Isaiah 33
1 Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.
Due, ɔdesɛefo, wo a wɔnsɛee wo! Due, ɔfatwafo, wo a wonnii wo huammɔ! sɛ wugyae adesɛe a, wɔbɛsɛe wo; sɛ wuwie huammɔdi a, wobedi wo huammɔ.
2 O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
Ao Awurade, hu yɛn mmɔbɔ; yɛn ani da wo so. Yɛ yɛn ahoɔden anɔpa biara, ne yɛn nkwagye wɔ ahohia mu.
3 The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.
Aman no te wo nne mmubomu a, woguan; sɛ woma wo ho so a amanaman no bɔ ahwete.
4 Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.
Wɔtase mo asade, Ao amanaman, sɛnea mmoadabimma yɛ; nnipa tow hyɛ so te sɛ mmoadabi dɔm.
5 The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
Wɔama Awurade so, na ɔte ɔsorosoro; ɔde trenee ne adetreneeyɛ bɛhyɛ Sion ma.
6 He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.
Ɔbɛyɛ fapem a atim yiye wɔ mo mmere so, nkwagye, nyansa ne nhumu mmoroso akorae; Awurade suro ne ademude yi akorae ano safe.
7 Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
Monhwɛ, wɔn mmarima akokodurufo su teɛteɛɛ mu wɔ mmɔnten so; asomdwoe ho abɔfo su yayaayaw.
8 The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.
Atempɔn no so da hɔ kwa, akwantufo biara nni akwan no so. Wɔabu apam no so, wobu nʼadansefo animtiaa wommu obiara.
9 The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
Asase no wo kesee na ɛsɛe, Lebanon agyigya na nʼanim agu ase; Saron ayɛ sɛ Araba, Basan ne Karmel porow wɔn nhaban.
10 “Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
“Afei na mɛsɔre,” sɛɛ na Awurade se. “Afei na wɔbɛpagyaw me ɛ; afei na wɔbɛma me so.
11 You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.
Munyinsɛn ntɛtɛ, na mowo sare; mo home yɛ ogya a ɛhyew mo.
12 The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.
Wɔbɛhyew aman no ama wɔatɔ nso; wɔbɛto wɔn mu gya te sɛ nsɔe a wɔatwa.”
13 You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
Mo a mowɔ akyirikyiri no, muntie nea mayɛ; mo a mobɛn no, monkamfo me kɛseyɛ!
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
Nnebɔneyɛfo a wɔwɔ Sion abɔ huboa; ahopopo aka wɔn a wonnim Onyame: “Yɛn mu hena na obetumi ne ogya a ɛhyew ade atena? Yɛn mu hena na obetumi ne daa ogyatannaa atena?”
15 He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
Nea ɔnantew trenee mu na odi nokware nea ɔpo mfaso a asisi de ba na onnye adanmude, nea ontie awudi ho pɔwbɔ nea ɔmpɛ sɛ ohu bɔneyɛ ho agyinatu,
16 he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
saa onipa yi na ɔbɛtena ɔsorosoro hɔ, ne guankɔbea bɛyɛ bepɔw aban no. Wɔde nʼaduan bɛma no na ne nsu remmɔ no.
17 Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.
Mo ani behu ɔhene no wɔ nʼanuonyam mu na ahwɛ asase a ɛtrɛw kɔ akyirikyiri no.
18 Your mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”
Mo adwennwen mu, mobɛbooboo nea na ohunahuna mo no ho: “Odwumayɛni panyin no wɔ he? Nea na ogyigye tow no wɔ he? Nea na ɔhwɛ abantenten so no wɔ he?”
19 You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
Morenhu saa ahantanfo no bio, wɔn a wɔn kasa mu nna hɔ, na monte nea wɔka no ase no.
20 Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
Monhwɛ Sion, yɛn afahyɛ kuropɔn no; mo ani behu Yerusalem, asomdwoe tenabea, ntamadan a wontutu; wɔrentutu ne nnyinaso da, na wɔrentetew ne ntampehama mu nso.
21 But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass.
Ɛhɔ na Awurade bɛyɛ yɛn Tumfo. Ɛbɛyɛ sɛ faako a nsu akɛse ne nsuwansuwa wɔ. Akorow a wɔhare remfa so ahyɛn akɛse rennantew so.
22 For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
Na Awurade ne yɛn temmufo, Awurade ne yɛn mmarahyɛfo, Awurade ne yɛn hene; na ɔno na obegye yɛn nkwa.
23 Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.
Wo ntampehama mu agow enti hyɛn dua no nni nnyinaso, na wɔntrɛw hyɛn so ntama no mu. Afei wɔbɛkyɛ asade bebree no mu na mpakye mpo bɛsoa asade akɔ.
24 And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.
Obiara nni Sion a ɔbɛka se, “Meyare;” na wɔde wɔn a wɔte hɔ no bɔne bɛkyɛ wɔn.
