Yesaya 29
1 Baba na wò, Ariel, Ariel du gã, si me David nɔ. Tsɔ ƒe kpe ɖe ƒe ŋu, eye na wò azãɖuɖuwo nanɔ edzi yim ɖaa.
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel the city against which David fought: year has been added to year, the solemnities have unfolded.
2 Maƒu kpo ɖe Ariel ŋu, afa konyi, axa nu, ekema anɔ nam abe vɔsamlekpui si ƒo ʋu la ene.
And I will surround Ariel with siege works, and it will be in sorrow and mourning, and it will be like Ariel to me.
3 Maƒu asaɖa anyi aƒo xlã wò godoo. Matu gbetakpɔxɔ sesẽwo aƒo xlã wòe, eye maɖe ʋe ɖe ŋuwò.
And I will surround you like a sphere all around you, and I will raise up a rampart against you, and I will set up fortifications to blockade you.
4 Woaɖiɖi wò ɖe anyi, eye àƒo nu tso anyigba ƒe tume. Wò nuƒoƒo aɖi hɔlɔhɔlɔ le ke me. Wò gbe aɖi tso anyigba ƒe tume abe ŋɔli tɔ ene, eye tso ke me, wò nuƒoƒo aɖi abe dalĩ dom wole ene.
You will be brought low. You will speak from the ground, and your eloquence will be heard from the dirt. And, from the ground, your voice will be like that of the python, and your eloquence will mumble from the dirt.
5 Wò futɔ gbogboawo anɔ abe kewɔ memi ene, eye ŋutasẽlawo ƒe ha anɔ abe tsro si ya lɔ ɖe nu la ene; kasia zi ɖeka kpoyi,
And the multitude of those who fan you will be like fine dust. And the multitude of those who have prevailed against you will be like embers fading away.
6 Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, ava kple dziɖegbe, anyigbaʋuʋu kple gbeɖiɖi gã aɖe. Yaƒoƒo sesẽ, ahom kple dzo ƒe aɖe siwo biaa nu akpe ɖe eŋuti.
And this will happen suddenly and swiftly. It will be visited from the Lord of hosts with thunder and earthquakes, and with the great noise of a whirlwind and a storm, and with a flame of devouring fire.
7 Dukɔwo ƒe ameha siwo ho aʋa ɖe Ariel ŋu va dze eya ŋutɔ kple eƒe mɔ sesẽwo dzi, eye wòƒu kpo ɖe eŋu la, anɔ abe drɔ̃e alo ŋutega le zã me ene.
And the multitude of all the nations that have struggled against Ariel will be like the dream of a vision by night, along with all who have battled, and besieged, and prevailed against it.
8 Abe ale si dɔwuitɔ kua drɔ̃e be yele nu ɖum ene, ke ne enyɔ la, dɔwuame ganɔa anyi, eye abe ale si ame si wum tsikɔ le la kua drɔ̃e be yele tsi nom, ke ne enyɔ la, tsikɔ ganɔa ewum vevie ene la, nenema ke wòanɔ na dukɔwo ƒe ameha siwo ho aʋa ɖe Zion to la ŋuti.
And it will be like one who is hungry and dreams of eating, but, when he has been awakened, his soul is empty. And it will be like one who is thirsty and dreams of drinking, but, after he has been awakened, he still languishes in thirst, and his soul is empty. So shall the multitude of all the nations be, who have struggled against Mount Zion.
9 Miɖo asi nu, eye newɔ nuku na mi. Mitre ŋku, eye mizu ŋkugbagbãtɔwo. Mimu aha, ke menye wain o, minɔ ya mum, ke menye aha sesẽe o.
Be stupefied and in wonder! Shake and quiver! Be inebriated, but not from wine! Stagger, but not from drunkenness!
10 Yehowa na alɔ̃ sesẽ aɖe dze mia dzi. Eyae tre mi nyagblɔɖilawo ƒe ŋkuwo, eye wòtsyɔ nu ta na mi nukpɔlawo.
For the Lord has mixed for you a spirit of deep sleep. He will close your eyes. He will cover your prophets and leaders, who see visions.
11 Ke hena miawo ya la, ŋutega sia katã menye naneke o; negbe nya siwo woŋlɔ ɖe lãgbalẽ dzi hetre enu la koe wònye. Ne mietsɔ lãgbalẽ si dzi woŋlɔ nua ɖo la na ame si ate ŋu axlẽ nu hegblɔ nɛ be, “Meɖe kuku, xlẽ nu sia nam la,” aɖo eŋu be, “Nyemate ŋui o, elabena wotre enu.”
And the vision of all will be to you like the words of a sealed book, which, when they have given it to someone who knows how to read, they will say, “Read this,” but he will respond, “I cannot; for it has been sealed.”
