Yesaya 22
1 Esiae nye nyagblɔɖi ɖe ŋutega balime la ŋu. Nu kae ɖe mi ɖe nu hafi mi katã miede xɔwo tame?
THE WORD OF THE VALLEY OF SION. What has happened to you, that now you are all gone up to the housetops which help you not?
2 O! Hoowɔwɔ ƒe du, ʋunyaʋunya kple aglotutu ƒe du, nu kae le wɔwòm? Wò ame kukuwo la, menye yi nu wotsi o, eye menye aʋa hãe wotsi o.
The city is filled with shouting [men]: your slain are not slain with swords, nor are your dead those who have died in battle.
3 Wò dumegãwo katã si dzo; wotsɔ wo ɖokuiwo na futɔwo, eye womeʋli wo ɖokui ta o. Togbɔ be wosi dzo esi futɔ la megogo wo kura o hã la, wolé wò amewo katã, eye wozu aboyomewo.
All your princes have fled, and [your] captives are tightly bound, and the mighty [men] in you have fled far away.
4 Eya ta megblɔ be, “Miɖe kɔ ɖa le ŋunye, eye mina mɔm mafa avi vevie. Migafa akɔ nam ɖe nye ameawo ƒe tsɔtsrɔ̃ ta o”,
Therefore I said, Let me alone, I will weep bitterly; labour not to comfort me for the breach of the daughter of my people.
5 elabena Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la ɖo ŋkeke ɖi na ʋunyaʋunya, nuwo fanyafanya kple ŋɔdzi le ŋutega balime la, ŋkeke si dzi woamu gliwo aƒu anyi, eye ɣli aɖi le towo tame.
For [it is] a day of trouble, and of destruction, and of treading down, and [there is] perplexity [sent] from the Lord of hosts: they wander in the valley of Sion; they wander from the least to the greatest on the mountains.
6 Elam kpla daku, eƒe tasiaɖam kple sɔdolawo kpe ɖe eŋuti, eye Kir ɖe nu le eƒe akpoxɔnu ŋu.
And the Elamites took [their] quivers, and [there were] men mounted on horses, and [there was] a gathering for battle.
7 Ale tasiaɖamwo yɔ wò balime nyuitɔ, eye woɖe sɔdolawo ɖe wò agbowo nu.
And it shall be [that] your choice valleys shall be filled with chariots, and horsemen shall block up your gates.
8 Ale Aƒetɔ la ɖe Yuda ƒe akpoxɔnuwo katã ɖa, eye Yuda di xɔ si wotu ɖe ave me, si me aʋawɔnuwo nɔ la vevie gbe ma gbe.
And they shall uncover the gates of Juda, and they shall look in that day on the choice houses of the city.
9 Miekpɔ be gbagbãƒe geɖewo le David ƒe du la ŋu, eya ta mielɔ tsi ɖe anyigbeta la me.
And they shall uncover the secret places of the houses of the citadel of David: and they saw that they were many, and that one [had] turned the water of the old pool into the city;
10 Miexlẽ xɔ siwo le Yerusalem, hegbã woƒe gliwo be miagbugbɔ wo aglã.
and that they [had] pulled down the houses of Jerusalem, to fortify the wall of the city.
11 Mieɖe tsiʋe gã aɖe ɖe gli eveawo dome, helɔ tsi le ta xoxo la me kɔ ɖe eme, gake miebia ame si wɔe la ta se o, alo miede bubu ame si wɔ ɖoɖo ɖe eŋu tso blema ke la ŋu o.
And you procured to yourselves water between the two walls within the ancient pool: but you looked not to him that made it from the beginning, and regarded not him that created it.
12 Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, di tso mia si le ŋkeke ma dzi be, miafa avi, afa konyi, alũ ta kolikoli.
And the Lord, the Lord of hosts, called in that day for weeping, and lamentation, and baldness, and for girding with sackcloth:
13 Ke mikpɔ ɖa, miele dzidzɔ kpɔm, le aglo tum. Miewu nyiwo, tso alẽwo; mieɖu lã, mieno wain, eye miegblɔ be, “Mina miaɖu nu, ano nu, elabena etsɔ miele kuku ge!”
but they engaged in joy and gladness, slaying calves, and killing sheep, so as to eat flesh, and drink wine; saying, Let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.
