< Isaiah 5 >

1 Let me sing please to beloved [one] my a song of beloved my of vineyard his a vineyard it belonged to beloved [one] my on a horn of a son of oil.
Azɔ mele ha dzi ge na nye lɔlɔ̃tɔ tso eƒe waingble ŋuti. Waingble aɖe le nye lɔlɔ̃tɔ si le togbɛ si nyoa nuku la dzi.
2 And he dug it and he cleared of stones it and he planted it a choice vine and he built a tower in [the] middle of it and also a wine-vat he dug out in it and he waited to produce grapes and it produced wild grapes.
Edzobo eme heɖe kpewo le eme, eye wòdo wainka nyuitɔwo ɖe eme. Etu gbetakpɔxɔ ɖe agble la titina, eye wòtu wainfiaƒe hã ɖe afi ma. Ele mɔ kpɔm na waintsetse nyuiwo, gake wotse wain vevewo.
3 And therefore O inhabitant[s] of Jerusalem and everyone of Judah judge please between me and between vineyard my.
“Azɔ, Yerusalem ŋutsuwo kple Yuda ŋutsuwo, miese ale si nya la katã va yii, eya ta midrɔ̃ ʋɔnu le nye kple nye waingble la dome.
4 What? [is] to do still for vineyard my and not I have done for it why? did I wait to produce grapes and did it produce wild grapes.
Nu ka wòle be mawɔ na nye waingble la esi nyemewɔ nɛ o? Ekema nu ka ta mele mɔ kpɔm na waintsetse nyuiwo, gake wain vevewo ko wòtse?
5 And therefore let me make know please you [that] which I [am] about to do to vineyard my I will remove hedge its and it will become grazing I will break down wall its and it will become a trampling place.
Azɔ magblɔ nu si wɔ ge mala nye waingble la na mi. Magbã kpɔ ɖa le eŋuti, eye lãwo aɖui. Magbã gli le eŋu ne amewo nafanyae.
6 And I will make it a desolation not it will be pruned and not it will be hoed and it will grow up thorn[s] and bush[es] and to the clouds I will command from raining on it rain.
Mawɔe wòazu gbegbe, womake eƒe alɔwo alo aga eme o, eye ŋuwo kple aŋɔkawo amie ɖe afi ma. Made se na lilikpowo be womagadza tsi ɖe edzi azɔ o.”
7 For [the] vineyard of Yahweh of hosts [is] [the] house of Israel and everyone of Judah [is] [the] plantation of delight his and he waited for justice and there! bloodshed for righteousness and there! an outcry.
Israel ƒe aƒee nye Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, ƒe waingble, eye Yuda ŋutsuwoe nye eƒe dzidzɔ ƒe wainka siwo wòdo. Ekpɔ mɔ na afia nyui tsotso, ke ʋukɔkɔɖi wòkpɔ; ekpɔ mɔ na nu dzɔdzɔe wɔwɔ, ke konyifavi koe ɖi.
8 Woe to! [those who] make touch a house a house a field on a field they bring near until there not [is] room and you are made to dwell to alone you in [the] midst of the land.
Baba na mi ame siwo le xɔ tsiam ɖe xɔ nu, eye wole agble tsiam ɖe agble nu be teƒe aɖeke megasusɔ o, be woawo ɖeɖe naxɔ anyigba la dzi!
9 In ears my Yahweh of hosts if not houses many a waste they will become great [houses] and good [houses] from not inhabitant.
Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, ka atam mese kple nye towo, “Ne xɔ gãwo mezu gbegbe, eye dziƒoxɔ gãwo mezu aƒedowo o fĩi!
10 For ten acres of vineyard they will produce a bath one and seed of a homer it will produce an ephah.
Woakpɔ wain adzafi ɖeka kple afã pɛ ko le waingble agbleka ewo sɔŋ me, eye ne woƒã bli agba ɖeka la, bli kotoku ɖeka pɛ ko woakpɔ le eme.”
