Isaiah 13
1 This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
Amos babarima Yesaia adehu a ɛfa Babilonia ho ni:
2 Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
Ma frankaa so wɔ bepɔw a hwee nni so no atifi, teɛ mu frɛ wɔn: nyama wɔn ma wɔnhyɛn atitiriw no apon mu.
3 I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.
Mahyɛ mʼahotewfo; mafrɛ mʼakofo sɛ wɔnna mʼabufuwhyew adi, wɔn a wodi me nkonimdi ho ahurusi.
4 Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.
Tie huuyɛ bi a ɛwɔ mmepɔw no so te sɛ dɔm kɛse bi de! Tie akasakasa a ɛwɔ ahenni ahorow mu, te sɛ amanaman a wɔreboaboa wɔn ho ano! Asafo Awurade reboa dɔm ano akɔ ɔko.
5 They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the LORD and the weapons of His wrath— to destroy the whole country.
Wofifi akyirikyiri aman so, wofifi ɔsoro ahye so, Awurade ne nʼakode a ɛyɛ nʼabufuwhyew; bɛsɛe ɔman no nyinaa.
6 Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
Twa adwo, na Awurade da no abɛn; ɛbɛba te sɛ ɔsɛe a efi Otumfo no.
7 Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
Eyi nti, nsa nyinaa bedwudwo, obiara koma bɛbotow.
8 Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
Wɔbɛbɔ hu, ɔyaw ne apinisi bekita wɔn; wobebubu wɔn mu te sɛ ɔbea a awo aka no. Wɔde ahodwiriw bɛhwɛ wɔn ho wɔn ho anim, a wɔn ani asosɔ gya.
9 Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with fury and burning anger— to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
Hwɛ, Awurade da no reba da bɔne a abufuw ne abufuwhyew wɔ mu, ɛrebɛsɛe asase no na asɛe abɔnefo a wɔte so no.
10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
Ɔsoro nsoromma ne wɔn akuw renhyerɛn. Sum beduru owia a ɛrepue na ɔsram nso renhyerɛn.
11 I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
Mɛtwe wiase aso, ne bɔne nti, ne amumɔyɛfo wɔ wɔn nnebɔne ho. Metwa ahantanfo ahomaso so mɛbrɛ nea odi awurukasɛm no ahantan ase.
12 I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
Mɛma onipa ho ayɛ na asen sika kɔkɔɔ ankasa ɔbɛsen Ofir sikakɔkɔɔ.
13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.
Enti mɛma ɔsoro awosow; na asase ahinhim wɔ ne sibea wɔ Asafo Awurade abufuwhyew ano nʼabufuwhyewda no.
14 Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
Te sɛ ɔwansan a ɔbɔmmɔfo rehwehwɛ no akum no, te sɛ nguan a wonni ɔhwɛfo, obiara bɛkɔ ne nkurɔfo mu, obiara beguan akɔ nʼasase so.
15 Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.
Obiara a wɔbɛfa no dedua no, wobehwirew no afoa akum no; wɔn a wɔbɛkyere wɔn no nyinaa bɛtotɔ wɔ afoa ano.
16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
Wɔbɛtotow nkokoaa ahwehwe fam wɔ wɔn anim: wɔbɛfom wɔn afi mu nneɛma na wɔato wɔn yerenom mmonnaa.
17 Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.
Hwɛ mɛhwanyan Mediafo atia wɔn, wɔn na wɔmfa dwetɛ nyɛ hwee na wɔn ani nnye sikakɔkɔɔ ho.
18 Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.
Wɔn tadua bɛbobɔ mmerante ahwehwe fam; wɔrenhu nkokoaa mmɔbɔ na wɔrennya ayamhyehye mma mmofra.
19 And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Babilonia, ahenni ahorow mu ɔbohemaa, anuonyam a Babiloniafo de hoahoa wɔn ho no Onyankopɔn bɛdan abutuw te sɛ Sodom ne Gomora.
20 She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.
Nnipa rentena hɔ bio awo ntoatoaso nyinaa mu; Arabni biara rensi ne ntamadan wɔ hɔ oguanhwɛfo biara remfa ne nguan nkɔhome wɔ hɔ.
21 But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.
Nanso sare so mmoa bɛda hɔ. Sakraman bɛyɛ nʼafi no mu ma; hɔ na mpatu bɛtena, hɔ na wura mu mmirekyi nso bedi agoru.
22 Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.
Mpataku bɛtena nʼabandennen mu, adompo bɛyɛ nʼahemfi fɛfɛ no mu ma. Ne bere aso, na wɔrentwe ne nna mu.
