Yesaya 10
1 Baba na ame siwo wɔa se madzɔmadzɔwo, ame siwo dea se siwo tea ame ɖe anyi,
Woe to them that make wicked laws: and when they write, write injustice:
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 oppress the poor in judgment, and do violence to the cause of the humble of my people: that widows might be their prey, and that they might 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?
What will you do in the day of visitation, and of the calamity which cometh from afar? 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.
That you be not bowed down under the bond, and fall with the slain? In all these things his anger is not turned away, but 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.
Woe to the Assyrian, he is the rod and the staff of my anger, and my indignation is in their hands.
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 to a deceitful nation, and I will give him a charge against the people of my wrath, to take away the spoils, and to lay hold on 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 shall not take it so, and his heart shall not think so: but his heart shall be set to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.
8 Egblɔ be, ‘Ɖe nye aʋakplɔlawo katã menye fiawo oa?’
For he shall say:
9 ‘Ɖe Kalno medze anyi abe Karkemis ene, Hamat abe Arpad ene, eye Samaria abe Damasko ene oa?
Are not my princes as so many kings? is not Calano as Charcamis: and Emath as Arphad? 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 idol, so also their idols of Jerusalem, and of 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 to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
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, that when the Lord shall have performed all his works in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem, I will visit the fruit of the proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of the haughtiness of his eyes.
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 hath said: By the strength of my own hand I have done it, and by my own wisdom I have understood: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have taken the spoils of the princes, and as a mighty man hath pulled down them that sat on high.
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 the strength of the people as a nest; and as eggs are gathered, that are left, so have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or made the least noise.
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 cutteth with it? or shall the saw exalt itself against him by whom it is drawn? as if a rod should lift itself up against him that lifteth it up, and a staff exalt itself, which is but 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 the sovereign Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall send leanness among his fat ones: and under his glory shall be kindled a burning, as it were 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 as a fire, and the Holy One thereof as a flame: and his thorns and his briers shall be set on fire, and shall be devoured 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 the glory of his forest, and of his beautiful hill, shall be consumed from the soul even to the flesh, and he shall run away through fear.
19 Avemetiawo abi ale gbegbe be, ɖevi sue ɖeka pɛ gɔ̃ hã ate ŋu axlẽ esiwo susɔ aŋlɔ da ɖi.
And they that remain of the trees of his forest shall be so few, that they shall easily be numbered, and a child shall write them down.
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 they that shall escape of the house of Jacob, shall lean no more upon him that striketh them: but they shall lean upon the Lord 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 be converted, the remnant, I say, of Jacob, to 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 if thy people, O Israel, shall be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall be converted, the consumption abridged shall overflow with justice.
23 Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la ahe tsɔtsrɔ̃ si wòɖo ɖi kplikpaa la ava anyigba blibo la dzi.
For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, and an abridgment 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 the God of hosts: O my people that dwellest in Sion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall strike thee with his rod, and he shall lift up his staff over thee in the way 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 little and a very little while, and my indignation shall cease, and my wrath shall be upon their wickedness.
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 the Lord of hosts shall raise up a scourge against him, according to the slaughter of Madian in the rock of Oreb, and his rod over the sea, and he shall lift it up in the way 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 putrify at the presence of the oil.
28 Woge ɖe Ayat, woto Migron, eye wova gble woƒe nuzazãwo ɖe Mikmas.
He shall come into Aiath, he shall pass into Magron: at Machmas he shall lay up his carriages.
29 Wodo to domemɔ, eye wogblɔ be, “Miatsi Geba adɔ.” Rama dzo nyanyanya, Saul ƒe Gibea de afɔ du me.
They have passed in haste, Gaba is our lodging: Rama was astonished, Gabaath of Saul fled away.
30 Do boboe, Galim nyɔnuvi; Laisa, ƒu to anyi, nublanuie nye Anatɔt.
Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim, attend, O Laisa, poor Anathoth.
31 Maglimae si, Gabimtɔwo ɣla wo ɖokui.
Medemena is removed: ye inhabitants of Gabim, take courage.
32 Egbea ke, woatɔ ɖe Nɔb ŋu. Woanye woƒe kɔwo le yame ɖe Zion nyɔnuvi ƒe to kple Yerusalem ƒe togbɛ la ŋu.
It is yet day enough, to remain in Nobe: he shall shake his hand against the mountain of the daughter of Sion, 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 sovereign Lord of hosts shall break the earthen vessel with terror, and the tall of stature shall be cut down, and the lofty shall be humbled.
34 Woatsɔ fia adza ave dodowo, eye Ŋusẽtɔ la amu Lebanon ƒe sedatiwo aƒu anyi le avewo me.
And the thickets of the forest shall be cut down with iron, and Libanus with its high ones shall fall.
