Isaiah 65
1 I have bene sought of them that asked not: I was found of them that sought me not: I sayd, Beholde me, beholde me, vnto a nation that called not vpon my Name.
“Meɖe ɖokuinye fia ame siwo mebia tanye se o, eye ame siwo medim o la ke ɖe ŋunye. Dukɔ si meyɔ nye ŋkɔ o la, megblɔ nɛ be, ‘Nyee nye esi, nyee nye esi.’
2 I haue spred out mine handes all the day vnto a rebellious people, which walked in a way that was not good, euen after their owne imaginations:
Ŋkeke blibo la katã mekeke nye abɔwo me na dukɔ sẽto, ame siwo zɔna le mɔ manyomanyowo dzi hedzea wo ŋutɔ ƒe susuwo yome la.
3 A people that prouoked me euer vnto my face: that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense vpon brickes.
Ame siwo le dɔmedzoe dom nam ɣe sia ɣi ɖekematsɔlemetɔe. Wosa vɔ le abɔwo me, eye wodoa dzudzɔʋeʋĩwo le anyikpe ƒe vɔsamlekpuiwo dzi,
4 Which remaine among the graues, and lodge in the desarts, which eate swines flesh, and the broth of things polluted are in their vessels.
ame siwo nɔa ameɖibɔwo me hedɔa ŋu le teƒe ɣaɣlɛwo, eye woɖua halã, woƒe detsizewo yɔna fũu kple lã makɔmakɔ ƒe detsiwo.
5 Which say, Stand apart, come not neere to me: for I am holier then thou: these are a smoke in my wrath and a fire that burneth all the day.
Ame siwo gblɔna be, ‘Nɔ adzɔge, mègate ɖe ŋu nye o, elabena mele kɔkɔe akpa na wò!’ Ame siawo tɔgbi la, dzudzɔe wonye le nye ŋɔtime. Dzo si le bibim ŋkeke blibo la katãe wonye.
6 Beholde, it is written before me: I wil not keepe silence, but will render it and recompense it into their bosome.
“Kpɔ ɖa, woŋlɔe ɖi ɖe nye ŋkume ɖaa. Nyemazi ɖoɖoe o. Maɖo eteƒe na wo, wòasu wo nyuie. Maɖo eteƒe atsɔ axe fe na wo,
7 Your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers shalbe together (sayth the Lord) which haue burnt incense vpon the mountaines, and blasphemed me vpon the hilles: therefore wil I measure their olde worke into their bosome.
miaƒe nu vɔ̃wo kple mia fofowo tɔwo siaa, elabena wosa vɔ le towo tame, eye wodo tokum le togbɛwo dzi. Madzidze woƒe tohehe wòayɔ banaa, maɖo akɔ na wo ɖe woƒe tsã nu vɔ̃wo ta.” Yehowae gblɔe.
8 Thus sayth the Lord, As the wine is found in the cluster, and one sayth, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it, so will I doe for my seruants sakes, that I may not destroy them whole.
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi, “Abe ale si wofiaa wain le wain tsetsewo me vɔ, eye amewo gblɔna be, ‘Migatsɔe ƒu gbe o, elabena ɖe gale eme’ ene la, nenemae mawɔ ɖe nye dɔlawo ŋu, nyematsrɔ̃ wo katã o.
9 But I will bring a seede out of Iaakob, and out of Iudah, that shall inherit my mountaine: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my seruants shall dwell there.
Mana dzidzimewo nado tso Yakob me, eye ame siwo axɔ nye towo woanye woƒe domenyinu la ado tso Yuda me. Nye ame tiatiawo anyi nu siawo ƒe dome, eye afi mae nye dɔlawo anɔ.
10 And Sharon shalbe a sheepefolde, and the valley of Achor shalbe a resting place for the cattell of my people, that haue sought me.
Saron azu lãnyiƒe na alẽhawo, eye Akor ƒe balime azu nyiwo ƒe gbɔɖemeƒe na nye ame siwo dia nye mɔ.
11 But ye are they that haue forsaken the Lord and forgotten mine holy Mountaine, and haue prepared a table for the multitude, and furnish the drinke offerings vnto the number.
“Ke mi ame siwo gblẽ Yehowa ɖi, eye mieŋlɔ nye to kɔkɔe la be, mi ame siwo ɖo kplɔ̃ na Aklama, eye mieku wain si wotɔtɔ la, kplu banaa na Dzɔgbese la,
12 Therefore wil I number you to the sword, and all you shall bowe downe to the slaughter, because I called, and ye did not answere: I spake, and ye heard not, but did euil in my sight, and did chuse that thing which I would not.
maɖo mi ɖi na yi, eye mi katã miado dɔgɔ̃e hena wuwu, elabena meyɔ mi gake mietɔ o. Meƒo nu gake mieɖo to o. Miewɔ nu tovo le nye ŋkume, eye mietia nu si metsri.”
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Beholde, my seruants shall eate, and ye shalbe hungrie: beholde, my seruants shall drinke, and ye shall be thirstie: beholde, my seruants shall reioyce, and ye shalbe ashamed.
