Isaiah 29
1 Ah altar, altar of the citie that Dauid dwelt in: adde yere vnto yere: let them kill lambs.
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 wil bring the altar into distresse, and there shalbe heauines and sorowe, and it shall be vnto me like an altar.
Maƒu kpo ɖe Ariel ŋu, afa konyi, axa nu, ekema anɔ nam abe vɔsamlekpui si ƒo ʋu la ene.
3 And I wil besiege thee as a circle, and fight against thee on a mount, and will cast vp ramparts against thee.
Maƒu asaɖa anyi aƒo xlã wò godoo. Matu gbetakpɔxɔ sesẽwo aƒo xlã wòe, eye maɖe ʋe ɖe ŋuwò.
4 So shalt thou be humbled, and shalt speake out of the ground, and thy speach shalbe as out of the dust: thy voyce also shall be out of the ground like him that hath a spirite of diuination, and thy talking shall whisper out of 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 Moreouer, the multitude of thy strangers shalbe like small dust, and the multitude of strong men shalbe as chaffe that passeth away, and it shall be in a moment, euen suddenly.
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 Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hostes with thunder, and shaking, and a great noyse, a whirlewinde, and a tempest, and a flame of a deuouring fire.
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 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against the altar, shalbe as a dreame or vision by night: euen all they that make the warre against it, and strong holdes against it, and lay siege vnto it.
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 And it shalbe like as an hungry man dreameth, and beholde, he eateth: and when he awaketh, his soule is emptie: or like as a thirsty man dreameth, and loe, he is drinking, and when he awaketh, beholde, he is faint, and his soule longeth: so shall the multitude of all nations be that fight against 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 Stay your selues, and wonder: they are blinde, and make you blinde: they are drunken but not with wine: they stagger, but not by strong drinke.
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 hath couered you with a spirite of slumber, and hath shut vp your eyes: the Prophets, and your chiefe Seers hath he couered.
Yehowa na alɔ̃ sesẽ aɖe dze mia dzi. Eyae tre mi nyagblɔɖilawo ƒe ŋkuwo, eye wòtsyɔ nu ta na mi nukpɔlawo.
11 And the vision of them all is become vnto you, as the wordes of a booke that is sealed vp, which they deliuer to one that can reade, saying, Reade this, I pray thee. Then shall he say, I can not: for it is sealed.
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 And the booke is giuen vnto him that can not reade, saying, Reade this, I pray thee. And he shall say, I can not reade.
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 Therefore the Lord sayd, Because this people come neere vnto me with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but haue remooued their heart farre from me, and their feare toward me was taught by the precept of men,
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 Therefore behold, I wil againe doe a marueilous worke in this people, euen a marueilous worke, and a wonder: for the wisdome of their wise men shall perish, and the vnderstanding of their prudent men shalbe hid.
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 Wo vnto them that seeke deepe to hide their counsell from the Lord: for their workes are in darkenes, and they say, Who seeth vs? and who knoweth vs?
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 Your turning of deuises shall it not be esteemed as the potters clay? for shall the worke say of him that made it, Hee made me not? or the thing formed, say of him that facioned it, He had none vnderstanding?
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 Is it not yet but a litle while, and Lebanon shall be turned into Carmel? and Carmel shall be counted as 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 And in that day shall the deafe heare the wordes of the booke, and the eyes of the blinde shall see out of obscuritie, and out of darkenesse.
Gbe ma gbe la, tokunɔwo anɔ abe agbalẽa me nyawo ene, eye tso blukɔ kple viviti me, ŋkugbagbãtɔwo akpɔ nu.
19 The meeke in the Lord shall receiue ioye againe, and the poore men shall reioyce 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 For the cruel man shall cease, and the scornefull shalbe consumed: and all that hasted to iniquitie, shalbe cut off:
Ŋutasẽlawo nu ava yi, fewuɖulawo maganɔ anyi o, eye woatsrɔ̃ ame siwo katã kpɔa dzidzɔ le nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔwɔ ŋu,
21 Which made a man to sinne in ye worde, and tooke him in a snare: which reproued them in the gate, and made the iust to fall without cause.
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 Therefore thus sayth the Lord vnto the house of Iaakob, euen hee that redeemed Abraham, Iaakob shall not now be confounded, neither now shall his face be pale.
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 But when he seeth his children, the worke of mine hands, in the mids of him, they shall sanctifie my Name, and sanctifie the holy one of Iaakob, and shall feare 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 Then they that erred in spirit, shall haue vnderstanding, and they that murmured, shall learne doctrine.
Ame siwo dze aglã le gbɔgbɔ me la, gɔmesese asu wo si, eye tosẽlawo axɔ nufiafia.”
