Isaiah 59
1 Behold, the hand of the Lord has not been shortened, so that it cannot save, and his ear has not been blocked, so that it cannot hear.
Ampa ara Awurade nsa nyɛ tiaa sɛ ɛrennye nkwa, na nʼasom nyɛ den sɛ ɛrente asɛm.
2 But your iniquities have made a division between you and your God, and your sins have concealed his face from you, so that he would not hear.
Nanso, mo amumuyɛ na atete mo ne mo Onyankopɔn ntam; mo bɔne ama nʼanim ahinta mo, a enti ɔrente.
3 For your hands have been polluted by blood, and your fingers by iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue utters iniquity.
Na mogya akeka mo nsa ho, afɔdie afɔre mo nsateaa. Mo ano akeka atorɔsɛm, mo tɛkrɛma de amumuyɛsɛm di nsekuro.
4 There is no one who calls for justice, and there is no one who judges truly. For they trust in nothing, and they speak emptiness. They have conceived hardship, and they have given birth to iniquity.
Obiara nhwehwɛ atɛntenee; obiara mfa nokorɛdie mmɔ ne nkuro. Wɔde wɔn ho to nsɛmhuhuo so na wɔtwa nkontonpo; wonyinsɛn ɔhaw na wɔwo bɔne.
5 They have ruptured the eggs of asps, and they have woven the webs of spiders. Whoever will eat of their eggs will die. For what has been incubated will hatch into a king snake.
Wɔhwane ananka nkosua na wɔnwono ananse ntontan. Deɛ ɔdi wɔn nkosua biara bɛwu, emu baako nso bɔ a, ɛpae ahuritia.
6 Their weavings will not be for clothing, nor will they cover themselves with their handiwork. Their works are useless things, and the work of iniquity is in their hands.
Wɔn ntontan nyɛ mma aduradeɛ; wɔrentumi mfa deɛ wɔyɛ nkata wɔn ho. Wɔn nneyɛɛ yɛ nneyɛɛ bɔne, na wɔdi akakabensɛm.
7 Their feet run to evil, and they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are useless thoughts; devastation and destruction are in their ways.
Wɔtu mmirika kɔyɛ bɔne; wɔnkyɛre opira ne awudie ho. Baabiara a wɔbɛkɔ no, wɔsɛe hɔ pasaa.
8 They have not known the way of peace, and there is no judgment in their steps. Their paths have become crooked for them. Anyone who treads in them knows no peace.
Asomdwoeɛ kwan no, wɔnnim; atɛntenenee nni wɔn akwan so. Wɔadane wɔn akwan nkontonkyi. Obiara a ɔnante soɔ no rennya asomdwoeɛ.
9 Because of this, judgment is far from us, and justice will not take hold of us. We waited for light, and behold, darkness; we waited for brightness, and we walked in darkness.
Enti atɛntenenee ne yɛn ntam aware, na adetenenee mmɛn yɛn. Yɛhwehwɛ hann, nanso ne nyinaa yɛ esum; deɛ ɛhyerɛn, nanso yɛnam esum kabii mu.
10 We groped for the wall, like one who is blind, and we felt our way, like one without eyes. We stumbled at midday, as if in darkness; and in darkness, as if in death.
Yɛayɛ te sɛ anifirafoɔ. Yɛkeka afasuo ho hwehwɛ kwan te sɛ nnipa a wɔnni ani. Owigyinaeɛ no, yɛsuntisunti sɛdeɛ onwunu adwoɔ; yɛduru ahoɔdenfoɔ mu a, yɛte sɛ awufoɔ.
11 We will all roar like bears, and we will sigh like despondent doves. We hoped for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, and it is far from us.
Yɛn nyinaa pɔ so te sɛ sisire; yɛde awerɛhoɔ kurum sɛ mmorɔnoma. Yɛhwehwɛ atɛntenenee nso yɛnhunu bi; ɔgyeɛ nanso ɛwɔ akyirikyiri.
