Yesaya 42
1 “Kpɔ ɖa esiae nye nye dɔla si melé ɖe te, nye ame tiatia si ŋu mekpɔa ŋudzedze le; matsɔ nye gbɔgbɔ kɔ ɖe eya amea dzi ne wòadrɔ̃ ʋɔnu dzɔdzɔe na dukɔwo.
“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
2 Mafa avi alo ado ɣli alo woase eƒe ŋkɔ le mɔtata dzi o.
He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.
3 Maɖe aƒla ŋeŋe la ɖa o, eye matsi akaɖimeɖovu si le bibim ɖɔɖɔɖɔ la o. Adrɔ̃ ʋɔnu le nyateƒe me.
A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.
4 Maʋuʋu alo dzi naɖe le eƒo o va se ɖe esime wòɖo dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃ƒe anyi ɖe anyigba dzi, eye ƒukpowo ada woƒe mɔkpɔkpɔwo ɖe eƒe se la dzi.”
He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
5 Ale Yehowa, Mawu, ame si wɔ dziƒo, eye wòhe eme, ame si keke anyigba kple nu siwo katã doa go tso eme, ame si na agbegbɔgbɔ edzinɔlawo, eye wòna agbe ame siwo zɔna le edzi la gblɔe nye esi.
This is what God the LORD says— He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
6 “Nye, Yehowa, meyɔ wò le dzɔdzɔenyenye me. Malé wò alɔnu. Makpɔ tawò, ana nànye nubabla na amewo kple kekeli na dukɔwo,
“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
7 be nàʋu ŋku na ŋkugbagbãtɔwo, be nàɖe ga gamenɔlawo, eye nàɖe ame siwo nɔ do globo me la tso viviti me.
to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
8 “Nyee nye Yehowa, ŋkɔnyee ma! Nyematsɔ nye ŋutikɔkɔe alo kafukafu ana legbawo o.
I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.
9 Kpɔ ɖa, blemanyawo va eme, eye megale yeyewo gblɔm. Hafi woava dzɔ la, meɖe gbeƒã tso wo ŋuti na mi xoxo.”
Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
10 Mi ame siwo toa atsiaƒu dzi, mi nu siwo le atsiaƒu me, mi ƒukpowo kple ame siwo le wo dzi, midzi ha yeye na Yehowa. Midzi eƒe kafukafuha le anyigba ƒe mlɔenuwo ke.
Sing to the LORD a new song— His praise from the ends of the earth— you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.
11 Gbegbe kple du siwo le afi ma nekɔ woƒe gbe dzi. Kedar ƒe kɔƒewo me nɔlawo netso aseye. Ame siwo le Sela la nedzi ha kple dzidzɔ. Wonedo ɣli tso towo tame.
Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.
12 Wonetsɔ ŋutikɔkɔe na Yehowa, eye woaɖe gbeƒã eƒe kafukafu le ƒukpowo dzi.
Let them give glory to the LORD and declare His praise in the islands.
13 Yehowa ado abe kalẽtɔ ene. Ade dzo eɖokui me abe aʋawɔla ene. Atsɔ eƒe gbe ado aʋaɣli, eye wòaɖu eƒe futɔwo dzi.
The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:
14 “Mezi kpi eteƒe didi, mezi ɖoɖoe, eye melé ɖokuinye kpoo, ke azɔ la, abe nyɔnu si le ku lém ene la, mado ɣli, alɔ gbɔgbɔtsixe ɖe ƒo, eye manɔ gbɔgbɔm fuxefuxe.
“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.
15 Makaka towo kple togbɛwo, mana gbe damawo katã naƒu, mana tɔsisiwo nazu tɔdomekpowo, eye mana tɔʋuwo namie keŋkeŋ.
I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.
16 Makplɔ ŋkugbagbãtɔwo ato mɔ si womenya tsã o la dzi, eye makplɔ wo to mɔ manyamanya dzi. Mana viviti nazu kekeli le wo ŋgɔ, eye mana toƒe tsakliwo nazu zɔzrɔ̃e na wo. Esiawoe nye nu siwo mawɔ, nyemagble wo ɖi o.
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
17 Ke ame siwo ɖoa dzi ɖe aklamakpakpɛwo ŋu, ame siwo gblɔna na legbawo be, ‘Míaƒe mawuwoe mienye’ la, woagbugbɔ ɖe megbe kple ŋukpe gã.
But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
18 “Mi tokunɔwo, mise nu, mi ŋkugbagbãtɔwo, mifɔ mo dzi, miakpɔ nu!
Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!
19 Ame kae tsi ŋku, eye wòku to abe nye dɔla si medɔ la ene, ɖe menye nye dɔlae oa? Ame kae nye ŋkunɔ abe xɔ̃nye ene, eye wòtsi ŋku abe Yehowa ƒe dɔla ene?
Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
20 Èkpɔ nu geɖe, gake mètsɔ wo de ta me o, wò towo le ʋuʋu ɖi, gake mèse naneke o.”
Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”
21 Edze Yehowa ŋu le eƒe dzɔdzɔenyenye ta be, wòade gãnyenye kple bubu eƒe se ŋu.
The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
22 Ke esia nye ame siwo woda adzoe, eye woha wo; mɔ ɖe wo katã le dowo me, eye wobe ɖe gaxɔwo me. Wozu nuhaha, eye ame aɖeke meli axɔ na wo o. Wozu nu siwo woda adzoe, eye ame aɖeke meli agblɔ be, “Mitrɔ wo yii o.”
But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”
23 Mia dometɔ kae aɖo to nu sia alo alé to ɖe nu siwo gbɔna dzɔdzɔ ge la ŋu tsitotsito?
Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?
24 Ame kae de Yakob asi be wòazu nuhaha, eye wòde Israel asi na adzodalawo? Ɖe menye Yehowa, ame si ŋu miewɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖo lae oa? Elabena wogbe eƒe mɔwo dzi toto, eye womewɔ ɖe eƒe sewo dzi o.
Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.
25 Eya ta wòtrɔ eƒe dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ la kple aʋawɔwɔ ƒe nu vlowo kɔ ɖe wo dzi. Ena dzo bi ƒo xlã wo, gake womese egɔme o. Dzo la fia wo, gake mede dzi gbɔ na wo o.
So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
