Isaiah 29
1 Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.
Due wo Ariel, Ariel, kuropɔn a Dawid tenaa mu! Fa afe ka afe ho na ma wo mfirihyia mu afahyɛ ahorow no nkɔ so.
2 And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.
Nanso metua Ariel ano; obedi awerɛhow na wato kwadwom, ɔbɛyɛ sɛ afɔremuka so gya.
3 I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.
Mede dɔm betwa wo ho ahyia; mesisi abantenten atwa wo ho ahyia na madi ntuano dwuma atia wo.
4 You will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust.
Wɔasie wo no, wobɛkasa afi asase mu; wo kasa a mu ntew no befi mfutuma mu aba. Wo nne befi asase no mu aba te sɛ ɔsaman de; wo kasa befi mfutuma mu aka asomsɛm.
5 But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,
Nanso wʼatamfo bebrebe no bɛyɛ sɛ mfutuma muhumuhu, na atirimɔdenfo bebrebe no ayɛ sɛ ntɛtɛ a mframa abɔ. Ɛbɛba prɛko pɛ, amono mu hɔ ara.
6 you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.
Asafo Awurade bɛba. Ɔde aprannaa ne asasewosow ne huuyɛ kɛse, mframahweam ne ahum ne ogyaframa a ɛhyew ade bɛba.
7 All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel— even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her— will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,
Afei amanaman bebrebe a wotu Ariel so sa nyinaa, wɔn a wɔtow hyɛ ɔne nʼaban so na wotua nʼano no, ɛbɛyɛ wɔn sɛ adaeso, anaa anadwo mu anisoadehu.
8 as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
Sɛnea obi a ɔkɔm de no so dae sɛ ɔredidi, na sɛ onyan a ɔte sɛ ɔkɔm de no no; sɛnea obi a osukɔm de no so dae sɛ ɔrenom nsu, nanso onyan a na watɔ beraw, na osukɔm de no ara no. Saa ara na ɛbɛyɛ ama amanaman dodow a wɔko tia Bepɔw Sion no.
9 Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
Mo ho nnwiriw mo na ɛnyɛ mo nwonwa, mo ani mfura a munhu ade; mommobow a emfi nsa, montotɔ ntintan a emfi bobesa.
10 For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
Awurade de nnahɔɔ ato mo so: Wakata mo ani (adiyifo no); wakata mo ti so (adehufo no).
11 And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
Mo de, saa anisoadehu yi nyinaa nka hwee mma mo, ɛte sɛ nsɛm a wɔasɔw ano wɔ nhoma mmobɔwee mu. Sɛ mode nhoma mmobɔwee no ma obi a, otumi kenkan, na moka kyerɛ no se, “Mesrɛ wo kenkan eyi” a, obebua se, “Merentumi, efisɛ wɔasɔw ano.”
12 Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”
Sɛ nso, mode nhoma mmobɔwee no ma nea onnim akenkan, na moka kyerɛ no se, “Mesrɛ wo kenkan eyi” a, obebua se, “Minnim akenkan.”
13 Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
Awurade ka se, “Saa nnipa yi de anohunu twiw bɛn me na wɔde wɔn anofafa hyɛ me anuonyam, nanso wɔn koma mmɛn me. Som a wɔsom me no yɛ mmara a nnipa akyerɛ wɔn no nko ara.
14 Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
Enti mɛma nnipa yi ho adwiriw wɔn bio mede anwonwade ntoatoaso bɛyɛ; mɛsɛe anyansafo nyansa, na mɛma nimdefo adenim ayɛ ɔkwa.”
15 Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
Wonnue, wɔn a wɔyɛ biribiara sɛ wɔde wɔn atirimpɔw behintaw Awurade, wɔn a wɔyɛ wɔn nnwuma wɔ sum ase na wosusuw sɛ, “Hena na ohu yɛn? Hena na ɔbɛte ase?”
16 You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?
Musisi nneɛma ti ase, sɛnea modwene sɛ ɔnwemfo te sɛ dɔte no! Nea wayɛ betumi aka akyerɛ nea ɔyɛe no se, “Ɛnyɛ wo na woyɛɛ me ana”? Kuku betumi aka afa ɔnwemfo ho se “Onnim hwee ana”?
17 In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?
Ɛrenkyɛ koraa, wɔrennan Lebanon nyɛ no asasebere na asasebere no nso nyɛ sɛ kwae ana?
18 On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
Saa da no, ɔsotifo bɛte nsɛm a ɛwɔ nhoma mmobɔwee no mu na kusuuyɛ ne esum mu mpo onifuraefo ani behu ade.
19 The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Ahobrɛasefo bedi ahurusi wɔ Awurade mu bio; ahiafo ho bɛsɛpɛw wɔn wɔ Israel Ɔkronkronni no mu.
20 For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—
Atutuwpɛfo bɛyera, wɔrenhu fɛwdifo bio, na wɔn a wodwen bɔne nyinaa, wobetwa wɔn agu,
21 those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
wɔn a wɔka asɛm baako ma obi di fɔ, wɔn a wosum nea ɔreyi ne ho ano afiri wɔ asennii na wodi adansekurum ma wobu nea odi bem no fɔ no nso wobetwa wɔn agu.
22 Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: “No longer will Jacob be ashamed and no more will his face grow pale.
Enti sɛɛ na Awurade a ogyee Abraham nkwa no ka kyerɛ Yakob fifo: “Yakob anim rengu ase bio; wɔn anim rehoa bio.
23 For when he sees his children around him, the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
Sɛ wohu wɔn mma wɔ wɔn mu, wɔn a wɔyɛ me nsa ano adwuma no a wɔbɛyɛ me din no kronkron; wobegye Yakob ɔkronkronni no kronkronyɛ ato mu, na wɔde fɛre agyina Israel Nyankopɔn no anim.
24 Then the wayward in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction.”
Wɔn a wɔfom kwan wɔ honhom mu benya ntease; wɔn a wonwiinwii nso begye nkyerɛkyerɛ ato mu.”
