Yesaya 46
1 Bel de ta agu, Nebo do dɔgɔ̃e. Wotsɔ woƒe legbawo do agbae na agbatsɔlãwo. Numeme siawo zu agba wotsɔna nɔa yiyim, eye wozu agba na agbatsɔla siwo gbɔdzɔ.
Bel is broken, Nebo is destroyed: their idols are put upon beasts and cattle, your burdens of heavy weight even unto weariness.
2 Wo katã wobɔbɔna hedea ta agu ɖekae, ke womete ŋu ɖe agba la ɖa o, eye woyi aboyome.
They are consumed, and are broken together: they could not save him that carried them, and they themselves shall go into captivity.
3 “O! Yakob ƒe aƒe, miɖo tom. Mi ame siwo katã susɔ na Israel ƒe aƒe la, mi ame siwo melé ɖe asi tso gbe si gbe wofɔ miaƒe fu, eye metsɔ mi tso gbe si gbe wodzi mi
Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who are carried by my bowels, are borne up by my womb.
4 va se ɖe miaƒe tsitsime esime miaƒe taɖa ƒo wɔ ke hã la, nye koe, nye ɖeka koe ate ŋu alé mi ɖe te. Nyee wɔ mi, eye matsɔ mi ada ɖe ɖokuinye dzi.
Even to your old age I am the same, and to your grey hairs I will carry you: I have made you, and I will bear: I will carry and will save.
5 “Ame ka miebe yewoatsɔm asɔ kplii alo agblɔ be esɔ kplim? Ame ka miagblɔ be mele abe eya ene, ne woatsɔe asɔ kplim?
To whom have you likened me, and made me equal, and compared me, and made me like?
6 Wo dometɔ aɖewo dudua sika le woƒe kotokuwo me ɖe anyigba, eye wodaa klosalo le nudanu me. Woyɔa sikanutula be wòatsɔe awɔ mawue na wo, eye wodea ta agu hesubɔnɛ.
You that contribute gold out of the bag, and weigh out silver in the scales: and hire a goldsmith to make a god: and they fall down and worship.
7 Wotsɔnɛ ɖoa abɔta henɔa yiyim kplii. Wotsɔnɛ ɖoa enɔƒe, eye afi ma ko wònɔa tsitre ɖo. Metea ŋu ɖea zɔ yia teƒe bubu o. Togbɔ be wodoa ɣli nɛ hã la, meɖoa nya ŋu na wo o, eye metea ŋu ɖea wo le woƒe xaxawo me hã o.
They bear him on their shoulders and carry him, and set him in his piece, and he shall stand, and shall not stir out of his place. Yea, when they shall cry also unto him, he shall not hear: he shall not save them from tribulation.
8 “Mi aglãdzelawo, miɖo ŋku edzi, milée ɖe susu me, eye wòanɔ dzi me na mi.
Remember this, and be ashamed: return, ye transgressors, to the heart.
9 Miɖo ŋku blemanuwo dzi, nu siwo dzɔ gbe aɖe gbe ʋĩi va yi. Nyee nye Mawu. Ɖeke megali o. Nyee nye Mawu, mawu bubu aɖeke megali o; Nyee nye Mawu, mawu bubu aɖeke mesɔ kplim o.
Remember the former age, for I am God, and there is no God beside, neither is there the like to me:
10 Mena mienya nuwuwua tso gɔmedzedzea, eye tso blema ke, mienya nu si ava dzɔ. Megblɔ be, ‘Nye nuɖoɖiwo anɔ anyi tegbee, eye mawɔ nu siwo katã dze ŋunye,’
Who shew from the beginning the things that shall be at last, and from ancient times the things that as yet are not done, saying: My counsel shall stand, and all my will shall be done:
11 meyɔ xeƒonu tso ɣedzeƒe, eye tso anyigba didi aɖe dzi. Meyɔ ame aɖe be wòana nye tameɖoɖowo nava eme. Nu si megblɔ la, eyae mana wòava eme. Nu si meɖo la, eya ke mawɔ.
Who call a bird from the east, and from a far country the man of my own will, and I have spoken, and will bring it to pass: I have created, and I will do it.
12 Miɖo tom, mi dzimesẽlawo kple mi, ame siwo le adzɔge na dzɔdzɔenyenye.
Hear me, O ye hardhearted, who are far from justice.
13 Metsɔ nye dzɔdzɔenyenye gbɔnae be wòate ɖe mia ŋu. Manɔ adzɔge tso mia gbɔ o, eye nye ɖeɖe mahe ɖe megbe o. Mana ɖeɖe nado na Zion, eye nye atsyɔ̃ anɔ Israel ŋu.”
I have brought my justice near, it shall not be afar off: and my salvation shall not tarry. I will give salvation in Sion, and my glory in Israel.
