Isaiah 59
1 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
Ampa ara Awurade nsa nyɛ tiaa sɛ ɛrennye nkwa, na nʼasom nyɛ den sɛ ɛrente asɛm.
2 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
Nanso mo amumɔyɛ na atetew mo ne mo Nyankopɔn ntam; mo bɔne ama nʼanim ahintaw mo, a enti ɔrente.
3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
Na mogya akeka mo nsa ho, afɔdi asra mo nsateaa ho. Mo ano akeka atosɛm, mo tɛkrɛma de amumɔyɛsɛm di nseku.
4 No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Obiara nhwehwɛ atɛntrenee; obiara mfa nokwaredi mmɔ ne nkurow. Wɔde wɔn ho to nsɛnhuhuw so na wotwa nkontompo; wonyinsɛn ɔhaw na wɔwo bɔne.
5 They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
Wosow nhurutoa nkesua na wɔnwen ananse ntontan. Nea odi wɔn nkesua biara bewu, mu baako nso bɔ a, ɛpae ahurutoa.
6 Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
Wɔn ntontan nye mma adurade; wɔrentumi mfa nea wɔyɛ nkata wɔn ho. Wɔn nneyɛe yɛ nneyɛe bɔne, na wodi akakabensɛm.
7 Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
Wotu mmirika kɔyɛ bɔne; wɔnkyɛ opira ne awudi ho. Baabiara a wɔbɛkɔ no, wɔsɛe hɔ pasaa.
8 The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.
Asomdwoe kwan no, wonnim; atɛntrenee nni wɔn akwan so. Wɔadan wɔn akwan kɔntɔnkye obiara a ɔnantew so no rennya asomdwoe.
9 Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
Enti atɛntrenee ne yɛn ntam aware, na adetrenee mmɛn yɛn. Yɛhwehwɛ hann, nanso ne nyinaa yɛ sum; nea ɛhyerɛn, nanso yɛnam sum kabii mu.
10 Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.
Te sɛ anifuraefo no, yɛkeka wɔ afasu ho hwehwɛ ɔkwan te sɛ nnipa a wonni ani. Owigyinae no yehintihintiw sɛnea onwini adwo; yedu ahoɔdenfo mu a yɛte sɛ awufo.
11 We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
Yɛn nyinaa woro so te sɛ sisi; yɛde awerɛhow kurum sɛ mmorɔnoma. Yɛhwehwɛ atɛntrenee nso yenhu bi; ogye, nanso ɛwɔ akyirikyiri.
12 For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:
Efisɛ, yɛn mfomso adɔɔso wɔ wʼani so, na yɛn bɔne di adanse tia yɛn. Yɛn mfomso da yɛn anim daa, na yegye yɛn amumɔyɛ to mu:
13 rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
atuatew ne nkontompo a etia Awurade, yɛn akyi a yɛdan kyerɛ yɛn Nyankopɔn, nhyɛso ne atuatew a yɛfoa so, atosɛm a efi koma mu a yɛka.
14 So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
Enti wɔapam atɛntrenee kɔ nʼakyi, na adetrenee akogyina baabi; nokware ahwe ase wɔ mmɔnten so nokwaredi ntumi mma mu.
15 Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
Nokware nni baabiara, obiara a ɔtwe ne ho fi bɔne ho no bɛyɛ ɔtamfo. Awurade hwɛe na ansɔ nʼani sɛ atɛntrenee nni hɔ.
16 He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.
Ohuu sɛ obiara nni hɔ, ɛyɛɛ no nwonwa sɛ obiara nni hɔ a ɔbɛpata; enti ɔno ankasa basa dii nkwagye ho dwuma maa no, na ne trenee wowaw no.
17 He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
Ɔhyɛɛ trenee sɛ nkatabo, ne nkwagye dadekyɛw wɔ ne ti so. Ɔhyɛɛ aweretɔ ntade na ofuraa mmɔdemmɔ sɛ ntama.
18 So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.
Obegyina nea wɔayɛ so atua so ka nʼatamfo benya nʼabufuwhyew wɔn a wɔne no ayɛ dɔm benya so akatua; nsupɔw no nso obetua wɔn ka sɛnea ɛfata wɔn.
19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.
Efi atɔe fam, nnipa besuro Awurade din na efi apuei, wɔde nidi bɛma nʼanuonyam. Na ɔbɛba sɛ asu a ayiri tɛnn na Awurade ahomegu repia no.
20 “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,”
“Ogyefo no bɛba Sion, na obeyi amumɔyɛsɛm nyinaa afi Yakob asefo mu,” sɛɛ na Awurade se.
21 “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.
“Me de, eyi yɛ me ne wɔn apam,” sɛnea Awurade se ni. “Me Honhom a ɔwɔ mo so, ne me nsɛm a mede ahyɛ mo anom, remfi mo anom, anaa mo mma, ne mo mma asefo anom, efi saa bere yi kosi daa apem,” sɛɛ na Awurade se.
