛ ji e matsɛ ma a, nɛ Damasko he wɛ pi Rezin. Israel lɛɛ hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ jeha nyingmi ekpa kɛ enuɔ ɔ, a ma kpata e hɛ mi butuu, bɔ nɛ e be nyɛe maa da si kaa ma hu.
Yawɛ de Hosea ke, “Wo bi ɔ biɛ ke ‘Yezreel’; ejakaa e be kɛe kulaa nɛ ma gbla Israel matsɛ ɔ tue ngɛ nihi nɛ e nɛ̃, Yehu kpata a hɛ mi ngɛ Yezreel ɔ a he. Ma ha nɛ Yehu nɔ yemi ɔ se maa po.
Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, ta ma ba tua nyɛ, nɛ nyɛ mɔ ɔmɛ tsuo a hɛ mi ma kpata kaa bɔ nɛ Matsɛ Shalman kpata Betabel hɛ mi ngɛ ta mi ɔ. Jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, a nuu nyɛmɛ kɛ a bimɛ tsuo ngɔ fiaa si nɛ a gbe mɛ.
Kikɛ nɛ ɔ Israel bi hu maa hi si be babauu nɛ a be matsɛmɛ, loo hɛ mi nyɛɛli. Bɔ sami, kɛ tɛ titimahi a jami se maa po; nɛ amagahi, kɛ níhi nɛ a kɛ klaa a, ekoeko be si hie hu.