11 Woe to! [those who] rise early in the morning strong drink they pursue [those who] delay in the twilight wine it inflames them.
Baba na mi, ame siwo fɔna fɔŋli henɔa ho ʋlim le aha muame nono me, eye mienɔa wain yome va se ɖe zãtiƒe, eye wòmua mi tsiɖitsiɖi.
12 And it will be harp and lyre tambourine and flute and wine feast their and [the] deed[s] of Yahweh not they pay attention to and [the] work of hands his not they see.
Kasaŋkuwo kple saŋkuwo ɖina le miaƒe kplɔ̃ɖoƒewo, axatsɛwo, kpẽwo kple wain bɔna ɖe eŋu, gake wometsɔ ɖeke le eme na Yehowa ƒe dɔwɔwɔwo alo ade bubu eƒe asinudɔwɔwɔwo ŋu o.
13 Therefore it will go into exile people my because not knowledge and honor its [will be] men of hunger and multitude its [will be] parched of thirst.
Eya ta nye amewo ayi ɖe aboyome le nugɔmemasemase ta; dɔwuame awu woƒe ame ŋkutawo, eye tsikɔ awu ame haho la.
14 Therefore it will enlarge Sheol throat its and it will open wide mouth its to not limit and it will go down splendor its and multitude its and uproar its and [one] exulting in it. (Sheol h7585)
Eya ta nuɖuɖu le yɔdo dzrom vevie, eye wòke eƒe nu ɖi baa, eya ta Yerusalem ƒe ame ŋkutawo kple ame hahoawo age dze eme kple woƒe dzidzɔkpɔkpɔwo kple aglotutuwo katã. (Sheol h7585)
15 And he has been humbled everyone and he has become low everyone and [the] eyes of proud [people] they will become low.
Ale woaɖiɖi ame ɖe anyi, woabɔbɔ amegbetɔƒomea ɖe anyi, eye woate dadalawo ƒe ŋku ɖe to.
16 And he was exalted Yahweh of hosts by judgment and God holy [will] show himself holy by righteousness.
Ke woado Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la ɖe dzi le eƒe ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ me, eye Mawu Kɔkɔe la aɖe eƒe kɔkɔenyenye afia to eƒe dzɔdzɔenyenye me.
17 And they will graze lambs like own pasture their and [the] ruins of fatlings sojourners they will eat.
Ekema alẽwo aɖu gbe abe woawo ŋutɔ ƒe lãnyiƒee wole ene; eye alẽviwo aɖu nu le kesinɔtɔwo ƒe aƒedowo me.
18 Woe to! [those who] draw along iniquity with [the] cords of emptiness and like [the] rope of cart sin.
Baba na ame siwo tsɔ beble ƒe kawo de dzidada le hehem, eye wode kekehekawo nu vɔ̃ hele hehem,
19 Those [who] say let it hurry - let it make haste! work his so that we may see and it may draw near and let it come! [the] plan of [the] holy [one] of Israel so we may know.
ame siwo gblɔna be “Mawu newɔ kaba. Nedo tsɔtsɔe eƒe dɔ be miakpɔe; Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la ƒe aɖaŋudede neva kaba ne mianyae.”
20 Woe to! those [who] say of evil good and of good evil [those who] make darkness into light and light into darkness [those who] make bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter.
Baba na ame siwo yɔ vɔ̃ be nyui, eye woyɔ nyui be vɔ̃, ame siwo tsɔ viviti ɖɔli kekeli, eye wotsɔ kekeli ɖɔli viviti. Ame siwo yɔa veve be vivi, eye woyɔa vivi be veve.
21 Woe to! [people] wise in own eyes their and before own faces their discerning [people].
Baba na ame siwo bua wo ɖokuiwo nunyalawoe, eye wonye aɖaŋudelawo le woawo ŋutɔ ɖokuiwo gbɔ.
