Isaiah 31
1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah!
Wɔnnue, wɔn a wɔkɔ Misraim kɔpɛ mmoa, wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho to apɔnkɔ so, wɔn a wɔgye wɔn nteaseɛnam dodoɔ ne wɔn apɔnkɔsotefoɔ ahoɔden mmorosoɔ no die, na wɔnhwɛ Israel Kronkronni no, anaasɛ wɔmmpɛ mmoa mfiri Awurade hɔ.
2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
Nanso, Awurade yɛ onyansafoɔ a ɔbɛtumi de ɔhaw aba; ɔnsesa nʼano. Ɔbɛsɔre atia amumuyɛfoɔ efie, ne wɔn a wɔboa nnebɔneyɛfoɔ.
3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when Jehovah shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.
Na Misraimfoɔ yi yɛ nnipa kɛkɛ, wɔnyɛ Onyankopɔn. Wɔn apɔnkɔ yɛ honam na wɔnyɛ honhom. Sɛ Awurade tene ne nsa a, ɔboafoɔ bɛhwinti na deɛ wɔboa no no bɛhwe ase; wɔn baanu bɛbɔ mu asɛe.
4 For thus saith Jehovah unto me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Jehovah of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof.
Yei ne deɛ Awurade ka kyerɛ me: “Sɛdeɛ gyata pɔ so, sɛdeɛ gyata hoɔdenfoɔ pɔ ne haboa so no a mpo sɛ wɔfrɛ nnwanhwɛfoɔ dɔm kɔ ne so a, wɔn nteateam mmɔ ne hu na wɔn hooyɛ nso nha no no saa ara na Asafo Awurade bɛsiane abɛko wɔ Sion Bepɔ ne ne sorɔnsorɔmmea so.
5 As birds hovering, so will Jehovah of hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver [it], he will pass over and preserve [it].
Sɛdeɛ nnomaa tu gyina faako wɔ ewiem no saa ara na Asafo Awurade bɛbɔ Yerusalem ho ban; ɔbɛbɔ ne ho ban na wagye no, ɔbɛgyaa no na wagye no asi hɔ.”
6 Turn ye unto him from whom ye have deeply revolted, O children of Israel.
Monsane nkɔ deɛ moayɛ ɛdɔm atia no no, Ao Israelfoɔ.
7 For in that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
Ɛda no mo mu biara bɛpo dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ ahoni a mode mo nsa a ɛho agu fi no ayɛ.
8 And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become subject to taskwork.
“Asiria bɛhwe ase wɔ akofena a ɛnyɛ onipa deɛ ano; akofena a ɛnyɛ onipa deɛ bɛsɛe wɔn. Wɔbɛdwane afiri akofena no ano na wɔbɛma wɔn mmeranteɛ ayɛ ɔhyɛ adwuma.
9 And his rock shall pass away by reason of terror, and his princes shall be dismayed at the ensign, saith Jehovah, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Wɔn aban denden bɛbubu, ehu nti; wɔhunu akofoɔ frankaa a, wɔn asraafoɔ mpanimfoɔ bɛbɔ huboa,” sei na Awurade seɛ, deɛ ne ogya wɔ Sion, na ne fononoo si Yerusalem no.
