Yesaya 51

1 “Miɖo tom, mi ame siwo tia dzɔdzɔenyenye yome, eye miedia Yehowa. Mikpɔ agakpe si me woɖe mi tsoe kple fukpekpe si me woɖe mi le la dzi.

"Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek YHWH: look to the rock you were cut from, and to the hold of the pit you were dug from.

2 Mikpɔ mia fofo Abraham kple Sara, ame siwo dzi mi la dzi. Esi meyɔe la, eya ɖeka koe, gake meyrae, eye mewɔe wòzu ame geɖe.

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.

3 Yehowa afa akɔ na Zion godoo, eye anye kɔ akpɔ eƒe gli gbagbãwo kple dɔmetɔtrɔ. Atrɔ eƒe gbegbe wòazu Edenbɔ, eƒe kuɖinyigbawo abe Yehowa ƒe abɔ ene. Dzidzɔ kple vivisese anɔ afi ma eye akpedada kple hadzidzi hã anɔ afi ma.

For YHWH has comforted Zion; he has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of YHWH; joy and gladness shall be found in it, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

4 “Nye amehawo, miɖo tom, nye dukɔ, miaƒe to nenɔ ŋunye: Nufiame atso gbɔnye, eye nye ʋɔnu dzɔdzɔe dɔdrɔ̃ anye kekeli na dukɔwo.

"Attend to me, my people; and give ear to me, my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.

5 Nye dzɔdzɔenyenye gbɔna kple du, nye ɖeɖe le mɔ dzi gbɔna, eye nye abɔ ahe afia nyui tsotso vɛ na dukɔwo. Ƒukpowo akpɔ mɔ nam, eye woalala kple mɔkpɔkpɔ anɔ nye alɔ sinu kpɔm.

My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and my arms shall judge the peoples; the islands shall wait for me, and on my arm shall they trust.

6 Mifɔ mo dzi ne miakpɔ dziƒo, mide mo to ne miakpɔ anyigba. Dziƒowo nu ava yi abe dzudzɔ ene. Anyigba anyunyɔ abe avɔ ene, eye edzinɔlawo aku abe tagbatsutsu ene, ke nye xɔname anɔ anyi ɖikaa, eye nye dzɔdzɔenyenye nu matsi gbeɖe o.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell in it shall die in the same way: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

7 “Miɖo tom, mi ame siwo nya nu si le dzɔdzɔe. Mi ame siwo ƒe dziwo me nye se la le, migavɔ̃ amewo ƒe mokaname o, eye woƒe dzu megado ŋɔdzi na mi o,

"Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; do not fear the reproach of men, neither be dismayed at their insults.

8 elabena gbagblaʋui aɖu wo abe avɔ ene, eye ŋɔ aɖu wo abe ɖetifu ene. Ke nye dzɔdzɔenyenye la anɔ anyi tegbee, eye nye xɔname anɔ anyi tso dzidzime yi dzidzime.”

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation to all generations."

9 Nyɔ, nyɔ! O! Yehowa ƒe alɔ, ne nàtsɔ ŋusẽ ado. Nyɔ abe le tsã ƒe ɣeyiɣiwo kple blemaŋɔliwo ene. Ɖe menye wòe fli Rahab kakɛkakɛ, eye nètsɔ nu ƒo ɖe lã dziŋɔ la oa?

Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of YHWH; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn't it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?

10 Ɖe menye wòe na atsiaƒu, tɔ goglo la me tsiwo mie, eye nèta mɔ ɖe atsiaƒu me be ame siwo woɖe la nato edzi ayi oa?

Isn't it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?

11 Yehowa ƒe ame siwo woɖe la atrɔ agbɔ. Woage ɖe Zion kple aseyetsotso, eye dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ anye fiakuku anɔ woƒe tawo dzi. Vivisese kple dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ asu wo si, eye nuxaxa kple hũɖeɖe abu ɖe wo.

The ransomed of YHWH shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They shall obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

12 “Nye, nye koe faa akɔ na mi. Ame kae nènye be nèle vɔvɔ̃m na amegbetɔ siwo le abe gbe ko ene?

