Isaiah 29
1 Woe [to] Ariel, Ariel, The city of the encampment of David! Add year to year, let festivals go around.
Due wo Ariel, Ariel, kuropɔn a Dawid tenaa mu! Fa afe ka afe ho na ma wo mfirihyia mu afahyɛ ahorow no nkɔ so.
2 And I have sent distress to Ariel, And it has been lamentation and mourning, And it has been to me as Ariel.
Nanso metua Ariel ano; obedi awerɛhow na wato kwadwom, ɔbɛyɛ sɛ afɔremuka so gya.
3 And I encamped, O babbler, against you, And I laid siege against you—a camp. And I raised up bulwarks against you.
Mede dɔm betwa wo ho ahyia; mesisi abantenten atwa wo ho ahyia na madi ntuano dwuma atia wo.
4 And you have been low, You speak from the earth, And make your saying low from the dust, And your voice has been from the earth, As one having a familiar spirit, And your saying whispers from the dust,
Wɔasie wo no, wobɛkasa afi asase mu; wo kasa a mu ntew no befi mfutuma mu aba. Wo nne befi asase no mu aba te sɛ ɔsaman de; wo kasa befi mfutuma mu aka asomsɛm.
5 And as small dust has been The multitude of those scattering you, And as chaff passing on the multitude of the terrible, And it has been in an instant—suddenly.
Nanso wʼatamfo bebrebe no bɛyɛ sɛ mfutuma muhumuhu, na atirimɔdenfo bebrebe no ayɛ sɛ ntɛtɛ a mframa abɔ. Ɛbɛba prɛko pɛ, amono mu hɔ ara.
6 You are inspected by YHWH of Hosts, With thunder, and with an earthquake, And great noise, windstorm, and whirlwind, And flame of devouring fire.
Asafo Awurade bɛba. Ɔde aprannaa ne asasewosow ne huuyɛ kɛse, mframahweam ne ahum ne ogyaframa a ɛhyew ade bɛba.
7 And as a dream, a vision of night, Has been the multitude of all the nations Who are warring against Ariel, And all its warriors, and its bulwark, Even of those distressing her.
Afei amanaman bebrebe a wotu Ariel so sa nyinaa, wɔn a wɔtow hyɛ ɔne nʼaban so na wotua nʼano no, ɛbɛyɛ wɔn sɛ adaeso, anaa anadwo mu anisoadehu.
8 And it has been, as when the hungry dreams, And behold, he is eating, And he has awoken, And his soul [is] empty, And as when the thirsty dreams, And behold, he is drinking, And he has awoken, And behold, he is weary, And his soul is longing, So is the multitude of all the nations Who are warring against Mount Zion.
Sɛnea obi a ɔkɔm de no so dae sɛ ɔredidi, na sɛ onyan a ɔte sɛ ɔkɔm de no no; sɛnea obi a osukɔm de no so dae sɛ ɔrenom nsu, nanso onyan a na watɔ beraw, na osukɔm de no ara no. Saa ara na ɛbɛyɛ ama amanaman dodow a wɔko tia Bepɔw Sion no.
9 Linger and wonder, look, indeed, look, Be drunk, and not with wine, Stagger, and not with strong drink.
Mo ho nnwiriw mo na ɛnyɛ mo nwonwa, mo ani mfura a munhu ade; mommobow a emfi nsa, montotɔ ntintan a emfi bobesa.
10 For YHWH has poured out a spirit of deep sleep on you, And He closes your eyes—the prophets, And your heads—the seers—He covered.
Awurade de nnahɔɔ ato mo so: Wakata mo ani (adiyifo no); wakata mo ti so (adehufo no).
11 And the vision of the whole is to you, As words of the sealed scroll, That they give to one knowing scrolls, Saying, “Please read this,” And he has said, “I am not able, for it [is] sealed”;
Mo de, saa anisoadehu yi nyinaa nka hwee mma mo, ɛte sɛ nsɛm a wɔasɔw ano wɔ nhoma mmobɔwee mu. Sɛ mode nhoma mmobɔwee no ma obi a, otumi kenkan, na moka kyerɛ no se, “Mesrɛ wo kenkan eyi” a, obebua se, “Merentumi, efisɛ wɔasɔw ano.”
12 And the scroll is given to him who has not known scrolls, Saying, “Please read this,” And he has said, “I have not known scrolls.”
