Isaiah 61

1 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to bring good news to the meek, so as to heal the contrite of heart, to preach leniency to captives and release to the confined,

Otumfoɔ Awurade Honhom wɔ me so, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade asra me ngo sɛ menka asɛmpa nkyerɛ ahiafoɔ. Wasoma me sɛ, menkɔkyekye wɔn a wɔn akoma abubu werɛ, sɛ me mpae mu nka ahofadie nkyerɛ nnommumfoɔ na wɔnyi nneduafoɔ mfiri esum mu,

2 and so to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of vindication of our God: to console all who are mourning,

sɛ mempae mu nka Awurade adom no ho asɛm, ne yɛn Onyankopɔn aweretɔ da. Wasoma me sɛ, menkyekye wɔn a wɔdi awerɛhoɔ nyinaa werɛ,

3 to take up the mourners of Zion and to give them a crown in place of ashes, an oil of joy in place of mourning, a cloak of praise in place of a spirit of grief. And there, they shall be called the strong ones of justice, the planting of the Lord, unto glorification.

na memma wɔn a wɔdi awerɛhoɔ wɔ Sion no deɛ wɔhia, na menhyɛ wɔn ahenkyɛ fɛfɛ nsi nsõ anan mu; anigyeɛ ngo nsi awerɛhoɔdie anan mu, ayɛyie atadeɛ nsi abasamutuo honhom anan mu. Wɔbɛfrɛ wɔn tenenee adum deɛ Awurade adua de ada nʼanimuonyam adi.

4 And they will rebuild the deserted places of past ages, and they will raise up the ruins of antiquity, and they will repair the desolate cities, which had been dissipated for generation after generation.

Wɔbɛsi tete mmubuiɛ no bio, na wɔasiesie mmeammea a asɛe dadaada no; wɔbɛyɛ nkuropɔn a asɛeɛ no foforɔ deɛ asɛe awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ bebree no.

5 And foreigners will stand up and will pasture your flocks. And the sons of sojourners will be your farmers and the workers of your vineyards.

Ananafoɔ bɛhwɛ mo nnwankuo; ahɔhoɔ bɛyɛ adwuma wɔ mo mfuo ne bobeturo mu.

6 But you yourselves will be called the priests of the Lord. It will be said to you, “You are the ministers of our God.” You will eat from the strength of the Gentiles, and you will pride yourself on their glory.

Na wɔbɛfrɛ mo Awurade asɔfoɔ, wɔbɛto mo din sɛ yɛn Onyankopɔn asomfoɔ. Amanaman no ahonya no na mobɛdi na wɔn ahodeɛ na mode bɛhoahoa mo ho.

7 Instead of your double confusion and shame, they will praise their portion. Because of this, they will possess double in their land. Everlasting joy will be for them.

Wɔn animguaseɛ anan mu me nkurɔfoɔ bɛnya animuonyam mmɔho, na ahohora anan mu wɔbɛsɛpɛ wɔn ho wɔ wɔn adedie mu; ne saa enti wɔn asase no so kyɛfa bɛyɛ mmɔho, na anigyeɛ a ɛnni awieeɛ bɛyɛ wɔn dea.

8 For I am the Lord, who loves judgment and who holds hatred for robbery within a burnt offering. And I will turn their work into truth, and I will forge a perpetual covenant with them.

“Na me Awurade, mepɛ atɛntenenee. Mekyiri korɔno ne nnebɔne. Me nokorɛ mu, mɛbɔ wɔn aba so na me ne wɔn ayɛ apam a ɛbɛtena hɔ daa.

9 And they will know their offspring among the nations, and their progeny in the midst of the peoples. All who see them will recognize them: that these are the offspring whom the Lord has blessed.

Wɔn asefoɔ bɛgye din wɔ amanaman no mu ne wɔn mma wɔ nkurɔfoɔ no mu. Wɔn a wɔhunu wɔn nyinaa bɛgye ato mu sɛ wɔyɛ nnipa a Awurade ahyira wɔn.”

10 I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, and my soul will exult in my God. For he has clothed me with the vestments of salvation, and he has wrapped me in the clothing of justice, like a groom arrayed with a crown, and like a bride adorned with her jewels.

Awurade mu na me ho sɛpɛ me mmorosoɔ, me Onyankopɔn mu na me ɔkra di ahurisie. Ɛfiri sɛ, ɔde nkwagyeɛ ntoma afira me na ɔde tenenee atadeɛ yuu awura me, sɛdeɛ ayeforɔkunu siesie me tiri so sɛ ɔsɔfoɔ, ne sɛdeɛ ayɛforɔ de nnwinneɛ hyehyɛ ne ho.

11 For as the earth brings forth its seedlings and the garden produces its seeds, so will the Lord God bring forth justice and praise in the sight of all the nations.

Na sɛdeɛ asase ma afifideɛ pue na turo nso ma aba nyini no, saa ara na Otumfoɔ Awurade bɛma tenenee ne ayɛyie apue wɔ amanaman anim.