Isaiah 19
1 A message about Egypt. Look, the Lord is riding on a fast-moving cloud on his way to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the Egyptians will become weak with fear.
Nkɔmhyɛ a ɛfa Misraim ho: Monhwɛ! Awurade nam ahoɔhare omununkum mu na ɔreba Misraim. Misraim ahoni ho popo wɔ nʼanim, na Misraimfo koma botow wɔ wɔn mu.
2 I will encourage Egyptians to attack other Egyptians. They will fight each other, neighbor versus neighbor, town versus town, and kingdom versus kingdom.
“Mɛma Misraimfo atwa wɔn ho ako, onua bɛko atia onua, ɔyɔnko atia ɔyɔnko, kuropɔn atia kuropɔn, ahenni atia ahenni.
3 I will destroy the confidence of the Egyptians. I will have their plans become all mixed up. They will ask their idols and the spirits of the dead what to do through mediums and spiritists.
Misraimfo no rennya abodwo, na mɛma wɔn nhyehyɛe ayɛ ɔkwa. Wɔbɛkɔ abisa wɔ ahoni, ne awufo ahonhom, samanfrɛfo ne nkonyaayifo nkyɛn.
4 I will hand the Egyptians over to a harsh dictator. A cruel king will rule over them, declares the Lord.
Mede Misraim bɛhyɛ owura tirimuɔdenfo tumi ase, na ɔhene a ɔyɛ keka bedi wɔn so,” sɛnea Asafo Awurade se ni.
5 The waters of the Nile will fail, and its riverbed will be sunbaked and dry.
Nsubɔnten mu nsu bɛyow, na konkɔn bɛwo ayɛ wosee.
6 The channels will start to stink; the branches of the Nile in Egypt will dry to a trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither away.
Nsuka beyi hua; na nsuwa a ɛwɔ Misraim bɛtwe na ayow. Demmire ne sare bekisakisa,
7 The vegetation along the banks of the Nile, and all the plants in the cultivated land along the Nile, will dry up and be blown away. Everything will be gone.
Nil nsunoa nnua nso, nea ɛwɔ asubɔnten no abɔe no. Nil nsunoa so mfuw nyinaa bɛwo wosee na awu koraa.
8 Fishermen will mourn: all of them all who use hooks to fish in the Nile will weep and wail, along with those who fish by throwing nets into the water.
Apopofo nyinaa besi apini atwa adwo, wɔn a wɔto darewa wɔ Nil mu nyinaa; wɔn a wogu asau wɔ nsu no so bedi awerɛhow.
9 The workers who prepare the flax for linen and the weavers of white fabric will be in despair.
Wɔn a wɔde asaawa yɛ adwuma aba mu bebu, wɔn a wɔnwen nwera no anidaso bɛsa.
10 The cloth workers will be depressed, and everyone who earns a wage will feel sick inside.
Wɔn a wɔyɛ ntama ho adwuma bɛyɛ mmɔbɔ na wɔn a wogye akatua nyinaa koma bɛbotow.
11 The leaders of Zoan are stupid. Pharaoh's wise counselors give advice that doesn't make sense. How can you tell Pharaoh, “I myself am a wise man, descended from ancient kings”?
Soan adwumayɛfo nka hwee sɛ nkwaseafo; Farao agyinatufo anyansafo ma afotu bɔne. Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na woaka akyerɛ Farao se, “Meyɛ anyansafo no mu baako, tete ahemfo no kyidifo?”
12 So where are your wise counselors? Let them tell you so you can understand what the Lord Almighty has planned to do to Egypt.
Wʼanyansafo no wɔ he afei? Ma wɔnkyerɛ wo na ma wonhu nea Asafo Awurade ahyehyɛ atia Misraim.
13 The leaders of Zoan have become stupid; the leaders of Memphis have been fooled; the important leaders of Egypt have misled their people.
