Habakuk 2:19
Habakkuk 2:19 · Biblica® Open Asante Twi Contemporary Bible 2020
Nnome nka deɛ ɔka kyerɛ dua sɛ, ‘Nya nkwa!’ Anaa ɔka kyerɛ ɛboɔ a ɛnni nkwa sɛ, ‘Nyane!’ Ɛbɛtumi ama akwankyerɛ? Wɔde sika kɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ adura ho; nanso ahomeɛ nni mu.”
Habakkuk 2:19 in English
Habakkuk 2:19 · Berean Standard Bible
Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”
Context
17Awurukasɛm a wode adi Lebanon no bɛmene wo,
ɔsɛeɛ a wosɛee mmoa nso bɛbɔ wo hu.
Woaka nnipa mogya agu;
woasɛe nsase, nkuropɔn ne nnipa a wɔwɔ mu. 18“Ɛdeɛn mfasodeɛ na monya firi ahoni a onipa ayɛ mu?
Anaa nsɛsodeɛ a ɛkyerɛkyerɛ atorɔ?
Deɛ ɔyɛ ohoni no de ne ho to ɔno ankasa nsa ano adwuma so;
na ɔyɛ anyame a wɔntumi nkasa. 19Nnome nka deɛ ɔka kyerɛ dua sɛ, ‘Nya nkwa!’
Anaa ɔka kyerɛ ɛboɔ a ɛnni nkwa sɛ, ‘Nyane!’
Ɛbɛtumi ama akwankyerɛ?
Wɔde sika kɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ adura ho;
nanso ahomeɛ nni mu.” 20Nanso Awurade wɔ nʼasɔrefie kronkron mu.
Momma asase nyinaa nyɛ komm wɔ nʼanim.
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