Isaiah 22
1 A declaration about the Valley of Vision: What is the reason that you have all gone up to the housetops?
Esiae nye nyagblɔɖi ɖe ŋutega balime la ŋu. Nu kae ɖe mi ɖe nu hafi mi katã miede xɔwo tame?
2 Is it so you may hear a city full of noises, a town full of revelry? Your dead were not killed with the sword, and they did not die in battle.
O! Hoowɔwɔ ƒe du, ʋunyaʋunya kple aglotutu ƒe du, nu kae le wɔwòm? Wò ame kukuwo la, menye yi nu wotsi o, eye menye aʋa hãe wotsi o.
3 All your rulers fled away together, but they were captured without using a bow; all of them were captured together, though they had fled far away.
Wò dumegãwo katã si dzo; wotsɔ wo ɖokuiwo na futɔwo, eye womeʋli wo ɖokui ta o. Togbɔ be wosi dzo esi futɔ la megogo wo kura o hã la, wolé wò amewo katã, eye wozu aboyomewo.
4 Therefore I said, “Do not look at me, I will weep bitterly; do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
Eya ta megblɔ be, “Miɖe kɔ ɖa le ŋunye, eye mina mɔm mafa avi vevie. Migafa akɔ nam ɖe nye ameawo ƒe tsɔtsrɔ̃ ta o”,
5 For there is a day of tumult, treading down, and confusion for the Lord Yahweh of hosts, in the Valley of Vision, a breaking down of the walls, and people crying out to the mountains.
elabena Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la ɖo ŋkeke ɖi na ʋunyaʋunya, nuwo fanyafanya kple ŋɔdzi le ŋutega balime la, ŋkeke si dzi woamu gliwo aƒu anyi, eye ɣli aɖi le towo tame.
6 Elam takes up the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir lays the shield bare.
Elam kpla daku, eƒe tasiaɖam kple sɔdolawo kpe ɖe eŋuti, eye Kir ɖe nu le eƒe akpoxɔnu ŋu.
7 It will come about that your choicest valleys will be full of chariots, and the horsemen will take their positions at the gate.
Ale tasiaɖamwo yɔ wò balime nyuitɔ, eye woɖe sɔdolawo ɖe wò agbowo nu.
8 He took away the protection of Judah; and you looked in that day to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest.
Ale Aƒetɔ la ɖe Yuda ƒe akpoxɔnuwo katã ɖa, eye Yuda di xɔ si wotu ɖe ave me, si me aʋawɔnuwo nɔ la vevie gbe ma gbe.
9 You saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many, and you collected the water of the lower pool.
Miekpɔ be gbagbãƒe geɖewo le David ƒe du la ŋu, eya ta mielɔ tsi ɖe anyigbeta la me.
10 You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you tore down the houses to fortify the wall.
Miexlẽ xɔ siwo le Yerusalem, hegbã woƒe gliwo be miagbugbɔ wo aglã.
11 You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not consider the city's maker, who had planned it long ago.
Mieɖe tsiʋe gã aɖe ɖe gli eveawo dome, helɔ tsi le ta xoxo la me kɔ ɖe eme, gake miebia ame si wɔe la ta se o, alo miede bubu ame si wɔ ɖoɖo ɖe eŋu tso blema ke la ŋu o.
12 The Lord Yahweh of hosts called on that day for weeping, for mourning, for shaved heads, and the wearing of sackcloth.
Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, di tso mia si le ŋkeke ma dzi be, miafa avi, afa konyi, alũ ta kolikoli.
13 But look, instead, celebration and gladness, killing cattle and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine; let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.
Ke mikpɔ ɖa, miele dzidzɔ kpɔm, le aglo tum. Miewu nyiwo, tso alẽwo; mieɖu lã, mieno wain, eye miegblɔ be, “Mina miaɖu nu, ano nu, elabena etsɔ miele kuku ge!”
14 This was revealed in my ears by Yahweh of hosts: “Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you, even when you die,” says the Lord Yahweh of hosts.
Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, gblɔ nam be, “Womatsɔ nu vɔ̃ sia ake mi o va se ɖe miaƒe kugbe.” Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe.
15 The Lord Yahweh of hosts, says this, “Go to this administrator, to Shebna, who is over the house, and say,
Ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, gblɔ nye esi, “Tso nàyi Sebna, nuwo dzikpɔla, ame si le aƒea nu la gbɔ, nàgblɔ nɛ be,
16 'What are you doing here and who gave you permission to cut out a tomb for yourself, hewing out a grave on the heights and carving out a resting place in the rock?'”
‘Nu ka wɔm nèle le afi sia, eye ame kae ɖe mɔ na wò be naɖe yɔdo na ɖokuiwò ɖe afi sia hafi nèle yɔdo ɖem ɖe kɔkɔƒe, eye nèle kpe gbãm be nàwɔ wò dzudzɔƒe ɖe agakpewo tome?’
17 See, Yahweh is about to throw you, a mighty man, about to throw you down; he will grasp you tightly.
“Kpɔ nyuie, elabena esusɔ vie Yehowa ƒe asi nasu dziwò, eye wòatsɔ wò aƒu gbe. O! Ŋutsu kalẽtɔ.
18 He will surely wind you round and round, and toss you like a ball into a vast country. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will be; you will be the shame of your master's house!
Aŋlɔ wò nogoe abe abo ene, eye wòatsɔ wò aƒu gbe ɖe anyigba gã aɖe dzi. Afi ma nàku ɖo, eye afi ma wò tasiaɖam ɖablawo atsi. Wò ame si nye ŋukpe na wò aƒetɔ ƒe aƒe.
19 “I will thrust you from your office and from your station. You will be pulled down.
Maɖe wò ɖa le wò zi dzi, eye woaxɔ wò nɔƒe kɔkɔ la le asi wò.
20 It will come about on that day that I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
“Gbe ma gbe la, mayɔ nye dɔla Eliakim, Hilkia ƒe vi.
21 I will clothe him with your tunic and put on him your sash, and I will transfer your authority into his hand. He will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
Matsɔ wò awu ʋlaya ado nɛ; atsɔ wò alidziblanu abla ali dzi nɛ, eye maxɔ wò nɔƒe atsɔ nɛ. Anye fofo na Yerusalemtɔwo kple Yuda ƒe aƒe la.
22 I will place the key of the house of David on his shoulder; he will open, and none will shut; he will shut, and none will open.
Matsɔ David ƒe aƒe ƒe safui la aɖo abɔta nɛ. Nu sia nu si wòʋu la, ame aɖeke mate ŋu atui o, eye nu sia nu si wòtu la, ame aɖeke mate ŋu aʋui o.
23 I will fasten him, a peg in a secure place, and he will become a seat of glory for his father's house.
Maƒoe ɖe to abe tsyoti ene le teƒe sesẽ aɖe. Anye fiazikpui si ŋu bubu le na fofoa ƒe aƒe.
24 They will hang on him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and descendants, every small container from the cups to all the jugs.
Eƒe ƒome la katã ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe anɔ eya amea dzi, ɖe viawo kple eƒe dzidzimeviwo dzi. Anɔ nu siwo katã ŋu dɔ wowɔna le aƒe me la dzi; tso agbawo dzi va se ɖe tsinokpluwo dzi.”
25 On that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—the peg driven in a firm place will give way, break off, and fall, and the weight that was on it will be cut off—for Yahweh has spoken.
Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔ be, “Le ŋkeke ma dzi la, tsyoti si woƒo ɖe teƒe sesẽ la aho. Woalãe, wòamu adze anyi, eye agba si wotsɔ ku ɖe eŋu la hã akaka.” Yehowae gblɔe.
