Isaiah 29
1 Ah, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add ye year to year, let the feasts come round!
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 Then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and moaning; and she shall be unto Me as a hearth of God.
Maƒu kpo ɖe Ariel ŋu, afa konyi, axa nu, ekema anɔ nam abe vɔsamlekpui si ƒo ʋu la ene.
3 And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mound, and I will raise siege works against thee.
Maƒu asaɖa anyi aƒo xlã wò godoo. Matu gbetakpɔxɔ sesẽwo aƒo xlã wòe, eye maɖe ʋe ɖe ŋuwò.
4 And brought down thou shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust; and thy voice shall be as of a ghost out of the ground, and thy speech shall chirp 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 But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away; yea, it shall be at an instant 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 There shall be a visitation from the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring 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 war against Ariel, even all that war against her, and the bulwarks about her, and they that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night.
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 shall be as when a hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth, but he awaketh, and his soul is empty; or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh, but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite — so shall the multitude of all the 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 Stupefy yourselves, and be stupid! Blind yourselves, and be blind! ye that are drunken, but not with wine, that stagger, but not with strong drink.
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 poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes; the prophets, and your heads, the seers, hath He covered.
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 all this is become unto you as the words of a writing that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying: 'Read this, I pray thee'; and he saith: 'I cannot, 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 writing is delivered to him that is not learned, saying: 'Read this, I pray thee'; and he saith: 'I am not learned.'
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 And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near, and with their mouth and with their lips do honour Me, but have removed their heart far from Me, and their fear of Me is a commandment of men learned by rote;
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 will again do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the prudence of their prudent men shall be 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 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say: 'Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?'
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 O your perversity! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it: 'He made me not'; or the thing framed say of him that framed it: 'He hath no understanding?'
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 a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed 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 deaf hear the words of a book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
Gbe ma gbe la, tokunɔwo anɔ abe agbalẽa me nyawo ene, eye tso blukɔ kple viviti me, ŋkugbagbãtɔwo akpɔ nu.
19 The humble also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the neediest among men shall exult 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 terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;
Ŋutasẽlawo nu ava yi, fewuɖulawo maganɔ anyi o, eye woatsrɔ̃ ame siwo katã kpɔa dzidzɔ le nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔwɔ ŋu,
21 That make a man an offender by words, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.
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 saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax 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 When he seeth his children, the work of My hands, in the midst of him, that they sanctify My name; yea, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of 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 They also that err in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmur shall learn instruction.
Ame siwo dze aglã le gbɔgbɔ me la, gɔmesese asu wo si, eye tosẽlawo axɔ nufiafia.”
