Isaiah 65
1 I have let myself be consulted by them who had not asked, I have suffered myself to be found by them who had not sought me, —I have said, Here I am! Here I am! Unto a nation that had not been called by my name,
“Meɖe ɖokuinye fia ame siwo mebia tanye se o, eye ame siwo medim o la ke ɖe ŋunye. Dukɔ si meyɔ nye ŋkɔ o la, megblɔ nɛ be, ‘Nyee nye esi, nyee nye esi.’
2 I have spread out my hands all the day, Unto a rebellious people, —Who walk In the way that is not good, After their own devices.
Ŋkeke blibo la katã mekeke nye abɔwo me na dukɔ sẽto, ame siwo zɔna le mɔ manyomanyowo dzi hedzea wo ŋutɔ ƒe susuwo yome la.
3 The people who are provoking me to anger to my face continually, —Sacrificing in gardens, and Burning incense upon bricks;
Ame siwo le dɔmedzoe dom nam ɣe sia ɣi ɖekematsɔlemetɔe. Wosa vɔ le abɔwo me, eye wodoa dzudzɔʋeʋĩwo le anyikpe ƒe vɔsamlekpuiwo dzi,
4 Who tarry among graves, And in the secret places, do lodge, Who eat the flesh of swine, And the broth of refuse things is in their vessels, —
ame siwo nɔa ameɖibɔwo me hedɔa ŋu le teƒe ɣaɣlɛwo, eye woɖua halã, woƒe detsizewo yɔna fũu kple lã makɔmakɔ ƒe detsiwo.
5 Who say—Draw near by thyself, Do not approach with me, For I am holier than thou! These, are A smoke in my nostrils, A fire, burning all the day.
Ame siwo gblɔna be, ‘Nɔ adzɔge, mègate ɖe ŋu nye o, elabena mele kɔkɔe akpa na wò!’ Ame siawo tɔgbi la, dzudzɔe wonye le nye ŋɔtime. Dzo si le bibim ŋkeke blibo la katãe wonye.
6 Lo! it is written before me, —I will not keep silence, But I have recompensed, and will recompense into their bosom:
“Kpɔ ɖa, woŋlɔe ɖi ɖe nye ŋkume ɖaa. Nyemazi ɖoɖoe o. Maɖo eteƒe na wo, wòasu wo nyuie. Maɖo eteƒe atsɔ axe fe na wo,
7 Your own iniquities, And the, iniquities of your fathers together, Saith Yahweh, Who have burned incense upon the mountains, And upon the hills, have reproached me, —Therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
miaƒe nu vɔ̃wo kple mia fofowo tɔwo siaa, elabena wosa vɔ le towo tame, eye wodo tokum le togbɛwo dzi. Madzidze woƒe tohehe wòayɔ banaa, maɖo akɔ na wo ɖe woƒe tsã nu vɔ̃wo ta.” Yehowae gblɔe.
8 Thus, saith Yahweh—As, new wine, is found, in the cluster, And one saith, Do not destroy it, for a blessing is in it, So, will I do for the sake of my servants, That I may not destroy the whole [nation];
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi, “Abe ale si wofiaa wain le wain tsetsewo me vɔ, eye amewo gblɔna be, ‘Migatsɔe ƒu gbe o, elabena ɖe gale eme’ ene la, nenemae mawɔ ɖe nye dɔlawo ŋu, nyematsrɔ̃ wo katã o.
9 Therefore will I bring forth Out of Jacob, a seed, and Out of Judah, an inheritor of my mountains, That my chosen ones may inherit it, And, my servants, dwell there;
Mana dzidzimewo nado tso Yakob me, eye ame siwo axɔ nye towo woanye woƒe domenyinu la ado tso Yuda me. Nye ame tiatiawo anyi nu siawo ƒe dome, eye afi mae nye dɔlawo anɔ.
10 Then shall, Sharon, become, a fold for flocks, And the vale of Achor for the lying down of herds, —For my people who have sought me.
Saron azu lãnyiƒe na alẽhawo, eye Akor ƒe balime azu nyiwo ƒe gbɔɖemeƒe na nye ame siwo dia nye mɔ.
11 But, ye are they—Who forsake Yahweh Who forget my holy mountain—Who prepare, for Fortune, a table and Who fill for Destiny, mixed wine;
“Ke mi ame siwo gblẽ Yehowa ɖi, eye mieŋlɔ nye to kɔkɔe la be, mi ame siwo ɖo kplɔ̃ na Aklama, eye mieku wain si wotɔtɔ la, kplu banaa na Dzɔgbese la,
12 Therefore will I destine you to the sword, And, ye all, to the slaughter, shall bow down. Because I called and ye answered not, I spake, and ye hearkened not, —But did that which was wicked in mine eyes, And of that wherein I delighted not, ye made choice,
maɖo mi ɖi na yi, eye mi katã miado dɔgɔ̃e hena wuwu, elabena meyɔ mi gake mietɔ o. Meƒo nu gake mieɖo to o. Miewɔ nu tovo le nye ŋkume, eye mietia nu si metsri.”
