Yesaya 10
1 Baba na ame siwo wɔa se madzɔmadzɔwo, ame siwo dea se siwo tea ame ɖe anyi,
Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the writers that prescribe oppression,
2 be woaxɔ nu si nye ame dahe tɔ la le esi, woada adzo dzɔdzɔenyenye le ame teɖeanyiwo si, woaɖe aboyo ahosiwo kple tsyɔ̃eviwo.
to turn away the poor from judgment, and to take away the right from the afflicted of my people; that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
3 Nu ka miawɔ le akɔntanagbe la esi gbegblẽ atso adzɔge ava? Ame ka gbɔ miasi ayi wòana kpekpeɖeŋu mi? Afi ka miagble miaƒe kesinɔnuwo ɖo?
And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the sudden destruction [which] shall come from far? To whom will ye flee for help, and where will ye leave your glory?
4 Naneke masusɔ o, ke boŋ gamemewo kple ame siwo tsi aʋa ko, ke to esiawo katã megbe hã la, Yehowa ƒe dɔmedzoe nu mefa o, eye eƒe alɔ gale dzi ko.
They can but crouch under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
5 “Baba na Asiria, nye dɔmedzoe ƒe ameƒoti; ame si ƒe asi me metsɔ nye dɔmedzoe ƒe asi dee.
Ah! the Assyrian! the rod of mine anger! and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
6 Medɔe ɖe dukɔ mavɔ̃mawu ŋu, meɖe gbe nɛ ɖe dukɔ si doa dɔmedzoe nam la ŋu, ne wòaɖe aboyo eƒe amewo, aha wo, eye wòafanya wo, anya wo abe anyi ene le woƒe ablɔwo dzi.
I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge; to take the spoil, and to seize the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 Ke menye esiae nye eƒe susu o, menye esia bum wòle o, eƒe taɖodzinue nye be yeagblẽ nu, eye yeahe dukɔ geɖewo ƒe nuwuwu vɛ.
But he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; for it is in his heart to extirpate and cut off nations not a few.
8 Egblɔ be, ‘Ɖe nye aʋakplɔlawo katã menye fiawo oa?’
For he saith, Are not my princes all kings?
9 ‘Ɖe Kalno medze anyi abe Karkemis ene, Hamat abe Arpad ene, eye Samaria abe Damasko ene oa?
Is not Calno as Karkemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?
10 Ale si nye asi su fiaɖuƒe siawo kple woƒe legba siwo de ŋgɔ wu Yerusalem kple Samariatɔwo dzi la,
As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, — and their graven images exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 ɖe nyemawɔ Yerusalem kple eƒe legbawo abe ale si mewɔ Samaria kple eƒe legbawoe ene oa?’”
— shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her images?
12 Ne Yehowa wu nu siwo katã wòɖo be yeawɔ kple Zion to la kple Yerusalem nu vɔ la, ekema agblɔ be, “Mahe to na Asiria fia le eƒe dada kple ɖokuikpɔkpɔ gãe ta.
And it shall come to pass, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stoutness of heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
13 Elabena egblɔ be, “‘Nye ŋutɔe tsɔ nye asi wɔ nu siawoe. Meɖe dukɔwo ƒe liƒowo ɖa, ha woƒe kesinɔnuwo, eye abe ŋusẽtɔ ene la, mebɔbɔ woƒe fiawo ɖe anyi.
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom, for I am intelligent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and, like a valiant man, I have brought down them that sit [on thrones];
14 Abe ale si woƒoa asi ɖe xevitɔ me ene la, nenemae nye asi ɖo dukɔwo ƒe kesinɔnuwo gbɔe; abe ale si amewo lɔa xevizi siwo wogble ɖe xevitɔwo me ene la, nenema melɔ xexeme dukɔwoe: ame aɖeke meli, ƒo aʋala alo ke eƒe dɔ xlɔ̃ o.’”
and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples, and as one gathereth forsaken eggs, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.
15 Ɖe fia aƒo adegbe wu ame si tsɔe le nu lãma? Alo ɖe laxalaxa atɔ asi akɔ wu ame si le eŋuti dɔ wɔma. Ɖe ameƒoti ate ŋu aƒo ame si lée ɖe asi alo ɖe atizɔti ate ŋu akɔ eɖokui ɖe dzi mahã?
— Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? As if the rod should wield them that lift it up; as if the staff should lift up [him who is] not wood!
16 Eya ta Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, adɔ dɔléle vɔ̃ɖi aɖe ɖa wòava atsrɔ̃ wò aʋakɔwo katã, eye dzo abi le eƒe amegãwo dome abe ale si dzo binae ene.
