Isaiah 24
1 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
Hwɛ, Awurade rebɛma asase ada mpan na wasɛe no; ɔbɛsɛe asase ani na wabɔ sotefo ahwete,
2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
ɛbɛyɛ saa ara ama ɔsɔfo sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ ama nnipa, ama owura sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ ama asomfo, ama awuraa sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ ama afenaa, ama nea ɔtɔn sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ ama nea ɔtɔ, ama nea ogye bosea sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ ama nea ɔma bosea, ama ɔkafo sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ ama nea ɔde ma.
3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
Asase bɛda mpan koraa, na wɔafom so nneɛma. Awurade, na waka saa asɛm yi.
4 The earth mourneth [and] fadeth away, the world languisheth [and] fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
Asase so yɛ wosee, na ekisa wiase kɔ ahoyeraw mu, na ekisa, nea wɔama no so wɔ asase so ho yeraw no.
5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
Asase so nnipa agu ne ho fi; wɔanni mmara no so, wɔabu ahyɛde no so na wɔasɛe apam a ɛwɔ hɔ daa no.
6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
Enti nnome amene asase no ɛsɛ sɛ so nnipa nya wɔn afɔdi so akatua ne saa nti wɔahyew asase no so nnipa, na kakraa bi pɛ na wɔaka.
7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
Nsa foforo no ho yow na bobe no guan; wɔn a wogye wɔn ani no si apini.
8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
Akasaebɔ mu anigye no agyae, ahosɛpɛwfo no nteɛteɛmu no agyae. Sankuten so nnwom dɛdɛ no ayɛ dinn.
9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
Wɔnnto dwom mfa nnom nsa bio; mmorɔsa ayɛ nwen ama anomfo.
10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
Kuropɔn a wɔasɛe no ada mpan; wɔatoto ofi biara apon mu.
11 [There is] a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
Wɔpere nsa wɔ mmɔnten so; ahosɛpɛw nyinaa adan bosooyɛ, anigye nyinaa atu ayera wɔ asase no so.
12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
Kuropɔn no asɛe, wɔabubu nʼapon mu nketenkete.
13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, [there shall be] as the shaking of an olive tree, [and] as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.
Saa ara na ɛbɛyɛ wɔ asase no so ne amanaman no mu, sɛnea wɔboro ngodua a ɛyɛ no, anaa sɛnea wogyaw mpɛpɛ wɔ bobe twabere akyi no.
14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
Wɔma wɔn nne so, wɔde anigye teɛteɛ mu; efi atɔe fam, wɔkamfo Awurade kɛseyɛ.
15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, [even] the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
Enti apuei fam, monhyɛ Awurade anuonyam; momma Awurade din so, Israel Nyankopɔn no, wɔ supɔw a ɛwɔ po so no so.
16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, [even] glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
Yɛte nnwonto fi asase ano yɛte se, “Anuonyam nka Ɔtreneeni no.” Nanso mekae se, “Matɔ beraw, mapa abaw! Minnue! Ɔfatwafo di huammɔ! Ɔnam nnaadaa so di huammɔ.”
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [are] upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
Ehu, amoa ne afiri retwɛn mo, nnipa a mote asase so.
18 And it shall come to pass, [that] he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
Nea ehu nti oguan no bɛtɔ amoa mu; nea ɔforo fi amoa mu no afiri beyi no. Wɔabue nsu apon wɔ ɔsoro, na asase nnyinaso wosow.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
Wɔadwiriw asase no na emu apaapae, na asase awosow ankasa.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
Asase tɔ ntintan te sɛ ɔsabowfo. Ehinhim biribiri te sɛ ntamadan wɔ mframa ano; nʼatuatew ho afɔdi ayɛ adesoa ama no na ɛhwe ase a ɛrensɔre bio.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones [that are] on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
Saa da no, Awurade bɛtwe ɔsoro atumfo ne ahemfo a wɔwɔ asase so aso.
22 And they shall be gathered together, [as] prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
Wɔbɛka wɔn nyinaa abɔ mu sɛ nneduafo ahyɛ afiase amoa mu; wɔbɛto wɔn mu wɔ afiase na nna bebree akyi no wɔatwe wɔn aso.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
Ɔsram anim begu ase na owia ani awu; na Asafo Awurade bedi hene wɔ Sion bepɔw so ne Yerusalem, ne wɔn mpanyimfo anim, wɔ anuonyam mu.
