Isaiah 45
1 Yahweh says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held to subdue nations before him and strip kings of their armor, to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
“Ale Yehowa gblɔ na Sirus, eƒe amesiamina, ame si ƒe nuɖusibɔ melé be matsɔ abɔbɔ dukɔwo ɖe anyi le eŋkume be maxɔ aʋawɔnuwo le fiawo si, ne maʋu mɔwo le eŋgɔ be agbowo matu le eŋgɔ o.
2 “I will go before you and make the rough places smooth. I will break the doors of bronze in pieces and cut apart the bars of iron.
Madze ŋgɔ na wò, agbã towo le ŋgɔwò. Magbã akɔbligbowo, eye maŋe gayibɔ ƒe gametiwo.
3 I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who calls you by your name, even the God of Israel.
Matsɔ kesinɔnu siwo le blukɔ me kple nu xɔasi siwo wodzra ɖo ɖe ɣaɣlaƒe la na wò, ne nànya be nyee nye Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la, ame si tsɔ wò ŋkɔ yɔ wòe.
4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name. I have given you a title, though you have not known me.
Le Yakob, nye dɔla kple Israel, nye ame tiatia ta la, metsɔ wò ŋkɔ yɔ wòe heda bubuŋkɔ ɖe dziwò, togbɔ be mèdze sim o hã.
5 I am Yahweh, and there is no one else. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me,
Nyee nye Yehowa. Bubu aɖeke megali o. Mawu bubu aɖeke megali kpe ɖe ŋunye o. Mado ŋusẽ wò togbɔ be mèdze sim o hã.
6 that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is no one besides me. I am Yahweh, and there is no one else.
Ale be tso afi si ɣe dzena tsona va se ɖe afi si wòɖoa to ɖo la, amewo nanya be Mawu bubu aɖeke mesɔ kplim o. Nyee nye Yehowa. Bubu aɖeke megali o.
7 I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create calamity. I am Yahweh, who does all these things.
Nyee na kekeli dona. Nyee wɔ viviti. Nyee he dzidzedzekpɔkpɔ vɛ, eye nye kee he gbegblẽ hã vɛ. Nye Yehowae wɔ esiawo katã.
8 Rain, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, that it may produce salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it. I, Yahweh, have created it.
“Mi dziŋgɔlĩwo, midza dzɔdzɔenyenye abe tsi ene. Lilikpowo nena wòadza. Na anyigba nake nu baa. Na ɖeɖe nado tso eme, eye na dzɔdzɔenyenye natsi kplii. Nye Yehowae wɔe.
9 Woe to him who strives with his Maker— a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ or your work, ‘He has no hands’?
“Baba na ame si le dzre wɔm kple eƒe Wɔla. Ame si lé nɛ ko abe ze le ze bubuwo dome le anyigba ene. Ɖe anyi abia zemela be, ‘Nu ka mem nèle mahã?’ Ɖe wò dɔ si wɔm nèle la, abia be, ‘Asi mele asiwò oa?’
10 Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What have you become the father of?’ or to a mother, ‘What have you given birth to?’”
Baba na ame si gblɔna na fofoa be, ‘Nu ka ta nèdzim ɖo?’ alo na dadaa be, ‘Nu ka ta nèlé ku ɖo?’
11 Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel and his Maker says: “You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands!
“Ale Yehowa, Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ kple ekplɔla gblɔe nye esi: Ɖe nàbia gbem tso vinyewo ŋu alo aɖe gbe nam tso nye asinudɔwɔwɔwo ŋutia?
12 I have made the earth, and created man on it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens. I have commanded all their army.
Nyee wɔ anyigba kple ame siwo le edzi. Nye ŋutɔ nye asiwoe keke dziƒowo me. Nyee wɔ dziƒoŋunuwo katã.
13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward,” says Yahweh of Armies.
Le nye dzɔdzɔenyenye me, mado ŋusẽ Sirus. Mana eƒe mɔwo nanɔ dzɔdzɔe. Agbugbɔ nye du atso, eye wòaɖe asi le nye aboyomewo ŋuti nam. Ke maxɔ teƒeɖoɖo aɖeke o, Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe.”