Therefore shall the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness, and under his glory he shall kindle a burning, like the burning of a fire:
17 Israel ƒe Kekeli azu dzo, eƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la anɔ abe dzo bibi ene, eye le ŋkeke ɖeka dzi la, abi afia ŋuwo kple aŋɔkawo.
and the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briars in one day,
18 Abe ale si dɔléle vɔ̃ɖi dzea ŋutsu dzi hewunɛ ene la, nenema ke Yehowa atsrɔ̃ Asiria ƒe ave dodowo kple woƒe agblenyigba nyuiwo gbidigbidi.
and it shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body; and they shall be as when a sick man fainteth.
19 Avemetiawo abi ale gbegbe be, ɖevi sue ɖeka pɛ gɔ̃ hã ate ŋu axlẽ esiwo susɔ aŋlɔ da ɖi.
And the remainder of the trees of his forest shall be few: yea, a child might write them.
20 Ava eme le ɣe ma ɣi me be Israel ƒe ame mamlɛawo kple Yakob ƒe aƒe, ame siwo tsi agbe la, magaɖo dzi ɖe ame si ƒo wo la ŋu o, ke boŋ aɖo dzi ɖe Yehowa, Israel ƒe kɔkɔetɔ la ŋu le nyateƒe me.
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the remnant of Israel and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob shall no more again rely upon him that smote them; but they shall rely upon Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 Ame mamlɛawo atrɔ gbɔ, Yakob ƒe ame mamlɛawo atrɔ ɖe Mawu Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la ŋu.
The remnant shall return, the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
22 Togbɔ be wò dukɔ, O! Israel, le abe ƒutake ene hã la, ame mamlɛawo koe atrɔ gbɔ. Woɖo kpe gbegblẽ dzi, eye dzɔdzɔenyenye gbagbã ɖi.
For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, [only] a remnant of them shall return: the consumption determined shall overflow in righteousness.
23 Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la ahe tsɔtsrɔ̃ si wòɖo ɖi kplikpaa la ava anyigba blibo la dzi.
For a consumption, and [one] determined, will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, accomplish in the midst of all the land.
24 Eya ta ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, gblɔe nye esi: “O! Mi ame siwo le Zion, migavɔ̃ Asiria, ame si ƒo mi kple ameƒoti, eye wòɖe kpo ɖe mia dzi abe ale si Egipte wɔ ɖe mia ŋu la ene o.
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts: O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt:
25 Madidi o la, nye dziku ɖe mia ŋu nu ava ayi, eye matrɔ nye dɔmedzoe ɖe wo tsɔtsrɔ̃ ŋuti.”
for yet a very little while, and the indignation shall be accomplished, and mine anger, in their destruction.
26 Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, aɖe atam ɖe wo dzi abe ale si wòƒo Midian le Oreb ƒe agakpe la gbɔ ene, eye ado eƒe atikplɔ ɖe tsiawo dzi abe ale si wòdze le Egipte la ene.
And Jehovah of hosts will stir up a scourge against him, according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and his rod [shall be] upon the sea, and he will lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
27 Le ŋkeke ma dzi la, woaɖe woƒe agbawo le wò abɔta, aŋe woƒe kɔkuti le wò kɔ, eye woƒe kɔkuti aŋe le miaƒe amidada ta.
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck; and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. ...
28 Woge ɖe Ayat, woto Migron, eye wova gble woƒe nuzazãwo ɖe Mikmas.
He is come to Aiath, he hath passed through Migron; at Michmash he layeth up his baggage.
29 Wodo to domemɔ, eye wogblɔ be, “Miatsi Geba adɔ.” Rama dzo nyanyanya, Saul ƒe Gibea de afɔ du me.
They are gone through the pass; they make their lodging at Geba: Ramah trembleth, Gibeah of Saul is fled.
30 Do boboe, Galim nyɔnuvi; Laisa, ƒu to anyi, nublanuie nye Anatɔt.
Lift up thy voice, daughter of Gallim! Hearken, O Laish! — Poor Anathoth!
31 Maglimae si, Gabimtɔwo ɣla wo ɖokui.
Madmenah is fugitive; the inhabitants of Gebim take to flight.
32 Egbea ke, woatɔ ɖe Nɔb ŋu. Woanye woƒe kɔwo le yame ɖe Zion nyɔnuvi ƒe to kple Yerusalem ƒe togbɛ la ŋu.
Still a day of halting at Nob; he shaketh his hand [against] the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. ...
33 Kpɔ ɖa, Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, atsɔ ŋusẽ gã aɖe alã atilɔwo tso ati siwo kɔ de dzi bobobo, eye wòabɔbɔ ketɔwo ɖe anyi.
Behold the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, shall lop the boughs with violence; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be brought low;
34 Woatsɔ fia adza ave dodowo, eye Ŋusẽtɔ la amu Lebanon ƒe sedatiwo aƒu anyi le avewo me.
and he shall make clearings in the thickets of the forest with iron; and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
