Yesaya 17
1 Esiae nye nyagblɔɖi ɖe Damasko ŋu: “Kpɔ ɖa, Damasko maganye du abe tsã ene o, ke boŋ atrɔ azu aƒedo!
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city, and it will be like a heap of stones in ruin.
2 Woagblẽ Aroa ƒe duwo ɖi woatsi ƒuƒlu, eye wòazu nɔƒe na alẽha siwo atsyɔ akɔ anyi ɖe afi ma, eye ame aɖeke mado ŋɔdzi na wo o.
The cities in ruin will be left for the flocks, and they will take rest there, and there will be no one who may terrify them.
3 Efraim ƒe mɔ sesẽwo nu ayi kple Damasko ƒe fiaɖuƒe hã, eye Aram ƒe ame mamlɛawo ƒe ŋusẽ anɔ abe Israeltɔ ene.” Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe.
And assistance will cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom will cease from Damascus. And the remnant of Syria will be like the glory of the sons of Israel, says the Lord of hosts.
4 “Eva eme le ɣe ma ɣi be, Yakob ƒe ŋusẽ aɖiɖi, eye eƒe lãmemi avɔ keŋ.
And this shall be in that day: the glory of Jacob will be thinned, and the fatness of his flesh will be reduced.
5 Azu abe bligble si me woŋe bli le hegblẽ hɔ̃litiawo ɖe tsitrenu ene, eye abe ale si agbledela fɔa bli dzɔdzɔe le Refaim me ene.
And it shall be like the gathering of the harvest which remains, and his arm will pick the ears of grain. And it shall be like a search for grain in the valley of Rephaim.
6 Kutsetse ʋɛ aɖewo asusɔ abe ale si ne wogbe amiti vɔ, eye kutsetse eve alo etɔ̃ aɖewo susɔna ɖe eƒe adzame ene. Wo ame ene alo atɔ̃ nɔa atiawo ƒe alɔwo dzi la ene.” Yehowa Israel ƒe Mawu lae gblɔe.
And what is left behind in it will be like one cluster of grapes, or like a shaken olive tree with two or three olives at the top of a branch, or like four or five olives at the top of a tree, says the Lord God of Israel.
7 Ɣe ma ɣi la, amegbetɔ atrɔ ɖe eƒe Wɔla ŋu, eye eƒe ŋkuwo anɔ Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la dzi.
In that day, a man will bow before his Maker, and his eyes will consider the Holy One of Israel.
8 Womagatrɔ ɖe woƒe vɔsamlekpui siwo woawo ŋutɔ wowɔ kple woƒe asiwo la ŋu o, eye womagabu aƒeli kple ɣelégba siwo woawo ŋutɔ wowɔ kple woƒe asiwo la o.
And he will not bow before the altars that his hands have made. And he will not consider the things that his fingers have made, the sacred groves and the shrines.
9 Le ŋkeke ma dzi la, woƒe du sesẽ siwo wogblẽ ɖi na Israelviwo hesi dzo la anɔ abe gbegbe ene, eye woazu aƒedo.
In that day, his strong cities will be abandoned, like the plows and the grain fields which were left behind before the face of the sons of Israel, and you shall be deserted.
10 Elabena èŋlɔ Mawu, wò xɔnametɔ la be, eye mèɖo ŋku agakpe si nye wò mɔ sesẽ la dzi o. Eya ta togbɔ be nèƒã nuku nyuiwo, eye nèdo du bubu me tɔwo ƒe wainkawo;
For you have forgotten God your Savior, and you have not remembered your strong Helper. Because of this, you will plant trustworthy plants, but you will sow a foreign seed.
11 togbɔ be gbe si gbe nèdoe la, ètɔ kpɔ ɖe eŋu, eye esi ŋu ke la, èna wò nukuawo ƒo se hã la, le nuŋegbe la, màŋe naneke wu fukpekpe kple vevesese o.
In the day of your planting, the wild grapevine and your morning seed will flourish. The harvest has been taken away to the day of inheritance, and you will grieve heavily.
12 O! Dukɔ geɖewo ƒe agbodzedze. Wodze agbo abe tɔ dzeagbo ene! O! Woƒe amewo ƒe hoowɔwɔ. Wole hoo wɔm abe tɔ dzeagbowo ƒe hoowɔwɔ ene.
Woe to the multitude of many peoples, like the multitude of the roaring sea! Woe to the tumult of crowds, like the noise of many waters!
13 Togbɔ be ameawo le hoo wɔm abe tsi sesẽwo ƒe hoowɔwɔ ene hã la, ne èblu ɖe wo ta la, wosina yia megbe ke. Èɖe wo ɖe ŋu abe gbe ƒuƒuwo le towo dzi kple yali le ahom nu ene.
The peoples will make a noise, like the noise of waters overflowing, but he will rebuke him, and so he will flee far away. And he will be quickly taken away, like the dust of the mountains before the face of the wind, and like a whirlwind before a tempest.
14 Ŋɔdzi nɔa anyi le fiẽ me, gake wobuna ne ŋu ke. Esia nye ame siwo daa adzo mí la ƒe gome kple mía halawo ƒe dzidzenu.
In the time of the evening, behold: there will be a disturbance. When it is early morning, he will not remain. This is the portion of those who have devastated us, and this is the lot of those who have plundered us.
