Isaiah 60
1 Rise up to be illuminated, O Jerusalem! For your light has arrived, and the glory of the Lord has risen over you.
“Sɔre, hyerɛn, na wo hann aba, na Awurade animuonyam apue wo so.
2 For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness will cover the peoples. Then the Lord will rise above you, and his glory will be seen in you.
Hwɛ, esum akata asase so na esum kabii akata aman no so, nanso Awurade apue wo so na nʼanimuonyam ada adi wɔ wo so.
3 And the nations will walk in your light, and the kings will walk by the splendor of your rising.
Amanaman bɛba wo hann no mu, na Ahemfo bɛba wo adekyeɛ hann no mo.
4 Lift up your eyes all around and see! All these have been gathered together; they have arrived before you. Your sons will arrive from far away, and your daughters will rise up from your side.
“Ma wʼani so na hwɛ wo ho hyia: wɔn nyinaa aboa wɔn ho ano reba wo nkyɛn; wo mmammarima fifiri akyirikyiri, na wɔkura wo mmammaa wɔ abasa so.
5 Then you will see, and you will overflow, and your heart will be amazed and expanded. When the multitude of the sea will have been converted to you, the strength of the nations will approach you.
Afei wobɛhwɛ na wʼanim ate, wʼakoma bɛbɔ na anigyeɛ ahyɛ no ma; ahonya a ɛwɔ ɛpo so, wɔde bɛbrɛ wo, na amanaman no ahodeɛ nso bɛba wo nkyɛn.
6 A multitude of camels will inundate you: the dromedaries from Midian and Ephah. All those from Sheba will arrive, carrying gold and frankincense, and announcing praise to the Lord.
Yoma akuakuo bɛyɛ wʼasase so ma, yomaforɔ a wofiri Midian ne Efa. Na wɔn a wɔfiri Seba nyinaa bɛba, wɔsoso sika kɔkɔɔ ne nnuhwam na wɔpae mu ka Awurade ayɛyie.
7 All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together before you; the rams of Nebaioth will minister to you. They will be offered upon my pleasing altar, and I will glorify the house of my majesty.
Wɔbɛboaboa Kedar nnwankuo nyinaa ano abrɛ wo, Nebaiot nnwennini bɛsom wo; wɔbɛgye wɔn sɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ wɔ mʼafɔrebukyia so, na mɛhyɛ mʼasɔredan kronkron no animuonyam.
8 Who are these ones, who fly like the clouds and like doves to their windows?
“Hwannom ne yeinom a wɔtu sɛ omununkum, te sɛ mmorɔnoma a wɔrekɔ wɔn pirebuo mu yi?
9 For the islands await me, and the ships of the sea in the beginning, so that I may lead your sons from far away, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of the Lord your God and to the Holy One of Israel. For he has glorified you.
Ampa ara nsupɔ no ani da me so; Tarsis ahyɛn na wɔdi anim, wɔde wo mmammarima fifiri akyirikyiri reba, wɔsoso wɔn dwetɛ ne wɔn sika kɔkɔɔ, de rebɛhyɛ Awurade, wo Onyankopɔn animuonyam, Israel Kronkronni No, ɛfiri sɛ wahyɛ wo animuonyam.
10 And the sons of sojourners will build up your walls, and their kings will minister to you. For in my wrath, I have struck you. And in my reconciliation, I have taken pity on you.
“Ananafoɔ bɛto wʼafasuo no bio, na wɔn ahemfo bɛsom wo. Ɛwom sɛ mede abufuo asɛe wo deɛ, nanso menam adom so bɛhunu wo mmɔbɔ.
11 And your gates will be open continually. They will not be closed day or night, so that the strength of the nations may be brought before you, and their kings may be lead in.
Wʼapono ano bɛdeda hɔ ɛberɛ biara, wɔrentoto mu awia anaa anadwo, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a nkurɔfoɔ de amanaman no ahonya bɛbrɛ wo, a wɔn ahemfo di nkonimdie santen no anim.
12 For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve you will perish. And the Gentiles will be devastated by solitude.
