Isaiah 22
1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
Esiae nye nyagblɔɖi ɖe ŋutega balime la ŋu. Nu kae ɖe mi ɖe nu hafi mi katã miede xɔwo tame?
2 Thou that wast full of stir, a town of tumult, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
O! Hoowɔwɔ ƒe du, ʋunyaʋunya kple aglotutu ƒe du, nu kae le wɔwòm? Wò ame kukuwo la, menye yi nu wotsi o, eye menye aʋa hãe wotsi o.
3 All thy rulers have fled together, they are taken prisoners without the bow: all that are found of thee are made prisoners together; they were fleeing far off.
Wò dumegãwo katã si dzo; wotsɔ wo ɖokuiwo na futɔwo, eye womeʋli wo ɖokui ta o. Togbɔ be wosi dzo esi futɔ la megogo wo kura o hã la, wolé wò amewo katã, eye wozu aboyomewo.
4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; let me weep bitterly: labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
Eya ta megblɔ be, “Miɖe kɔ ɖa le ŋunye, eye mina mɔm mafa avi vevie. Migafa akɔ nam ɖe nye ameawo ƒe tsɔtsrɔ̃ ta o”,
5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision; [a day of] breaking down the wall, and of crying to the mountain:
elabena Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la ɖo ŋkeke ɖi na ʋunyaʋunya, nuwo fanyafanya kple ŋɔdzi le ŋutega balime la, ŋkeke si dzi woamu gliwo aƒu anyi, eye ɣli aɖi le towo tame.
6 — Elam beareth the quiver with chariots of men [and] horsemen; and Kir uncovereth the shield.
Elam kpla daku, eƒe tasiaɖam kple sɔdolawo kpe ɖe eŋuti, eye Kir ɖe nu le eƒe akpoxɔnu ŋu.
7 And it shall come to pass [that] thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
Ale tasiaɖamwo yɔ wò balime nyuitɔ, eye woɖe sɔdolawo ɖe wò agbowo nu.
8 And he uncovereth the covering of Judah: and thou didst look in that day to the armour in the house of the forest;
Ale Aƒetɔ la ɖe Yuda ƒe akpoxɔnuwo katã ɖa, eye Yuda di xɔ si wotu ɖe ave me, si me aʋawɔnuwo nɔ la vevie gbe ma gbe.
9 and ye have seen the breaches of the city of David, that they are many; and ye have gathered together the waters of the lower pool;
Miekpɔ be gbagbãƒe geɖewo le David ƒe du la ŋu, eya ta mielɔ tsi ɖe anyigbeta la me.
10 and ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and have broken down the houses to fortify the wall;
Miexlẽ xɔ siwo le Yerusalem, hegbã woƒe gliwo be miagbugbɔ wo aglã.
11 and ye have made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not had regard unto the maker thereof, neither have ye looked unto him that fashioned it long ago.
Mieɖe tsiʋe gã aɖe ɖe gli eveawo dome, helɔ tsi le ta xoxo la me kɔ ɖe eme, gake miebia ame si wɔe la ta se o, alo miede bubu ame si wɔ ɖoɖo ɖe eŋu tso blema ke la ŋu o.
12 And in that day did the Lord Jehovah of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth;
Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, di tso mia si le ŋkeke ma dzi be, miafa avi, afa konyi, alũ ta kolikoli.
13 and behold joy and rejoicing, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: — Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.
Ke mikpɔ ɖa, miele dzidzɔ kpɔm, le aglo tum. Miewu nyiwo, tso alẽwo; mieɖu lã, mieno wain, eye miegblɔ be, “Mina miaɖu nu, ano nu, elabena etsɔ miele kuku ge!”
14 And it was revealed in mine ears by Jehovah of hosts: Assuredly this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, gblɔ nam be, “Womatsɔ nu vɔ̃ sia ake mi o va se ɖe miaƒe kugbe.” Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe.
15 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah of hosts: Go, get thee in unto this steward, unto Shebna, who is over the house, [and say, ]
Ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, gblɔ nye esi, “Tso nàyi Sebna, nuwo dzikpɔla, ame si le aƒea nu la gbɔ, nàgblɔ nɛ be,
16 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewn thee out a sepulchre here, [as] he that heweth out his sepulchre on high, cutting out in the rock a habitation for himself?
‘Nu ka wɔm nèle le afi sia, eye ame kae ɖe mɔ na wò be naɖe yɔdo na ɖokuiwò ɖe afi sia hafi nèle yɔdo ɖem ɖe kɔkɔƒe, eye nèle kpe gbãm be nàwɔ wò dzudzɔƒe ɖe agakpewo tome?’
17 Behold, Jehovah will hurl thee with the force of a mighty man, and will cover thee entirely.
“Kpɔ nyuie, elabena esusɔ vie Yehowa ƒe asi nasu dziwò, eye wòatsɔ wò aƒu gbe. O! Ŋutsu kalẽtɔ.
18 Rolling thee up completely, he will roll thee as a ball into a wide country: there shalt thou die, and there shall be the chariots of thy glory, O shame of thy lord's house!
Aŋlɔ wò nogoe abe abo ene, eye wòatsɔ wò aƒu gbe ɖe anyigba gã aɖe dzi. Afi ma nàku ɖo, eye afi ma wò tasiaɖam ɖablawo atsi. Wò ame si nye ŋukpe na wò aƒetɔ ƒe aƒe.
19 And I will drive thee from thine office, and from thy station will I pull thee down.
Maɖe wò ɖa le wò zi dzi, eye woaxɔ wò nɔƒe kɔkɔ la le asi wò.
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkijah;
“Gbe ma gbe la, mayɔ nye dɔla Eliakim, Hilkia ƒe vi.
21 and I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
Matsɔ wò awu ʋlaya ado nɛ; atsɔ wò alidziblanu abla ali dzi nɛ, eye maxɔ wò nɔƒe atsɔ nɛ. Anye fofo na Yerusalemtɔwo kple Yuda ƒe aƒe la.
22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
Matsɔ David ƒe aƒe ƒe safui la aɖo abɔta nɛ. Nu sia nu si wòʋu la, ame aɖeke mate ŋu atui o, eye nu sia nu si wòtu la, ame aɖeke mate ŋu aʋui o.
23 And I will fasten him [as] a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of glory to his father's house:
Maƒoe ɖe to abe tsyoti ene le teƒe sesẽ aɖe. Anye fiazikpui si ŋu bubu le na fofoa ƒe aƒe.
24 and they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all the small vessels, as well the vessels of cups as all the vessels of flagons.
Eƒe ƒome la katã ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe anɔ eya amea dzi, ɖe viawo kple eƒe dzidzimeviwo dzi. Anɔ nu siwo katã ŋu dɔ wowɔna le aƒe me la dzi; tso agbawo dzi va se ɖe tsinokpluwo dzi.”
25 In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in a sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for Jehovah hath spoken.
Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔ be, “Le ŋkeke ma dzi la, tsyoti si woƒo ɖe teƒe sesẽ la aho. Woalãe, wòamu adze anyi, eye agba si wotsɔ ku ɖe eŋu la hã akaka.” Yehowae gblɔe.
