Isaiah 50
1 Thus hath said the Lord, Where is your mother's bill of divorcement, wherewith I have sent her away? or who of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? behold, for your iniquities were ye sold, and for your transgressions was your mother sent away.
Sei na Awurade seɛ: “Wo maame awaregyaeɛ ho adansedie nwoma a megyinaa so gyaa no ɛkwan no wɔ he? Anaa sɛ mʼadefirifoɔ mu hwan na metɔn wo maa noɔ? Wo bɔne enti na wɔtɔn wo; Wʼamumuyɛ enti na wɔpamoo wo maame.
2 Why did I come and no man was there, did I call, with none to answer? hath my hand become too short for redeeming? or is there no power in me to deliver? behold, through my threatening I can dry up the sea, I can change the rivers into a wilderness: their fish stink for want of water, and die for thirst.
Mebaeɛ no, adɛn enti na na obiara nni hɔ? Mefrɛeɛ no, adɛn enti na obiara annye soɔ? Na me nsa yɛ tia dodo sɛ ɛbɛgye wo anaa? Menni ahoɔden a mede bɛgye wo anaa? Mede mʼanimka kakra bi ma ɛpo mu nsuo we, medane nsubɔntene anweatam emu mpataa porɔ ɛsiane nsuo a wɔnnya enti na osukɔm kumm wɔn.
3 I can clothe the heavens with blackness, and I can make sackcloth their garment.
Mede esum fira ɔsoro na mema ayitoma yɛ ne nkataho.”
4 The Lord Eternal hath given me a tongue for teaching, that I should know how to strengthen the weary with the word: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth my ear to listen like those who are well taught.
Asafo Awurade ama me nkyerɛkyerɛ tɛkrɛma sɛ ɛnka asɛm a ɛhyɛ ɔbrɛfoɔ den. Ɔnyane me anɔpa biara, na ɔbue mʼaso ma metie sɛ obi a ɔregye nkyerɛkyerɛ.
5 The Lord Eternal hath opened me my ear, and I resisted not: I turned not backward.
Otumfoɔ Awurade abue mʼaso na menyɛɛ otuatefoɔ; na mensanee mʼakyi.
6 My back I gave up to the smiters, and my cheeks to those that plucked off the hair: my face I hid not from abuse and spitting.
Mede mʼakyi maa wɔn a wɔboro me, na mede mʼafono maa wɔn a wɔtutu mʼabɔgyesɛ. Mamfa mʼanim ansie wɔn fɛdie ne ntasuteɛ ho.
7 But the Lord Eternal ever helpeth me; therefore was I not confounded; therefore have I rendered my face like a flint, and I knew that I should not be made ashamed.
Esiane sɛ, Asafo Awurade boa me enti, wɔrengu mʼanim ase. Enti na mayɛ mʼanim sɛ twerɛboɔ, na menim sɛ mʼanim rengu ase.
8 He that justifieth me is near; who will contend with me? let us stand forward together: who hath a dispute with me? let him come near to me.
Deɛ ɔbu me bem no abɛn. Enti hwan na ɔbɛbɔ me kwaadu? Ɔmmra na yɛnhyia mu! Hwan na ɔbɔ me soboɔ? Ma ɔnka nsi mʼanim!
9 Behold, the Lord Eternal will help me; who is the man that will condemn me? lo, they all shall wear out as a garment: the moth shall eat them up.
Asafo Awurade na ɔboa me. Hwan ne deɛ ɔbɛbu me fɔ? Wɔn nyinaa bɛtete sɛ atadeɛ; nnweweboaa bɛwe wɔn.
10 Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that hearkeneth to the voice of his servant? though he have walked in darkness, and had no light: let him trust in the name of the Lord, and lean for support upon his God.
Mo mu hwan na ɔsuro Awurade, na ɔdi ne ɔsomfoɔ asɛm so? Ma deɛ ɔnam esum mu, deɛ ɔnni hann no, ɔnnye Awurade din nni na ɔmfa ne ho nto ne Onyankopɔn so.
11 Behold, all ye that kindle fire, that urge on the brands: walk by the blaze of your fire, and by the brands ye have kindled; from my hand hath this been bestowed on you; in pain shall ye lie down.
Na afei, monhwɛ yie, mo a monante mo ankasa hann mu, mo a mode ogya a mo ankasa asɔ ka mo ho hye, Yei ne deɛ mobɛnya afiri me nsa mu; mobɛhwe ase adeda fam wɔ ɔyea mu.
