Isaiah 24
1 Look, Yahweh is about to empty the earth, to devastate it, mar its surface, and scatter its inhabitants.
Hwɛ, Awurade rebɛma asase ada mpan na wasɛe no; ɔbɛsɛe asase ani na wabɔ sotefo ahwete,
2 It will come about that, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the receiver of interest, so with the giver of interest.
ɛbɛyɛ saa ara ama ɔsɔfo sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ ama nnipa, ama owura sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ ama asomfo, ama awuraa sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ ama afenaa, ama nea ɔtɔn sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ ama nea ɔtɔ, ama nea ogye bosea sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ ama nea ɔma bosea, ama ɔkafo sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ ama nea ɔde ma.
3 The earth will be completely devastated and completely stripped; for Yahweh has spoken this word.
Asase bɛda mpan koraa, na wɔafom so nneɛma. Awurade, na waka saa asɛm yi.
4 The earth dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and fades away, the prominent people of the earth waste away.
Asase so yɛ wosee, na ekisa wiase kɔ ahoyeraw mu, na ekisa, nea wɔama no so wɔ asase so ho yeraw no.
5 The earth is polluted by its inhabitants because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.
Asase so nnipa agu ne ho fi; wɔanni mmara no so, wɔabu ahyɛde no so na wɔasɛe apam a ɛwɔ hɔ daa no.
6 Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants are found guilty. The inhabitants of the earth burn up, and few people are left.
Enti nnome amene asase no ɛsɛ sɛ so nnipa nya wɔn afɔdi so akatua ne saa nti wɔahyew asase no so nnipa, na kakraa bi pɛ na wɔaka.
7 The new wine dries up, the vine withers, all the merry-hearted groan.
Nsa foforo no ho yow na bobe no guan; wɔn a wogye wɔn ani no si apini.
8 The happy sound of the tambourines stops, and the revelry of those who rejoice; the joy of the lyre ceases.
Akasaebɔ mu anigye no agyae, ahosɛpɛwfo no nteɛteɛmu no agyae. Sankuten so nnwom dɛdɛ no ayɛ dinn.
9 They no longer drink wine and sing, and the beer is bitter to those who drink it.
Wɔnnto dwom mfa nnom nsa bio; mmorɔsa ayɛ nwen ama anomfo.
10 The city of chaos has been broken down; every house is closed up and empty.
Kuropɔn a wɔasɛe no ada mpan; wɔatoto ofi biara apon mu.
11 There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the gladness of the land has disappeared.
Wɔpere nsa wɔ mmɔnten so; ahosɛpɛw nyinaa adan bosooyɛ, anigye nyinaa atu ayera wɔ asase no so.
12 In the city is left a desolation, and the gate is broken into a ruin.
Kuropɔn no asɛe, wɔabubu nʼapon mu nketenkete.
13 For this is how it will be on the whole earth among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, as the gleanings when the grape harvest is done.
Saa ara na ɛbɛyɛ wɔ asase no so ne amanaman no mu, sɛnea wɔboro ngodua a ɛyɛ no, anaa sɛnea wogyaw mpɛpɛ wɔ bobe twabere akyi no.
14 They will lift up their voices and shout the majesty of Yahweh, and will joyfully shout from the sea.
Wɔma wɔn nne so, wɔde anigye teɛteɛ mu; efi atɔe fam, wɔkamfo Awurade kɛseyɛ.
15 Therefore in the east glorify Yahweh, and in the isles of the sea give glory to the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Enti apuei fam, monhyɛ Awurade anuonyam; momma Awurade din so, Israel Nyankopɔn no, wɔ supɔw a ɛwɔ po so no so.
16 From the farthest part of the earth we have heard songs, “Glory to the righteous one!” But I said, “I have wasted away, I have wasted away, woe is me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously; yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.”
Yɛte nnwonto fi asase ano yɛte se, “Anuonyam nka Ɔtreneeni no.” Nanso mekae se, “Matɔ beraw, mapa abaw! Minnue! Ɔfatwafo di huammɔ! Ɔnam nnaadaa so di huammɔ.”
17 Terror, the pit, and the snare are upon you, inhabitants of the earth.
Ehu, amoa ne afiri retwɛn mo, nnipa a mote asase so.
18 He who flees from the sound of terror will fall into the pit, and he who comes up out of the middle of the pit will be caught in the snare. The windows of the heavens will be opened, and the foundations of the earth will shake.
Nea ehu nti oguan no bɛtɔ amoa mu; nea ɔforo fi amoa mu no afiri beyi no. Wɔabue nsu apon wɔ ɔsoro, na asase nnyinaso wosow.
19 The earth will be completely broken, the earth ripped apart; the earth will be violently shaken.
Wɔadwiriw asase no na emu apaapae, na asase awosow ankasa.
20 The earth will stagger like a drunken man and it will sway back and forth like a hut. Its sin will be heavy on it and it will fall and never rise again.
Asase tɔ ntintan te sɛ ɔsabowfo. Ehinhim biribiri te sɛ ntamadan wɔ mframa ano; nʼatuatew ho afɔdi ayɛ adesoa ama no na ɛhwe ase a ɛrensɔre bio.
21 On that day Yahweh will punish the host of the heaven in the heavens, and the kings of the earth on the earth.
Saa da no, Awurade bɛtwe ɔsoro atumfo ne ahemfo a wɔwɔ asase so aso.
22 They will be gathered together, prisoners in a pit, and will be shut up in a prison; and after many days they will be punished.
Wɔbɛka wɔn nyinaa abɔ mu sɛ nneduafo ahyɛ afiase amoa mu; wɔbɛto wɔn mu wɔ afiase na nna bebree akyi no wɔatwe wɔn aso.
23 Then the moon will be ashamed, and the sun disgraced, for Yahweh of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his elders in glory.
Ɔsram anim begu ase na owia ani awu; na Asafo Awurade bedi hene wɔ Sion bepɔw so ne Yerusalem, ne wɔn mpanyimfo anim, wɔ anuonyam mu.
