Yesaya 24
1 Kpɔ ɖa, Yehowa le anyigba la tsrɔ̃ ge, eye wòawɔe wòazu gbegbe. Ele anyigba la ƒe ŋkume gblẽ ge, eye woakaka edzinɔlawo.
Behold, Jehovah makes the earth empty, and makes it waste, and turns it upside down, and scatters abroad the inhabitants of it.
2 Anɔ alea na nunɔlawo kple amehawo, na aƒetɔ kple dɔlaŋutsu, na aƒenɔ kple dɔlanyɔnu, nudzrala kple nuƒlela, na ame si doa nugbana kple nugbanadola, na fetɔ kple fenyila.
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest, as with the servant, so with his master, as with the maid, so with her mistress, as with the buyer, so with the seller, as with the creditor, so with the debtor, as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.
3 Woaɖi gbɔlo anyigba la ƒiaƒiaƒia, eye woahae keŋkeŋ. Yehowae gblɔ nya sia.
The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste, for Jehovah has spoken this word.
4 Anyigba la aƒu, eye edzinuwo ayrɔ. Nu ati kɔ na xexea me katã, eye nu gbagbewo ayrɔ ɖe tsitrenu. Ame siwo doa wo ɖokuiwo ɖe dzi le anyigba dzi la hã axa nu.
The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.
5 Anyigbadzinɔlawo do gu anyigba la, woda le sewo kple ɖoɖowo dzi, eye wotu nubabla mavɔ la,
The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants of it, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
6 eya ta fiƒode anye atsyɔ anyigba la dzi, eye edzinɔlawo ƒe vodadawo ava woƒe ta dzi. Esia ta anyigbadzinɔlawo fia, eye ame ʋɛ aɖewo koe susɔ.
Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell in it are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
7 Wain yeyewo vɔ ƒiaƒiaƒia, wainkawo yrɔ, eye dzidzɔkpɔlawo katã le tse ɖum.
The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted do sigh.
8 Axatsɛ siwo ƒe gbe me kɔ la hã zi ɖoɖoe, Màgase dzidzɔkpɔlawo ƒe hoowɔwɔ o. Kasaŋku siwo ɖina kple dzidzɔ la hã zi ɖoɖoe.
The mirth of tambourine ceases. The noise of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.
9 Womegatsɔa hadzidzi noa wain o, eye aha sesẽ hã ve le nu me na enolawo
They shall not drink wine with a song. Strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.
10 Du gbagbã la zu aƒedo, eye wotu aƒe ɖe sia ɖe ƒe agbo.
The waste city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
11 Wole ɣli dom le wain dim le mɔtatawo dzi kple ŋkubiã. Dzidzɔkpɔkpɔwo katã trɔ zu blanuiléle, eye vivisesewo katã bu le anyigba la dzi.
There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.
12 Du la zu aƒedo, eye wokaka eƒe agbowo.
Desolation is left in the city, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
13 Alea wòanɔ le anyigba la dzi kple dukɔwo dome. Anɔ abe amiti si dzi wogbe kutsetsewo katã vɔ le alo abe wainka si dzi wogbe wain tsetsewo le hegble kutsetse wuwlui aɖewo ko ɖo la ene.
For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.
14 Ame ʋɛ siwo susɔ la kɔ gbe dzi hedo dzidzɔɣli; tso ɣetoɖoƒe woɖe gbeƒã Yehowa ƒe gãnyenye,
These shall lift up their voice. They shall shout. For the majesty of Jehovah they cry aloud from the sea.
15 eya ta mi, ɣedzeƒetɔwo, mitsɔ ŋutikɔkɔe na Yehowa; mido Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la ƒe ŋkɔ ɖe dzi le ƒukpowo dzi.
Therefore glorify ye Jehovah in the east, even the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.
16 Tso anyigba ƒe mlɔea nu ke, miese ha ƒe ɖiɖi be, “Ŋutikɔkɔe woana Dzɔdzɔetɔ la.” Ke megblɔ be, “Evɔ nam, evɔ nam, baba nam. Wodem asi! Ametatrɔlawo dem asi!”
From the outermost part of the earth we have heard songs. Glory to the righteous. But I said, I pine away, I pine away. Woe is me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously, yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
17 O! Mi anyigbadzitɔwo, ŋɔdzi, ʋe globo kple kamɔ le mia lalam.
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 Ame si le ŋɔdzi nu la age adze ʋe globo la me; ame si dze agbagba do le ʋe globo la me la, kamɔ aɖee, elabena dziƒo ƒe fesrẽwo ʋu, eye anyigba ƒe agunu ʋuʋu.
And it shall come to pass, that he who flees from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit, and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare. For the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
19 Anyigba wó, anyigba fe kpla, anyigba ʋuʋu sesĩe.
The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently.
20 Anyigba le mumum sɔgɔsɔgɔ abe ahanomunɔtɔ ene, ele ʋuʋum abe agbadɔ si me ya ɖo ene, elabena anyigbadzinɔlawo ƒe aglãdzedze ƒe nu vɔ̃wo le ekpem ale gbegbe be adze anyi, eye magafɔ gbeɖe o.
The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a hammock. And the transgression of it shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 Le ŋkeke ma dzi la, Yehowa ahe to na ŋusẽ siwo le dziƒonutowo me kple fia siwo le anyigba dzi.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 Woaƒo wo nu ƒu abe gamenɔla siwo le gaxɔ globo me ene. Woanɔ gaxɔ me, eye woahe to na wo le ŋkeke geɖe megbe.
And they shall be gathered together as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison. And after many days they shall be visited.
23 Ŋu akpe ɣe, eye ɣleti ƒe mo awɔ yaa, elabena Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, aɖu fia le ŋutikɔkɔe me le Zion to la dzi kple Yerusalem le eƒe dumegãwo ŋkume.
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion and in Jerusalem. And glory shall be before his elders.
