Esias 58
1 Cry aloud, and spare not; lift up thy voice as with a trumpet, and declare to my people their sins, and to the house of Jacob their iniquities.
“Monteam denden, monnnyae. Momma mo nne so sɛ totorobɛnto. Mompae mu nka me nkurɔfoɔ atuateɛ nkyerɛ wɔn na monka Yakob efie nso nnebɔne nkyerɛ no.
2 They seek me day by day, and desire to know my ways, as a people that had done righteousness, and had not forsaken the judgment of their God: they now ask of me righteous judgment, and desire to draw nigh to God,
Ɛda biara da wɔhwehwɛ me; ayɛ sɛ wɔpere sɛ wɔbɛhunu mʼakwan, te sɛ wɔyɛ ɔman a wɔyɛ deɛ ɛtene na wɔmpoo wɔn Onyankopɔn ahyɛdeɛ. Wɔbisa me hɔ asɛntenenee na ayɛ sɛ wɔpɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn bɛn wɔn.
3 saying, Why have we fasted, and thou regardest not? [why] have we afflicted our souls, and thou didst not know it? Nay, in the days of your fasts ye find your pleasures, and all them that are under your power ye wound.
Wɔka sɛ, ‘Adɛn enti na yɛadi mmuada na woanhunu yi? Adɛn enti na yɛabrɛ yɛn ho ase, na woanhwɛ yi?’ “Nanso mo abuada da no, moyɛ deɛ mopɛ na mosisi mo adwumayɛfoɔ nyinaa.
4 If ye fast for quarrels and strifes, and smite the lowly with [your] fists, wherefore do ye fast to me as [ye do] this day, so that your voice may be heard in crying?
Ntɔkwa ne akasakasa na mode wie mo abuadadie, ne akuturuku a mode bobɔ mo ho. Morentumi nni mmuada sɛdeɛ moyɛ no ɛnnɛ yi na moahwɛ anim sɛ wɔbɛte mo nne wɔ soro.
5 I have not chosen this fast, nor [such] a day for a man to afflict his soul; neither though thou shouldest bend down thy neck as a ring, and spread under thee sackcloth and ashes, neither thus shall ye call a fast acceptable.
Yei ne mmuadadie a mepɛ anaa? Ɛda koro pɛ a onipa de brɛ ne ho ase no anaa? Ɛne sɛ obi si ne tiri ase te sɛ demmire na ɔtena ayitoma so ne nsõ mu nko ara anaa? Yei na mofrɛ no abuadadie yi, ɛda a ɛsɔ Awurade ani yi ni anaa?
6 I have not chosen such a fast, saith the Lord; but do thou loose every burden of iniquity, do thou untie the knots of hard bargains, set the bruised free, and cancel every unjust account.
“Saa mmuadadie yi na mepɛ: sɛ mobɛyiyi ntɛnkyea nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn na moasane kɔnnua nhoma, sɛ mobɛgyaa wɔn a wɔhyɛ wɔn so na moabubu kɔnnua biara.
7 Break thy bread to the hungry, and lead the unsheltered poor to thy house: if thou seest one naked, clothe [him], and thou shalt not disregard the relations of thine own seed.
Ɛsɛ sɛ mo ne wɔn a ɛkɔm de wɔn kyɛ mo aduane na moma ohiani a ɔnenam no baabi tena. Sɛ mohunu deɛ ɔda adagya a, momfira no ntoma na monnyi mo ani mfiri mo yɔnko onipa so.
8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall speedily spring forth: and thy righteousness shall go before thee, and the glory of God shall compass thee.
Ɛno na mo hann bɛpue te sɛ ahemadakye, na mo ayaresa aba ntɛm so; afei mo tenenee bɛdi mo anim, na Awurade animuonyam bɛbɔ mo kyidɔm.
9 Then shalt thou cry, and God shall hearken to thee; while thou art yet speaking he will say, Behold, I am here. If thou remove from thee the band, and the stretching forth of the hands, and murmuring speech;
Afei mobɛfrɛ, na Awurade bɛgye mo so; mobɛteam apɛ mmoa, na ɔbɛka sɛ: Me nie. “Sɛ moyi nhyɛsoɔ kɔnnua, nsa a motene wɔ onipa so ne ntwatoso firi hɔ,
10 and [if] thou give bread to the hungry from thy heart, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light spring up in darkness, and thy darkness [shall be] as noon-day:
na sɛ moha mo ho ma wɔn a ɛkɔm de wɔn na moma wɔn a wɔhyɛ wɔn so no deɛ ɛhia wɔn a, ɛnneɛ mo nkanea bɛhyerɛn wɔ esum mu, na mo anadwo bɛyɛ sɛ owigyinaeɛ.
11 and thy God shall be with thee continually, and thou shalt be satisfied according as thy soul desires; and thy bones shall be made fat, and shall be as a well-watered garden, and as a fountain [from] which the water has not failed.
Awurade bɛkyerɛ mo ɛkwan ɛberɛ biara; ɔbɛma mo deɛ ɛhia mo wɔ asase wesee so na ɔbɛhyɛ mo onipadua den. Mobɛyɛ sɛ turo a wɔgugu so nsuo yie, sɛ asuwa a emu nsuo nwe da.
12 And thy old waste desert [places] shall be built up, and thy foundations shall last through all generations; and thou shalt be called a repairer of breaches, and thou shalt cause thy paths between to be in peace.
Mo nkurɔfoɔ bɛsane asi teteete mmubuiɛ no, na wɔato fapem a akyɛre no; wɔbɛfrɛ mo Deɛ Ɔsiesie Afasuo a Abubu no, Deɛ Ɔsiesie Adan a Abubu.
13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, so as not to do thy pleasure on the holy days, and shalt call the sabbaths delightful, holy to God; [if] thou shalt not lift up thy foot to work, nor speak a word in anger out of thy mouth,
“Sɛ mohwɛ mo anammɔntuo so yie Homeda na moannyɛ deɛ mopɛ wɔ me da kronkron no, sɛ mofrɛ Homeda no anigyeɛ da na modi Awurade da kronkron no ni na moamfa mo ara mo akwan so na moanyɛ deɛ mopɛ anaa moanka nsɛmhunu a,
14 then shalt thou trust on the Lord; and he shall bring thee up to the good places of the land, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this.
ɛnneɛ mobɛnya anigyeɛ wɔ Awurade mu na mɛma mo anante asase no sorɔnsorɔmmea so na moato pon wɔ mo agya Yakob agyapadeɛ so.” Awurade na aka.