14 Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, gblɔ nam be, “Womatsɔ nu vɔ̃ sia ake mi o va se ɖe miaƒe kugbe.” Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe.
And these things are revealed in the ears of the Lord of hosts: for this sin shall not be forgiven you, until you die.
15 Ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, gblɔ nye esi, “Tso nàyi Sebna, nuwo dzikpɔla, ame si le aƒea nu la gbɔ, nàgblɔ nɛ be,
Thus says the Lord of hosts, Go into the chamber, to Somnas the treasurer, and say to him, Why are you here?
16 ‘Nu ka wɔm nèle le afi sia, eye ame kae ɖe mɔ na wò be naɖe yɔdo na ɖokuiwò ɖe afi sia hafi nèle yɔdo ɖem ɖe kɔkɔƒe, eye nèle kpe gbãm be nàwɔ wò dzudzɔƒe ɖe agakpewo tome?’
and what have you to do here, that you have here hewn yourself a sepulchre, and made yourself a sepulchre on high, and have graven for yourself a dwelling in the rock?
17 “Kpɔ nyuie, elabena esusɔ vie Yehowa ƒe asi nasu dziwò, eye wòatsɔ wò aƒu gbe. O! Ŋutsu kalẽtɔ.
Behold now, the Lord of hosts casts forth and will utterly destroy [such] a man, and will take away your robe and your glorious crown,
18 Aŋlɔ wò nogoe abe abo ene, eye wòatsɔ wò aƒu gbe ɖe anyigba gã aɖe dzi. Afi ma nàku ɖo, eye afi ma wò tasiaɖam ɖablawo atsi. Wò ame si nye ŋukpe na wò aƒetɔ ƒe aƒe.
and will cast you into a great and unmeasured land, and there you shall die: and he will bring your fair chariot to shame, and the house of your prince to be trodden down.
19 Maɖe wò ɖa le wò zi dzi, eye woaxɔ wò nɔƒe kɔkɔ la le asi wò.
And you shall be removed from your stewardship, and from your place.
20 “Gbe ma gbe la, mayɔ nye dɔla Eliakim, Hilkia ƒe vi.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Chelcias:
21 Matsɔ wò awu ʋlaya ado nɛ; atsɔ wò alidziblanu abla ali dzi nɛ, eye maxɔ wò nɔƒe atsɔ nɛ. Anye fofo na Yerusalemtɔwo kple Yuda ƒe aƒe la.
and I will put on him your robe, and I will grant him your crown with power, and I will give your stewardship into his hands: and he shall be as a father to them that dwell in Jerusalem, and to them that dwell in Juda.
22 Matsɔ David ƒe aƒe ƒe safui la aɖo abɔta nɛ. Nu sia nu si wòʋu la, ame aɖeke mate ŋu atui o, eye nu sia nu si wòtu la, ame aɖeke mate ŋu aʋui o.
And I will give him the glory of David; and he shall rule, and there shall be none to speak against him: and I will give him the key of the house of David [upon] his shoulder; and he shall open, and there shall be none to shut; and he shall shut, and there shall be none to open.
23 Maƒoe ɖe to abe tsyoti ene le teƒe sesẽ aɖe. Anye fiazikpui si ŋu bubu le na fofoa ƒe aƒe.
And I will make him a ruler in a sure place, and he shall be for a glorious throne of his father's house.
24 Eƒe ƒome la katã ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe anɔ eya amea dzi, ɖe viawo kple eƒe dzidzimeviwo dzi. Anɔ nu siwo katã ŋu dɔ wowɔna le aƒe me la dzi; tso agbawo dzi va se ɖe tsinokpluwo dzi.”
And every one that is glorious in the house of his father shall trust in him, from the least to the greatest; and they shall depend upon him in that day.
25 Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔ be, “Le ŋkeke ma dzi la, tsyoti si woƒo ɖe teƒe sesẽ la aho. Woalãe, wòamu adze anyi, eye agba si wotsɔ ku ɖe eŋu la hã akaka.” Yehowae gblɔe.
Thus says the Lord of hosts, The man that is fastened in the sure place shall be removed and be taken away, and shall fall; and the glory that is upon him shall be utterly destroyed: for the Lord has spoken it.
