Isaiah 26
1 In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks.
Saa ɛda no, wɔbɛto saa dwom yi wɔ Yuda asase so: Yɛwɔ kuropɔn denden; Onyankopɔn de nkwagyeɛ ayɛ nʼafasuo ne nʼafaban a ɛkorɔn.
2 Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which keeps faith.
Mommuebue apono no na ateneneefoɔ ɔman no nhyɛne mu, ɔman nokwafoɔ no.
3 You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.
Obiara a ɔde ne ho to wo so no wobɛkora ne so asomdwoeɛ mu, ɛfiri sɛ ɔde ne ho ato wo so.
4 Trust in the LORD forever; for in the LORD, the LORD, is an everlasting Rock.
Fa wo ho to Awurade so afebɔɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade yɛ daa Botan.
5 For he has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city. He lays it low. He lays it low even to the ground. He brings it even to the dust.
Ɔbrɛ wɔn a wɔtete soro ase, na ɔbrɛ kuropɔn a ɛkorɔn no ase; ɔbubu gu fam pasaa ma ɛda mfuturo mu.
6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor and the steps of the needy.”
Ahiafoɔ ne wɔn a wɔhyɛ wɔn so de wɔn nan bɛtiatia so.
7 The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.
Ɔteneneeni kwan so yɛ tamaa; Ao ɔnokwafoɔ, woma ɔteneneeni kwan so yɛ tromtrom.
8 Yes, in the way of your judgements, LORD, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.
Aane, Awurade, yɛnam wo mmara kwan so yi no, yɛretwɛn wo; na wo din ne ne kɛseyɛ yɛ deɛ yɛn akoma pɛ.
9 With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you earnestly; for when your judgements are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Me kra pere hwehwɛ wo anadwo; anɔpa nso me honhom ani gyina wo. Sɛ wʼatemmuo ba asase yi so a, nnipa a wɔwɔ ewiase sua tenenee yɛ.
10 Let favour be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see the LORD’s majesty.
Ɛwom sɛ woyi adom adi kyerɛ amumuyɛfoɔ deɛ, nanso wɔnnsua tenenee yɛ; na mpo teneneefoɔ asase so no, wɔkɔ so yɛ bɔne na wɔmmu Awurade kɛseyɛ.
11 LORD, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see; but they will see your zeal for the people and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.
Ao Awurade, wɔapagya wo nsa akɔ ɔsoro, nanso wɔnhunu. Ma wɔnhunu wo mmɔdemmɔ wɔ wo nkurɔfoɔ ho na ɛnhyɛ wɔn aniwuo; ma ogya a woasɔ ama wʼatamfoɔ no nhye wɔn.
12 LORD, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us.
Awurade, woama yɛn asomdwoeɛ; deɛ yɛatumi ayɛ nyinaa wo na woayɛ ama yɛn.
13 LORD our God, other lords besides you have had dominion over us, but we will only acknowledge your name.
Ao, Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn, awuranom afoforɔ bi adi yɛn so, nanso wo din nko ara na yɛkamfo.
14 The dead shall not live. The departed spirits shall not rise. Therefore you have visited and destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish.
Afei wɔawuwu, na wɔnte ase bio; ahonhom a wɔafiri mu no, wɔrensɔre. Wotwee wɔn aso na wo sɛee wɔn na yɛn werɛ afiri wɔn.
15 You have increased the nation, O LORD. You have increased the nation! You are glorified! You have enlarged all the borders of the land.
Woama ɔman no ayɛ kɛseɛ, Ao Awurade; woama ɔman no ayɛ kɛseɛ; woahyɛ wo ho animuonyam; woatrɛtrɛ asase no ahyeɛ nyinaa mu.
16 LORD, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.
Awurade, yɛfiri ahohia mu baa wo nkyɛn; ɛberɛ a wotwee wɔn aso no, na yɛntumi mmue yɛn ano mpo mmɔ mpaeɛ.
17 Just as a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs, so we have been before you, LORD.
Sɛdeɛ ɔpemfoɔ a awoɔ aka no firi ɔyea mu nukanuka ne mu na ɔsu no, saa ara na yɛyɛeɛ wɔ wʼanim, Ao Awurade.
18 We have been with child. We have been in pain. We gave birth, it seems, only to wind. We have not worked any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
Yɛnyinsɛnee, yɛkyemee wɔ ɔyea mu nanso yɛwoo mframa. Yɛamfa nkwagyeɛ amma asase so; yɛanwo nnipa amma asase so.
19 Your dead shall live. Their dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.
Nanso wʼawufoɔ bɛnya nkwa; wɔn onipadua bɛsɔre. Mo a motete mfuturo mu, monsɔre mfa anigyeɛ nteam. Mo bosuo te sɛ anɔpa bosuo; asase bɛyi nʼafunu apue.
20 Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.
Monkɔ, me nkurɔfoɔ, monhyɛne mo adan mu na montoto apono no mu; momfa mo ho nsie berɛ tiawa bi kɔsi sɛ nʼabufuhyeɛ ano bɛdwo.
21 For, behold, the LORD comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her slain.
Hwɛ, Awurade refiri nʼatenaeɛ abɛtwe nnipa a wɔte asase so aso wɔ wɔn bɔne ho. Asase bɛda mogya a wɔahwie agu no so adi; ɛrentumi mfa nʼatɔfoɔ nsie bio.