Soan adwumayɛfo abɛyɛ nkwaseafo, wɔadaadaa Memfis akwankyerɛfo ne nnipa no ntuano ama Misraim afom kwan.
14 The Lord has mixed up a spirit of confusion for them to drink, making the Egyptians stagger around in everything they do, like a drunk slipping up on his own vomit.
Awurade ahwie anisobiri honhom agu wɔn mu; wɔma Misraim tɔ ntintan wɔ biribiara a ɔyɛ mu, te sɛ nea ɔsabowfo tɔ ntintan wɔ ne fe ho no.
15 Nobody in Egypt can do anything, whoever they are—head or tail, palm tree or reed.
Biribiara nni hɔ a Misraim betumi ayɛ, sɛ eti anaa ɛto, abɛ anaa demmire.
16 At that time the Egyptians will become like women. They will shake with fear when the Lord Almighty raises his arm against them.
Saa da no, Misraimfo bɛyɛ sɛ mmea, Asafo Awurade nsa a wama so atia wɔn no bɛma wɔn abɔ hu na wɔn ho apopo.
17 The land of Judah will be a source of terror to Egypt for whenever Judah is mentioned, all Egyptians will tremble over what the Lord Almighty has planned to do to them.
Na Yuda asase no bɛma Misraimfo abɔ hu, obiara a ɔbɛte Yuda din no besuro, esiane nea Asafo Awurade rehyehyɛ atia wɔn nti.
18 At that time there will be five cities in Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and who have sworn to worship the Lord Almighty. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.
Saa da no, Misraim nkurɔpɔn anum bɛka Kanaan kasa na wɔaka Asafo Awurade ntam. Wɔbɛfrɛ wɔn mu ɔbaako se Ɔsɛe Kuropɔn.
19 At that time there will be an altar to the Lord right in the middle of Egypt, and a stone monument to the Lord on its border.
Saa da no, wobesi afɔremuka wɔ Misraim mfimfini ama Awurade, na wɔasi nkaedum wɔ ne hye so nso ama Awurade.
20 This will be a sign and a witness to the presence of the Lord Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord for help because they are being oppressed, he will send them a savior to fight for them and to rescue them.
Ɛbɛyɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne ne adansede ama Asafo Awurade wɔ Misraim asase so. Sɛ wɔn nhyɛsofo nti wosu frɛ Awurade a, ɔbɛsoma ogyefo ne bammɔni, na obegye wɔn.
21 The Lord will make himself known to Egypt, and at that time Egypt will come to know the Lord. They will worship him with sacrifices and offerings; they will make promises to the Lord and keep them.
Enti Awurade bɛda ne ho adi akyerɛ Misraimfo, na saa da no wobehu Awurade. Wɔde afɔrebɔ ne nnuan bɛsom, wɔbɛhyɛ Awurade bɔ, na wɔadi so.
22 The Lord will inflict a plague on Egypt. He will do this, but he will heal them. They will come back to the Lord. He will respond to their prayers and heal them.
Awurade de ɔyaredɔm bɛbɔ Misraim; ɔde bɛbɔ wɔn na wasa wɔn yare. Wɔbɛdan akɔ Awurade nkyɛn, na obetie wɔn sufrɛ, na wasa wɔn yare.
23 At that time there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians will go to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.
Saa da no, ɔtempɔn befi Misraim ne Asiria. Asiriafo bɛkɔ Misraim na Misraimfo akɔ Asiria. Misraimfo ne Asiriafo bɛbɔ mu asom.
24 At that time Israel will be the third part of this alliance, joining with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing to the whole of the earth.
Saa da no Israel bɛto Misraim ne Asiria so sɛ abiɛsa, a ayɛ nhyira wɔ asase so.
25 The Lord Almighty will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt, my people, Assyria, the creation of my hands, and Israel, my special possession.”
Na Asafo Awurade behyira wɔn, aka se, “Nhyira nka Misraim, me nkurɔfo, Asiria me nsa ano adwuma ne Israel mʼagyapade.”
