Isaiah 58

1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

“Gblɔe kple ɣli, mègadzudzɔ o. Kɔ wò gbe dzi abe kpẽ ene. Gblɔ nye dukɔ ƒe aglãdzedze nɛ kple Yakob ƒe aƒe la ƒe nu vɔ̃wo nɛ.

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 the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

Wole diyem gbe sia gbe. Edze abe ɖe wotsi dzi be woanya nye mɔwo abe ɖe wonye dukɔ si wɔa nu dzɔdzɔe, eye womeŋlɔ woƒe Mawu ƒe sewo be o la ene. Wole afiatsotso dzɔdzɔe dim tso gbɔnye, eye wòdze abe ɖe wotsi dzi be Mawu nate ɖe wo ŋu kpokploe ene.

3 Why have we fasted, say they, and you see not? why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exact all your labors.

Wobiana be, ‘Nu ka ŋuti míetsi nu dɔ, gake mède nu eme na mí o, eye míebɔbɔ mia ɖokuiwo, gake mède dze sii o?’ “Evɔ gbe si gbe mietsi nu dɔ la, miewɔ nu si dze mia ŋu, eye mieba miaƒe dɔwɔlawo katã.

4 Behold, you fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: you shall not fast as you do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.

Miaƒe nutsitsidɔ la wua enu kple dzrewɔwɔ, kple avuwɔwɔ, gawu la, mietu kɔ mia nɔewo tamesesẽtɔe kple miaƒe asi vɔ̃ɖiwo. Migakpɔ mɔ be ne mietsi nu dɔ nenema la, woase miaƒe gbe le dziƒo o.

5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a 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? will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

Ɖe esia nye nutsitsidɔ si tɔgbi melɔ̃na be ame nabɔbɔ eɖokui le ŋkeke ɖeka ko mea? Tadede agu abe keti ene, akpanyadzimɔmlɔ kple dzofimemɔmlɔ koe nye nutsitsidɔa? Eya yɔm nèle be nutsitsidɔ kple ŋkeke si dzea Yehowa ŋua?

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

“Ɖe menye esiae nye nutsitsidɔ si metia oa, be woaɖe nu madzɔmadzɔwo ƒe gakɔsɔkɔsɔwo ɖa, woatu kɔkuti ƒe kɔsasawo, ne woana ablɔɖe ame siwo wote ɖe to, eye woaŋe kɔkuti ɖe sia ɖe oa?

7 Is it not to deal your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor that are cast out to your house? when you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you hide not yourself from your own flesh?

Ɖe menye eyae nye be nàna nuɖuɖu dɔwuitɔwo, ana nɔƒe ame dahe si le tsaglãla tsam, ne èkpɔ ame aɖe wòle amama la, nàta avɔ nɛ, eye màtrɔ megbe ade wò ŋutɔ wò ŋutilã kple ʋu oa?

8 Then shall your light break forth as the morning, and your health shall spring forth speedily: and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.

Ekema wò kekeli adze abe agudzedze ene, eye wò dɔyɔyɔ ado kaba. Ekema wò dzɔdzɔenyenye adze ŋgɔ na wò, eye Yehowa ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe axe megbe na wò.

9 Then shall you call, and the LORD shall answer; you shall cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If you take away from the middle of you the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

Ekema àyɔ Yehowa, eye wòatɔ na wò. Àdo ɣli be wòaxɔ na wò, eye wòagblɔ be, ‘Nyee nye esi.’ “Ne èɖe teteɖeanyi ƒe kɔkuti ɖa, asifiafia ame kple ameŋugblẽnyawo gbɔgblɔ,

10 And if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light rise in obscurity, and your darkness be as the noon day:

ne ètsi nu dɔ hetsɔ wò nuɖuɖu na dɔwuitɔ, eye nèkpɔ ame siwo wote ɖe anyi la ƒe hiahiãwo gbɔ la, ekema wò kekeli adze le viviti me, eye wò zã anɔ abe ŋdɔkutsu ene.

11 And the LORD shall guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and make fat your bones: and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

Yehowa akplɔ wò ɖaa. Akpɔ wò hiahiãwo gbɔ le kuɖiɖinyigba dzi, eye wòado ŋusẽ wò ameti blibo la. Ànɔ abe abɔ si wode tsii nyuie kple vudo si memiena o ene.

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

Wò amewo agbugbɔ blemaƒedowo atu, eye woaɖo gli ɖe gbe aɖe gbe tɔwo ƒe gɔmeɖokpe xoxowo dzi. Woayɔ wò be ‘Gli gbagbãwo ɖɔɖola kple mɔtata siwo to duwo me la dzraɖola.’

13 If you turn away your foot from the sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honorable; and shall honor him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words:

“Ne èhe ɖe megbe tso Dzudzɔgbe ŋkeke la gbegblẽ gbɔ, ne mèwɔ nu si dze ŋuwò le ŋkeke kɔkɔe la dzi o, ke boŋ nèkpɔ dzidzɔ le Dzudzɔgbe ŋkeke la ŋu, eye nède bubu Yehowa ƒe ŋkeke kɔkɔe la ŋu, ne ède bubu eŋu, mèlé wò mɔ tsɔ o, ne mèwɔ nu si dze ŋuwò, alo gblɔ nya dzodzrowo o la,

14 Then shall you delight yourself in the LORD; and I will cause you to ride on the high places of the earth, and feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.

ekema àkpɔ dzidzɔ le Yehowa me, eye mana be nàɖi tsa ade anyigba ƒe kɔkɔƒewo ahaɖu fofowò, Yakob ƒe domenyinu.” Yehowa ƒe nue gblɔe.