Isaiah 30
1 Tragedy is coming to my defiant children, declares the Lord. You make plans that don't come from me; you make alliances against my wishes, adding sin to sin.
“Monnue mmɔfra asoɔdenfoɔ,” sɛi na Awurade seɛ, “Wɔn a wɔde nhyehyɛeɛ a ɛmfiri me yɛ adwuma, na wɔyɛ apam a ɛmfiri me honhom mu, na wɔboaboa bɔne ano;
2 You go to Egypt without asking me, looking to Pharaoh for protection, hoping to find safety hiding behind Egypt.
wɔn a wɔkɔ Misraim a wɔmmisa me ansa. Wɔhwehwɛ mmoa a ɛyɛ banbɔ firi Farao nkyɛn. Wɔkɔ Misraim kɔpɛ hintabea,
3 But the protection of Pharaoh will be an embarrassment to you; hiding behind Egypt will only bring you humiliation.
nanso Farao banbɔ bɛyɛ animguaseɛ ama mo. Misraim nwunu de ahohora bɛbrɛ mo.
4 Even though he has officials at Zoan and his messengers reach Hanes,
Ɛwom sɛ wɔwɔ adwumayɛfoɔ wɔ Soan na wɔn ananmusifoɔ aduru Hanes deɛ,
5 the Egyptians will offend everyone because they are useless—they're no help and good for nothing, except for causing shame and bringing disgrace.
nanso wɔn nyinaa anim bɛgu ase nnipa bi a wɔn ho nni wɔn mfasoɔ enti. Wɔmmfa mmoa anaa mfasoɔ mma, na mmom animguaseɛ ne ahohora.”
6 A message about the animals of the Negev. The messengers travel through a harsh and hostile land where lions and lionesses live, vipers and vicious snakes too. Their donkeys are burdened down with valuable gifts, their camels are loaded with treasure, to give to a worthless people that can't help.
Nkɔmhyɛ a ɛfa Negeb mmoa ho: wɔfa ahokyere ne ahohiahia asase so, deɛ agyata ne agyatabereɛ, ananka ne awɔ a wɔn ho yɛ herɛ wɔ. Ananmusifoɔ no de wɔn ahonyadeɛ soa mfunumu ne wɔn ademudeɛ wɔ nyoma afu so, de kɔ saa ɔman a ne ho nni mfasoɔ no so,
7 Egypt's support is an empty breath of wind. That's why I call her Pride Sitting Down.
de kɔ Misraim a ne mmoa ho nni mfasoɔ. Enti mefrɛ no Rahab, deɛ Ɔnka Hwee.
8 Now go and write all this down on a tablet and on a scroll so that it will last forever and ever.
Kɔ afei, twerɛ wɔ twerɛpono so ma wɔn krukyire wɔ nwoma mmobɔeɛ so sɛdeɛ nna a ɛreba no mu no ɛbɛyɛ adansedeɛ a ɛbɛtena hɔ afebɔɔ.
9 For they are a rebellious people, deceitful children, who refuse to listen to the Lord's instructions.
Saa nnipa yi yɛ adɔnyɛfoɔ, mma asisifoɔ, mma a wɔmpɛ sɛ wɔtie Awurade nkyerɛkyerɛ.
10 They tell people who see visions, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Don't give us prophecies about doing right—just tell us pleasant things and give us fake prophecies.
Wɔka kyerɛ adehufoɔ sɛ, “Monnhunu mo ani so adeɛ bio!” ne adiyifoɔ no nso sɛ, “Monnka anisoadehunu a ɛyɛ nokorɛ no nkyerɛ yɛn bio! Monka ahomekasɛm nkyerɛ yɛn, monhyɛ nnaadaa nkɔm.
11 Stop telling us straight; go a different direction! We don't want to hear any more about the Holy One of Israel.”
Momfiri saa tempɔn yi so, mommane mfiri saa kwan yi ho na monnyae Israel Kronkronni a mode no ha yɛn yi!”