13 Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, —Lo! my servants, shall eat but, ye, shall be famished, Lo! my servants, shall drink but, ye shall be thirsty, —Lo! my servants, shall rejoice but ye, shall turn pale;
Eya ta ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Nye dɔlawo aɖu nu, ke miawo la dɔ awu mi. Nye dɔlawo ano nu; miawo la, tsikɔ awu mi. Nye dɔlawo akpɔ dzidzɔ, ke miawo la woado ŋukpe mi.
14 Lo! my servants, shall shout in triumph for mirth of heart But, ye, shall make outcry, for pain of heart, And for a breaking of spirit, shall ye howl.
Nye dɔlawo adzi ha le woƒe dziwo ƒe dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ ta, ke miawo la, miafa avi le dzi ƒe vevesese ta, eye miado ɣli le gbɔgbɔ ƒe teteɖeanyi ta.
15 So shall ye leave your name for an oath, to my chosen ones, —So then My Lord Yahweh, will slay thee, —And his servants, will he, call by another name:
Miagblẽ miaƒe ŋkɔwo ɖi na nye ame tiatiawo woawɔ wo ŋu dɔ abe fiƒodenuwo ene. Aƒetɔ Yehowa awu mi, ke eƒe dɔlawo ya la, atsɔ ŋkɔ bubu na wo.
16 So that he who blesseth himself in the earth, Will bless himself in the God of faithfulness, And he who sweareth in the earth Will swear by the God of faithfulness—Because the former troubles have been forgotten, and Because they are hid from mine eyes.
Ame si ayra eɖokui le anyigba dzi la awɔe le nyateƒe ƒe Mawu la ƒe ŋkɔ me, eye ame si aka atam le anyigba dzi la, akae le nyateƒe Mawu la ƒe ŋkɔ me, elabena woaŋlɔ fuɖename tsãtɔwo be, eye woaɣla ɖe nye ŋkuwo.
17 For, behold me! Creating new heavens, and a new earth, —And the former shall not be mentioned, neither shall they come up on the heart,
“Kpɔ ɖa, mawɔ dziƒo yeye kple anyigba yeye. Womagaɖo ŋku tsãnuwo dzi alo woava ame ƒe susu me o,
18 But joy ye and exult, perpetually, in what I am about to create, —For, behold me! Creating Jerusalem an exultation and Her People a joy;
gake mikpɔ dzidzɔ, eye mitso aseye tegbee ɖe nu si mawɔ la ŋu, elabena mawɔ Yerusalem be wòanye dzudzɔdonu, eye eƒe amewo anye dzidzɔkpɔlawo.
19 Therefore will I Exult in Jerusalem, and Joy in my People, —And there shall be heard in her, no more The sound of weeping, or the sound of a cry:
Matso aseye ɖe Yerusalem ŋu, eye nye amewo ƒe nu ado dzidzɔ nam. Womagase avifafa kple konyifaɣli le eme azɔ o.
20 There shall be thenceforward, no more, A suckling of a few days, or an elder Who filleth not up his days, —But, a youth a hundred years old, may die, Yea a sinner a hundred years old, shall be accursed,
“Ɖevi si xɔ ŋkeke ʋɛ aɖewo ko, alo amegãɖeɖi si ƒe ƒewo mede o la maganɔ afi ma o. Woabu ame si xɔ ƒe alafa ɖeka hafi ku la abe ɖekakpui ene, eye nu vɔ̃ wɔla si mexɔ ƒe alafa ɖeka hafi ku o la, woabui nɛ abe fiƒode ene.
21 Then shall they build houses and dwell in them, —And plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them;
Woatu xɔwo anɔ wo me. Woade waingble, eye woaɖu eme kutsetse.
22 They shall not build, and another, dwell, They shall not plant, and, another, eat, —For as the days of a tree, shall be the days of my people, And, the work of their own hands, shall my chosen ones, use to the full:
Womagatu xɔ, eye ame bubuwo nanɔ wo me, alo woade agble ame bubu naɖu o, elabena abe ale si ati tsinae ene la, nenema nye amewo ƒe agbemeŋkekewo hã anɔ. Nye ame tiatiawo aɖu woawo ŋutɔ ƒe asinudɔwɔwɔwo hena ɣeyiɣi didi aɖe.
23 They shall not labour in vain, Nor have children for terror, —For the seed of the blessed ones of Yahweh, shall they be, And their offspring, with them.
Womadze agbagba dzodzro, alo adzi vi siwo woɖo dzɔgbevɔ̃e ɖi na la o, elabena woanye ame siwo Yehowa yra, woawo ŋutɔ kple woƒe dzidzimeviwo siaa.
24 And it shall come to pass—That before they call, I, will answer, And while yet they are speaking, I, will hear.
Matɔ hafi woayɔm. Ne wogale nuƒoƒo dzi la, masee.
25 The wolf and the lamb, shall feed, in unity, And, the lion, as an ox, shall eat straw; But as for the serpent, dust, shall be his food: They shall not harm—Nor shall they destroy, In all my holy mountain, saith Yahweh.
Amegaxi kple alẽvi aɖu gbe le teƒe ɖeka. Dzata aɖu gbe abe nyi ene, ke ʋuʋudedi anye da ya ƒe nuɖuɖu. Womawɔ nu vevi ame alo agblẽ nu le nye to kɔkɔewo katã dzi o.” Yehowae gblɔe.
