Yesaya 26
1 Gbe ma gbe la, woadzi ha sia le Yudanyigba dzi be: Du sesẽ aɖe le mía si; Mawu tsɔ ɖeɖe ɖo gli sesẽ aɖe ƒo xlãe.
In that day this song shall be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city. He will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.
2 Miʋu agboawo be dukɔ dzɔdzɔe la nage ɖe eme; dukɔ si lé xɔse me ɖe asi.
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps faith may enter in.
3 Àna be ame si ƒe susu ku ɖe ŋuwò la nanɔ ŋutifafa gã aɖe me, elabena eɖo ŋu ɖe ŋuwò.
Thou will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusts in thee.
4 Ɖo ŋu ɖe Yehowa ŋu ɖaa, elabena Yehowae nye Agakpe mavɔ la.
Trust ye in Jehovah forever, for in Jehovah, even Jehovah, is an everlasting rock.
5 Ebɔbɔa ame siwo le kɔkɔƒe la ɖe anyi, ebɔbɔa du si do eɖokui ɖe dzi la ɖe anyi. Egbãnɛ va se ɖe anyigba ke, eye wòtutunɛ dea ke me.
For he has brought down those who dwell on high. The lofty city, he lays it low. He lays it low even to the ground. He brings it even to the dust.
6 Wotua afɔe ƒua anyi. Ame dahewo kple ame siwo wote ɖe to lae tua afɔe.
The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
7 Ame dzɔdzɔe ƒe mɔ dzi le zɔzrɔ̃e; O! Azɔ, wòe wɔ ame dzɔdzɔe ƒe mɔ wòzrɔ̃.
The way of the just is uprightness. Thou who are upright directs the path of the just.
8 Ɛ̃, Yehowa, míele zɔzɔm le wò se la nu hele lalawòm; wò ŋkɔ kple wò gãnyenye nye míaƒe dziwo ƒe didi.
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited for thee, to thy name. Even to thy memorial, is the desire of our soul.
9 Nye luʋɔ le diwòm vevie le zã me, le ŋdi la, nye gbɔgbɔ tsia dzi ɖe ŋuwò vevie. Ne wò ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ ɖiɖi ɖe anyigba dzi la, xexemetɔwo srɔ̃a wò dzɔdzɔenyenye.
With my soul I have desired thee in the night. Yea, with my spirit within me I will seek thee earnestly. For when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
10 Togbɔ be wovea ame vɔ̃ɖiwo nu hã la, womesrɔ̃a dzɔdzɔenyenye o; le dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe anyigba dzi gɔ̃ hã la, wogale nu tovowo wɔwɔ dzi ko, eye womekpɔ Yehowa ƒe gãnyenye o.
Let favor be shown to a wicked man, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of Jehovah.
11 O! Yehowa, wò abɔ de dzi bobobo, gake womekpɔe o. Na woakpɔ ale si nètsɔ dzo ɖe wò amewo ŋuti ne ŋu nakpe wo; na be dzo si nèdzra ɖo ɖi na wò futɔwo la nava fia wo.
Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, yet they do not see. But they shall see thy zeal for the people, and be put to shame. Yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.
12 Yehowa, wòe ɖo ŋutifafa ɖi na mí; nu siwo katã míete ŋu wɔ la wòe wɔ wo na mí.
Jehovah, thou will ordain peace for us, for thou have also wrought all our works for us.
13 O! Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu, aƒetɔ bubuwo ɖu mía dzi kpe ɖe ŋuwò, ke wò ɖeka ko ƒe ŋkɔ ŋutie míede bubue.
O Jehovah our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us, but by thee only we will make mention of thy name.
14 Azɔ la woku, womegale agbe o; ame siwo ku ƒe gbɔgbɔ matsi tsitre o; èhe to na wo, èna gbegblẽ va wo dzi, eye nèɖe woƒe ŋkɔwo ɖa be womagaɖo ŋku wo dzi o.
Being dead, they shall not live. Being deceased, they shall not rise. Therefore thou have visited and destroyed them, and made all remembrance of them to perish.
15 Èkeke dukɔ la ɖe edzi, O! Yehowa; èna dukɔ la keke ta ɖe edzi. Èxɔ ŋutikɔkɔe na ɖokuiwò, eye nèkeke anyigba la ƒe liƒowo ɖe edzi.
Thou have increased the nation, O Jehovah, thou have increased the nation. Thou are glorified. Thou have enlarged all the borders of the land.
16 Esi nèhe to na wo, eye womagate ŋu akɔ gbe dzi ado gbe ɖa o la, Yehowa, wova gbɔwò le woƒe xaxa la me.
Jehovah, in trouble they have visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
17 Abe ale si nyɔnu si le ku lém la ŋena hedoa ɣli le vevesese ta ene la, nenema kee míele le ŋkuwò me, O! Yehowa.
As a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs, so we have been before thee, O Jehovah.
18 Fu le mía ɖum; míele ku lém, gake ya ko míedzi. Míetsɔ ɖeɖe va anyigba dzi o; míedzi ame siwo le xexea me o.
We have been with child. We have been in pain. We have as it were brought forth wind. We have not wrought any deliverance in the earth, nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
19 Ke ame siwo ku le mewò la anɔ agbe; woƒe ŋutilãwo atsi tsitre. Mi ame siwo mlɔ ke me, minyɔ, eye miado dzidzɔɣli. Miaƒe ahũ le abe esi dzana le ŋdi la ene. Anyigba aɖe eƒe ame siwo ku la ɖe go.
Thy dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye who dwell in the dust, for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
20 Miheyi, nye amewo. Mige ɖe miaƒe xɔwo me, eye miatu ʋɔawo. Miɣla mia ɖokuiwo va se ɖe esime eƒe dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ la nu nava yi.
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors around thee. Hide thyself for a little moment until the indignation be passed over.
21 Kpɔ ɖa, Yehowa tso le enɔƒe be yeava ahe to na anyigbadzinɔlawo le woƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta. Anyigba aɖe ʋu siwo wokɔ ɖe edzi la afia, eye magate ŋu aɣla eƒe ame kukuwo o.
For, behold, Jehovah comes forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