22 Woe to! [men] mighty for drinking wine and people of ability for mixing strong drink.
Baba na ame siwo nye kalẽawo le wain gã nono me, eye wonye dziɖulawo le ahamuamewo tɔtɔ me,
23 [those who] justify a wicked [person] [the] consequence of A bribe and [the] righteousness of righteous [people] they take away from him.
ame siwo xɔa zãnu, eye wotsoa afia ŋkunɔ na agɔdzelawo; ke ame siwo ƒe nya dzɔ la, wodea wo nya me.
24 Therefore as consumes stubble a tongue of fire and dry grass a flame it sinks down root their like rottenness it will be and blossom their like dust it will go up for they have rejected [the] law of Yahweh of hosts and [the] word of [the] holy [one] of Israel they have spurned.
Eya ta abe ale si dzo ƒe aɖe fiaa bee, eye gbe ƒuƒu bina le dzo me ene la, nenema kee woƒe kewo anyunyɔ, eye ya aƒo woƒe seƒoƒowo adzoe abe ʋuʋudedi ene, elabena wogbe Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la ƒe nufiame, eye woɖe alɔme le Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la ƒe nyawo ŋu,
25 There-fore it has burned [the] anger of Yahweh on people his and he has stretched out hand his on it and he has struck it and they have quaked the mountains and it was corpse their like offal in [the] middle of [the] streets for all this not it has turned away anger his and still hand his [is] stretched out.
Eya ta Yehowa ƒe dziku bi ɖe eƒe amewo ŋu. Ekɔ eƒe alɔ dzi, eye wòƒo wo ƒu anyi. Towo ʋuʋu kpekpekpe, eye ŋutilã kukuwo le abe gbeɖuɖɔ le aɖukpo dzi ene. To esiawo katã gbɔ hã la, eƒe dziku nu mefa o, eƒe alɔ gale dzi ko.
26 And he will lift up a standard for the nations from a distance and he will whistle for it from [the] end of the earth and there! quickly swift it will come.
Ekɔ aflaga dzi na didiƒe dukɔwo, eye wòlia aku na ame siwo le anyigba ƒe mlɔenuwo ke. Kpɔ ɖa, wova kaba kple du!
27 There not [is] a weary [one] and there not [is one who] stumbles among it not anyone will slumber and not anyone will sleep and not it has been opened [the] waistband of loins its and not it has been torn apart a thong of sandals its.
Ɖeɖi mete wo dometɔ aɖeke ŋu alo nu nati kɔ nɛ o. Ɖeka pɛ hã medɔ akɔlɔ̃e alo dɔ alɔ̃ o. Alidziblanu metu le ɖeke ƒe ali o, eye tokota metso le ɖeke ƒe afɔ o.
28 Which arrows its [are] sharpened and all bows its [are] bent [the] hooves of horses its like flint they are regarded and wheels its like storm-wind.
Woƒe datiwo le ɖaɖam, eye woku woƒe dawo me. Woƒe sɔwo ƒe afɔwo le abe dzosigbewo ene, eye woƒe tasiaɖamwo ƒe afɔwo le abe yali ene.
29 Roaring of it [is] like lion (it will roar *Q(K)*) like young lions so it may growl and it may seize prey so it may carry [it] off and there not [is] a deliverer.
Woƒe gbeɖeɖe le abe dzata tɔ ene, eye woɖea gbe abe dzataviwo ene. Wotea gbe heléa nu, eye wotsɔa nu si wolé la dzonae, ame aɖeke mate ŋu axɔe le wo si o.
30 And it may growl over it in the day that like [the] growling of [the] sea and someone will look to the land and there! darkness distress and light it has become dark by clouds its.
Gbe ma gbe la, woaɖe gbe ɖe edzi abe atsiaƒu ene. Ne ame aɖe nye kɔ kpɔ anyigba la, viviti kple hiã ko wòakpɔ, eye lilikpowo gɔ̃ hã ana kekeli nado viviti.

< Isaiah 5 >