Isaiah 33
1 Woe, spoiler! And you not spoiled, And treacherous! And they did not deal treacherously with you, When you finish, O spoiler, you are spoiled, When you finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with you.
Due, Ao ɔdesɛefoɔ Asiria, wo a wɔnnsɛee woɔ! Due, Ao ɔfatwafoɔ, wo a wɔnnii wo hwammɔ! Sɛ wowie ade sɛe a, wɔbɛsɛe wo; sɛ wowie hwammɔdie a, wɔbɛdi wo hwammɔ.
2 O YHWH, favor us, We have waited for You, Be their arm, in the mornings, Indeed, our salvation in time of adversity.
Ao Awurade, hunu yɛn mmɔbɔ; yɛn ani da wo so. Yɛ yɛn ahoɔden anɔpa biara, ne yɛn nkwagyeɛ wɔ ahohia mu.
3 From the voice of a multitude peoples have fled, From Your exaltation nations have been scattered.
Aman no te wo nne mmobɔmu a, wɔdwane; sɛ woma wo ho so a, amanaman no bɔ hwete.
4 And Your spoil has been gathered, A gathering of the caterpillar, As a running to and fro of locusts He is running on it.
Sɛdeɛ ntutummɛ tu hyɛ asase so we so nnɔbaeɛ no; saa ara na nnipa bɛto ahyɛ Asiria so.
5 YHWH is set on high, for He is dwelling on high, He filled Zion [with] judgment and righteousness,
Wɔama Awurade so, na ɔte ɔsorosoro; ɔde tenenee ne adeteneneeyɛ bɛhyɛ Sion ma.
6 And has been the steadfastness of your times, The strength of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge, Fear of YHWH—it [is] His treasure.
Ɔbɛyɛ fapem a atim yie wɔ mo mmerɛ so, nkwagyeɛ, nyansa ne nhunumu mmorosoɔ akoraeɛ; Awurade suro bɛyɛ wʼademudeɛ.
7 Behold, “Their Ariel,” they have cried outside, Messengers of peace weep bitterly.
Monhwɛ, wɔn mmarima akokoɔdurufoɔ su teateaam wɔ mmɔntene so; asomdwoeɛ ho abɔfoɔ su yaayaaya.
8 Highways have been desolated, He who passes along the path has ceased, He has broken covenant, He has despised enemies, He has not esteemed a man.
Akwantempɔn no so da hɔ kwa, akwantufoɔ biara nni akwan no so. Wɔabu apam no so; wɔbu nʼadansefoɔ animtia wɔmmu obiara.
9 The land has mourned, languished, Lebanon has been confounded, Sharon has been withered as a wilderness, And Bashan and Carmel are shaking.
Asase no awo wesee na ɛresɛe, Lebanon agyigya na nʼanim agu ase; Saron ayɛ sɛ Araba, Basan ne Karmel poro wɔn nhahan.
10 Now I arise, says YHWH, Now I am exalted, now I am lifted up.
“Afei na mɛsɔre,” sei na Awurade seɛ. “Afei na wɔbɛpagya me; afei na wɔbɛma me so akɔ soro.
11 You conceive chaff, you bear stubble; Your spirit—a fire [that] devours you.
Monyinsɛne ntɛtɛ, na mo wo ɛserɛ; mo ahome yɛ ogya a ɛhye mo.
12 And peoples have been [as] burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, they burn with fire.
Wɔbɛhye aman no ama wɔayɛ sɛ akaadoo; wɔbɛto wɔn mu ogya te sɛ nkasɛɛ a wɔatwa.”
13 Hear, you far off, that which I have done, And know, you near ones, My might.
Mo a mowɔ akyirikyiri no, montie deɛ mayɛ; mo a mobɛn no, monkamfo me kɛseyɛ!
14 Sinners have been afraid in Zion, Trembling has seized the profane: Who dwells for us—consuming fire, Who dwells for us—burnings of the age?
Nnebɔneyɛfoɔ a wɔwɔ Sion abɔ huboa; ahopopoɔ aka wɔn a wɔnnim Onyame: “Yɛn mu hwan na ɔbɛtumi ne ogya a ɛhye adeɛ atena? Yɛn mu hwan na ɔbɛtumi ne daa ogya dɛreɛ atena?”
15 Whoever is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,
Deɛ ɔnante tenenee mu na ɔdi nokorɛ deɛ ɔpo mfasoɔ a nsisie de ba na ɔnnye adanmudeɛ, deɛ ɔntie awudie ho pɔ bɔ deɛ ɔmpɛ sɛ ɔhunu bɔneyɛ ho agyinatuo no,
16 He inhabits high places, Strongholds of rock [are] his high tower, His bread has been given, his waters steadfast.
saa onipa yi na ɔbɛtena ɔsorosoro hɔ. Ne dwanekɔbea bɛyɛ bepɔ aban no. Wɔde nʼaduane bɛma no na ne nsuo mmɔ no.
17 Your eyes see a king in his beauty, They see a far-off land.
Mo ani bɛhunu ɔhene no wɔ nʼanimuonyam mu na moahunu asase a ɛtrɛ kɔ akyirikyiri no.
18 Your heart meditates [on] terror, Where [is] he who is counting? Where [is] he who is weighing? Where [is] he who is counting the towers?
Mo adwendwene mu no, mobɛbooboo deɛ na ɔhunahuna mo no ho: “Odwumayɛfoɔ panin no wɔ he? Deɛ na ɔgyegye toɔ no wɔ he? Deɛ na ɔhwɛ aban tenten so no wɔ he?”
19 You do not see the strong people, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.
Morenhunu saa ahantanfoɔ no bio, wɔn a wɔn kasa mu nna hɔ, na monte deɛ wɔka no ase no.
20 See Zion, the city of our meetings, Your eyes see Jerusalem—a quiet habitation, A tent not taken down, its pins are not removed forever, And none of its cords are broken.
Monhwɛ Sion, yɛn afahyɛ kuropɔn no; mo ani bɛhunu Yerusalem, asomdwoeɛ tenaberɛ, ntomadan a wɔnntutu; wɔrentutu ne mpɛɛwa da, na wɔrentete ne ntampehoma mu nso.
21 But YHWH [is] mighty for us there, A place of rivers—streams of broad sides, No ship with oars goes into it, And a mighty ship does not pass over it.
Ɛhɔ na Awurade bɛyɛ yɛn Otumfoɔ. Ɛbɛyɛ sɛ beaeɛ a nsuo akɛseɛ ne nsuwansuwa wɔ. Ahyɛmma a wɔhare remfa so; ahyɛn akɛseɛ rennante so.
22 For YHWH, ours who is judging, YHWH our lawgiver, YHWH our King—He saves us.
Na Awurade ne yɛn ɔtemmufoɔ, Awurade ne yɛn mmarahyɛfoɔ, Awurade ne yɛn ɔhene; na ɔno na ɔbɛgye yɛn nkwa.
23 Your ropes have been left, They do not correctly strengthen their mast, They have not spread out a sail, Then a prey of much spoil has been apportioned, The lame have taken spoil.
Wo ntampehoma mu ago enti ɛhyɛn dua no nnyina hɔ yie, na wɔntrɛɛ ɛhyɛn so ntoma no mu. Afei wɔbɛkyɛ asadeɛ bebree no mu na mpakye mpo bɛsoa afodeɛ akɔ.
24 Nor does an inhabitant say, “I was sick”; The people dwelling in it [are] forgiven of [their] iniquity!
Obiara nni Sion a ɔbɛka sɛ, “Meyare”; na wɔde wɔn a wɔte hɔ no bɔne bɛkyɛ wɔn.
