Isaiah 29
1 Tragedy is coming to you Ariel, Ariel the city where David lived! Year after year you have your festivals.
Baba na wò, Ariel, Ariel du gã, si me David nɔ. Tsɔ ƒe kpe ɖe ƒe ŋu, eye na wò azãɖuɖuwo nanɔ edzi yim ɖaa.
2 But I'm going to cause trouble for Ariel; the city will cry and mourn, it will be like an altar hearth to me.
Maƒu kpo ɖe Ariel ŋu, afa konyi, axa nu, ekema anɔ nam abe vɔsamlekpui si ƒo ʋu la ene.
3 I will surround you, I will besiege you with towers and build ramps to attack you.
Maƒu asaɖa anyi aƒo xlã wò godoo. Matu gbetakpɔxɔ sesẽwo aƒo xlã wòe, eye maɖe ʋe ɖe ŋuwò.
4 You will be brought down, you will speak from where you're lying on the ground, mumbling in the dust. Your words will come like a ghost from the grave; your voice will be a whisper from the dust.
Woaɖiɖi wò ɖe anyi, eye àƒo nu tso anyigba ƒe tume. Wò nuƒoƒo aɖi hɔlɔhɔlɔ le ke me. Wò gbe aɖi tso anyigba ƒe tume abe ŋɔli tɔ ene, eye tso ke me, wò nuƒoƒo aɖi abe dalĩ dom wole ene.
5 But then all your enemies will become like fine dust; all your cruel oppressors like chaff that's blown away. Then suddenly, in no time at all,
Wò futɔ gbogboawo anɔ abe kewɔ memi ene, eye ŋutasẽlawo ƒe ha anɔ abe tsro si ya lɔ ɖe nu la ene; kasia zi ɖeka kpoyi,
6 the Lord Almighty will arrive with thunder, earthquake, and tremendous noise, with whirlwind, storm, and flames of fire that burn everything up.
Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, ava kple dziɖegbe, anyigbaʋuʋu kple gbeɖiɖi gã aɖe. Yaƒoƒo sesẽ, ahom kple dzo ƒe aɖe siwo biaa nu akpe ɖe eŋuti.
7 The nations besieging Ariel, attacking its fortifications and tormenting the people, they will all disappear as if it was a dream!
Dukɔwo ƒe ameha siwo ho aʋa ɖe Ariel ŋu va dze eya ŋutɔ kple eƒe mɔ sesẽwo dzi, eye wòƒu kpo ɖe eŋu la, anɔ abe drɔ̃e alo ŋutega le zã me ene.
8 It will be like someone hungry dreaming that they're eating but who wakes up still hungry. It will be like someone thirsty dreaming of drinking but who wakes up still weak and thirsty. This is what it will be like for all your enemies, the ones attacking Mount Zion.
Abe ale si dɔwuitɔ kua drɔ̃e be yele nu ɖum ene, ke ne enyɔ la, dɔwuame ganɔa anyi, eye abe ale si ame si wum tsikɔ le la kua drɔ̃e be yele tsi nom, ke ne enyɔ la, tsikɔ ganɔa ewum vevie ene la, nenema ke wòanɔ na dukɔwo ƒe ameha siwo ho aʋa ɖe Zion to la ŋuti.
9 Be shocked and amazed! Make yourselves blind so you can't see! Get drunk, but not from wine! Stagger around, but not from beer!
Miɖo asi nu, eye newɔ nuku na mi. Mitre ŋku, eye mizu ŋkugbagbãtɔwo. Mimu aha, ke menye wain o, minɔ ya mum, ke menye aha sesẽe o.
10 For the Lord has made you very sleepy, and he has shut the eyes and covered the heads of those who speak for God and see visions.
Yehowa na alɔ̃ sesẽ aɖe dze mia dzi. Eyae tre mi nyagblɔɖilawo ƒe ŋkuwo, eye wòtsyɔ nu ta na mi nukpɔlawo.
11 This entire vision is like words in a scroll that is sealed shut. If you give it to someone who knows how to read and say, “Please read it,” they'll say, “I can't read it because it's sealed shut.”
Ke hena miawo ya la, ŋutega sia katã menye naneke o; negbe nya siwo woŋlɔ ɖe lãgbalẽ dzi hetre enu la koe wònye. Ne mietsɔ lãgbalẽ si dzi woŋlɔ nua ɖo la na ame si ate ŋu axlẽ nu hegblɔ nɛ be, “Meɖe kuku, xlẽ nu sia nam la,” aɖo eŋu be, “Nyemate ŋui o, elabena wotre enu.”
