< Yesaya 13 >

1 Esia nye ŋutega si Mawu ɖe fia Yesaya, Amoz ƒe vi la, tso Babilonia ƒe gbegblẽ ŋuti.
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
2 Mitu aflaga ɖe togbɛ ƒuƒlu tame. Mido ɣli yɔ nye aʋawɔlawo. Mimia asi wo, be woage ɖe bubumewo ƒe agbowo me.
Lift up a banner upon a bare mountain, raise the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
3 Meɖe gbe na nye aʋawɔla, meyɔ nye kalẽtɔwo be woaɖe nye dɔmedzoe afia, ame siwo tsoa aseye ɖe nye dziɖuɖu ŋu.
I have commanded my hallowed ones, I have also called my mighty men for mine anger, them that rejoice in my highness.
4 Miƒu to anyi, ɣli le ɖiɖim le towo dzi abe ameha gã aɖewoe le afi ma ene. Miƒu to anyi, zi tɔ le fiaɖuƒewo me abe dukɔ geɖewoe le ƒu ƒom ene. Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae le amewo nu ƒom ƒu hena aʋawɔwɔ.
The noise of a multitude on the mountains, as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations assembled together: Jehovah of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
5 Wotso anyigba didiwo dzi va, tso keke dziƒowo ƒe mlɔewo nu ke. Wova kple Yehowa kple eƒe dɔmedzoe ƒe aʋawɔnuwo be woagbã dukɔ la katã.
They come from a far country, from the end of the heavens — Jehovah, and the weapons of his indignation — to destroy the whole land.
6 Mido ɣli, elabena Yehowa ƒe ŋkeke la tu aƒe. Ava abe gbegblẽ ene tso Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la gbɔ.
Howl, for the day of Jehovah is at hand; it cometh as destruction from the Almighty.
7 Le esia ta la, asiwo katã aku yigbaa ɖe amewo ŋu, eye amegbetɔwo katã ƒe dzi alolo ɖe dɔ me na wo.
Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt,
8 Vevesese kple nuxaxa alé wo, eye woaŋe abe nyɔnu si le ku lém la ene. Woƒe mo anɔ vevem hẽe, eye woafɔ ŋku ɖe wo nɔewo dzi gaa.
and they shall be terrified: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them, they shall writhe as a woman that travaileth; they shall be amazed one at another, their faces shall be as flames.
9 Kpɔ ɖa, Yehowa ƒe ŋkeke dziŋɔ la gbɔna. Egbɔna kple dziku kple dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ be woana anyigba la nazu gbegbe, eye wòatsrɔ̃ mi vɔ̃wɔla siwo le edzi.
Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the earth desolate; and he will destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 Ɣletivi hamehame siwo le dziŋgɔli ŋu la magaklẽ o, ne ɣe dze la, ado viviti, eye dzinu magaɖi o.
For the stars of the heavens and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 Mahe to na xexea me le eƒe nu tovowo wɔwɔ ta, eye maxe fe na ame vɔ̃ɖiwo le woƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta. Matsi dadalawo ƒe dada nu, eye mate ŋutasẽlawo ƒe ɖokuidodoɖedzi ɖe to.
And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will make the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will bring low the haughtiness of the violent.
12 Mana amegbetɔwo nave wu sika nyuitɔ, eye amegbetɔ kodzogbeawo hã ave wu sika si tso Ofir.
I will make a man more precious than fine gold, even man than the gold of Ophir.
13 Eya ta mana dziƒowo naʋuʋu kpekpekpe, eye anyigba naʋuʋu le eƒe agunu ke le Yehowa Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la ƒe dɔmedzoe ta le eƒe dziku helĩhelĩ ƒe ŋkeke la dzi.
Therefore I will make the heavens to shake, and the earth shall be removed out of her place, at the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
14 Abe sãde aɖe si wonya ɖe nu ene alo alẽha si ŋu kplɔla mele o ene la, ame sia ame agatrɔ ayi ɖe eƒe amewo gbɔ, eye ame sia ame asi ayi wo denyigba dzi.
And it shall be as with a chased roe, and as with a flock that no man gathereth together; every one shall turn to his own people, and every one flee into his own land.
15 Woaƒo lãnu ɖe ame sia ame si wolé, eye ame si dzi asi su la atsi yi nu.
All that are found shall be thrust through; and every one that is in league [with them] shall fall by the sword.
16 Woatsɔ woƒe vidzĩwo axlã ɖe anyi le wo ŋkume. Woaha woƒe aƒewo, eye woadɔ kple wo srɔ̃wo sesẽtɔe.
And their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes, their houses shall be rifled, and their women ravished.
17 Kpɔ ɖa, made adã ta me na Mediatɔwo ɖe wo ŋu; ame siwo mebua klosalo ɖe naneke me o, eye sika gɔ̃ hã medoa dzidzɔ na wo o.
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who do not regard silver, and as for gold, they have no delight in it.
18 Woƒe aŋutrɔwo tea ɖekakpuiwo ƒua anyi. Womekpɔa nublanui na funɔdɔmee o, alo ɖeviwo ƒe nu mewɔa nublanui na wo o.
And [their] bows shall dash the young men to pieces, and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb: their eye shall not spare children.
19 Babilonia, fiaɖuƒewo ƒe nu xɔasi, Mawu amu Babiloniatɔwo ƒe dada aƒu anyi abe Sodom kple Gomora ene.
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 Amewo magatso aƒe ɖe afi ma akpɔ gbeɖe o, eye wòazu aƒedo tso dzidzime yi dzidzime. Arabiatɔ aɖeke matu eƒe agbadɔ ɖe afi ma o, alẽkplɔla aɖeke mana eƒe lãwo natsyɔ akɔ anyi ɖe afi ma o.
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in, even to generation and generation; nor shall Arabian pitch tent there, nor shepherds make fold there.
21 Ke gbemelãwo koe atsyɔ akɔ anyi ɖe afi ma. Favieʋuto ayɔ woƒe xɔwo me, golowo atso aƒe ɖe afi ma eye azizãwo aɖi adrɔ le afi ma.
But beasts of the desert shall lie there, and their houses shall be full of owls; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there.
22 Gbevuwo hã anɔ afi ma, Amegaxiwo axɔ woƒe dziƒoxɔ sesẽwo awɔ wo nɔƒewo. Eƒe ɣeyiɣi tu aƒe, eye eƒe ŋkekewo mahe ɖe megbe o.
And jackals shall cry to one another in their palaces, and wild dogs in the pleasant castles. And her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

< Yesaya 13 >