Yesaya 10
1 Baba na ame siwo wɔa se madzɔmadzɔwo, ame siwo dea se siwo tea ame ɖe anyi,
Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees
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 deprive the needy of justice, and to rob the poor amongst my people of their rights, that widows may be their plunder, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
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 in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
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 will only bow down under the prisoners, and will fall under the slain. For all this 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.
Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my 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 profane nation, and against the people who anger me I will give him a command to take the plunder and to take 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.
However, he doesn’t mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.
8 Egblɔ be, ‘Ɖe nye aʋakplɔlawo katã menye fiawo oa?’
For he says, “Aren’t all of my princes kings?
9 ‘Ɖe Kalno medze anyi abe Karkemis ene, Hamat abe Arpad ene, eye Samaria abe Damasko ene oa?
Isn’t Calno like Carchemish? Isn’t Hamath like Arpad? Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?”
10 Ale si nye asi su fiaɖuƒe siawo kple woƒe legba siwo de ŋgɔ wu Yerusalem kple Samariatɔwo dzi la,
As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, whose engraved images exceeded those 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.
Therefore it will happen that when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the wilful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his arrogant 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 has said, “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding. I have removed the boundaries of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. Like a valiant man I have brought down their rulers.
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.’”
My hand has found the riches of the peoples like a nest, and like one gathers eggs that are abandoned, I have gathered all the earth. There was no one who moved their wing, or that opened their 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?
Should an axe brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone 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 the Lord, GOD of Armies, will send amongst his fat ones leanness; and under his glory a burning will be kindled like the burning of 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.
The light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers 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.
He will consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, both soul and body. It will be as when a standard bearer faints.
19 Avemetiawo abi ale gbegbe be, ɖevi sue ɖeka pɛ gɔ̃ hã ate ŋu axlẽ esiwo susɔ aŋlɔ da ɖi.
The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child could write their number.
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.
It will come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel, and those who have escaped from the house of Jacob will no more again lean on him who struck them, but shall lean on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 Ame mamlɛawo atrɔ gbɔ, Yakob ƒe ame mamlɛawo atrɔ ɖe Mawu Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la ŋu.
A remnant will return, even the remnant 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 though your people, Israel, are like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.
23 Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la ahe tsɔtsrɔ̃ si wòɖo ɖi kplikpaa la ava anyigba blibo la dzi.
For the Lord, GOD of Armies, will make a full end, and that determined, throughout all the earth.
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 the Lord, GOD of Armies, says, “My people who dwell in Zion, don’t be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, as Egypt did.
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 against you will be accomplished, and my anger will be directed to his 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.
The LORD of Armies will stir up a scourge against him, as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb. His rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up like he did against 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.
It will happen in that day that his burden will depart from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing oil.
28 Woge ɖe Ayat, woto Migron, eye wova gble woƒe nuzazãwo ɖe Mikmas.
He has come to Aiath. He has passed through Migron. At Michmash he stores his baggage.
29 Wodo to domemɔ, eye wogblɔ be, “Miatsi Geba adɔ.” Rama dzo nyanyanya, Saul ƒe Gibea de afɔ du me.
They have gone over the pass. They have taken up their lodging at Geba. Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30 Do boboe, Galim nyɔnuvi; Laisa, ƒu to anyi, nublanuie nye Anatɔt.
Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
31 Maglimae si, Gabimtɔwo ɣla wo ɖokui.
Madmenah is a fugitive. The inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
32 Egbea ke, woatɔ ɖe Nɔb ŋu. Woanye woƒe kɔwo le yame ɖe Zion nyɔnuvi ƒe to kple Yerusalem ƒe togbɛ la ŋu.
This very day he will halt at Nob. He shakes his hand at the mountain 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, GOD of Armies, will lop the boughs with terror. The tall will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.
34 Woatsɔ fia adza ave dodowo, eye Ŋusẽtɔ la amu Lebanon ƒe sedatiwo aƒu anyi le avewo me.
He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.