12 If you give it to someone who doesn't know how to read and say, “Please read it,” they'll say, “I don't know how to read.”
Alo ne mietsɔ agbalẽ la na ame si mate ŋu axlẽ nu o hegblɔ nɛ be, “Meɖe kuku xlẽ nu sia nam” la, aɖo eŋu be, “Nyemenya agbalẽxexlẽ o.”
13 The Lord says, “These people come and praise me with their words, and honor me with lip service, but their thoughts are miles away. Their worship of me only consists of them following rules people have taught them.
Ale Aƒetɔ la gblɔ nye esi, “Ame siawo te va gbɔnye kple woƒe nu, eye wotsɔ woƒe nyawo de bubu ŋunye, ke woƒe dziwo te ɖa xaa tso gbɔnye. Subɔsubɔ si wotsɔna nam la nye amegbetɔwo ƒe nuɖoɖo siwo wofia wo,
14 So once again I will surprise these people with miracle upon miracle. The wisdom of the wise will die, and the insight of the insightful will disappear.”
eya ta magana ame siawo ƒe mo nagawɔ yaa kple nukunuwo ƒe nukunu. Nunyalawo ƒe nunya nu ava ayi, eye gɔmesese abu ɖe nugɔmeselawo.”
15 Tragedy is coming to people who take such trouble to hide their plans from the Lord. They work in the dark and say to themselves, “Nobody can see us, can they? Nobody will know, will they?”
Baba na ame siwo wɔa nu si woate ŋui be woaɣla woƒe aɖaŋudedewo ɖe Yehowa; ame siwo wɔa woƒe dɔwo le viviti me hegblɔna be, “Ame kae kpɔ mi? Ame kae anya?”
16 How perverse you are! It's as if the clay was thought of as making the potter! Should something made say to its maker, “You didn't make me”? Can the pot tell the potter, “You don't understand anything”?
Mietrɔ gbo nu sia nu, eye miebu zemela abe anyi si wòtsɔ le ze mem la ene! Ɖe ze agblɔ na zemela be. “Mènya naneke oa?”
17 It won't be long and the forests of Lebanon will be turned into a productive field, and a productive field will seem like a forest.
Le ɣeyiɣi kpui aɖe me la, ɖe Lebanon mazu anyigba si nyoa nuku, eye anyigba si nyoa nuku la natrɔ azu ave oa?
18 At that time the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and the eyes of the blind will see through the gloomy darkness what's written there.
Gbe ma gbe la, tokunɔwo anɔ abe agbalẽa me nyawo ene, eye tso blukɔ kple viviti me, ŋkugbagbãtɔwo akpɔ nu.
19 The humble will be even happier in the Lord, and the poor will find their joy in the Holy One of Israel.
Agava eme be hiãtɔwo akpɔ dzidzɔ ɖe Yehowa ŋu, eye ame dahewo akpɔ dzidzɔ ɖe Israel ƒe kɔkɔetɔ la ŋu.
20 Cruel people will no longer exist, the scornful will vanish, and those looking to do evil will be destroyed—
Ŋutasẽlawo nu ava yi, fewuɖulawo maganɔ anyi o, eye woatsrɔ̃ ame siwo katã kpɔa dzidzɔ le nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔwɔ ŋu,
21 those who say things to trick others into sin, those who trap people by legal arguments in court, those who lie to mislead the innocent.
ame siwo tsɔa nya dea ame nya me wòzua agɔdzela, ame si trea mɔ na ametaʋlila le ʋɔnu, eye wòtsɔa aʋatsoɖaseɖiɖi dea ame dzɔdzɔe nya mee.
22 So this is what the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, says to the descendants of Jacob: “You don't need to be ashamed anymore; your faces won't grow pale with fright any longer.
Eya ta ale Yehowa, ame si ɖe Abraham, gblɔ na Yakob ƒe aƒe lae nye esi, “Ŋu magakpe Yakob azɔ o. Woƒe mo magatsi dãa o.
23 When you see all your children and everything I've done for you, then you will regard my character as holy, and you will respect the Holy One of Jacob. You will have reverence for the God of Israel.
Ne wokpɔ wo viwo le wo dome; nye asinudɔwɔwɔwo la, woalé nye ŋkɔ kɔkɔe la me ɖe asi. Woade dzesi Yakob ƒe kɔkɔetɔ la ƒe kɔkɔenyenye, eye woavɔ̃ Israel ƒe Mawu la.
24 Those who've gone astray will understand their mistakes; those who grumble will learn how to receive instruction.”
Ame siwo dze aglã le gbɔgbɔ me la, gɔmesese asu wo si, eye tosẽlawo axɔ nufiafia.”