Eya ta ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Nye dɔlawo aɖu nu, ke miawo la dɔ awu mi. Nye dɔlawo ano nu; miawo la, tsikɔ awu mi. Nye dɔlawo akpɔ dzidzɔ, ke miawo la woado ŋukpe mi.
14 Beholde, my seruants shall sing for ioye of heart, and ye shall crye for sorow of heart, and shall howle for vexation of minde.
Nye dɔlawo adzi ha le woƒe dziwo ƒe dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ ta, ke miawo la, miafa avi le dzi ƒe vevesese ta, eye miado ɣli le gbɔgbɔ ƒe teteɖeanyi ta.
15 And ye shall leaue your name as a curse vnto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay you and call his seruants by another name.
Miagblẽ miaƒe ŋkɔwo ɖi na nye ame tiatiawo woawɔ wo ŋu dɔ abe fiƒodenuwo ene. Aƒetɔ Yehowa awu mi, ke eƒe dɔlawo ya la, atsɔ ŋkɔ bubu na wo.
16 He that shall blesse in the earth, shall blesse himselfe in the true God, and he that sweareth in the earth, shall sweare by the true God: for the former troubles are forgotten, and shall surely hide themselues from mine eyes.
Ame si ayra eɖokui le anyigba dzi la awɔe le nyateƒe ƒe Mawu la ƒe ŋkɔ me, eye ame si aka atam le anyigba dzi la, akae le nyateƒe Mawu la ƒe ŋkɔ me, elabena woaŋlɔ fuɖename tsãtɔwo be, eye woaɣla ɖe nye ŋkuwo.
17 For lo, I will create newe heauens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembred nor come into minde.
“Kpɔ ɖa, mawɔ dziƒo yeye kple anyigba yeye. Womagaɖo ŋku tsãnuwo dzi alo woava ame ƒe susu me o,
18 But be you glad and reioyce for euer in the things that I shall create: for beholde, I will create Ierusalem, as a reioycing and her people as a ioye,
gake mikpɔ dzidzɔ, eye mitso aseye tegbee ɖe nu si mawɔ la ŋu, elabena mawɔ Yerusalem be wòanye dzudzɔdonu, eye eƒe amewo anye dzidzɔkpɔlawo.
19 And I wil reioyce in Ierusalem, and ioye in my people, and the voyce of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voyce of crying.
Matso aseye ɖe Yerusalem ŋu, eye nye amewo ƒe nu ado dzidzɔ nam. Womagase avifafa kple konyifaɣli le eme azɔ o.
20 There shall be no more there a childe of yeeres, nor an olde man that hath not filled his dayes: for he that shall be an hundreth yeeres old, shall dye as a yong man: but the sinner being an hundreth yeeres olde shall be accursed.
“Ɖevi si xɔ ŋkeke ʋɛ aɖewo ko, alo amegãɖeɖi si ƒe ƒewo mede o la maganɔ afi ma o. Woabu ame si xɔ ƒe alafa ɖeka hafi ku la abe ɖekakpui ene, eye nu vɔ̃ wɔla si mexɔ ƒe alafa ɖeka hafi ku o la, woabui nɛ abe fiƒode ene.
21 And they shall build houses and inhabite them, and they shall plant vineyards, and eate the fruite of them.
Woatu xɔwo anɔ wo me. Woade waingble, eye woaɖu eme kutsetse.
22 They shall not build, and another inhabite: they shall not plant, and another eate: for as the dayes of the tree are the dayes of my people, and mine elect shall inioye in olde age the worke of their handes.
Womagatu xɔ, eye ame bubuwo nanɔ wo me, alo woade agble ame bubu naɖu o, elabena abe ale si ati tsinae ene la, nenema nye amewo ƒe agbemeŋkekewo hã anɔ. Nye ame tiatiawo aɖu woawo ŋutɔ ƒe asinudɔwɔwɔwo hena ɣeyiɣi didi aɖe.
23 They shall not labour in vaine, nor bring forth in feare: for they are the seede of the blessed of the Lord, and their buds with them.
Womadze agbagba dzodzro, alo adzi vi siwo woɖo dzɔgbevɔ̃e ɖi na la o, elabena woanye ame siwo Yehowa yra, woawo ŋutɔ kple woƒe dzidzimeviwo siaa.
24 Yea, before they call, I will answere, and whiles they speake, I will heare.
Matɔ hafi woayɔm. Ne wogale nuƒoƒo dzi la, masee.
25 The wolfe and the lambe shall feede together, and the lyon shall eate strawe like the bullocke: and to the serpent dust shall be his meate. They shall no more hurt nor destroy in all mine holy Mountaine, saith the Lord.
Amegaxi kple alẽvi aɖu gbe le teƒe ɖeka. Dzata aɖu gbe abe nyi ene, ke ʋuʋudedi anye da ya ƒe nuɖuɖu. Womawɔ nu vevi ame alo agblẽ nu le nye to kɔkɔewo katã dzi o.” Yehowae gblɔe.
