Isaiah 24
1 Behold, YHWH is emptying the earth, And is making it desolate, And has overturned [it on] its face, And has scattered its inhabitants.
Hwɛ, Awurade rebɛma asase ada mpan na wasɛe no; ɔbɛsɛe asase ani na wabɔ sotefo ahwete,
2 And it has been—as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maidservant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting [it] on himself.
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 earth is utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled, For YHWH has spoken this word:
Asase bɛda mpan koraa, na wɔafom so nneɛma. Awurade, na waka saa asɛm yi.
4 The earth has mourned, faded, The world has languished, faded, They have languished—the high place of the people of the earth.
Asase so yɛ wosee, na ekisa wiase kɔ ahoyeraw mu, na ekisa, nea wɔama no so wɔ asase so ho yeraw no.
5 And the earth has been defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed laws, They have changed a statute, They have made void a perpetual 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 a curse has consumed the earth, And the inhabitants in it become desolate, Therefore inhabitants of the earth have been consumed, And few men have been 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 has mourned, the vine languished, All the joyful of heart have sighed.
Nsa foforo no ho yow na bobe no guan; wɔn a wogye wɔn ani no si apini.
8 The joy of tambourines has ceased, The noise of exulting ones has ceased, The joy of a harp has ceased.
Akasaebɔ mu anigye no agyae, ahosɛpɛwfo no nteɛteɛmu no agyae. Sankuten so nnwom dɛdɛ no ayɛ dinn.
9 They do not drink wine with a song, Strong drink is bitter to those drinking it.
Wɔnnto dwom mfa nnom nsa bio; mmorɔsa ayɛ nwen ama anomfo.
10 It was broken down—a city of emptiness, Every house has been shut from [its] entrance.
Kuropɔn a wɔasɛe no ada mpan; wɔatoto ofi biara apon mu.
11 In out-places [is] a cry over the wine, All joy has been darkened, The joy of the land has been removed.
Wɔpere nsa wɔ mmɔnten so; ahosɛpɛw nyinaa adan bosooyɛ, anigye nyinaa atu ayera wɔ asase no so.
12 Desolation [is] left in the city, And the gate is struck [with] ruin.
Kuropɔn no asɛe, wɔabubu nʼapon mu nketenkete.
13 When thus it is in the heart of the land, In the midst of the peoples, As the surrounding of the olive, As gleanings when harvest has been finished,
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 lift up their voice, They sing of the excellence of YHWH, They have cried aloud from the sea.
Wɔma wɔn nne so, wɔde anigye teɛteɛ mu; efi atɔe fam, wɔkamfo Awurade kɛseyɛ.
15 Therefore honor YHWH in prosperity, In islands of the sea, the Name of YHWH, God of Israel.
Enti apuei fam, monhyɛ Awurade anuonyam; momma Awurade din so, Israel Nyankopɔn no, wɔ supɔw a ɛwɔ po so no so.
16 From the skirt of the earth we heard songs, The desire of the righteous. And I say, “Leanness [is] to me, Leanness [is] to me, woe [is] to me.” Treacherous dealers dealt treacherously, Indeed, treachery, treacherous dealers dealt 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 a snare, and a trap, [Are] on you, O inhabitant of the earth.
Ehu, amoa ne afiri retwɛn mo, nnipa a mote asase so.
18 And it has come to pass, He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear falls into the snare, And he who is coming up from the midst of the snare, Is captured by the trap, For windows have been opened on high, And foundations of the earth are shaken.
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 has been utterly broken down, The earth has been utterly broken, The earth has been utterly moved.
Wɔadwiriw asase no na emu apaapae, na asase awosow ankasa.
20 The earth staggers greatly as a drunkard, And it has been moved as a lodge, And its transgression has been heavy on it, And it has fallen, and does not add to rise.
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 has come to pass in that day, YHWH lays a charge on the host of the high place in the high place, And on the kings of the earth on the earth.
Saa da no, Awurade bɛtwe ɔsoro atumfo ne ahemfo a wɔwɔ asase so aso.
22 And they have been gathered—A gathering of bound ones in a pit, And they have been shut up in a prison, And after a multitude of days are inspected.
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 And the moon has been confounded, And the sun has been ashamed, For YHWH of Hosts has reigned In Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, And before His elderly—glory!
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.
