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.
Look, Yahweh is about to empty the earth, to devastate it, mar its surface, and scatter its inhabitants.
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.
It will come about that, 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 receiver of interest, so with the giver of interest.
3 Woaɖi gbɔlo anyigba la ƒiaƒiaƒia, eye woahae keŋkeŋ. Yehowae gblɔ nya sia.
The earth will be completely devastated and completely stripped; for Yahweh 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 dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and fades away, the prominent people of the earth waste away.
5 Anyigbadzinɔlawo do gu anyigba la, woda le sewo kple ɖoɖowo dzi, eye wotu nubabla mavɔ la,
The earth is polluted by its inhabitants because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and 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 a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants are found guilty. The inhabitants of the earth burn up, and few people are left.
7 Wain yeyewo vɔ ƒiaƒiaƒia, wainkawo yrɔ, eye dzidzɔkpɔlawo katã le tse ɖum.
The new wine dries up, the vine withers, all the merry-hearted groan.
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 happy sound of the tambourines stops, and the revelry of those who rejoice; the joy of the lyre ceases.
9 Womegatsɔa hadzidzi noa wain o, eye aha sesẽ hã ve le nu me na enolawo
They no longer drink wine and sing, and the beer is bitter to those who drink it.
10 Du gbagbã la zu aƒedo, eye wotu aƒe ɖe sia ɖe ƒe agbo.
The city of chaos has been broken down; every house is closed up and empty.
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 gladness of the land has disappeared.
12 Du la zu aƒedo, eye wokaka eƒe agbowo.
In the city is left a desolation, and the gate is broken into a ruin.
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 this is how it will be on the whole earth among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, as the gleanings when the grape harvest is done.
14 Ame ʋɛ siwo susɔ la kɔ gbe dzi hedo dzidzɔɣli; tso ɣetoɖoƒe woɖe gbeƒã Yehowa ƒe gãnyenye,
They will lift up their voices and shout the majesty of Yahweh, and will joyfully shout 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 in the east glorify Yahweh, and in the isles of the sea give glory to the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
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 farthest part of the earth we have heard songs, “Glory to the righteous one!” But I said, “I have wasted away, I have wasted away, woe is me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously; yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.”
17 O! Mi anyigbadzitɔwo, ŋɔdzi, ʋe globo kple kamɔ le mia lalam.
Terror, the pit, and the snare are upon you, inhabitants 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.
He who flees from the sound of terror will fall into the pit, and he who comes up out of the middle of the pit will be caught in the snare. The windows of the heavens will be opened, and the foundations of the earth will shake.
19 Anyigba wó, anyigba fe kpla, anyigba ʋuʋu sesĩe.
The earth will be completely broken, the earth ripped apart; the earth will be violently shaken.
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 will stagger like a drunken man and it will sway back and forth like a hut. Its sin will be heavy on it and it will fall and never rise again.
21 Le ŋkeke ma dzi la, Yehowa ahe to na ŋusẽ siwo le dziƒonutowo me kple fia siwo le anyigba dzi.
On that day Yahweh will punish the host of the heaven in the heavens, and the kings of the earth on 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.
They will be gathered together, prisoners in a pit, and will be shut up in a prison; and after many days they will be punished.
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 will be ashamed, and the sun disgraced, for Yahweh of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his elders in glory.
