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 said Jehovah: 'Where [is] this — the bill of your mother's divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Lo, for your iniquities ye have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent 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 have I come, and there is no one? I called, and there is none answering, Hath My hand been at all short of redemption? And is there not in me power to deliver? Lo, by My rebuke I dry up a sea, I make rivers a wilderness, Their fish stinketh, for there is no water, And dieth with thirst.
3 Metsɔ viviti tsyɔ lilikpo ŋgɔ, eye mena akpanya zu edzitsyɔnu.”
I clothe the heavens [with] blackness, And sackcloth I make 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.
The Lord Jehovah hath given to me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary [by] a word, He waketh morning by morning, He waketh for me an ear to hear as taught ones.
5 Aƒetɔ Yehowa, ʋu nye towo, eye nyemadze aglã o, nyemegbugbɔ yi megbe hã o.
The Lord Jehovah opened for me the ear, And I rebelled not — backward I moved 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 I have given to those smiting, And my cheeks to those plucking out, My face I hid not from shame 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.
And the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Therefore I have not been ashamed, Therefore I have set my face as a flint, And I know that I am not ashamed.
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!
Near [is] He who is justifying me, Who doth contend with me? We stand together, who [is] mine opponent? Let him come nigh unto me.
9 Aƒetɔ Yehowae kpe ɖe ŋunye. Ame ka ate ŋu abu fɔm? Wo katã woanyunyɔ abe avɔ ene eye agbagblaʋui aɖu wo.
Lo, the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Who [is] he that declareth me wicked? Lo, all of them as a garment wear out, A moth doth eat 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 [is] among you, fearing Jehovah, Hearkening to the voice of His servant, That hath walked in dark places, And there is no brightness for him? Let him trust in the name of Jehovah, 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 kindling a fire, girding on sparks, Walk ye in the light of your fire, And in the sparks ye have caused to burn, From my hand hath this been to you, In grief ye lie down!
