Isaiah 26
1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; His aid doth God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
Gbe ma gbe la, woadzi ha sia le Yudanyigba dzi be: Du sesẽ aɖe le mía si; Mawu tsɔ ɖeɖe ɖo gli sesẽ aɖe ƒo xlãe.
2 Open ye the gates, That the righteous nation may enter in, The nation that keepeth the truth.
Miʋu agboawo be dukɔ dzɔdzɔe la nage ɖe eme; dukɔ si lé xɔse me ɖe asi.
3 Him that is of a steadfast mind Thou wilt keep in continual peace, Because he trusteth in thee.
Àna be ame si ƒe susu ku ɖe ŋuwò la nanɔ ŋutifafa gã aɖe me, elabena eɖo ŋu ɖe ŋuwò.
4 Trust ye in Jehovah forever, For the Lord Jehovah is an everlasting rock.
Ɖo ŋu ɖe Yehowa ŋu ɖaa, elabena Yehowae nye Agakpe mavɔ la.
5 For he hath brought down the inhabitants of the fortress; The lofty city he hath laid low; He hath laid her low even to the ground; He hath levelled her with the dust.
Ebɔbɔa ame siwo le kɔkɔƒe la ɖe anyi, ebɔbɔa du si do eɖokui ɖe dzi la ɖe anyi. Egbãnɛ va se ɖe anyigba ke, eye wòtutunɛ dea ke me.
6 The foot trampleth upon her, The feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.
Wotua afɔe ƒua anyi. Ame dahewo kple ame siwo wote ɖe to lae tua afɔe.
7 The way of the upright is a smooth way; Thou, O most righteous, doth level the path of the upright!
Ame dzɔdzɔe ƒe mɔ dzi le zɔzrɔ̃e; O! Azɔ, wòe wɔ ame dzɔdzɔe ƒe mɔ wòzrɔ̃.
8 In the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited for thee; The desire of our souls is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
Ɛ̃, Yehowa, míele zɔzɔm le wò se la nu hele lalawòm; wò ŋkɔ kple wò gãnyenye nye míaƒe dziwo ƒe didi.
9 My soul longeth for thee in the night, And my spirit within me seeketh thee in the morning; For when thy judgments are in the earth, The inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Nye luʋɔ le diwòm vevie le zã me, le ŋdi la, nye gbɔgbɔ tsia dzi ɖe ŋuwò vevie. Ne wò ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ ɖiɖi ɖe anyigba dzi la, xexemetɔwo srɔ̃a wò dzɔdzɔenyenye.
10 Though favor be shown to the wicked, He will not learn righteousness; In the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, And have no regard to the majesty of Jehovah.
Togbɔ be wovea ame vɔ̃ɖiwo nu hã la, womesrɔ̃a dzɔdzɔenyenye o; le dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe anyigba dzi gɔ̃ hã la, wogale nu tovowo wɔwɔ dzi ko, eye womekpɔ Yehowa ƒe gãnyenye o.
11 Thy hand, O Jehovah, is lifted up, yet do they not see; But they shall see with shame thy zeal for thy people; Yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.
O! Yehowa, wò abɔ de dzi bobobo, gake womekpɔe o. Na woakpɔ ale si nètsɔ dzo ɖe wò amewo ŋuti ne ŋu nakpe wo; na be dzo si nèdzra ɖo ɖi na wò futɔwo la nava fia wo.
12 Thou, O Jehovah, wilt give us peace; For all our works thou doest for us.
Yehowa, wòe ɖo ŋutifafa ɖi na mí; nu siwo katã míete ŋu wɔ la wòe wɔ wo na mí.
13 O Jehovah, our God, other lords have had dominion over us besides thee; Only through thee do we call upon thy name.
O! Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu, aƒetɔ bubuwo ɖu mía dzi kpe ɖe ŋuwò, ke wò ɖeka ko ƒe ŋkɔ ŋutie míede bubue.
14 They are dead, they shall not live; They are shades, they shall not rise. For thou hast visited and destroyed them, And caused all the memory of them to perish.
Azɔ la woku, womegale agbe o; ame siwo ku ƒe gbɔgbɔ matsi tsitre o; èhe to na wo, èna gbegblẽ va wo dzi, eye nèɖe woƒe ŋkɔwo ɖa be womagaɖo ŋku wo dzi o.
15 “Thou wilt enlarge the nation, O Jehovah! Thou wilt enlarge the nation; thou wilt glorify thyself; Thou wilt widely extend all the borders of the land.
Èkeke dukɔ la ɖe edzi, O! Yehowa; èna dukɔ la keke ta ɖe edzi. Èxɔ ŋutikɔkɔe na ɖokuiwò, eye nèkeke anyigba la ƒe liƒowo ɖe edzi.
16 O Jehovah, in affliction they sought thee; They poured out their prayer, when thy chastisement was upon them.
Esi nèhe to na wo, eye womagate ŋu akɔ gbe dzi ado gbe ɖa o la, Yehowa, wova gbɔwò le woƒe xaxa la me.
17 As a woman with child, when her delivery is near, Is in anguish, and crieth aloud in her pangs, So have we been, far from thy presence, O Jehovah!
Abe ale si nyɔnu si le ku lém la ŋena hedoa ɣli le vevesese ta ene la, nenema kee míele le ŋkuwò me, O! Yehowa.
18 We have been with child; we have been in anguish, Yet have, as it were, brought forth wind. To the land we bring no deliverance; Nor are the inhabitants of the land born.
Fu le mía ɖum; míele ku lém, gake ya ko míedzi. Míetsɔ ɖeɖe va anyigba dzi o; míedzi ame siwo le xexea me o.
19 O might thy dead live again, Might the dead bodies of my people arise! Awake, and sing, ye that dwell in the dust! For thy dew is like the dew upon plants, And the earth shall bring forth her dead.”
Ke ame siwo ku le mewò la anɔ agbe; woƒe ŋutilãwo atsi tsitre. Mi ame siwo mlɔ ke me, minyɔ, eye miado dzidzɔɣli. Miaƒe ahũ le abe esi dzana le ŋdi la ene. Anyigba aɖe eƒe ame siwo ku la ɖe go.
20 Come, my people, enter into thy chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee; Hide thyself for a little moment, Until the indignation be overpast!
Miheyi, nye amewo. Mige ɖe miaƒe xɔwo me, eye miatu ʋɔawo. Miɣla mia ɖokuiwo va se ɖe esime eƒe dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ la nu nava yi.
21 For behold, Jehovah cometh forth from his place, To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; And the earth shall disclose her blood, And shall no longer cover her slain.
Kpɔ ɖa, Yehowa tso le enɔƒe be yeava ahe to na anyigbadzinɔlawo le woƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta. Anyigba aɖe ʋu siwo wokɔ ɖe edzi la afia, eye magate ŋu aɣla eƒe ame kukuwo o.