12 So this is how the Holy One of Israel replies, Since you have rejected this message, and since you trust in oppression and believe in dishonesty,
Enti sei na Israel Ɔkronkronni no seɛ: “Esiane sɛ moapo saa nkra yi, na mode mo ho ato nhyɛsoɔ ne nnaadaa so enti,
13 your punishment will suddenly fall on you, like a high wall that bulges out and collapses in an instant.
saa bɔne yi bɛyɛ sɛ ɔfasuo tentene bi a ate kam na akyea na ɛbu mpofirim, ama mo.
14 You will be smashed like a clay pot, broken into such tiny pieces that there won't be a big enough piece to pick up coals from a hearth or a little bit of water from a well.
Ɛbɛbubu nketenkete ayɛ sɛ kukuo. Ɛbɛyam pasaa a esini koraa renka a wɔbɛtumi de ayi ogya afiri bukyia mu anaa wɔde bɛsa nsuo afiri ankorɛ mu.”
15 This is what the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, said, If you repent and patiently trust in me, you would be saved; you would be strong if you had such calm confidence. But you refused to do it.
Yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade, Israel Kronkronni no seɛ: “Ahonumu ne ntoboaseɛ mu na mo nkwagyeɛ wɔ; kommyɛ ne ahotosoɔ mu na mo ahoɔden wɔ, nanso, morennya emu biara.
16 You replied, “No! We'll escape on horseback! We'll get away on fast horses!” But the fast ones will be the ones chasing you!
Mokaa sɛ, ‘Dabi, yɛbɛtena apɔnkɔ so adwane.’ Enti mobɛdwane! Mokaa sɛ, ‘yɛbɛtena apɔnkɔ a wɔn ho yɛ herɛ so akɔ.’ Enti wɔn a wɔtaa mo no ho bɛyɛ herɛ!
17 Just one of them will chase after a thousand of you. Just five of them will make you all run away. All that will be left of you will look like a flag fluttering on the top of a mountain, a banner waving on a hill.
Apem bɛdwane ɔbaako ho hu nti; baanum ho hu enti mo nyinaa bɛdwane akɔ, kɔsi sɛ wɔbɛgya mo te sɛ frankaa dua a ɛsi bepɔ atifi, te sɛ frankaa a ɛsi kokoɔ so.”
18 So the Lord waits, wanting to be kind to you, ready to act to show you mercy, for the Lord is a God who does what is right. All who wait for him are blessed.
Nanso, Awurade pɛ sɛ ɔdom mo; ɔbɛma ne ho so akyerɛ wo nʼahummɔborɔ. Ɛfiri sɛ Awurade yɛ ɔteneneeni Onyankopɔn. Nhyira ne wɔn a wɔtwɛn no nyinaa!
19 People of Zion, you who live in Jerusalem, you won't have to weep any more. When you cry for help he will be kind to you. He will answer you immediately he hears you.
Ao, Sionfoɔ a mote Yerusalem, morentwa adwo bio. Sɛ mosu frɛ no hwehwɛ mmoa a, ɔbɛdom mo! Sɛ ɔte a, ɔbɛgye mo so prɛko pɛ.
20 Even though the Lord will give you the bread of hardship to eat and the water of suffering to drink, your teacher will no longer hide himself from you—you will see him with your own eyes.
Ɛwom sɛ Awurade brɛ mo amanehunu sɛ aduane ne ɔhaw sɛ nsuo deɛ, nanso, afei mobɛhunu Awurade, mo ɔkyerɛkyerɛfoɔ no bio, na ɔbɛkyerɛ mo kwan.
21 When you walk to the right or to the left, you will hear this command coming from behind you: “This is the way to follow.”
Sɛ mofa nifa anaa benkum a, mobɛte ɛnne bi wɔ mo akyi a ɛka sɛ, “Ɛkwan no nie na momfa so.”
22 You will defile your silver-coated idols coated with silver and your gold-covered images. You will throw them away like a dirty cloth used for periods, and say to them, “out of here!”
Afei, mobɛto mo ahoni a mode dwetɛ adura ho ne nsɛsodeɛ a mode sikakɔkɔɔ afa ho no nyinaa agu. Mobɛto wɔn agu sɛ ntomago fi, na mo aka akyerɛ wɔn sɛ, “Momfiri yɛn so nkɔ.”
23 He will send rain when you sow, and the land will produce great harvests. At that time your cattle will feed in rich pastures.
