Yesaya 33
1 Baba na wò, o nugblẽla! Wò ame si womegblẽ o. Baba na wò, o ametatrɔla! Wò ame si womede asi o. Ne èdzudzɔ nugbegblẽ la, woagblẽ wò hã ne èdzudzɔ ametatɔtrɔ la, woatrɔ wò hã tawò.
Ho! you who make waste those who did not make you waste; acting falsely to those who were not false to you. When you have come to an end of wasting, you will be made waste, and after your false acts, they will do the same to you.
2 O! Yehowa, ve mía nu; míele diwòm vevie. Nye míaƒe ŋusẽ ŋdi sia ŋdi. Nye mía ɖela le xaxaɣeyiɣiwo me.
O Lord, have mercy on us; for we have been waiting for your help: be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of trouble.
3 Ne èɖe gbe la, amewo sina, ne ètso la, dukɔwo kakana hlẽna.
At the loud noise the peoples have gone in flight; at your coming up the nations have gone in all directions.
4 O! Dukɔwo, woaƒo miaƒe nuhahawo nu ƒu abe ale si woƒoa ŋɔviwo nu ƒue ene, eye amewo adze wo dzi abe ale si ʋetsuviwo ƒe ha gã aɖe dzea nu dzi ene.
And the goods taken in war will be got together like the massing of young locusts; men will be rushing on them like the rushing of locusts.
5 Wodo Yehowa ɖe dzi, elabena etsɔ dziƒo wɔ nɔƒee. Atsɔ nu dzɔdzɔe wɔwɔ kple dzɔdzɔenyenye ayɔ Zion.
The Lord is lifted up; his place is on high: he has made Zion full of righteousness and true religion.
6 Anye gɔmeɖokpe sesẽ na míaƒe ɣeyiɣiwo. Anye nudzraɖoƒe gã na ɖeɖekpɔkpɔ, dziƒonunya kple sidzedze, eye Yehowavɔvɔ̃ anye safui na kesinɔnu sia.
And she will have no more fear of change, being full of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is her wealth.
7 Kpɔ ɖa woƒe kalẽtɔwo le avi fam sesĩe le mɔtatawo dzi. Ŋutifafa ƒe ame dɔdɔwo fa avi vevie.
See, the men of war are sorrowing outside the town: those who came looking for peace are weeping bitterly.
8 Gbedzimɔwo ɖi gbɔlo, eye mɔzɔla aɖeke mele mɔtatawo dzi o. Nubabla la me gblẽ. Wodo ŋunyɔ eƒe ɖasefowo, eye womede bubu ame aɖeke ŋuti o.
The highways are waste, no man is journeying there: the agreement is broken, he has made sport of the towns, he has no thought for man.
9 Anyigba la ƒu kplakplakpla, eye naneke megale edzi o. Ŋu kpe Lebanon, eye wòyrɔ sũu. Saron le abe Araba gbegbe ene. Basan kple Karmel lũ xɛ abe ati ene.
The earth is sorrowing and wasting away; Lebanon is put to shame and has become waste; Sharon is like the Arabah; and in Bashan and Carmel the leaves are falling.
10 Yehowa be, “Matso azɔ, woadom ɖe dzi, eye woakɔ nye alɔ ɖe dzi azɔ.
Now will I come forward, says the Lord; now will I be lifted up; now will my power be seen.
11 Atsakiti nye fu nèfɔ, eye nèdzi gbe ƒuƒu. Wò gbɔgbɔ nye dzo si fia wò.
Your designs will be without profit, and their effect will be nothing: you will be burned up by the fire of my breath.
12 Woafiã abe akalo ene, eye woatɔ dzo wo abe ŋuve si wolã kɔ ɖi ene.”
And the peoples will be like the burning of chalk: as thorns cut down, which are burned in the fire.
13 Mi ame siwo le adzɔge, mise nu si mewɔ. Mi ame siwo tso kpuiƒe, mide dzesi nye ŋusẽ!
Give ear, you who are far off, to what I have done: see my power, you who are near.
