Isaiah 26
1 In that day this song is sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city, He makes salvation [for] walls and bulwark.
Saa ɛda no, wɔbɛto saa dwom yi wɔ Yuda asase so: Yɛwɔ kuropɔn denden; Onyankopɔn de nkwagyeɛ ayɛ nʼafasuo ne nʼafaban a ɛkorɔn.
2 Open the gates, That a righteous nation may enter, Preserving steadfastness.
Mommuebue apono no na ateneneefoɔ ɔman no nhyɛne mu, ɔman nokwafoɔ no.
3 You keep [him] in peace [whose] imagination [is] stayed—peace! For he is confident in You.
Obiara a ɔde ne ho to wo so no wobɛkora ne so asomdwoeɛ mu, ɛfiri sɛ ɔde ne ho ato wo so.
4 Trust in YHWH forever, For in YAH—YHWH [is] a rock of ages,
Fa wo ho to Awurade so afebɔɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade yɛ daa Botan.
5 For He bowed down the dwellers on high, A city set on high He makes low, He makes it low to the earth, He causes it to come to the dust,
Ɔbrɛ wɔn a wɔtete soro ase, na ɔbrɛ kuropɔn a ɛkorɔn no ase; ɔbubu gu fam pasaa ma ɛda mfuturo mu.
6 A foot treads it down, Feet of the poor—steps of the weak.
Ahiafoɔ ne wɔn a wɔhyɛ wɔn so de wɔn nan bɛtiatia so.
7 The path for the righteous [is] uprightness, O upright One, You ponder the path of the righteous.
Ɔteneneeni kwan so yɛ tamaa; Ao ɔnokwafoɔ, woma ɔteneneeni kwan so yɛ tromtrom.
8 Also, [in] the path of Your judgments, O YHWH, we have waited [for] You, To Your Name and to Your remembrance [Is] the desire of the soul.
Aane, Awurade, yɛnam wo mmara kwan so yi no, yɛretwɛn wo; na wo din ne ne kɛseyɛ yɛ deɛ yɛn akoma pɛ.
9 I desired You in the night [with] my soul, Also, I seek You earnestly [with] my spirit within me, For when Your judgments [are] on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.
Me kra pere hwehwɛ wo anadwo; anɔpa nso me honhom ani gyina wo. Sɛ wʼatemmuo ba asase yi so a, nnipa a wɔwɔ ewiase sua tenenee yɛ.
10 The wicked finds favor, He has not learned righteousness, He deals perversely in a land of straightforwardness, And does not see the excellence of YHWH.
Ɛwom sɛ woyi adom adi kyerɛ amumuyɛfoɔ deɛ, nanso wɔnnsua tenenee yɛ; na mpo teneneefoɔ asase so no, wɔkɔ so yɛ bɔne na wɔmmu Awurade kɛseyɛ.
11 O YHWH, Your hand [is] high—they do not see, They see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed, Also, the fire consumes Your adversaries.
Ao Awurade, wɔapagya wo nsa akɔ ɔsoro, nanso wɔnhunu. Ma wɔnhunu wo mmɔdemmɔ wɔ wo nkurɔfoɔ ho na ɛnhyɛ wɔn aniwuo; ma ogya a woasɔ ama wʼatamfoɔ no nhye wɔn.
12 O YHWH, You appoint peace to us, For You have also worked all our works for us.
Awurade, woama yɛn asomdwoeɛ; deɛ yɛatumi ayɛ nyinaa wo na woayɛ ama yɛn.
13 O our God YHWH, lords have ruled us besides You, Only, by You we make mention of Your Name.
Ao, Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn, awuranom afoforɔ bi adi yɛn so, nanso wo din nko ara na yɛkamfo.
14 Dead—they do not live, Rephaim, they do not rise, Therefore You have inspected and destroy them, Indeed, you destroy all their memory.
Afei wɔawuwu, na wɔnte ase bio; ahonhom a wɔafiri mu no, wɔrensɔre. Wotwee wɔn aso na wo sɛee wɔn na yɛn werɛ afiri wɔn.
15 You have added to the nation, O YHWH, You have added to the nation, You have been honored, You have put all the ends of the earth far off.
Woama ɔman no ayɛ kɛseɛ, Ao Awurade; woama ɔman no ayɛ kɛseɛ; woahyɛ wo ho animuonyam; woatrɛtrɛ asase no ahyeɛ nyinaa mu.
16 O YHWH, in distress they missed You, They have poured out a whisper, Your discipline [is] on them.
Awurade, yɛfiri ahohia mu baa wo nkyɛn; ɛberɛ a wotwee wɔn aso no, na yɛntumi mmue yɛn ano mpo mmɔ mpaeɛ.
17 When a pregnant woman comes near to the birth, She is pained—she cries in her pangs, So we have been from Your face, O YHWH.
Sɛdeɛ ɔpemfoɔ a awoɔ aka no firi ɔyea mu nukanuka ne mu na ɔsu no, saa ara na yɛyɛeɛ wɔ wʼanim, Ao Awurade.
18 We have conceived, we have been pained. We have brought forth, as it were, wind, We do not work salvation in the earth, Nor do the inhabitants of the world fall.
Yɛnyinsɛnee, yɛkyemee wɔ ɔyea mu nanso yɛwoo mframa. Yɛamfa nkwagyeɛ amma asase so; yɛanwo nnipa amma asase so.
19 Your dead live—My dead body, they rise. Awake and sing, you dwellers in the dust, For the dew of herbs [is] your dew, And you cause the land of Rephaim to fall.
Nanso wʼawufoɔ bɛnya nkwa; wɔn onipadua bɛsɔre. Mo a motete mfuturo mu, monsɔre mfa anigyeɛ nteam. Mo bosuo te sɛ anɔpa bosuo; asase bɛyi nʼafunu apue.
20 Come, My people, enter into your inner chambers, And shut your doors behind you, Hide yourself shortly [for] a moment until the indignation passes over.
Monkɔ, me nkurɔfoɔ, monhyɛne mo adan mu na montoto apono no mu; momfa mo ho nsie berɛ tiawa bi kɔsi sɛ nʼabufuhyeɛ ano bɛdwo.
21 For behold, YHWH is coming out of His place, To charge the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth on him, And the earth has revealed her blood, Nor does she cover her slain anymore!”
Hwɛ, Awurade refiri nʼatenaeɛ abɛtwe nnipa a wɔte asase so aso wɔ wɔn bɔne ho. Asase bɛda mogya a wɔahwie agu no so adi; ɛrentumi mfa nʼatɔfoɔ nsie bio.
