< Yesaya 17 >

1 Esiae nye nyagblɔɖi ɖe Damasko ŋu: “Kpɔ ɖa, Damasko maganye du abe tsã ene o, ke boŋ atrɔ azu aƒedo!
[the] oracle of Damascus there! Damascus [is] about to be removed from a city and it will be a ruin of a 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.
[will be] abandoned [the] cities of Aroer for flocks they will be and they will lie down and there not [will be one who] terrifies.
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 it will cease fortress from Ephraim and kingship from Damascus and [the] remnant of Aram like [the] glory of [the] people of Israel they will be [the] utterance of Yahweh of hosts.
4 “Eva eme le ɣe ma ɣi be, Yakob ƒe ŋusẽ aɖiɖi, eye eƒe lãmemi avɔ keŋ.
And it will be in the day that it will become low [the] glory of Jacob and [the] fatness of flesh its it will be made lean.
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 will be like [the] gathering of a harvest of standing grain and arm his ears of grain someone will reap and it will be like [one who] gathers ears of 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 it will be left in it gleanings like [the] beating of an olive tree two three olives at [the] top of [the] tree-top four five on branches its fruit-bearing [the] utterance of Yahweh [the] God of Israel.
7 Ɣe ma ɣi la, amegbetɔ atrɔ ɖe eƒe Wɔla ŋu, eye eƒe ŋkuwo anɔ Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la dzi.
In the day that he will look person on maker his and eyes his to [the] holy [one] of Israel they will see.
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 not he will look to the altars [the] work of hands his and [that] which they have made fingers his not he will see and the Asherah poles and the incense altars.
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 the day that they will be - [the] cities of refuge his like [the] forsaken [place] of the forest and the tree-top which they abandoned because of [the] people of Israel and it will be a desolation.
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 [the] God of salvation your and [the] rock of refuge your not you have remembered there-fore you plant plantations of pleasantness and [the] vine branch of a stranger you sow it.
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.
On [the] day of planting your you cause to grow and in the morning seed your you cause to sprout a heap a harvest in a day of [being] sick and pain incurable.
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] tumult of peoples many as roar [the] seas they roar! and [the] uproar of nations like [the] uproar of waters mighty they are in an uproar!
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.
Nations like [the] uproar of waters many they are in an uproar! and he will rebuke it and it will flee from a distance and it will be chased like chaff of mountains before a wind and like whirling dust before a storm-wind.
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.
To a time of evening and there! sudden terror before morning there not [is] it this [will be] [the] portion of [those who] plunder us and [the] lot of [those who] despoil us.

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