Isaiah 42
1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my elect, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit on him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
“Kpɔ ɖa esiae nye nye dɔla si melé ɖe te, nye ame tiatia si ŋu mekpɔa ŋudzedze le; matsɔ nye gbɔgbɔ kɔ ɖe eya amea dzi ne wòadrɔ̃ ʋɔnu dzɔdzɔe na dukɔwo.
2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
Mafa avi alo ado ɣli alo woase eƒe ŋkɔ le mɔtata dzi o.
3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment to truth.
Maɖe aƒla ŋeŋe la ɖa o, eye matsi akaɖimeɖovu si le bibim ɖɔɖɔɖɔ la o. Adrɔ̃ ʋɔnu le nyateƒe me.
4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
Maʋuʋu alo dzi naɖe le eƒo o va se ɖe esime wòɖo dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃ƒe anyi ɖe anyigba dzi, eye ƒukpowo ada woƒe mɔkpɔkpɔwo ɖe eƒe se la dzi.”
5 Thus says God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which comes out of it; he that gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
Ale Yehowa, Mawu, ame si wɔ dziƒo, eye wòhe eme, ame si keke anyigba kple nu siwo katã doa go tso eme, ame si na agbegbɔgbɔ edzinɔlawo, eye wòna agbe ame siwo zɔna le edzi la gblɔe nye esi.
6 I the LORD have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
“Nye, Yehowa, meyɔ wò le dzɔdzɔenyenye me. Malé wò alɔnu. Makpɔ tawò, ana nànye nubabla na amewo kple kekeli na dukɔwo,
7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
be nàʋu ŋku na ŋkugbagbãtɔwo, be nàɖe ga gamenɔlawo, eye nàɖe ame siwo nɔ do globo me la tso viviti me.
8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
“Nyee nye Yehowa, ŋkɔnyee ma! Nyematsɔ nye ŋutikɔkɔe alo kafukafu ana legbawo o.
9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Kpɔ ɖa, blemanyawo va eme, eye megale yeyewo gblɔm. Hafi woava dzɔ la, meɖe gbeƒã tso wo ŋuti na mi xoxo.”
10 Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
Mi ame siwo toa atsiaƒu dzi, mi nu siwo le atsiaƒu me, mi ƒukpowo kple ame siwo le wo dzi, midzi ha yeye na Yehowa. Midzi eƒe kafukafuha le anyigba ƒe mlɔenuwo ke.
11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar does inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
Gbegbe kple du siwo le afi ma nekɔ woƒe gbe dzi. Kedar ƒe kɔƒewo me nɔlawo netso aseye. Ame siwo le Sela la nedzi ha kple dzidzɔ. Wonedo ɣli tso towo tame.
12 Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.
Wonetsɔ ŋutikɔkɔe na Yehowa, eye woaɖe gbeƒã eƒe kafukafu le ƒukpowo dzi.
13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yes, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
Yehowa ado abe kalẽtɔ ene. Ade dzo eɖokui me abe aʋawɔla ene. Atsɔ eƒe gbe ado aʋaɣli, eye wòaɖu eƒe futɔwo dzi.
14 I have long time held my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
“Mezi kpi eteƒe didi, mezi ɖoɖoe, eye melé ɖokuinye kpoo, ke azɔ la, abe nyɔnu si le ku lém ene la, mado ɣli, alɔ gbɔgbɔtsixe ɖe ƒo, eye manɔ gbɔgbɔm fuxefuxe.
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
Makaka towo kple togbɛwo, mana gbe damawo katã naƒu, mana tɔsisiwo nazu tɔdomekpowo, eye mana tɔʋuwo namie keŋkeŋ.
16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do to them, and not forsake them.
Makplɔ ŋkugbagbãtɔwo ato mɔ si womenya tsã o la dzi, eye makplɔ wo to mɔ manyamanya dzi. Mana viviti nazu kekeli le wo ŋgɔ, eye mana toƒe tsakliwo nazu zɔzrɔ̃e na wo. Esiawoe nye nu siwo mawɔ, nyemagble wo ɖi o.
17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, You are our gods.
Ke ame siwo ɖoa dzi ɖe aklamakpakpɛwo ŋu, ame siwo gblɔna na legbawo be, ‘Míaƒe mawuwoe mienye’ la, woagbugbɔ ɖe megbe kple ŋukpe gã.
18 Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see.
“Mi tokunɔwo, mise nu, mi ŋkugbagbãtɔwo, mifɔ mo dzi, miakpɔ nu!
19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD’s servant?
Ame kae tsi ŋku, eye wòku to abe nye dɔla si medɔ la ene, ɖe menye nye dɔlae oa? Ame kae nye ŋkunɔ abe xɔ̃nye ene, eye wòtsi ŋku abe Yehowa ƒe dɔla ene?
20 Seeing many things, but you observe not; opening the ears, but he hears not.
Èkpɔ nu geɖe, gake mètsɔ wo de ta me o, wò towo le ʋuʋu ɖi, gake mèse naneke o.”
21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable.
Edze Yehowa ŋu le eƒe dzɔdzɔenyenye ta be, wòade gãnyenye kple bubu eƒe se ŋu.
22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivers; for a spoil, and none says, Restore.
Ke esia nye ame siwo woda adzoe, eye woha wo; mɔ ɖe wo katã le dowo me, eye wobe ɖe gaxɔwo me. Wozu nuhaha, eye ame aɖeke meli axɔ na wo o. Wozu nu siwo woda adzoe, eye ame aɖeke meli agblɔ be, “Mitrɔ wo yii o.”
23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will listen and hear for the time to come?
Mia dometɔ kae aɖo to nu sia alo alé to ɖe nu siwo gbɔna dzɔdzɔ ge la ŋu tsitotsito?
24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient to his law.
Ame kae de Yakob asi be wòazu nuhaha, eye wòde Israel asi na adzodalawo? Ɖe menye Yehowa, ame si ŋu miewɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖo lae oa? Elabena wogbe eƒe mɔwo dzi toto, eye womewɔ ɖe eƒe sewo dzi o.
25 Therefore he has poured on him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it has set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
Eya ta wòtrɔ eƒe dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ la kple aʋawɔwɔ ƒe nu vlowo kɔ ɖe wo dzi. Ena dzo bi ƒo xlã wo, gake womese egɔme o. Dzo la fia wo, gake mede dzi gbɔ na wo o.
