Isaiah 7
1 And it came to pass in the days of Achaz the son of Jotham, the son of 'Uzziyahu, the king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekach the son of Remalyahu, the king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it; but were not able to make an attack upon it.
Ɛberɛ a Usia babarima Yotam babarima Ahas bɛdii Yudaman so ɔhene no, Aramhene Resin ne Remalia babarima Peka a ɔyɛ Israelhene baa Yerusalem ne wɔn bɛkoeɛ, nanso wɔantumi anni ne so.
2 And it was told unto the house of David, saying, Syria is encamped with Ephraim; and his heart trembled, with the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest are shaken before the wind.
Na wɔka kyerɛɛ Dawid fie sɛ, “Aram ne Efraim ayɛ apam.” Enti Ahas ne ne nkurɔfoɔ ho wosoeɛ sɛdeɛ kwaeɛm nnua woso wɔ mframa ano no.
3 And the Lord said unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Achaz, thou with Shear-yashub thy son, to the end of the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the highway of the washer's field;
Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Yesaia sɛ, “Wo ne wo babarima Sear-Yasub nkɔhyia Ahas wɔ Atifi Tadeɛ no subɔnka a ɛwɔ Ntomasifoɔ Afuo no kwan so.
4 And thou shalt say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, and let thy heart not become faint because of these two stumps of smoking firebrands, before the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remalyahu.
Ka kyerɛ no sɛ, ‘Hwɛ yie, yɛ komm na nsuro. Mma wʼakoma ntu wɔ saa nnyentia mmienu a ɛrefiri wisie yi ho; wɔ Resin Aramhene ne Remalia babarima abufuhyeɛ no enti.
5 Forasmuch as Syria, [with] Ephraim and the son of Remalyahu, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
Aram, Efraim ne Remalia babarima abɔ wo sɛeɛ ho pɔ sɛ,
6 Let us go up against Judah, and besiege it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set up as king in the midst of it the son of Tabeal:
“Momma yɛnto nhyɛ Yuda so, na yɛntete wɔn mu na yɛnkyɛ mfa, na yɛnsi Tabeel babarima ɔhene wɔ so.”
7 Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, It shall not succeed, and it shall not come to pass.
Nanso deɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ nie: “‘Ɛremma so, na ɛrensi da,
8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin: and within sixty and five years shall Ephraim be broken, to be no more a people.
Aram tiri ne Damasko, na Resin pɛ na ɛyɛ Damasko ti. Mfirinhyia aduosia enum mu no Efraim mu bɛtete koraa a ɛrentumi nnyɛ ɔman.
9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remalyahu's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not have permanence.
Efraim tiri ne Samaria Remalia babarima pɛ ne Samaria ti. Sɛ woannyina pintinn wɔ wo gyidie mu a, worennyina koraa.’”
10 And the Lord continued to speak unto Achaz, saying,
Awurade kasa kyerɛɛ Ahas bio sɛ,
“Bisa Awurade wo Onyankopɔn hɔ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ, sɛ ɛwɔ ebunu ase tɔnn anaa ɔsorosoro nohoa.” (Sheol h7585)
12 But Achaz said, I will not ask, and I will not tempt the Lord.
Nanso, Ahas buaa sɛ, “Meremmisa. Merensɔ Awurade nhwɛ.”
13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that ye will weary also my God?
Na Yesaia kaa sɛ, “Montie Dawid fie! Ɛnnɔɔso mma mo sɛ mobɛsɔ nnipa ntoboaseɛ ahwɛ? Na mobɛsɔ me Onyankopɔn nso ntoboaseɛ ahwɛ anaa?
14 Therefore will the Lord himself give you a sign: behold, this young woman shall conceive, and bear a son, and she shall call his name 'Immanu-el, [God with us].
Ɛnneɛ, Onyankopɔn ankasa bɛma mo nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ; ɔbaabunu no bɛnyinsɛn, na wawo ɔbabarima, na ɔbɛfrɛ no Immanuel.
15 Cream and honey shall he eat, so soon as he knoweth to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.
Ɔbɛdi nufosuo ani sradeɛ ne ɛwoɔ ɛberɛ a wahunu deɛ ɛbɛma watumi apo bɔne na wafa deɛ ɛyɛ.
16 For before yet the child shall know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good, shall be forsaken the land, of the kings of which thou feelest dread.
Nanso, ansa na abarimaa no bɛhunu deɛ ɛbɛma watumi apo bɔne na wafa deɛ ɛyɛ no, wɔbɛma ahemfo mmienu a wosuro wɔn no nsase ada mpan.
17 The Lord will bring over thee, and over thy people, and over thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim withdrew from Judah, —the king of Assyria.
Awurade de ɛberɛ bi bɛba wo ne wo nkurɔfoɔ ne wʼagya fie so a ɛso bi mmaa da, ɛfiri ɛberɛ a Efraim tee ne ho firii Yuda ho; ɔde Asiriahene bɛba.”
18 And it shall come to pass on that day, that the Lord will call for the fly that is in the uttermost end of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Ɛda no, Awurade bɛhyɛn abɛn afrɛ nwansena afiri nsuwansuwa a ɛwɔ akyirikyiri wɔ Misraim ne nwowa a wɔfiri Asiria asase so.
19 And they shall come, and shall encamp, all of them, in the desolate valleys, and in the clefts of the rocks, and upon all thorn-hedges, and upon all bushes.
Wɔn nyinaa bɛba abɛgu mmɔnhwa a emu dɔ ne ntokuro a ɛwɔ abotan mu, nkyɛkyerɛ ne nsuka mu.
20 On the same day will the Lord shave with the razor that is hired, from among those on the other side of the river, with the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and also the beard shall it entirely remove.
Ɛda no, Awurade de oyiwan a ɔbɛgye wɔ Asubɔnten no agya nohoa wɔ Asiriahene nkyɛn, na ɔde ayi motiri so ne monan ho nwi na wayi mo abɔgyesɛ nso.
21 And it shall come to pass on that day, that a man shall nourish [but] one young cow, and two sheep;
Saa ɛda no, obiara bɛyɛn nantwiburuwa baako ne mpɔnkye mmienu.
22 And it shall happen, that for the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat cream; for cream and honey shall eat every one that is left in the midst of the land.
Na ɛsiane nufosuo dodoɔ a wɔbɛma enti, ɔbɛnya nufosuo ani sradeɛ adi. Wɔn a wɔbɛka wɔ asase no so nyinaa bɛdi nufosuo ani sradeɛ ne ɛwoɔ.
23 And it shall come to pass on that day, that every place, where there are [now] a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, shall be, —yea, this shall be [given up] to briers and thorns.
Saa ɛda no, baabiara a na anka bobe apem a ne boɔ yɛ dwetɛ kilogram dubaako ne fa wɔ no, wɔbɛhunu nnɛnkyɛnse ne nkasɛɛ.
24 With arrows and with bows shall men enter thither; because all the land shall become [covered with] briers and thorns.
Nnipa de agyan ne tadua bɛkɔ hɔ, ɛfiri sɛ nnɛnkyɛnse ne nkasɛɛ agye hɔ.
25 And all mountains that are worked with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: and they shall serve for the pasture of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.
Nkokoɔ a na anka kane no wɔde nsɔ yɛ so adwuma no, nnɛnkyɛnse ne nkasɛɛ ho hu enti wɔrenkɔ hɔ bio. Ɛbɛdane mmeammea a wogyaa anantwie ne nnwan ma wɔkɔ.
