Yesaya 50
1 Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi, “Afi ka mia dada ƒe srɔ̃gbegbalẽ si metsɔ gbee la le? Alo ame siwo ŋu menyi fe le la dometɔ kae metsɔ mi dzra na? Miaƒe nu vɔ̃wo tae wotsɔ mi dzra ɖo. Miaƒe dzidadawo tae wonya mia dada ɖo.
Thus, saith Yahweh—Where then is the scroll of your mother’s divorce, whom I have put away? Or, which of my creditors, is it to whom I have sold you? Lo! for your iniquities, have ye been sold, And for your transgressions, hath your mother been put away.
2 Nu ka ta esi meva la, ame aɖeke meli o? Nu ka ta esi meyɔ mi la, ame aɖeke metɔ o? Ɖe nye abɔ to ɖe me be mate ŋu aɖe mi oa? Ɖe ŋusẽ mele ŋunye be maxɔ na mi oa? Gbe ko meɖe, tete atsiaƒu mie. Mena tɔsisiwo zu gbegbe, eye lã siwo le wo me la ƒaƒã, elabena tsi mie le wo ŋu, eye tsikɔ wu wo woku.
Wherefore, When I came in, was there no one? When I called, was there none to answer? Is mine own hand, really shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or is there not, in me, strength to deliver? Lo! by my rebuke, I dry up the sea I make rivers a desert, Their fish Stinketh, for want of water, Yea dieth, for thirst:
3 Metsɔ viviti tsyɔ lilikpo ŋgɔ, eye mena akpanya zu edzitsyɔnu.”
I clothe the heavens with gloom, And, of sackcloth, make I their covering.
4 Aƒetɔ Yehowa tsɔ nufiala ƒe aɖe nam be manya nya si matsɔ ado ŋusẽ ame si gbɔdzɔ lae. Enyɔam ŋdi sia ŋdi. Eʋua nye to be mase nu abe ame si wole nu fiam la ene.
My Lord Yahweh, hath given unto me the tongue of the instructed, That I should know how to succour the fainting, with discourse, —He kept wakening—morning by morning. He kept wakening mine ear, to hearken as do the instructed;
5 Aƒetɔ Yehowa, ʋu nye towo, eye nyemadze aglã o, nyemegbugbɔ yi megbe hã o.
My Lord, Yahweh, opened mine ear, And, I, was not rebellious, —Away, turned I not:
6 Metrɔ nye dzime na ame siwo ƒom, metrɔ nye tome na ame siwo nyɔa ge nam la. Nyemeɣla nye mo ɖe fewuɖulawo kple ame siwo nyɔa ta ɖe mo nam o.
My back, gave I to smiters, and My cheeks, to them who pulled out the beard, —My face, hid I not from insult and spitting.
7 Esi Aƒetɔ Yehowa, kpena ɖe ŋunye ta la, ŋu makpem o, eya ta mewɔ nye mo wòse abe hlihakpe ene, eye menya be ŋu makpem o.
Because, My Lord, Yahweh, would help me, Therefore was I not deterred by insult, —Therefore did I set my face like flint, And I knew that I should not be put to shame.
8 Ame si ɖeam le nya me la tsɔ ɖe gbɔnye, eya ta ame kae ate ŋu atsɔ nya ɖe ŋunye? Nena míado go ŋkume kple ŋkume! Ame kae nye nunyetsola? Nekpe avu kplim!
At hand, is one who can justify me. Who will contend with me? let, us stand forth together, —Who can accuse me? let him draw near to me!
9 Aƒetɔ Yehowae kpe ɖe ŋunye. Ame ka ate ŋu abu fɔm? Wo katã woanyunyɔ abe avɔ ene eye agbagblaʋui aɖu wo.
Lo! My Lord, Yahweh, will help me, Who is he that shall prove me lawless? Lo! they all, as a garment, shall fall to pieces, the moth shall consume them.
10 Ame kae le mia dome si vɔ̃a Yehowa, eye wòwɔa eƒe dɔla ƒe nya dzi? Na ame si le viviti me zɔm, akaɖi mele esi o la naka ɖe Yehowa ƒe ŋkɔ dzi, eye wòaɖo ŋu ɖe eƒe Mawu la ŋuti.
Who among you, revereth Yahweh, Hearkening unto the voice of his Servant, —That hath walked in dark places And hath had no gleam of light? Let him trust in the name of Yahweh, And lean upon his God.
11 Ke azɔ mi ame siwo katã do dzo, eye miewɔ akakatiwo na mia ɖokuiwo la, miyi, eye miazɔ le miaƒe dzo siwo miedo kple akakati siwo miesi la ƒe keklẽ nu. Esiae nye nu si miaxɔ tso asinyeme: Miamlɔ anyi ɖe fuwɔame me.
Lo! all ye that kindle a fire, That gird yourselves with fiery darts, —Walk ye in the blaze of your own fire. And in the fiery darts ye have kindled, At my hand, hath this befallen you, In sorrow, shall ye lie down.
