Isaiah 31
1 Woe [to] those going down to Egypt for help, And [who] lean on horses, And trust on chariots, because [they are] many, And on horsemen, because [they are] very strong, And have not looked on the Holy One of Israel, And have not sought YHWH.
Wɔnnue, wɔn a wɔkɔ Misraim kɔpɛ mmoa, wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho to apɔnkɔ so, wɔn a wɔgye wɔn nteaseɛnam dodoɔ ne wɔn apɔnkɔsotefoɔ ahoɔden mmorosoɔ no die, na wɔnhwɛ Israel Kronkronni no, anaasɛ wɔmmpɛ mmoa mfiri Awurade hɔ.
2 And He [is] also wise, and brings in evil, And He has not turned aside His words, And He has risen against a house of evildoers, And against the help of workers of iniquity.
Nanso, Awurade yɛ onyansafoɔ a ɔbɛtumi de ɔhaw aba; ɔnsesa nʼano. Ɔbɛsɔre atia amumuyɛfoɔ efie, ne wɔn a wɔboa nnebɔneyɛfoɔ.
3 And the Egyptians [are men], and not God, And their horses [are] flesh, and not spirit, And YHWH stretches out His hand, And the helper has stumbled, And the helped one has fallen, And together all of them are consumed.
Na Misraimfoɔ yi yɛ nnipa kɛkɛ, wɔnyɛ Onyankopɔn. Wɔn apɔnkɔ yɛ honam na wɔnyɛ honhom. Sɛ Awurade tene ne nsa a, ɔboafoɔ bɛhwinti na deɛ wɔboa no no bɛhwe ase; wɔn baanu bɛbɔ mu asɛe.
4 For thus said YHWH to me: “As the lion and the young lion growl over his prey, Against whom a multitude of shepherds is called, He is not frightened from their voice, And he is not humbled from their noise; So YHWH of Hosts comes down To war on Mount Zion, and on her height.
Yei ne deɛ Awurade ka kyerɛ me: “Sɛdeɛ gyata pɔ so, sɛdeɛ gyata hoɔdenfoɔ pɔ ne haboa so no a mpo sɛ wɔfrɛ nnwanhwɛfoɔ dɔm kɔ ne so a, wɔn nteateam mmɔ ne hu na wɔn hooyɛ nso nha no no saa ara na Asafo Awurade bɛsiane abɛko wɔ Sion Bepɔ ne ne sorɔnsorɔmmea so.
5 As birds flying, so does YHWH of Hosts Cover over Jerusalem, covering and delivering, Passing over, and causing to escape.”
Sɛdeɛ nnomaa tu gyina faako wɔ ewiem no saa ara na Asafo Awurade bɛbɔ Yerusalem ho ban; ɔbɛbɔ ne ho ban na wagye no, ɔbɛgyaa no na wagye no asi hɔ.”
6 Turn back to Him from whom sons of Israel Have deepened apostasy.
Monsane nkɔ deɛ moayɛ ɛdɔm atia no no, Ao Israelfoɔ.
7 For in that day each despises His idols of silver, and his idols of gold, That your hands made to you—a sin.
Ɛda no mo mu biara bɛpo dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ ahoni a mode mo nsa a ɛho agu fi no ayɛ.
8 And Asshur has fallen by sword, not of the high, Indeed, a sword—not of the low, consumes him, And he has fled for himself from the face of a sword, And his young men become tributary.
“Asiria bɛhwe ase wɔ akofena a ɛnyɛ onipa deɛ ano; akofena a ɛnyɛ onipa deɛ bɛsɛe wɔn. Wɔbɛdwane afiri akofena no ano na wɔbɛma wɔn mmeranteɛ ayɛ ɔhyɛ adwuma.
9 And he passes on [to] his rock from fear, And his princes have been frightened by the ensign—a declaration of YHWH, Who has a light in Zion, And who has a furnace in Jerusalem!
Wɔn aban denden bɛbubu, ehu nti; wɔhunu akofoɔ frankaa a, wɔn asraafoɔ mpanimfoɔ bɛbɔ huboa,” sei na Awurade seɛ, deɛ ne ogya wɔ Sion, na ne fononoo si Yerusalem no.
