Isaiah 45
1 Thus says YHWH to his anointed, to Koresh, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and strip kings of their armor; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
“Yei ne deɛ Awurade ka kyerɛ deɛ wasra no ngo, Kores a wasɔ ne nsa nifa mu sɛ ɔmmrɛ aman ase wɔ nʼanim na ɔnnye ahemfo akodeɛ mfiri wɔn nsam na ɔmmuebue apono a ɛwɔ nʼanim sɛdeɛ kuro apono no mu rentoto.
2 "I will go before you, and make the mountains level. I will break the doors of bronze in pieces, and cut apart the bars of iron.
Mɛdi wʼanim mɛyɛ mmepɔ no asase tamaa; mɛbubu kɔbere mfrafraeɛ apono agu na matwitwa dadeɛ adaban mu.
3 I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, YHWH, who call you by your name, even the God of Israel.
Mede esum mu ademudeɛ bɛma wo ahonyadeɛ a wɔde asie kɔkoam sɛdeɛ wobɛhunu sɛ, mene Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, a ɔbɔ wo din frɛ woɔ.
4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name. I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.
Me ɔsomfoɔ Yakob enti, Israel a mapa no enti, mebɔ wo din frɛ wo na mɛma wo animuonyamhyɛ abodin, ɛwom sɛ wonnyee me ntoo mu deɛ.
5 I am YHWH, and there is no other. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me;
Mene Awurade, obiara nni hɔ bio; Onyankopɔn biara nni hɔ ka me ho. Ɛwom sɛ wonnyee me ntoo mu deɛ, nanso mɛhyɛ wo den,
6 that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me. I am YHWH, and there is no one else.
sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a ɛfiri deɛ owia pue kɔsi beaeɛ a ɛtɔ no nnipa bɛhunu sɛ obiara nka me ho. Mene Awurade, na obiara nni hɔ bio.
7 I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create calamity. I am YHWH, who does all these things.
Meyɛ hann, na mebɔ esum. Mede yiedie ba na mede ɔhaw ba; Me, Awurade, na meyɛ yeinom nyinaa.
8 Distil, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it. I, YHWH, have created it.
“Mo ɔsorosoro, monhwie tenenee ngu fam; momma ɛmfiri omununkum mu ntɔ momma asase mu mmue kɛseɛ, na nkwagyeɛ mpue mfiri mu, na tenenee ne no nnyini; Me, Awurade na mayɛ.
9 Woe to him who strives with his Maker, a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth. Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, 'What are you making?' or your work, 'He has no hands?'
“Nnome nka deɛ ɔne ne Yɛfoɔ ham Ɛnka deɛ ɔmfra te sɛ kyɛmferɛ a ɛfra deɛ ɛgugu fam mu. Dɔteɛ bɛtumi abisa ɔnwomfoɔ sɛ, ‘ɛdeɛn na woreyɛ yi?’ Wo nsa ano adwuma bɛtumi abisa wo sɛ, ‘Wonni nsa’?
10 Woe to him who says to a father, 'What have you become the father of?' or to a mother, 'To what have you given birth?'"
Nnome nka deɛ ɔse nʼagya sɛ ‘Adɛn enti na wowoo me?’ Anaa ɔbisa ne maame sɛ, ‘Adɛn enti na wokyem me woeɛ?’
11 Thus says YHWH, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: "You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands.
“Sei na Awurade seɛ, Israel Ɔkronkronni ne ne Yɛfoɔ; ɛfa nneɛma a ɛreba ho no. Wobisa me nsɛm a ɛfa me mma ho, anaa wohyɛ me wɔ me nsa ano adwuma ho?
12 I have made the earth, and created man on it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and I have commanded all their army.
Ɛyɛ me na meyɛɛ asase na mebɔɔ adasamma guu so. Me ara me nsa na mede trɛɛ ɔsoro mu; nsoromma ahodoɔ nyinaa hyɛ mʼase.
13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways. He shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward," says YHWH of hosts.
Mɛma Kores so wɔ me tenenee mu; mɛtenetene nʼakwan nyinaa. Ɔbɛsane akyekyere me kuropɔn na wagyaa mʼatukɔfoɔ, nanso ɔrennye akatua anaa akyɛdeɛ, Asafo Awurade na ɔseɛ.”
