Isaiah 58

1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a horn, and declare unto My people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

“Monteam denden, monnnyae. Momma mo nne so sɛ totorobɛnto. Mompae mu nka me nkurɔfoɔ atuateɛ nkyerɛ wɔn na monka Yakob efie nso nnebɔne nkyerɛ no.

2 Yet they seek Me daily, and delight to know My ways; as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of Me righteous ordinances, they delight to draw near unto God.

Ɛda biara da wɔhwehwɛ me; ayɛ sɛ wɔpere sɛ wɔbɛhunu mʼakwan, te sɛ wɔyɛ ɔman a wɔyɛ deɛ ɛtene na wɔmpoo wɔn Onyankopɔn ahyɛdeɛ. Wɔbisa me hɔ asɛntenenee na ayɛ sɛ wɔpɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn bɛn wɔn.

3 'Wherefore have we fasted, and Thou seest not? Wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and Thou takest no knowledge?' — Behold, in the day of your fast ye pursue your business, and exact all your labours.

Wɔka sɛ, ‘Adɛn enti na yɛadi mmuada na woanhunu yi? Adɛn enti na yɛabrɛ yɛn ho ase, na woanhwɛ yi?’ “Nanso mo abuada da no, moyɛ deɛ mopɛ na mosisi mo adwumayɛfoɔ nyinaa.

4 Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.

Ntɔkwa ne akasakasa na mode wie mo abuadadie, ne akuturuku a mode bobɔ mo ho. Morentumi nni mmuada sɛdeɛ moyɛ no ɛnnɛ yi na moahwɛ anim sɛ wɔbɛte mo nne wɔ soro.

5 Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

Yei ne mmuadadie a mepɛ anaa? Ɛda koro pɛ a onipa de brɛ ne ho ase no anaa? Ɛne sɛ obi si ne tiri ase te sɛ demmire na ɔtena ayitoma so ne nsõ mu nko ara anaa? Yei na mofrɛ no abuadadie yi, ɛda a ɛsɔ Awurade ani yi ni anaa?

6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the fetters of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

“Saa mmuadadie yi na mepɛ: sɛ mobɛyiyi ntɛnkyea nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn na moasane kɔnnua nhoma, sɛ mobɛgyaa wɔn a wɔhyɛ wɔn so na moabubu kɔnnua biara.

7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him, and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

Ɛsɛ sɛ mo ne wɔn a ɛkɔm de wɔn kyɛ mo aduane na moma ohiani a ɔnenam no baabi tena. Sɛ mohunu deɛ ɔda adagya a, momfira no ntoma na monnyi mo ani mfiri mo yɔnko onipa so.

8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of the LORD shall be thy rearward.

Ɛno na mo hann bɛpue te sɛ ahemadakye, na mo ayaresa aba ntɛm so; afei mo tenenee bɛdi mo anim, na Awurade animuonyam bɛbɔ mo kyidɔm.

9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD will answer; thou shalt cry, and He will say: 'Here I am.' If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedness;

Afei mobɛfrɛ, na Awurade bɛgye mo so; mobɛteam apɛ mmoa, na ɔbɛka sɛ: Me nie. “Sɛ moyi nhyɛsoɔ kɔnnua, nsa a motene wɔ onipa so ne ntwatoso firi hɔ,

10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thy gloom be as the noon-day;

na sɛ moha mo ho ma wɔn a ɛkɔm de wɔn na moma wɔn a wɔhyɛ wɔn so no deɛ ɛhia wɔn a, ɛnneɛ mo nkanea bɛhyerɛn wɔ esum mu, na mo anadwo bɛyɛ sɛ owigyinaeɛ.

11 And the LORD will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

Awurade bɛkyerɛ mo ɛkwan ɛberɛ biara; ɔbɛma mo deɛ ɛhia mo wɔ asase wesee so na ɔbɛhyɛ mo onipadua den. Mobɛyɛ sɛ turo a wɔgugu so nsuo yie, sɛ asuwa a emu nsuo nwe da.

12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places, thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called The repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in.

Mo nkurɔfoɔ bɛsane asi teteete mmubuiɛ no, na wɔato fapem a akyɛre no; wɔbɛfrɛ mo Deɛ Ɔsiesie Afasuo a Abubu no, Deɛ Ɔsiesie Adan a Abubu.

13 If thou turn away thy foot because of the sabbath, from pursuing thy business on My holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, and the holy of the LORD honourable; and shalt honour it, not doing thy wonted ways, nor pursuing thy business, nor speaking thereof;

“Sɛ mohwɛ mo anammɔntuo so yie Homeda na moannyɛ deɛ mopɛ wɔ me da kronkron no, sɛ mofrɛ Homeda no anigyeɛ da na modi Awurade da kronkron no ni na moamfa mo ara mo akwan so na moanyɛ deɛ mopɛ anaa moanka nsɛmhunu a,

14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD, and I will make thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and I will feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father; for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

ɛnneɛ mobɛnya anigyeɛ wɔ Awurade mu na mɛma mo anante asase no sorɔnsorɔmmea so na moato pon wɔ mo agya Yakob agyapadeɛ so.” Awurade na aka.