14 Yahweh says: “The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you, and they will be yours. They will go after you. They shall come over in chains. They will bow down to you. They will make supplication to you: ‘Surely God is in you; and there is no one else. There is no other god.
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi, “Nu siwo wowɔ le Egipte, Kus ƒe adzɔdonuwo kple Sabeatɔ tsrala mawo katã woava gbɔwò azu tɔwò. Woaɖo fli ɖe megbewò, eye woanɔ hame ava gbɔwò. Woade ta agu na wò, aɖe kuku agblɔ be ‘Vavãe, Mawu li kpli wò, eye bubu aɖeke megali o. Mawu bubu aɖeke megali o.’”
15 Most certainly you are a God who has hidden yourself, God of Israel, the Savior.’”
Vavãe, ènye Mawu si ɣlaa eɖokui. O! Mawu kple Israel ƒe Ɖela.
16 They will be disappointed, yes, confounded, all of them. Those who are makers of idols will go into confusion together.
Aklamakpakpɛwɔlawo katã aɖu ŋukpe, eye woakpɔ vlododo. Wo katã woaɖu ŋukpe.
17 Israel will be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.
Ke Yehowa aɖe Israel kple ɖeɖe mavɔ. Màɖu ŋukpe alo akpɔ vlododo yi ɖe mavɔ me o,
18 For Yahweh who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn’t create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited says: “I am Yahweh. There is no other.
elabena ale Yehowa, ame si wɔ dziƒo, eye wònye Mawu, ame si wɔ anyigba, eye wòna wòva dzɔ, meyɔe be wòatsi gbɔlo o, ke boŋ ewɔe be nuwo nanɔ edzi. Eyae gblɔ be, “Nyee nye Yehowa, bubu aɖeke megali o.
19 I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.
Nyemeƒo nu le ɣaɣlaƒe le anyigba aɖe si do blukɔ la dzi o. Nyemegblɔ na Yakob ƒe dzidzimeviwo be, ‘Midim dzodzro’ o. Nye Yehowa, nyateƒe ko megblɔna, eye nu si le eteƒe la ko meɖea gbeƒãe.
20 “Assemble yourselves and come. Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations. Those have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god that can’t save.
“Miƒo ƒu ne miava. Miƒo takpli, mi aboyome siwo tso dukɔwo me. Abunɛtɔwoe nye ame siwo lé aklamakpakpɛwo ɖe ta, eye wodoa gbe ɖa na mawu siwo mate ŋu aɖe ame o.
21 Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior. There is no one besides me.
Miɖe gbeƒã nu si ava dzɔ. Migblɔe ne woase. Mina woaƒo ƒu ade aɖaŋu. Ame kae gblɔ nya sia ɖi le blema, eye wòɖe gbeƒãe gbe aɖe gbe ʋĩi va yi? Ɖe menye nye Yehowae oa? Mawu bubu aɖeke meli kpe ɖe ŋunye o. Nye la, Mawu dzɔdzɔetɔ kple Ɖelae menye. Ɖeke megali o, negbe nye koe.
22 “Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
“Mitrɔ ɖe ŋunye ne miakpɔ ɖeɖe, mi anyigba ƒe mlɔenuwo ke, elabena nyee nye Mawu, eye ɖeke megali o.
23 I have sworn by myself. The word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and will not be revoked, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath.
Nye ŋutɔ meka atam. Nye nu gblɔ nya si mede megbe na, nya si womatrɔ gbeɖe o. Klo sia klo adze nam, eye aɖe sia aɖe ayɔm aka atamue.
24 They will say of me, ‘There is righteousness and strength only in Yahweh.’” Even to him will men come. All those who raged against him will be disappointed.
Woagblɔ le ŋunye be, ‘Yehowa ɖeka hɔ̃ɔ me ko dzɔdzɔenyenye kple ŋusẽ le.’” Ame siwo katã do dɔmedzoe ɖe eŋuti la, atrɔ ava egbɔ kple ŋukpe.
25 All the offspring of Israel will be justified in Yahweh, and will rejoice!
Ke Yehowa mee Israel ƒe dzidzimeviwo katã akpɔ dzɔdzɔenyenye kple dodoɖedzi le.
