Isaiah 31
1 WOE to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!
Baba na ame siwo ƒu du yi ɖe Egipte be woaxɔ na yewo; ame siwo ɖo dzi ɖe sɔwo ŋu, eye woɖo ŋu ɖe woƒe tasiaɖam gbogboawo ŋu, hetsɔ woƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ de sɔdolawo ƒe ŋusẽ triakɔ la me. Ke womeɖo ŋu ɖe Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la ŋu loo alo be yewoabia Yehowa ƒe kpekpeɖeŋu o.
2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
Ke nunyala vavã eya hã nye, eye wòate ŋu ahe gbegblẽ vɛ. Magbe nya si wògblɔ la dzi wɔwɔ o. Atso ɖe ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe aƒe ŋuti kple ame siwo kpena ɖe nu tovo wɔlawo ŋuti la ŋu.
3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
Ke Egiptetɔwo la, amegbetɔwo ko wonye, menye Mawu wonye o. Woƒe sɔwo nye ŋutilã, ke menye gbɔgbɔ o. Ne Yehowa do eƒe asi ɖa la, ke aɖe le ame si na kpekpeɖeŋu la te; ame si ŋu wòkpe ɖo la hã amu adze anyi, eye wo kple eve la katã atsrɔ̃.
4 For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
Ale Yehowa gblɔ nam nye esi, “Abe ale si dzata alo dzatavi tea gbee ne elé nu, eye togbɔ be woyɔa alẽkplɔlawo ƒe ha katã ɖe eŋu, gake woƒe ɣlidodo medoa ŋɔdzi nɛ o, woƒe hoowɔwɔ hã meɖia naneke nɛ o ene la, nenema kee Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, aɖi va anyi ne wòawɔ aʋa le Zion to la kple eƒe to kɔkɔwo dzi.
5 As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
Abe ale si xeviwo saa agbae le yame ene la, nenema kee Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, atsyɔ nu Yerusalem dzie ahaxɔ nɛ. Ato etame ayi eye wòaɖee.”
6 Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
O! Israelviwo, mitrɔ va ame si ŋu miedze aglã ɖo vevie la gbɔ,
7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
elabena gbe ma gbe la, mia dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe agbe nu le klosalogba kple sikalegba siwo miaƒe asiwo wɔ hena nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ la gbɔ.
8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
“Asiria atsi yi si menye amegbetɔ tɔ o la nu; yi si menye kodzogbeawo tɔ o lae atsrɔ̃ wo. Woasi le yi nu, ke woalé woƒe ɖekakpuiwo woawɔ dɔ dzizizitɔe.
9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Ŋɔdzi ana woƒe mɔ sesẽwo namu; ne wokpɔ aʋaflaga la ko la, dzidzi aƒo woƒe aʋakplɔlawo.” Yehowa, ame si ƒe dzo le bibim le Zion, eye eƒe kpodzo le Yerusalem lae gblɔe.