12 For our iniquities have been multiplied in your sight, and our sins have answered us. For our wickedness is with us, and we have acknowledged our iniquities:
Ɛfiri sɛ, yɛn mfomsoɔ adɔɔso wɔ wʼani so, na yɛn bɔne di adanseɛ tia yɛn. Yɛn mfomsoɔ da yɛn anim daa, na yɛgye yɛn amumuyɛ to mu:
13 sinning and lying against the Lord. And we have turned away, not so as to go after our God, and so that we were speaking calumny and transgression. We have conceived, and spoken from the heart, words of falsehood.
atuateɛ ne afatwa a ɛtia Awurade, yɛn akyi a yɛdane kyerɛ yɛn Onyankopɔn, nhyɛsoɔ ne atuateɛ a yɛfoa soɔ, atorɔsɛm a ɛfiri akoma mu a yɛka.
14 And judgment has been turned backwards, and justice has stood far away. For truth has fallen down in the street, and fairness was not able to enter.
Enti wɔapam atɛntenenee kɔ nʼakyi, na adetenenee akɔgyina baabi; nokorɛ ahwe ase wɔ mmɔntene so. Nokorɛdie ntumi mma mu.
15 And the truth has gone into oblivion. And he who withdraws from evil endures plunder. And the Lord saw this, and it seemed evil in his eyes. For there is no judgment.
Nokorɛ nni baabiara, obiara a ɔtwe ne ho firi bɔne ho no ayɛ ɔtamfoɔ. Awurade hwɛeɛ na ansɔ nʼani sɛ atɛntenenee nni hɔ.
16 And he saw that there was no good man. And he was astonished that there was no one to meet him. And his own arm brought salvation to him, and his own justice strengthened him.
Ohunuu sɛ obiara nni hɔ. Ɛyɛɛ no nwanwa sɛ obiara nni hɔ a ɔbɛpata; enti ɔno ankasa basa dii nkwagyeɛ ho dwuma maa no, na ne tenenee wowaa no.
17 He clothed himself with justice as with a breastplate, and with a helmet of salvation upon his head. He put on the vestments of vengeance, and he was covered with zeal as with a cloak.
Ɔhyɛɛ tenenee sɛ nkataboɔ, ne nkwagyeɛ dadeɛ kyɛ wɔ ne tiri so. Ɔhyɛɛ aweretɔ ntadeɛ na ɔde mmɔdemmɔ firaa sɛ ntoma.
18 This was for vindication, as a repayment of indignation to his adversaries, and as a sudden reversal for his enemies. He will repay the islands in their turn.
Ɔbɛgyina deɛ wɔayɛ so atua so ka. Nʼatamfoɔ bɛnya nʼabufuhyeɛ. Wɔn a wɔne no ayɛ dɔm bɛnya so akatua; nsupɔ no nso, ɔbɛtua wɔn ka sɛdeɛ ɛsɛ wɔn.
19 And those from the west will fear the name of the Lord, and those from the rising of the sun will fear his glory, when he arrives like a violent river, which the Spirit of the Lord urges on.
Ɛfiri atɔeɛ fam, nnipa bɛsuro Awurade din na ɛfiri apueeɛ wɔde anidie bɛma nʼanimuonyam. Na ɔbɛba sɛ nsuo a ayiri tɛnn, Awurade ahomeguo de no bɛba.
20 And the Redeemer will arrive in Zion, and to those who return from the iniquity within Jacob, says the Lord.
“Ɔgyefoɔ no bɛba Sion, na ɔbɛyi amumuyɛsɛm nyinaa afiri Yakob asefoɔ mu,” sei na Awurade seɛ.
21 This is my pact with them, says the Lord. My Spirit is within you, and my words, which I have put in your mouth, will not withdraw from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring’s offspring, says the Lord, from this moment, and even forever.
“Medeɛ yei yɛ me ne wɔn apam,” sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie. “Me Honhom a ɔwɔ mo so, ne me nsɛm a mede ahyɛ mo anom remfiri mo anom, anaa mo mma, ne mo mma asefoɔ anom, ɛfiri saa ɛberɛ yi kɔsi daa apem,” sei na Awurade seɛ.