Sɛ nso, mode nhoma mmobɔwee no ma nea onnim akenkan, na moka kyerɛ no se, “Mesrɛ wo kenkan eyi” a, obebua se, “Minnim akenkan.”
13 And the Lord says: “Because this people has drawn near with its mouth, And they have honored Me with its lips, And it has put its heart far off from Me, And their fear of Me is a precept taught by men!
Awurade ka se, “Saa nnipa yi de anohunu twiw bɛn me na wɔde wɔn anofafa hyɛ me anuonyam, nanso wɔn koma mmɛn me. Som a wɔsom me no yɛ mmara a nnipa akyerɛ wɔn no nko ara.
14 Therefore, behold, I am adding to do wonderfully with this people, A wonder, and a marvel, And the wisdom of its wise ones has perished, And the understanding of its intelligent ones hides itself.”
Enti mɛma nnipa yi ho adwiriw wɔn bio mede anwonwade ntoatoaso bɛyɛ; mɛsɛe anyansafo nyansa, na mɛma nimdefo adenim ayɛ ɔkwa.”
15 Woe [to] those going deep from YHWH to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, “Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?”
Wonnue, wɔn a wɔyɛ biribiara sɛ wɔde wɔn atirimpɔw behintaw Awurade, wɔn a wɔyɛ wɔn nnwuma wɔ sum ase na wosusuw sɛ, “Hena na ohu yɛn? Hena na ɔbɛte ase?”
16 Your perversion! Is the potter esteemed as clay, That the work says of its maker, “He has not made me?” And the framed thing said of its framer, “He did not understand?”
Musisi nneɛma ti ase, sɛnea modwene sɛ ɔnwemfo te sɛ dɔte no! Nea wayɛ betumi aka akyerɛ nea ɔyɛe no se, “Ɛnyɛ wo na woyɛɛ me ana”? Kuku betumi aka afa ɔnwemfo ho se “Onnim hwee ana”?
17 Is it not yet a very little [while], And Lebanon has turned into a fruitful field, And the fruitful field is reckoned for a forest?
Ɛrenkyɛ koraa, wɔrennan Lebanon nyɛ no asasebere na asasebere no nso nyɛ sɛ kwae ana?
18 And the deaf have heard the words of a scroll in that day, And out of thick darkness, and out of darkness, The eyes of the blind see.
Saa da no, ɔsotifo bɛte nsɛm a ɛwɔ nhoma mmobɔwee no mu na kusuuyɛ ne esum mu mpo onifuraefo ani behu ade.
19 And the humble have added joy in YHWH, And the poor among men Rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Ahobrɛasefo bedi ahurusi wɔ Awurade mu bio; ahiafo ho bɛsɛpɛw wɔn wɔ Israel Ɔkronkronni no mu.
20 For the terrible one has ceased, And the scorner has been consumed, And all watching for iniquity have been cut off,
Atutuwpɛfo bɛyera, wɔrenhu fɛwdifo bio, na wɔn a wodwen bɔne nyinaa, wobetwa wɔn agu,
21 Who cause men to sin in word, And lay a snare for a reprover in the gate, And turn aside the righteous into emptiness.
wɔn a wɔka asɛm baako ma obi di fɔ, wɔn a wosum nea ɔreyi ne ho ano afiri wɔ asennii na wodi adansekurum ma wobu nea odi bem no fɔ no nso wobetwa wɔn agu.
22 Therefore, thus said YHWH, Who ransomed Abraham, Concerning the house of Jacob: “Jacob is not ashamed now, Nor does his face now become pale,
Enti sɛɛ na Awurade a ogyee Abraham nkwa no ka kyerɛ Yakob fifo: “Yakob anim rengu ase bio; wɔn anim rehoa bio.
23 For in his seeing his children, The work of My hand, in his midst, They sanctify My Name, And have sanctified the Holy One of Jacob, And they declare the God of Israel fearful.
Sɛ wohu wɔn mma wɔ wɔn mu, wɔn a wɔyɛ me nsa ano adwuma no a wɔbɛyɛ me din no kronkron; wobegye Yakob ɔkronkronni no kronkronyɛ ato mu, na wɔde fɛre agyina Israel Nyankopɔn no anim.
24 And the erring in spirit have known understanding, And murmurers learn doctrine!”
Wɔn a wɔfom kwan wɔ honhom mu benya ntease; wɔn a wonwiinwii nso begye nkyerɛkyerɛ ato mu.”
