Isaiah 30
1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of Me; and that form projects, but not of My spirit, that they may add sin to sin;
Yehowa be, “Baba na vi sẽto siwo dea aɖaŋu hewɔa nu siwo nyemeɖo na wo o. Woblaa nu nye Gbɔgbɔ manɔmee eye wolia kɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe nu vɔ̃ dzi!
2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at My mouth; to take refuge in the stronghold of Pharaoh, and to take shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
Ame siwo mebia gbem hafi yi Egipte o, eye wosi Farao tso hebia tso esi be wòanye woƒe akpoxɔnu ne woabe ɖe Egipte ƒe vɔvɔ̃li te.
3 Therefore shall the stronghold of Pharaoh turn to your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your confusion.
Ke Farao ƒe akpoxɔnunyenye na mi atrɔ zu ŋukpe, eye Egipte ƒe vɔvɔlitenɔnɔ ahe vlododo vɛ na mi.
4 For his princes are at Zoan, and his ambassadors are come to Hanes.
Togbɔ be woƒe amegãwo le keke Zoan, eye woƒe ame dɔdɔwo ɖo Hanes ke hã la,
5 They shall all be ashamed of a people that cannot profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
ŋu akpe ame sia ame, elabena ame si wosi tso la mate ŋu aɖewo o. Womaxɔ na wo alo ana kpekpeɖeŋu wo o, negbe ŋukpe kple vlododo ko woakpɔ.”
6 The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
Gbedeasi tso gbemelã siwo le gbegbe la ŋuti. Le anyigba si dzi fukpekpe kple xaxa le, afi si dzatatsu kple dzatanɔ, fli kple da toaʋalawo le la, afi mae ame dɔdɔwo tsɔa woƒe nu xɔasiwo ɖoa tedziwo dzi kple woƒe kesinɔnuwo ɖoa kposɔwo dzi yina na dukɔ si mele ɖeke me o,
7 For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I called her arrogancy that sitteth still.
na Egipte dukɔ si ŋu ŋutete aɖeke mele o. Eya ta meyɔe be Rahab, Wɔnavɔleŋutɔ.
8 Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.
Azɔ la, yi nàŋlɔe ɖe nuŋlɔkpe dzi na wo, ŋlɔe ɖe agbalẽ me be wòanye ɖaseɖiɖi tegbee hena ŋkeke siwo gbɔna.
9 For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that refuse to hear the teaching of the LORD;
Ame siawo nye aglãdzelawo, vi alakpatɔwo, vi siwo mele klalo be yewoaɖo to Yehowa ƒe nufiamewo o.
10 That say to the seers: 'See not,' and to the prophets: 'Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy delusions;
Wogblɔ na nukpɔlawo be, “Migakpɔ ŋutega azɔ o!” eye na nyagblɔɖilawo be, “Migagblɔ gbedeasi si le eteƒe la na mí o. Migblɔ nya viviwo na mí. Migblɔ alakpanyawo ɖi.
11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.'
Mite ɖa le mɔ sia dzi. Midzo le teƒe sia, eye midzudzɔ ŋɔdzidodo na mí kple Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la!”
12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel: because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon;
Eya ta ale, Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la gblɔe nye esi, “Esi miegbe gbedeasi sia heɖo ŋu ɖe ŋutasesẽ ŋu, eye mieku ɖe beble ŋuti ta la,
13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
miaƒe nu vɔ̃ sia azu abe gli kɔkɔ si fe hele mumum, eye kasia wòmu zi ɖeka gbloo la ene.
14 And He shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water out of the cistern.
Afli kakɛkakɛ abe ze si ge hegbã gudugudu la ene. Afli ale gbegbe be, womakpɔ kakɛ aɖeke si alolo woatsɔ aɖe dzo le mlekpui me alo aku tsii le zɔ me o.”
15 For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: in sitting still and rest shall ye be saved, in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength; and ye would not.
Ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la gblɔe nye esi, “Dzimetɔtrɔ kple anyinɔnɔ kpoo mee miaƒe ɖeɖe le, eye ɖoɖoezizi kple ŋuɖoɖo ɖe eŋu mee miaƒe ŋusẽ le. Ke miegbe wo katã.
16 But ye said: 'No, for we will flee upon horses'; therefore shall ye flee; and: 'We will ride upon the swift'; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
Miegblɔ be, ‘Kpao, míado sɔwo asi’, eya ta miasi! ‘Miegblɔ be miado sɔ ɖeablawo asi adzo.’ Eya ta mia yometilawo hã ado sɔ ɖiduwo akplɔ mi ɖo.
17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one, at the rebuke of five shall ye flee; till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.
Ne woƒe ame ɖeka pɛ blu la miaƒe ame akpe ɖeka asi le enu, eye ne woƒe ame atɔ̃ blu la, mi katã miasi va se ɖe esime miasusɔ abe aflagati le to tame kple aflaga le togbɛ dzi ene.”
18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have compassion upon you; for the LORD is a God of justice, happy are all they that wait for Him.
Ke hã la, Yehowa le lalam vevie be yeave mia nu; etso be yeakpɔ nublanui na mi, elabena Yehowa nye Mawu si drɔ̃a ʋɔnu dzɔdzɔe. Woayra ame siwo katã kpɔa eƒe asinu.
19 For, O people that dwellest in Zion at Jerusalem, thou shalt weep no more; He will surely be gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry, when He shall hear, He will answer thee.