"I, even I, am he who comforts you: who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass;

13 Nu ka ta nèŋlɔ Yehowa, wò Wɔla, si keke dziƒowo me, eye wòɖo anyigba ƒe agunu anyi la be? Nu ka ta ŋɔdzi léa wò gbe sia gbe le ameteɖeanyila ƒe dɔmedzoe ta, ame si ɖoe kplikpaa be yeagblẽ nu? Afi ka ameteɖeanyila ƒe dɔmedzoe la le azɔ?

and have forgotten YHWH your Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fear continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he makes ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

14 Woaɖe ga gamenɔla siwo le vɔvɔ̃m la kpuie. Womaku ɖe gaxɔ me loo alo abolo nahiã wo o,

The captive exile shall speedily be freed; and he shall not die and go down into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.

15 elabena nyee nye Yehowa, wò Mawu, ame si de adã atsiaƒu me be ƒutsotsoewo dze agbo. Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔe nye eŋkɔ.

For I am YHWH your God, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar: YHWH of hosts is his name.

16 Metsɔ nye nyawo de nuwò, eye meɣla wò ɖe nye asi ƒe vɔvɔli te. Nye ame si tsɔ dziƒowo ɖo wo teƒe heɖo anyigba gɔme anyi, eye megblɔ na Zion be, ‘Nye dukɔ nènye.’”

I have put my words in your mouth, and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, 'You are my people.'"

17 Nyɔ, nyɔ! O! Yerusalem, fɔ, wò ame si ƒe dɔmedzoekplu le Yehowa ƒe asi me. Wò ame si no nu muame la wòvɔ ƒioƒioƒio, kplu si nana amewo zɔna sɔgɔsɔgɔ.

Awake, awake, stand up, Jerusalem, that have drunk at the hand of YHWH the cup of his wrath; you have drunk from the bowl, of the cup of staggering, and drained it.

18 Viŋutsu siwo katã wòdzi la ɖeke meli afia mɔe o. Viŋutsu siwo katã wònyi la, ɖeke meli alé eƒe alɔnu o.

There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she has brought forth; neither is there any who takes her by the hand among all the sons who she has brought up.

19 Dzɔgbevɔ̃e evee dzɔ ɖe dziwò, ame kae ate ŋu afa akɔ na wò? Gbegblẽ kple tsɔtsrɔ̃, dɔwuame kple yi ƒo go wò, ame ka ate ŋu afa akɔ na wò.

These two things have happened to you. Who will grieve for you? Desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword. Who will console you?

20 Nu te viwò ŋutsuwo ŋu. Womlɔ mɔtata ɖe sia ɖe ƒe dzogoewo dzi abe avugbɔ̃e si ɖo mɔ me la ene. Yehowa ƒe dɔmedzoe kple wò Mawu la ƒe mokaname ɖi ƒo na wo,

Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of YHWH, the rebuke of your God.

21 eya ta ɖo to afii, wò ame si kpe hiã, eye nèmu aha, evɔ mèno wain hã o.

Therefore hear now this, you afflicted, and drunk, but not with wine:

22 Ale wò Aƒetɔ, Yehowa gblɔe nye esi, wò Mawu si ʋli eƒe dukɔ ta la be, “Kpɔ ɖa, mexɔ kplu si na nèle mumum sɔgɔsɔgɔ la le asiwò. Màgano nye dɔmedzoe ƒe nu muame la le kplu sia me azɔ gbeɖe o.

Thus says your Lord YHWH, your God who pleads the cause of his people, "Look, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; you shall no more drink it again:

23 Matsɔe ade asi na wò fuwɔamela siwo gblɔna na wò be, ‘Mlɔ anyi ne míazɔ dziwò ayi’, eye nèwɔ wò dzime abe anyigba kple mɔdodo ene be woato edzi ayi.”

and I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, 'Bow down, that we may walk over you;' and you have laid your back as the ground, and as the street, to those who walk over."