Afei, ɔde osutɔ bɛhyira mo ɛberɛ a modua nnuaba, na aduane a asase no bɛbɔ no bɛyɛ papa na ɛbɛdɔɔso nso. Ɛda no, mo anantwie bɛdidi wɔ adidibea a ɛtrɛ soɔ.
24 The oxen and donkeys that help cultivate the earth will eat good greens and grain, spread with fork and shovel.
Mo anantwie ne mo mfunumu a wɔfuntum asase no bɛwe atokoɔ pa ne ne ntɛtɛ a wɔde sofi ne nkorata trɛtrɛ mu.
25 At that time when your enemies are killed and the fortresses fall, streams of water will flow down every mountain and hill.
Saa okum kɛseɛ da no a abantenten ahwehwe ase no, nsuwa bɛtene wɔ bepɔ tenten ne kokoɔ a ɛkorɔn biara so.
26 The moon will shine as bright as the sun, and the sun will shine seven times brighter, like having seven days light in one. This is the way it will be when the Lord bandages the injuries of his people and heals the wounds he caused them.
Ɔsrane bɛhyerɛn sɛ owia, na owia hyerɛn no bɛyɛ mprɛnson, te sɛ nnafua nson mu hyerɛn, ɛberɛ a Awurade kyekyere ne nkurɔfoɔ akuro na ɔsa apirakuro a ɔde ama wɔn no.
27 Look how the Lord arrives from far away, burning with anger and accompanied by thick clouds of smoke! What he says shows his anger—it's like a fire that burns everything up.
Hwɛ! Awurade firi akyirikyiri reba, ɔde abufuhyeɛ ne wisie kumɔnn; abufuo ahyɛ nʼanom ma, na ne tɛkrɛma yɛ ogya a ɛhye nneɛma.
28 His breath rushes out like a flood that comes up to the neck. He shakes the nations in a sieve that destroys them; he puts bridles in the mouths of the different peoples to lead them away.
Nʼahomeɛ te sɛ nsuworoeɛ a ɛsene ntɛm ntɛm, na ɛforo kɔdeda kɔn mu. Ɔwoso aman no wɔ ɔsɛeɛ sɔneɛ so; ɔde nnareka a ɛma wɔfom ɛkwan hyehyɛ nnipa no nnyepi.
29 But you will have a song to sing like you do on the night of a holy festival. You will celebrate in happiness like those who play pipes as they go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.
Na mobɛto dwom te sɛ anadwo a modi afahyɛ kronkron no; mo akoma bɛdi ahurisie te sɛ ɛberɛ a nnipa de atɛntɛbɛn foro kɔ Awurade bepɔ no so kɔ Israel Ɔbotan no nkyɛn.
30 The Lord will shout so everyone hears him he will reveal his great power. He will hit out in his anger and fury, with a fire that burns everything up, and with torrential rain, storm, and hail.
Awurade bɛma nnipa ate nʼaberempɔn nne, na ɔbɛma wɔahunu ne basa a ɛresiane na ɛde abufuhyeɛ ne ogya a ɛhye nneɛma, osutɔ denden, aprannaa ne ampariboɔ reba.
31 At the Lord's command the Assyrians will be shattered, knocked down by his scepter.
Awurade nne bɛdwerɛ Asiria; ɔde nʼahenpoma bɛbɔ wɔn ahwe fam.
32 Every time the Lord hits them with his rod of punishment it will be accompanied by the music of tambourines and harps as he fights them, swinging into them in battle.
Awurade bɛbɔ wɔn wɔ ɔko mu, na ɛberɛ biara a ɔbɛbɔ wɔn no ɛbɛyɛ sɛdeɛ akasaeɛ ne sankuten so nnwontoɔ korɔ.
33 The place of burning has been prepared a long time ago, ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, and has plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the Lord, like a flood of burning sulfur, sets it on fire.
Wɔasiesie Topet dadaada; wɔayɛ no krado ama ɔhene no. Wɔahyehyɛ ogya ne nnyentia bebree wɔ ne ogya amena no a emu dɔ na ɛtrɛ no mu; Awurade ahome a ɛte sɛ sɔfe asutene no bɛsɔ mu ogya.
