Isaiah 30

1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

“Munnue mmofra asoɔdenfo,” sɛɛ na Awurade se, “Wɔn a wɔde nhyehyɛe a emfi me yɛ adwuma, na wɔyɛ apam a emfi me honhom mu, na wɔboaboa bɔne ano;

2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

wɔn a wɔkɔ Misraim a wommisa me ansa; wɔhwehwɛ mmoa a ɛyɛ bammɔ fi Farao nkyɛn, wɔkɔ Misraim kɔhwehwɛ hintabea.

3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt [your] confusion.

Nanso Farao bammɔ bɛyɛ animguase ama mo, Misraim nwini de ahohora bɛbrɛ mo.

4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

Ɛwɔ mu, wɔwɔ adwumayɛfo wɔ Soan na wɔn ananmusifo adu Hanes de,

5 They were all ashamed of a people [that] could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

nanso wɔn nyinaa anim begu ase nnipa bi a wɔn so nni wɔn mfaso nti, wɔmmfa mmoa anaa mfaso mma, na mmom animguase ne ahohora.”

6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence [come] the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people [that] shall not profit [them].

Adehunu a ɛfa Negeb mmoa ho: wɔfa ahokyere ne ahohiahia asase so, nea gyata ne gyatabere, nhurutoa ne awɔ a wɔn ho yɛ hare wɔ, ananmusifo no de wɔn ahonyade soa mfurum ne wɔn ademude wɔ yoma afu so, de kɔ saa ɔman a ne so nni mfaso no so,

7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength [is] to sit still.

de kɔ Misraim a ne mmoa so nni mfaso, enti mefrɛ no Rahab nea Onsi Hwee.

8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:

Kɔ afei, kyerɛw wɔ kyerɛwpon so ma wɔn, kurukyerɛw wɔ nhoma mmobɔwee so sɛnea nna a ɛreba no mu no ɛbɛyɛ adansede a ɛbɛtena hɔ afebɔɔ.

9 That this [is] a rebellious people, lying children, children [that] will not hear the law of the LORD:

Saa nnipa yi yɛ atuatewfo, mma asisifo, mma a wɔmpɛ sɛ wotie Awurade nkyerɛkyerɛ.

10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

Wɔka kyerɛ adehufo se, “Munhu mo ani so ade bio!” ne adiyifo no nso se, “Monnka anisoadehu a ɛyɛ nokware no nkyerɛ yɛn bio! Monka abodwosɛm nkyerɛ yɛn, monhyɛ nnaadaa nkɔm.

11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

Mumfi saa ɔtempɔn yi so, momman mfi saa ɔkwan yi ho na munnyae Israel Kronkronni a mode no haw yɛn yi!”

12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:

Enti sɛɛ na Israel Ɔkronkronni no se: “Esiane sɛ moapo saa nkra yi, na mode mo ho ato nhyɛso ne nnaadaa so nti,

13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

saa bɔne yi bɛyɛ sɛ ɔfasu tenten bi a ahyɛ kam na akyea na ebu mpofirim, ama mo.

14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water [withal] out of the pit.

Ebebubu nketenkete ayɛ sɛ kuku. Ɛbɛyam pasaa a, sin koraa renka a wobetumi de asɔ gya afi muka mu anaa wɔde bɛsaw nsu afi ahina mu.”

15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade, Israel Kronkronni no se: “Ahonu mu ne ntoboase mu na mo nkwagye wɔ kommyɛ ne ahotoso mu na mo ahoɔden wɔ, nanso, morennya mu biara.

16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

Mokaa se, ‘Dabi da, yɛbɛtena apɔnkɔ so aguan.’ Enti mubeguan! Mokaa se, ‘yɛbɛtena apɔnkɔ a wɔn ho yɛ hare so akɔ.’ Enti wɔn a wɔtaa mo no ho bɛyɛ hare!

17 One thousand [shall flee] at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

Apem beguan ɔbaako ho hu nti; baanum ho hu nti mo nyinaa beguan akɔ, akosi sɛ wobegyaw mo te sɛ frankaa dua a esi bepɔw atifi, te sɛ frankaa a esi koko so.”

18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him.

