< Esias 33 >
1 Woe to them that afflict you; but no one makes you miserable: and he that deals perfidiously with you does not deal perfidiously: they that deal perfidiously shall be taken and given up, and as a moth on a garment, so shall they be spoiled.
Due, ɔdesɛefo, wo a wɔnsɛee wo! Due, ɔfatwafo, wo a wonnii wo huammɔ! sɛ wugyae adesɛe a, wɔbɛsɛe wo; sɛ wuwie huammɔdi a, wobedi wo huammɔ.
2 Lord, have mercy upon us; for we have trusted in you: the seed of the rebellious is gone to destruction, but our deliverance was in a time of affliction.
Ao Awurade, hu yɛn mmɔbɔ; yɛn ani da wo so. Yɛ yɛn ahoɔden anɔpa biara, ne yɛn nkwagye wɔ ahohia mu.
3 By reason of the terrible sound the nations were dismayed for fear of you, and the heathen were scattered.
Aman no te wo nne mmubomu a, woguan; sɛ woma wo ho so a amanaman no bɔ ahwete.
4 And now shall the spoils of your small and great be gathered: as if one should gather locusts, so shall they mock you.
Wɔtase mo asade, Ao amanaman, sɛnea mmoadabimma yɛ; nnipa tow hyɛ so te sɛ mmoadabi dɔm.
5 The God who dwells on high is holy: Sion is filled with judgment and righteousness.
Wɔama Awurade so, na ɔte ɔsorosoro; ɔde trenee ne adetreneeyɛ bɛhyɛ Sion ma.
6 They shall be delivered up to the law: our salvation is our treasure: there are wisdom and knowledge and piety toward the Lord; these are the treasures of righteousness.
Ɔbɛyɛ fapem a atim yiye wɔ mo mmere so, nkwagye, nyansa ne nhumu mmoroso akorae; Awurade suro ne ademude yi akorae ano safe.
7 Behold now, these shall be terrified with fear of you: those whom you feared shall cry out because of you: messengers shall be sent, bitterly weeping, entreating for peace.
Monhwɛ, wɔn mmarima akokodurufo su teɛteɛɛ mu wɔ mmɔnten so; asomdwoe ho abɔfo su yayaayaw.
8 For the ways of these shall be made desolate: the terror of the nations has been made to cease, and the covenant with these is taken away, and you shall by no means deem them men.
Atempɔn no so da hɔ kwa, akwantufo biara nni akwan no so. Wɔabu apam no so, wobu nʼadansefo animtiaa wommu obiara.
9 The land mourns; Libanus is ashamed: Saron is become marshes; Galilee shall be laid bare, and Chermel.
Asase no wo kesee na ɛsɛe, Lebanon agyigya na nʼanim agu ase; Saron ayɛ sɛ Araba, Basan ne Karmel porow wɔn nhaban.
10 Now will I arise, says the Lord, now will I be glorified; now will I be exalted.
“Afei na mɛsɔre,” sɛɛ na Awurade se. “Afei na wɔbɛpagyaw me ɛ; afei na wɔbɛma me so.
11 Now shall you see, now shall you perceive; the strength of your breath, shall be vain; fire shall devour you.
Munyinsɛn ntɛtɛ, na mowo sare; mo home yɛ ogya a ɛhyew mo.
12 And the nations shall be burnt up; as a thorn in the field cast out and burnt up.
Wɔbɛhyew aman no ama wɔatɔ nso; wɔbɛto wɔn mu gya te sɛ nsɔe a wɔatwa.”
13 They that are afar off shall hear what I have done; they that draw near shall know my strength.
Mo a mowɔ akyirikyiri no, muntie nea mayɛ; mo a mobɛn no, monkamfo me kɛseyɛ!
14 The sinners in Sion have departed; trembling shall seize the ungodly. Who will tell you that a fire is kindled? Who will tell you of the eternal place?
Nnebɔneyɛfo a wɔwɔ Sion abɔ huboa; ahopopo aka wɔn a wonnim Onyame: “Yɛn mu hena na obetumi ne ogya a ɛhyew ade atena? Yɛn mu hena na obetumi ne daa ogyatannaa atena?”
15 He that walks in righteousness, speaking rightly, hating transgression and iniquity, and shaking his hands from gifts, stopping his ears that he should not hear the judgment of blood, shutting his eyes that he should not see injustice.
Nea ɔnantew trenee mu na odi nokware nea ɔpo mfaso a asisi de ba na onnye adanmude, nea ontie awudi ho pɔwbɔ nea ɔmpɛ sɛ ohu bɔneyɛ ho agyinatu,
16 he shall dwell in a high cave of a strong rock: bread shall be given him, and his water shall be sure.
saa onipa yi na ɔbɛtena ɔsorosoro hɔ, ne guankɔbea bɛyɛ bepɔw aban no. Wɔde nʼaduan bɛma no na ne nsu remmɔ no.
17 You shall see a king with glory: your eyes shall behold a land from afar.
Mo ani behu ɔhene no wɔ nʼanuonyam mu na ahwɛ asase a ɛtrɛw kɔ akyirikyiri no.
18 Your soul shall meditate terror. Where are the scribes? where are the counselors, where is he that numbers them that are growing up,
Mo adwennwen mu, mobɛbooboo nea na ohunahuna mo no ho: “Odwumayɛni panyin no wɔ he? Nea na ogyigye tow no wɔ he? Nea na ɔhwɛ abantenten so no wɔ he?”
19 [even] the small and great people? with whom he took not counsel, neither did he understand [a people] of deep speech, so that a despised people should not hear, and there is no understanding to him that hears.
Morenhu saa ahantanfo no bio, wɔn a wɔn kasa mu nna hɔ, na monte nea wɔka no ase no.
20 Behold the city of Sion, our refuge: your eyes shall behold Jerusalem, a rich city, tabernacles which shall not be shaken, neither shall the pins of her tabernacle be moved for ever, neither shall her cords be at all broken:
Monhwɛ Sion, yɛn afahyɛ kuropɔn no; mo ani behu Yerusalem, asomdwoe tenabea, ntamadan a wontutu; wɔrentutu ne nnyinaso da, na wɔrentetew ne ntampehama mu nso.
21 for the name of the Lord is great to you: you shall have a place, [even] rivers and wide and spacious channels: you shall not go this way, neither a vessel with oars go [thereby].
Ɛhɔ na Awurade bɛyɛ yɛn Tumfo. Ɛbɛyɛ sɛ faako a nsu akɛse ne nsuwansuwa wɔ. Akorow a wɔhare remfa so ahyɛn akɛse rennantew so.
22 For my God is great: the Lord our judge shall not pass me by: the Lord is our prince, the Lord is our king; the Lord, he shall save us.
Na Awurade ne yɛn temmufo, Awurade ne yɛn mmarahyɛfo, Awurade ne yɛn hene; na ɔno na obegye yɛn nkwa.
23 Your cords are broken, for they had no strength: your meat has given way, it shall not spread the sails, it shall not bear a signal, until it be given up for plunder; therefore shall many lame men take spoil.
Wo ntampehama mu agow enti hyɛn dua no nni nnyinaso, na wɔntrɛw hyɛn so ntama no mu. Afei wɔbɛkyɛ asade bebree no mu na mpakye mpo bɛsoa asade akɔ.
24 And the people dwelling among them shall by no means say, I am in pain: for their sin shall be forgiven them.
Obiara nni Sion a ɔbɛka se, “Meyare;” na wɔde wɔn a wɔte hɔ no bɔne bɛkyɛ wɔn.