Isaiah 32
1 See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.
Hwɛ, ɔhene bi bɛba abɛdi ɔhene wɔ tenenee mu na sodifoɔ de atɛntenenee adi nnipa so.
2 And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.
Wɔn mu biara bɛyɛ te sɛ mframa ano hintabea ne ahum mu dwanekɔbea, wɔbɛyɛ sɛ nsuwansuwa a ɛwɔ anweatam so ne ɔbotan kɛseɛ sunsum a ɛwɔ osukɔm asase so.
3 And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word.
Wɔn a wɔwɔ ani no bɛhunu nokorɛ no, na obiara a ɔwɔ aso no bɛte.
4 The man of sudden impulses will become wise in heart, and he whose tongue is slow will get the power of talking clearly.
Deɛ ɔyɛ adwene mu herɛ bɛhunu na wate aseɛ, wɔn a wɔpo dodoɔ bɛkasa na emu ada hɔ.
5 The foolish man will no longer be named noble, and they will not say of the false man that he is a man of honour.
Wɔremfrɛ ɔkwasea sɛ onimuonyamfoɔ bio na wɔremfa anidie mma ɔpapahwekwaa.
6 For the foolish man will say foolish things, having evil thoughts in his heart, working what is unclean, and talking falsely about the Lord, to keep food from him who is in need of it, and water from him whose soul is desiring it.
Ɔkwasea ka nkwaseasɛm na ɔdwene bɔne ho: ɔyɛ onyame akyiwadeɛ; ɔma Awurade ho nkyerɛkyerɛ bɔne; ɔmma deɛ ɛkɔm de no no aduane ɔde nsuo kame deɛ sukɔm de no.
7 The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right.
Ɔpapahwekwaa akwan yɛ amumuyɛ, ɔyɛ bɔne ho nhyehyɛeɛ de atorɔ sɛe ohiani, wɔ ɛberɛ a ohiani asɛm yɛ nokorɛ mpo.
8 But the noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided.
Nanso, onimuonyamfoɔ yɛ nhyehyɛeɛ a ɛho wɔ nyam na ne nneyɛɛ pa no enti, ɔda nso.
9 Give ear to my voice, you women who are living in comfort; give attention to my words, you daughters who have no fear of danger.
Mo mmaa a mogye mo ho die, monsɔre na montie me; mo mmammaa a mosusu sɛ mowɔ banbɔ monyɛ aso mma deɛ mewɔ ka!
10 In not much more than a year, you, who are not looking for evil, will be troubled: for the produce of the vine-gardens will be cut off, and there will be no getting in of the grapes.
Afe akyi nna kakra bi no mo a mogye di sɛ mo wɔ banbɔ ho bɛpopo; bobe twaberɛ no bɛdi mo hwammɔ, nnuaba no twaberɛ nso remma.
11 Be shaking with fear, you women who are living in comfort; be troubled, you who have no fear of danger: take off your robes and put on clothing of grief.
Mo ho mpopo mo mmaa a mogye mo ho die; mommɔ hu, mo mmammaa a mogye di sɛ mowɔ banbɔ! Mompa mo ho ntoma na momfa ayitoma mmɔ mo asene mu.
12 Have sorrow for the fields, the pleasing fields, the fertile vine;
Momfa awerɛhoɔ mfa mo nsa mmoro mo koko so wɔ mfuo fɛfɛ ne mo bobe a ɛsoɔ no enti.
13 And for the land of my people, where thorns will come up; even for all the houses of joy in the glad town.
Ɛfiri sɛ nkasɛɛ ne nnɛnkyɛnse agye afa mo asase afa. Ahosɛpɛ ne anigyeɛ to atwa wɔ kuro no mu.
14 For the fair houses will have no man living in them; the town which was full of noise will become a waste; the hill and the watchtower will be unpeopled for ever, a joy for the asses of the woods, a place of food for the flocks;
Wɔbɛgya aban no hɔ, na gyegyeegye kuropɔn no ada mpan; abankɛsewa ne ɔwɛn aban bɛdane asase hunu afebɔɔ, deɛ mfunumu pɛ ne nnwankuo adidibea,
15 Till the spirit comes on us from on high, and the waste land becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field is changed into a wood.
kɔsi sɛ wɔbɛhwie Honhom no afiri ɔsoro agu yɛn so, na anweatam bɛdane asase bereɛ na asase bereɛ ayɛ sɛ kwaeɛ.
16 Then in the waste land there will be an upright rule, and righteousness will have its place in the fertile field.
Tenenee bɛtena anweatam so na adeteneneeyɛ atena asase bereɛ so.
17 And the work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of an upright rule will be to take away fear for ever.
Adeteneneeyɛ bɛso asomdwoeɛ aba; deɛ adeteneneeyɛ de ba bɛyɛ kommyɛ ne ahotosoɔ a ɛnni awieeɛ.
18 And my people will be living in peace, in houses where there is no fear, and in quiet resting-places.
Me nkurɔfoɔ bɛtenatena mmeaeɛ a asomdwoeɛ wɔ, afie a wɔabɔ ho ban homebea a ɔhaw biara nni hɔ.
19 But the tall trees will come down with a great fall, and the town will be low in a low place.
Mpo sɛ ampariboɔ sɛe kwaeɛ no na kuropɔn no sɛe koraa a,
20 Happy are you who are planting seed by all the waters, and sending out the ox and the ass.
wɔbɛhyira wo, wobɛdua wʼaba wɔ nsuwa biara ho, na wama wʼanantwie ne wo mfunumu anante baabiara.