12 Alo ne mietsɔ agbalẽ la na ame si mate ŋu axlẽ nu o hegblɔ nɛ be, “Meɖe kuku xlẽ nu sia nam” la, aɖo eŋu be, “Nyemenya agbalẽxexlẽ o.”
But if the book is given to someone who does not know how to read, and it is said to him, “Read,” then he will respond, “I do not know how to read.”
13 Ale Aƒetɔ la gblɔ nye esi, “Ame siawo te va gbɔnye kple woƒe nu, eye wotsɔ woƒe nyawo de bubu ŋunye, ke woƒe dziwo te ɖa xaa tso gbɔnye. Subɔsubɔ si wotsɔna nam la nye amegbetɔwo ƒe nuɖoɖo siwo wofia wo,
And the Lord said: Since this people have drawn near to me only with their mouth, and their lips glorify me while their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is based on the commandments and doctrines of men,
14 eya ta magana ame siawo ƒe mo nagawɔ yaa kple nukunuwo ƒe nukunu. Nunyalawo ƒe nunya nu ava ayi, eye gɔmesese abu ɖe nugɔmeselawo.”
for this reason, behold, I will proceed to accomplish a wonder for this people, a great and mystifying miracle. For wisdom will perish from their wise, and the understanding of their prudent will be concealed.
15 Baba na ame siwo wɔa nu si woate ŋui be woaɣla woƒe aɖaŋudedewo ɖe Yehowa; ame siwo wɔa woƒe dɔwo le viviti me hegblɔna be, “Ame kae kpɔ mi? Ame kae anya?”
Woe to you who use the depths of the heart, so that you may hide your intentions from the Lord. Their works are done in darkness, and so they say: “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?”
16 Mietrɔ gbo nu sia nu, eye miebu zemela abe anyi si wòtsɔ le ze mem la ene! Ɖe ze agblɔ na zemela be. “Mènya naneke oa?”
This intention of yours is perverse. It is as if the clay were to plan against the potter, or as if the work were to say to its maker: “You did not make me.” Or it is as if what has been formed were to say to the one who formed it, “You do not understand.”
17 Le ɣeyiɣi kpui aɖe me la, ɖe Lebanon mazu anyigba si nyoa nuku, eye anyigba si nyoa nuku la natrɔ azu ave oa?
In not more than a little while and a brief time, Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and a fruitful field will be considered to be a forest.
18 Gbe ma gbe la, tokunɔwo anɔ abe agbalẽa me nyawo ene, eye tso blukɔ kple viviti me, ŋkugbagbãtɔwo akpɔ nu.
And in that day, the deaf will hear the words of a book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind will see.
19 Agava eme be hiãtɔwo akpɔ dzidzɔ ɖe Yehowa ŋu, eye ame dahewo akpɔ dzidzɔ ɖe Israel ƒe kɔkɔetɔ la ŋu.
And the meek will increase their rejoicing in the Lord, and the poor among men will exult in the Holy One of Israel.
20 Ŋutasẽlawo nu ava yi, fewuɖulawo maganɔ anyi o, eye woatsrɔ̃ ame siwo katã kpɔa dzidzɔ le nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔwɔ ŋu,
For the one who was prevailing has failed, the one who was mocking has been consumed, and all those who were standing guard over iniquity have been cut down.
21 ame siwo tsɔa nya dea ame nya me wòzua agɔdzela, ame si trea mɔ na ametaʋlila le ʋɔnu, eye wòtsɔa aʋatsoɖaseɖiɖi dea ame dzɔdzɔe nya mee.
For they caused men to sin by a word, and they supplanted him who argued against them at the gates, and they turned away from justice in vain.
22 Eya ta ale Yehowa, ame si ɖe Abraham, gblɔ na Yakob ƒe aƒe lae nye esi, “Ŋu magakpe Yakob azɔ o. Woƒe mo magatsi dãa o.
Because of this, thus says the Lord, he who has redeemed Abraham, to the house of Jacob: From now on, Jacob will not be confounded; from now on his countenance will not blush with shame.
23 Ne wokpɔ wo viwo le wo dome; nye asinudɔwɔwɔwo la, woalé nye ŋkɔ kɔkɔe la me ɖe asi. Woade dzesi Yakob ƒe kɔkɔetɔ la ƒe kɔkɔenyenye, eye woavɔ̃ Israel ƒe Mawu la.
Instead, when he sees his children, they will be the work of my hands in his midst, sanctifying my name, and they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will preach the God of Israel.
24 Ame siwo dze aglã le gbɔgbɔ me la, gɔmesese asu wo si, eye tosẽlawo axɔ nufiafia.”
And those who had gone astray in spirit will know understanding, and those who had murmured will learn the law.