Na ɔman anaa ahennie a wɔrensom wo no bɛyera, wɔbɛsɛe no pasaa.
13 The glory of Lebanon will arrive before you, the fir tree and the box tree and the pine tree together, to adorn the place of my sanctification. And I will glorify the place of my feet.
“Lebanon animuonyam bɛba wo nkyɛn, pepeaa, sɛsɛ ne kwabɔhɔrɔ bɛbɔ mu, abɛsiesie me kronkronbea hɔ; na mɛhyɛ beaeɛ a menan sisi no animuonyam.
14 And the sons of those who humiliate you will approach and will bow down before you. And all who detract you will reverence the path of your feet. And they will call you the City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Wo nhyɛsofoɔ mmammarima bɛba abɛkoto wo; wɔn a wɔbu wo animtia nyinaa bɛkoto wo nan ase na wɔbɛfrɛ wo Awurade Kuropɔn, Israel Kronkronni, Sion.
15 For though you were forsaken, and held in hatred, and there was no one who would pass near you, I will establish you as an everlasting glory, as a gladness from generation to generation.
“Ɛwom sɛ wɔapa wʼakyi atane wo, a obiara ntu kwan mfa wo mu, nanso mɛyɛ wo ahohoahoadeɛ a ɛte hɔ daa ne awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ nyinaa anigyedeɛ.
16 And you will drink the milk of the Gentiles, and you will be nursed at the breasts of kings, and you will know that I am the Lord, your Savior and your Redeemer, the Strong One of Jacob.
Wobɛnom amanaman nufosuo no na woanum adehyeɛ nufoɔ. Afei wobɛhunu sɛ me Awurade, me ne wo Agyenkwa, wo gyefoɔ, Yakob Otumfoɔ no.
17 In exchange for brass, I will bring gold; and in exchange for iron, I will bring silver; and for wood, brass; and for stones, iron. And I will make your visitation into peace, and your leaders into justice.
Mede sikakɔkɔɔ bɛsi kɔbere anan mu abrɛ wo, na dwetɛ asi dadeɛ anan mu. Mede kɔbere bɛsi dua anan mu abrɛ wo, na dadeɛ asi aboɔ anan mu. Mede asomdwoeɛ bɛyɛ wo so amrado na tenenee ayɛ wo sodifoɔ.
18 Iniquity will no longer be heard in your land, nor devastation and destruction in your borders. And salvation will occupy your walls, and praise will occupy your gates.
Wɔrente awurukasɛm wɔ wʼasase so bio, anaa mmubuiɛ ne ɔsɛeɛ wɔ wʼahyeɛ so. Na mmom wobɛfrɛ wʼafasuo sɛ Nkwagyeɛ ne wʼapono sɛ Ayɛyie.
19 The sun will no longer be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon illuminate you. Instead, the Lord will be an everlasting light for you, and your God will be your glory.
Owia renyɛ wo hann adekyeɛ mu bio na ɔsrane hann renhyerɛn wo so, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade bɛyɛ wo daapem hann, na wo Onyankopɔn bɛyɛ wo animuonyam.
20 Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not diminish. For the Lord will be an everlasting light for you, and the days of your mourning will be completed.
Wʼawia rentɔ bio, wo srane rennum bio, Awurade bɛyɛ wo daapem hann, na wʼawerɛhoɔ nna to bɛtwa.
21 And your people will all be just. They will inherit the earth in perpetuity, the seedling of my planting, the work of my hand, so as to glorify me.
Na afei wo nkurɔfoɔ nyinaa bɛyɛ teneneefoɔ na wɔbɛfa asase no adi so afebɔɔ. Wɔyɛ adeɛ a madua na afefɛ me nsa ano adwuma a ɛbɛda mʼanimuonyam adi.
22 The least will become a thousand, and a little one will become a very strong nation. I, the Lord, will accomplish this, suddenly, in its time.
Mo mu akumaa koraa bɛdɔre ayɛ apem, na ketewa no ayɛ ɔman kɛseɛ. Mene Awurade; na ne berɛ mu, mɛyɛ yei ntɛm so.”
