Isaiah 31
1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, trusting in horses, and putting their confidence in chariots, because they me many: and in horsemen, because they me very strong: and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought after the Lord.
Baba na ame siwo ƒu du yi ɖe Egipte be woaxɔ na yewo; ame siwo ɖo dzi ɖe sɔwo ŋu, eye woɖo ŋu ɖe woƒe tasiaɖam gbogboawo ŋu, hetsɔ woƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ de sɔdolawo ƒe ŋusẽ triakɔ la me. Ke womeɖo ŋu ɖe Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la ŋu loo alo be yewoabia Yehowa ƒe kpekpeɖeŋu o.
2 But he that is the wise one hath brought evil, and hath not removed his words: and he will rise up against the house of the wicked, and against the aid of them that work iniquity.
Ke nunyala vavã eya hã nye, eye wòate ŋu ahe gbegblẽ vɛ. Magbe nya si wògblɔ la dzi wɔwɔ o. Atso ɖe ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe aƒe ŋuti kple ame siwo kpena ɖe nu tovo wɔlawo ŋuti la ŋu.
3 Egypt is man, and not God: and their horses, flesh, and not spirit: and the Lord shall put down his hand, and the helper shall fall, and he that is helped shall fall, and they shall all be confounded together.
Ke Egiptetɔwo la, amegbetɔwo ko wonye, menye Mawu wonye o. Woƒe sɔwo nye ŋutilã, ke menye gbɔgbɔ o. Ne Yehowa do eƒe asi ɖa la, ke aɖe le ame si na kpekpeɖeŋu la te; ame si ŋu wòkpe ɖo la hã amu adze anyi, eye wo kple eve la katã atsrɔ̃.
4 For thus saith the Lord to me: Like as the lion roareth, and the lion’s whelp upon his prey, and when a multitude of shepherds shall come against him, he will not fear at their voice, nor be afraid of their multitude: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight upon mount Sion, and upon the hill thereof.
Ale Yehowa gblɔ nam nye esi, “Abe ale si dzata alo dzatavi tea gbee ne elé nu, eye togbɔ be woyɔa alẽkplɔlawo ƒe ha katã ɖe eŋu, gake woƒe ɣlidodo medoa ŋɔdzi nɛ o, woƒe hoowɔwɔ hã meɖia naneke nɛ o ene la, nenema kee Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, aɖi va anyi ne wòawɔ aʋa le Zion to la kple eƒe to kɔkɔwo dzi.
5 As birds dying, so will the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem, protecting and delivering, passing over and saving.
Abe ale si xeviwo saa agbae le yame ene la, nenema kee Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, atsyɔ nu Yerusalem dzie ahaxɔ nɛ. Ato etame ayi eye wòaɖee.”
6 Return as you had deeply revolted, O children of Israel.
O! Israelviwo, mitrɔ va ame si ŋu miedze aglã ɖo vevie la gbɔ,
7 For in that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you to sin.
elabena gbe ma gbe la, mia dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe agbe nu le klosalogba kple sikalegba siwo miaƒe asiwo wɔ hena nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ la gbɔ.
8 And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword not of a man, and the sword not of a man shall devour him, and he shall flee not at the face of the sword: and his young men shall be tributaries.
“Asiria atsi yi si menye amegbetɔ tɔ o la nu; yi si menye kodzogbeawo tɔ o lae atsrɔ̃ wo. Woasi le yi nu, ke woalé woƒe ɖekakpuiwo woawɔ dɔ dzizizitɔe.
9 And his strength shall pass away with dread, and his princes fleeing shall be afraid: the Lord hath said it, whose die is in Sion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Ŋɔdzi ana woƒe mɔ sesẽwo namu; ne wokpɔ aʋaflaga la ko la, dzidzi aƒo woƒe aʋakplɔlawo.” Yehowa, ame si ƒe dzo le bibim le Zion, eye eƒe kpodzo le Yerusalem lae gblɔe.