O! Mi Zion nɔlawo, ame siwo le Yerusalem, miagafa avi azɔ o. Ave mia nu ne miefa avi be wòakpe ɖe mia ŋu. Ne enya see ko la, aɖo to mi.
20 And though the Lord give you sparing bread and scant water, yet shall not thy Teacher hide Himself any more, but thine eyes shall see thy Teacher;
Togbɔ be Aƒetɔ la tsɔ abolo na mi le hiã me, kple tsi na mi le xaxa me hã la, miaƒe nufialawo magabe azɔ o, ke boŋ miakpɔ wo kple miaƒe ŋkuwo.
21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying: 'This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.'
Mietrɔ ɖe ɖusime o, mietrɔ ɖe miame o, miase nya siawo le miaƒe megbe be, “Esiae nye mɔ la, mizɔ edzi.”
22 And ye shall defile thy graven images overlaid with silver, and thy molten images covered with gold; thou shalt put them far away as one unclean; thou shalt say unto it: 'Get thee hence.'
Ekema miado gu miaƒe legba siwo ŋu wofa klosalo ɖo kple miaƒe aklamakpakpɛ siwo ŋu wofa sika ɖo. Miatsɔ wo aƒu gbe abe gbelégodoe ene ahagblɔ ɖe wo ŋu be, “Mite yi xaa.”
23 And He will give the rain for thy seed, wherewith thou sowest the ground, and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous; in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
Adɔ tsidzadza ɖa be wòade tsi nuku siwo mieƒã ɖe agble me. Nuɖuɖu si ado tso miaƒe agble me la anyo, eye wòasɔ gbɔ fũu. Le ŋkeke ma dzi la, wò nyihawo aɖu gbe le lãnyiƒe kekewo.
24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savoury provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
Nyitsu kple tedzi siwo nètsɔna ŋlɔa agblee la, aɖu gbe siwo wotsɔ nu tɔxɛwo tsakae, eye wotsɔ sofi kple gaflo dzoboe.
25 And there shall be upon every lofty mountain, and upon every high hill streams and watercourses, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
Le ŋkeke si dzi woawu ame geɖewo la, gbetakpɔxɔ kɔkɔwo amu; tɔʋumetsi asi tso to kɔkɔ ɖe sia ɖe kple togbɛ kɔkɔ ɖe sia ɖe dzi.
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of the seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the bruise of His people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Ɣleti aklẽ abe ɣe ene; Ɣe ƒe keklẽ adzi ɖe edzi zi adre, eye wòanɔ abe ŋkeke adre ƒe kekeli ene, ne Yehowa bla abi na eƒe dukɔ la, eye wòwu abi si wòde wo ŋu la na wo.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, with His anger burning, and in thick uplifting of smoke; His lips are full of indignation, and His tongue is as a devouring fire;
Kpɔ ɖa, Yehowa ƒe ŋkɔ tso adzɔge gbɔna ɖa, eƒe dziku le bibim, eye lilikpo dodo ƒo xlãe. Elé ŋɔdzi ɖe nu, eye eƒe aɖe nye dzobinu.
28 And His breath is as an overflowing stream, that divideth even unto the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction; and a bridle that causeth to err shall be in the jaws of the peoples.
Eƒe ŋɔtimegbɔgbɔ le sisim abe tɔʋu si ɖɔ va se ɖe ve ke ene. Etsraa dukɔwo le gbegblẽ ƒe tsranui me, eye wòtsɔ numega de nu me na dukɔwo hekplɔa wo tranae.
29 Ye shall have a song as in the night when a feast is hallowed; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with the pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
Ekema miadzi ha le zã me abe ŋkekenyui aɖe ɖum miele ene. Miaƒe dziwo akpɔ dzidzɔ abe ale si wònɔna ne wole dze kum yina ɖe Yehowa ƒe to la dzi kple Israel ƒe Agakpe la gbɔ ene.
30 And the LORD will cause His glorious voice to be heard, and will show the lighting down of His arm, with furious anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a bursting of clouds, and a storm of rain, and hailstones.
Yehowa ana be amewo nase eƒe gãnyenye ƒe gbe, eye wòana woakpɔ eƒe alɔ wòaɖiɖi ɖe anyi kple dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ, dzo si biaa nu, ahomya, tsidzadza sesẽ kple tsikpe.
31 For through the voice of the LORD shall Asshur be dismayed, the rod with which He smote.
Yehowa ƒe gbe akaka Asiria ʋayaʋaya. Atsɔ eƒe fiatikplɔ axlã ɖe wo, woamu adze anyi.
32 And in every place where the appointed staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps; and in battles of wielding will He fight with them.
Zi ale si Yehowa tsɔ eƒe toheti le Asiria ƒomii la, zi nenema kee axatsɛwo kple kasaŋkuwo anɔ ɖiɖim ne etsɔ eƒe alɔ sesẽ la le aʋa wɔm kplii le aʋagbedzi.
33 For a hearth is ordered of old; yea, for the king it is prepared, deep and large; the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Wodzra afi si woatɔ dzo Tofet le la da ɖi xoxo. Wodzrae ɖo ɖi na fia la hã. Wowɔ eƒe dzoʋe la wògoglo hekeke. Dzo kple nake bɔ ɖe eme. Yehowa ƒe Gbɔgbɔ si le sisim abe aŋɔtɔʋu ene lae atɔ dzoe.