Nanso Awurade pɛ sɛ ɔdom mo; ɔma ne ho so, kyerɛ wo nʼahummɔbɔ. Efisɛ Awurade yɛ ɔtreneeni Nyankopɔn. Nhyira ne wɔn a wɔtwɛn no nyinaa!

19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.

Sionfo a mote Yerusalem, morentwa adwo bio. Sɛ musu frɛ no hwehwɛ mmoa a, ɔbɛdom mo! Sɛ ɔte a obegye mo so prɛko pɛ.

20 And [though] the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:

Ɛwɔ mu, Awurade brɛ mo amanehunu sɛ aduan ne ɔhaw sɛ nsu de, nanso, afei mubehu Awurade, mo kyerɛkyerɛfo no bio, na ɔbɛkyerɛ mo kwan.

21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This [is] the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Sɛ mofa nifa anaa benkum a, mobɛte nne bi wɔ mo akyi a ɛka se, “Ɔkwan no ni na momfa so.”

22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

Afei mobɛtow mo ahoni a mode dwetɛ adura ho ne nsɛsode a mode sikakɔkɔɔ afa ho no nyinaa agu. Mobɛtow wɔn agu sɛ ntamagow fi, na moaka kyerɛ wɔn se, “Mumfi yɛn so nkɔ.”

23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

Afei ɔde osu behyira mo bere a mudua nnuaba, na aduan a asase no bɛbɔ no bɛyɛ papa na ɛbɛdɔɔso nso. Da no, mo anantwi bedidi wɔ adidibea a ɛtrɛw so.

24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.

Mo anantwi ne mo mfurum a wofuntum asase no bɛwe atoko pa ne ne ntɛtɛ a, wɔde sofi ne nkorata trɛtrɛw mu.

25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers [and] streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

Saa okum kɛse da no a abantenten ahwehwe ase no, nsuwa bɛteɛ wɔ bepɔw tenten ne koko a ɛkorɔn biara so.

26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

Ɔsram bɛhyerɛn sɛ owia, na owia hyerɛn no bɛyɛ mpɛn ason, te sɛ nnafua ason mu hyerɛn, bere a Awurade kyekyere ne nkurɔfo akuru na ɔsa apirakuru a ɔde ama wɔn no.

27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning [with] his anger, and the burden [thereof is] heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

Hwɛ! Awurade fi akyirikyiri reba, ɔde abufuwhyew ne wusiw kumɔnn; abufuw ahyɛ nʼanom ma, na ne tɛkrɛma yɛ ogya a ɛhyew nneɛma.

28 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and [there shall be] a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing [them] to err.

Ne home te sɛ asuworoe a ɛsen ntɛmntɛm, na ɛforo kɔdeda kɔn mu. Ɔwosow aman no wɔ ɔsɛe sɔnee so; ɔde nnareka a ɛma wɔfom kwan hyehyɛ nnipa no nnyepi.

29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night [when] a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.

Na mobɛto dwom te sɛ anadwo a mudi afahyɛ kronkron no; mo koma bedi ahurusi te sɛ bere a nnipa de atɛntɛbɛn foro kɔ Awurade bepɔw no so, kɔ Israel Ɔbotan no nkyɛn.

30 And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of [his] anger, and [with] the flame of a devouring fire, [with] scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.

Awurade bɛma nnipa ate nʼabrɛmpɔnnne na ɔbɛma wɔahu ne basa a ɛresian na ɛde abufuwhyew ne ogya a ɛhyew nneɛma osu dennen, aprannaa ne mparuwbo reba.

31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, [which] smote with a rod.

Awurade nne bɛhwe Asiria; ɔde nʼabaa bɛbɔ wɔn ahwe fam.

32 And [in] every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, [it] shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.

Ɔbɛbɔ wɔn wɔ ɔko mu, na bere biara a ɔbɛbɔ wɔn no ɛbɛyɛ sɛ akasae ne sankuten so nnwonto koro.

33 For Tophet [is] ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made [it] deep [and] large: the pile thereof [is] fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

Wɔasiesie Topet dedaada; wɔayɛ no krado ama ɔhene no. Wɔahyehyɛ ogya ne nnyentia bebree wɔ ne gya amoa no a emu dɔ na ɛtrɛw no mu; Awurade home te sɛ sufre asuten no bɛsɔ mu gya.