Isaiah 24
1 Behold the Lord shall lay waste the earth, and shall strip it, and shall afflict the face thereof, and scatter abroad the inhabitants thereof.
Kpɔ ɖa, Yehowa le anyigba la tsrɔ̃ ge, eye wòawɔe wòazu gbegbe. Ele anyigba la ƒe ŋkume gblẽ ge, eye woakaka edzinɔlawo.
2 And it shall be as with the people, so with the priest: and as with the servant, so with his master: as with the handmaid, so with her mistress: as with the buyer, so with the seller: as with the lender, so with the borrower: as with him that calleth for his money, so with him that oweth.
Anɔ alea na nunɔlawo kple amehawo, na aƒetɔ kple dɔlaŋutsu, na aƒenɔ kple dɔlanyɔnu, nudzrala kple nuƒlela, na ame si doa nugbana kple nugbanadola, na fetɔ kple fenyila.
3 With desolation shall the earth be laid waste, and it shall be utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.
Woaɖi gbɔlo anyigba la ƒiaƒiaƒia, eye woahae keŋkeŋ. Yehowae gblɔ nya sia.
4 The earth mourned, and faded away, and is weakened: the world faded away, the height of the people of the earth is weakened.
Anyigba la aƒu, eye edzinuwo ayrɔ. Nu ati kɔ na xexea me katã, eye nu gbagbewo ayrɔ ɖe tsitrenu. Ame siwo doa wo ɖokuiwo ɖe dzi le anyigba dzi la hã axa nu.
5 And the earth is infected by the inhabitants thereof: because they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have broken the everlasting covenant.
Anyigbadzinɔlawo do gu anyigba la, woda le sewo kple ɖoɖowo dzi, eye wotu nubabla mavɔ la,
6 Therefore shall a curse devour the earth, and the inhabitants thereof shall sin: and therefore they that dwell therein shall be mad, and few men shall be left.
eya ta fiƒode anye atsyɔ anyigba la dzi, eye edzinɔlawo ƒe vodadawo ava woƒe ta dzi. Esia ta anyigbadzinɔlawo fia, eye ame ʋɛ aɖewo koe susɔ.
7 The vintage hath mourned, the vine hath languished away, all the merryhearted have sighed.
Wain yeyewo vɔ ƒiaƒiaƒia, wainkawo yrɔ, eye dzidzɔkpɔlawo katã le tse ɖum.
8 The mirth of timbrels hath ceased, the noise of them that rejoice is ended, the melody of the harp is silent.
Axatsɛ siwo ƒe gbe me kɔ la hã zi ɖoɖoe, Màgase dzidzɔkpɔlawo ƒe hoowɔwɔ o. Kasaŋku siwo ɖina kple dzidzɔ la hã zi ɖoɖoe.
9 They shall not drink wine with a song: the drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
Womegatsɔa hadzidzi noa wain o, eye aha sesẽ hã ve le nu me na enolawo
10 The city of vanity is broken down, every house is shut up, no man cometh in.
Du gbagbã la zu aƒedo, eye wotu aƒe ɖe sia ɖe ƒe agbo.
11 There shall be a crying for wine in the streets: all mirth is forsaken: the joy of the earth is gone away.
Wole ɣli dom le wain dim le mɔtatawo dzi kple ŋkubiã. Dzidzɔkpɔkpɔwo katã trɔ zu blanuiléle, eye vivisesewo katã bu le anyigba la dzi.
12 Desolation is left in the city, and calamity shall oppress the gates.
Du la zu aƒedo, eye wokaka eƒe agbowo.
13 For it shall be thus in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people, as if a few olives, that remain, should be shaken out of the olive tree: or grapes, when the vintage is ended.
Alea wòanɔ le anyigba la dzi kple dukɔwo dome. Anɔ abe amiti si dzi wogbe kutsetsewo katã vɔ le alo abe wainka si dzi wogbe wain tsetsewo le hegble kutsetse wuwlui aɖewo ko ɖo la ene.
14 These shall lift up their voice, and shall give praise: when the Lord shall be glorified, they shall make a joyful noise from the sea.
Ame ʋɛ siwo susɔ la kɔ gbe dzi hedo dzidzɔɣli; tso ɣetoɖoƒe woɖe gbeƒã Yehowa ƒe gãnyenye,
15 Therefore glorify ye the Lord in instruction: the name of the Lord God of Israel in the islands of the sea.
eya ta mi, ɣedzeƒetɔwo, mitsɔ ŋutikɔkɔe na Yehowa; mido Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la ƒe ŋkɔ ɖe dzi le ƒukpowo dzi.
16 From the ends of the earth we have heard praises, the glory of the just one. And I said: My secret to myself, my secret to myself, woe is me: the prevaricators have prevaricated, and with the prevarication of transgressors they have prevaricated.
Tso anyigba ƒe mlɔea nu ke, miese ha ƒe ɖiɖi be, “Ŋutikɔkɔe woana Dzɔdzɔetɔ la.” Ke megblɔ be, “Evɔ nam, evɔ nam, baba nam. Wodem asi! Ametatrɔlawo dem asi!”
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, O thou inhabitant of the earth.
O! Mi anyigbadzitɔwo, ŋɔdzi, ʋe globo kple kamɔ le mia lalam.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he that shall flee from the noise of the fear, shall fall into the pit: and he that shall rid himself out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare: for the flood-gates from on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.
Ame si le ŋɔdzi nu la age adze ʋe globo la me; ame si dze agbagba do le ʋe globo la me la, kamɔ aɖee, elabena dziƒo ƒe fesrẽwo ʋu, eye anyigba ƒe agunu ʋuʋu.
19 With breaking shall the earth be broken, with crushing shall the earth be crushed, with trembling shall the earth be moved.
Anyigba wó, anyigba fe kpla, anyigba ʋuʋu sesĩe.
20 With shaking shall the earth be shaken as a drunken man, and shall be removed as the tent of one night: and the iniquity thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fell, and not rise again.
Anyigba le mumum sɔgɔsɔgɔ abe ahanomunɔtɔ ene, ele ʋuʋum abe agbadɔ si me ya ɖo ene, elabena anyigbadzinɔlawo ƒe aglãdzedze ƒe nu vɔ̃wo le ekpem ale gbegbe be adze anyi, eye magafɔ gbeɖe o.
21 And it shall come to pass, that in that day the Lord shall visit upon the host of heaven on high, and upon the kings of the earth, on the earth.
Le ŋkeke ma dzi la, Yehowa ahe to na ŋusẽ siwo le dziƒonutowo me kple fia siwo le anyigba dzi.
22 And they shall be gathered together as in the gathering of one bundle into the pit, and they shall be shut up there in prison: and after many days they shall be visited.
Woaƒo wo nu ƒu abe gamenɔla siwo le gaxɔ globo me ene. Woanɔ gaxɔ me, eye woahe to na wo le ŋkeke geɖe megbe.
23 And the moon shall blush, and the sun shall be ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem, and shall be glorified in the sight of his ancients.
Ŋu akpe ɣe, eye ɣleti ƒe mo awɔ yaa, elabena Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, aɖu fia le ŋutikɔkɔe me le Zion to la dzi kple Yerusalem le eƒe dumegãwo ŋkume.