14 Ŋɔdzi lé nu vɔ̃ wɔla siwo le Zion, eye vɔvɔ̃ dze Mawumavɔ̃lawo dzi, wobia be, “Mía dometɔ kae anɔ te ɖe dzobinu la nu? Mía dometɔ kae anɔ anyi ɖe dzo mavɔ̃ sia me.”
The sinners in Zion are full of fear; the haters of God are shaking with wonder. Who among us may keep his place before the burning fire? who among us may see the eternal burnings?
15 Ame si zɔna le dzɔdzɔenyenye me, eye wògblɔa nu si le eteƒe, ame si tsri viɖe si wokpɔ to amebaba me, eye mexɔa zãnu o, ame si xe eƒe towo be magase hlɔ̃donyawo o, ame si mia eƒe ŋkuwo be makpɔ nu gbegblẽ wɔwɔ o.
He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;
16 Esiae nye ame si anɔ kɔkɔƒe, eye eƒe bebeƒe anye mɔ sesẽ si le towo tame. Akpɔ abolo aɖu ɖaa, eye tsinono mahiãe o.
He will have a place on high: he will be safely shut in by the high rocks: his bread will be given to him; his waters will be certain.
17 Wò ŋkuwo akpɔ fia la le eƒe atsyɔ̃ɖoɖo gã me, eye àkpɔ anyigba keke la le adzɔge.
Your eyes will see the king in his glory: they will be looking on a far-stretching land.
18 Àbu ŋɔdzinu siwo nèwɔ va yi le wò susu me be, “Afi ka amegã ma le? Afi ka ame si dzɔa adzɔga la le? Afi ka amegã si kpɔa gbetakpɔxɔwo dzi la le?”
Your heart will give thought to the cause of your fear: where is the scribe, where is he who made a record of the payments, where is he by whom the towers were numbered?
19 Màgakpɔ ɖokuiŋudzela mawo azɔ o, ame siwo fiana, eye woƒe nuƒo gɔme menyasena o.
Never again will you see the cruel people, a people whose tongue has no sense for you; whose language is strange to you.
20 Wò ŋku nenɔ Zion dzi. Du si me mieɖua miaƒe ŋkekenyuiwo le; wò ŋkuwo akpɔ Yerusalem, ŋutifafaƒe kple agbadɔ si womaɖe ɖa akpɔ o. Womaho eƒe tsyotiwo le tome alo alã ka siwo wohe ɖe wo ŋuti o.
Let your eyes be resting on Zion, the town of our holy feasts: you will see Jerusalem, a quiet resting-place, a tent which will not be moved, whose tent-pins will never be pulled up, and whose cords will never be broken.
21 Afi mae Yehowa, le eƒe ŋutikɔkɔe me, anye míaƒe Ŋusẽtɔ le. Anɔ abe teƒe si tɔ gbadzawo kple tɔʋuwo le la ene. Tɔdziʋu siwo wokuna kple tablu la, made afi ma o eye meli gã aɖeke hã mato edzi ayi o,
But there the Lord will be with us in his glory, ... wide rivers and streams; where no boat will go with blades, and no fair ship will be sailing.
22 elabena Yehowae nye míaƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃la. Yehowae nye ame si wɔ sewo na mí, eye Yehowae nye míaƒe fia. Eyae nye ame si aɖe mí.
For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our law-giver, the Lord is our king; he will be our saviour.
23 Wò abaladokawo me gbɔdzɔ; womebla wò abaladotiawo sesĩe o; ale wò abalawo me meke o, eya ta woama afunyinu gbogboawo, eye tekunɔwo gɔ̃ hã atsɔ nuhahawo adzoe.
Your cords have become loose; they were not able to make strong the support of their sails, the sail was not stretched out: then the blind will take much property, the feeble-footed will make division of the goods of war.
24 Ame siwo le Zion la dometɔ aɖeke magblɔ be, “Mele dɔ lém” o, eye woatsɔ ame siwo le afi ma la ƒe nu vɔ̃wo ake wo.
And the men of Zion will not say, I am ill: for its people will have forgiveness for their sin.