14 Thus says YHWH: "The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours. They will go after you. They shall come over in chains; and they will bow down to you. They will make petition to you: 'Surely God is in you; and there is no other. There is no other god.
Sei na Awurade seɛ: “Nneɛma a ɛfiri Misraim ne adwadeɛ a ɛfiri Kus, ne Sebafoɔ atentene no, wɔbɛba wo nkyɛn abɛyɛ wo dea; wɔbɛdi wʼakyi brɛoo aba a wɔgu nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn mu. Wɔbɛbu nkotodwe wʼanim na wɔasrɛ wo aka sɛ, ‘Ampa ara, Onyankopɔn ka wo ho, na ɔbi nni hɔ; onyame biara nni hɔ.’”
15 Most certainly you are a God who hid yourself, God of Israel, the Savior.'"
Ampa ara, woyɛ Onyankopɔn a ɔde ne ho sie, Ao Onyankopɔn ne Israel Agyenkwa.
16 They will be disappointed, yes, confounded, all of them. Those who are makers of idols will go into confusion together.
Wɔn a wɔyɛ ahoni nyinaa bɛfɛre na wɔn anim agu ase; wɔbɛbɔ mu akɔ animguaseɛ mu.
17 Israel will be saved by YHWH with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.
Nanso, Awurade bɛgye Israel nkwa, ɔde daapem nkwagyeɛ; Wɔremma wʼani nwu na wʼanim renguase bio kɔsi daapem.
18 For thus says YHWH who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and did not create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited: "I am YHWH, and there is no other.
Na sei na Awurade seɛ, deɛ ɔbɔɔ ɔsorosoro no ɔno ne Onyankopɔn; deɛ ɔmaa asase, na ɔbɔeɛ no, ɔno na ɔtoo ne fapem; wammɔ no sɛ ɛso nna hɔ kwa, mmom ɔyɛeɛ sɛ nnipa ntena so, ɔka sɛ: “Me ne Awurade, na obi nni hɔ.
19 I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.' I, YHWH, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.
Menkasaa wɔ kɔkoam, mfiri asase so baabi a aduru sum; manka ankyerɛ Yakob asefoɔ sɛ, ‘Sɛ mohwehwɛ me a monnhunu me.’ Me Awurade, meka nokorɛ no; meka deɛ ɛyɛ.
20 Assemble yourselves and come. Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations. Those have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god that can't save.
“Mommoaboa mo ho ano na mommra; monhyia mu, mo adwanefoɔ a mofiri amanaman so, mo a monnim de na moasoa nnua ahoni de kyinkyini, mo a mobɔ anyame a wɔntumi nnye nkwa no mpaeɛ.
21 Declare and bring it forth. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who announced this from long ago, has told it from then? Was it not I, YHWH? And there is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior; there is no one besides me.
Mompae mu nka deɛ ɛbɛsi. Momfa nto dwa na wɔn mmɔ mu ntu agyina. Hwan na ɔdii ɛkan kaa no teteete, hwan na ɔdaa no adi firi tete nteredee? Ɛnyɛ me Awurade anaa? Onyankopɔn bi nni hɔ ka me ho, tenenee Onyankopɔn ne Agyenkwa; obiara nni hɔ sɛ me.
22 Look to me, and be saved, every part of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
“Monnane mmra me nkyɛn na monnya nkwa, mo a mowɔ asase ano nyinaa; ɛfiri sɛ mene Onyankopɔn, na obiara nni hɔ.
23 By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear to God.
Maka me ho ntam, mʼano aka wɔ nokorɛdie nyinaa mu, asɛm a wɔntwe nsane sɛ: obiara bɛbu nkotodwe wɔ mʼanim. Na obiara bɛpae mu aka sɛ, mene Onyankopɔn.
24 Only in YHWH, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength; even to him shall men come; and all those who were incensed against him shall be disappointed.
Wɔbɛka me ho asɛm sɛ, ‘Awurade nko ara mu na tenenee ne ahoɔden wɔ.’” Wɔn a wɔn bo huru tia no nyinaa bɛba ne nkyɛn na wɔn anim bɛgu ase.
25 In YHWH shall all the descendants of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
Nanso Awurade mu, wɔbɛbu Israel asefoɔ nyinaa bem, na wɔahoahoa wɔn ho.
