Isaiah 59
1 Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened that it cannot save, neither his ear heavy that it cannot hear;
Kpɔ ɖa, Yehowa ƒe alɔ mele kpuie akpa be mate ŋu aɖe ame, alo eƒe to mexe be mate ŋu ase nu o;
2 but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that he doth not hear.
ke boŋ miaƒe nu vɔ̃woe ma mi kple miaƒe Mawu dome. Miaƒe nu vɔ̃woe na wòɣla eƒe ŋkume ɖe mi be maɖo to mi o,
3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips speak lies, your tongue muttereth unrighteousness:
elabena miaƒe asiwo ƒo ʋu, eye vodada le asibidɛ ŋu na mi. Miaƒe nuyiwo da alakpa, eye miaƒe aɖewo gblɔ nya tovowo.
4 none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Ame aɖeke meli si gblɔna be wometso afia dzɔdzɔe o. Ame aɖeke meʋlia eɖokui ta to mɔ dzɔdzɔe dzi o, ke boŋ woɖoa ŋu ɖe nyahehe dzodzrowo ŋu. Wodaa alakpa. Wofɔa fuɖename ƒe fu hedzia nu vɔ̃ɖi.
5 They hatch serpents' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
Woƒoa da ƒe aziwo, eye wolɔ̃a yiyiɖɔ. Ame si ɖu woƒe aziwo la, aku, eye ne ɖe gbã la, ƒli ado tso eme.
6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Woƒe yiyiɖɔ menyo na avɔ o. Womate ŋu atsyɔ nu si wowɔ la o. Woƒe dɔwɔwɔwo nye dɔwɔwɔ vɔ̃ɖiwo, eye nu baɖa wɔwɔ le woƒe asiwo me.
7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths;
Woƒe afɔwo ƒua du gena ɖe nu vɔ̃ me, eye woɖea abla le ʋu maɖifɔ kɔkɔ ɖi me. Woƒe susuwo nye susu vɔ̃ɖiwo. Gbegblẽ kple tsɔtsrɔ̃ bɔ ɖe woƒe mɔwo dzi.
8 the way of peace they know not, and there is no judgment in their goings; they have made their paths crooked: whoso goeth therein knoweth not peace.
Womenya ŋutifafa ƒe mɔ o. Nu dzɔdzɔe wɔwɔ mele woƒe mɔwo dzi o. Wotrɔ woƒe mɔwo wozu mɔ gɔglɔ̃wo, eye ame siwo azɔ wo dzi ayi la, manya ŋutifafa o,
9 Therefore is justice far from us, and righteousness overtaketh us not: we wait for light, and behold darkness; for brightness, [but] we walk in obscurity.
eya ta nuteƒewɔwɔ le adzɔge na mi, eye dzɔdzɔenyenye metsɔ ɖe mia gbɔ o. Miekpɔ mɔ na kekeli, ke viviti sɔŋ ƒo xlã mi. Míekpɔ mɔ na xexea me ƒe kɔkɔ, ke blukɔ me boŋ ko zɔm miele.
10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at midday as in the twilight; amongst the flourishing we are as the dead.
Miele asi tsam le gli ŋu abe ŋkugbagbãtɔwo ene, eye miele mɔ dim kple asi abe ame siwo mele nu kpɔm o la ene. Miele nu klim le ŋdɔkutsu dzatsi abe zã me ene, eye míele lãmesesẽtɔwo dome abe ame kukuwo ene.
11 We roar all like bears, and mourn grievously like doves: we look for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, [but] it is far from us.
Mi katã miele gbe tem abe sisiblisiwo ene, eye miele xɔxlɔ̃m nublanuitɔe abe ahɔnɛwo ene. Miele mɔ kpɔm na ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ dzɔdzɔe, gake miekpɔ ɖeke o. Miele mɔ kpɔm na ɖeɖe, gake metsɔ ɖe mia gbɔ o,
12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us; and our iniquities, we know them:
elabena míaƒe dzidadawo sɔ gbɔ le ŋkuwò me eye míaƒe nu vɔ̃wo le mía nu tsom. Míenya míaƒe dzidadawo, eye míedze si miaƒe nu vɔ̃,
13 in transgressing and lying against Jehovah, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
siwo nye aglãdzedze, nugbeɖoɖo ɖe Yehowa ŋu, megbetɔtrɔ̃ de míaƒe Mawu la, ameteteɖeto, tsitretsitsi ɖe ame ŋu kple alakpanya siwo míeɣla ɖe míaƒe dzi me la gbɔgblɔ.
14 And judgment is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth stumbleth in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
Ale wonya ʋɔnu dzɔdzɔe dɔdrɔ̃ do ɖe megbe, eye nu dzɔdzɔe wɔwɔ tsi tsitre ɖe adzɔge. Nyateƒe le nu klim le kpɔdomewo, eye nuteƒewɔwɔ mate ŋu age ɖe ame o.
15 And truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw [it], and it was evil in his sight that there was no judgment.
Ale nyateƒe mele afi aɖeke woakpɔ o, eye ame si gbe nu le nu vɔ̃ɖi gbɔ la zu nuhaha. Yehowa ɖo ŋku anyi hekpɔ nu, ke mekpɔ nu dzɔdzɔe wɔwɔ le afi aɖeke o, eye medzɔ dzi nɛ o.
16 And he saw that there was no man, and he wondered that there was no intercessor; and his arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness, it sustained him.
Yehowa kpɔ be ame aɖeke meli o. Ewɔ moya nɛ be ame aɖeke meli si alé avu o, ale wòtsɔ eya ŋutɔ ƒe alɔ xɔ na eɖokui, eye eya ŋutɔ ƒe dzɔdzɔenyenye lée ɖe te.
17 And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance [for] clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
Edo dzɔdzɔenyenye abe eƒe akɔtakpoxɔnu ene, eye xɔxɔ ƒe gakuku le ta nɛ. Etsɔ hlɔ̃biabia ƒe awuwo do, eye wòtsɔ ŋuʋaʋã xatsa ɖe eɖokui ŋu abe doɖedzi ene.
18 According to deeds, so will he repay: fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
Axe fe na wo ɖe nu siwo wowɔ la nu. Atsɔ dɔmedzoe axe fee na eƒe futɔwo, eye wòatsɔ teƒeɖoɖo axe fee na eƒe ketɔwo. Atsɔ nu si dze la axe fee na ƒukpowo.
19 And they shall fear the name of Jehovah from the west, and from the rising of the sun, his glory. When the adversary shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of Jehovah will lift up a banner against him.
Ɣetoɖoƒetɔwo avɔ̃ Yehowa ƒe ŋkɔ, eye ɣedzeƒetɔwo ade bubu eƒe ŋutikɔkɔe ŋu, elabena ele vava ge abe tsiɖɔɖɔ si le sisim kple ŋusẽ, eye Yehowa ƒe gbɔgbɔ nyae ɖe du nu la ene.
20 And the Redeemer will come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith Jehovah.
Yehowa be, “Ɖela ava Zion na Yakob ƒe ame siwo trɔ tso woƒe nu vɔ̃wo me.”
21 And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever.
Yehowa be, “Nye la, esiae nye nye nubabla kpli wo. Nye Gbɔgbɔ si le dziwò, nye nya siwo metsɔ de nuwò la madzo le nuwò alo le viwòwo ƒe nu alo le wò dzidzimeviwo ƒe nu tso azɔ dzi yi ɖe mavɔ me o,” Yehowae gblɔe.
