Yesaya 58
1 “Gblɔe kple ɣli, mègadzudzɔ o. Kɔ wò gbe dzi abe kpẽ ene. Gblɔ nye dukɔ ƒe aglãdzedze nɛ kple Yakob ƒe aƒe la ƒe nu vɔ̃wo nɛ.
Cry aloud, and spare not; lift up thy voice as with a trumpet, and declare to my people their sins, and to the house of Jacob their iniquities.
2 Wole diyem gbe sia gbe. Edze abe ɖe wotsi dzi be woanya nye mɔwo abe ɖe wonye dukɔ si wɔa nu dzɔdzɔe, eye womeŋlɔ woƒe Mawu ƒe sewo be o la ene. Wole afiatsotso dzɔdzɔe dim tso gbɔnye, eye wòdze abe ɖe wotsi dzi be Mawu nate ɖe wo ŋu kpokploe ene.
They seek me day by day, and desire to know my ways, as a people that had done righteousness, and had not forsaken the judgment of their God: they now ask of me righteous judgment, and desire to draw nigh to God,
3 Wobiana be, ‘Nu ka ŋuti míetsi nu dɔ, gake mède nu eme na mí o, eye míebɔbɔ mia ɖokuiwo, gake mède dze sii o?’ “Evɔ gbe si gbe mietsi nu dɔ la, miewɔ nu si dze mia ŋu, eye mieba miaƒe dɔwɔlawo katã.
saying, Why have we fasted, and thou regardest not? [why] have we afflicted our souls, and thou didst not know it? Nay, in the days of your fasts ye find your pleasures, and all them that are under your power ye wound.
4 Miaƒe nutsitsidɔ la wua enu kple dzrewɔwɔ, kple avuwɔwɔ, gawu la, mietu kɔ mia nɔewo tamesesẽtɔe kple miaƒe asi vɔ̃ɖiwo. Migakpɔ mɔ be ne mietsi nu dɔ nenema la, woase miaƒe gbe le dziƒo o.
If ye fast for quarrels and strifes, and smite the lowly with [your] fists, wherefore do ye fast to me as [ye do] this day, so that your voice may be heard in crying?
5 Ɖe esia nye nutsitsidɔ si tɔgbi melɔ̃na be ame nabɔbɔ eɖokui le ŋkeke ɖeka ko mea? Tadede agu abe keti ene, akpanyadzimɔmlɔ kple dzofimemɔmlɔ koe nye nutsitsidɔa? Eya yɔm nèle be nutsitsidɔ kple ŋkeke si dzea Yehowa ŋua?
I have not chosen this fast, nor [such] a day for a man to afflict his soul; neither though thou shouldest bend down thy neck as a ring, and spread under thee sackcloth and ashes, neither thus shall ye call a fast acceptable.
6 “Ɖe menye esiae nye nutsitsidɔ si metia oa, be woaɖe nu madzɔmadzɔwo ƒe gakɔsɔkɔsɔwo ɖa, woatu kɔkuti ƒe kɔsasawo, ne woana ablɔɖe ame siwo wote ɖe to, eye woaŋe kɔkuti ɖe sia ɖe oa?
I have not chosen such a fast, saith the Lord; but do thou loose every burden of iniquity, do thou untie the knots of hard bargains, set the bruised free, and cancel every unjust account.
7 Ɖe menye eyae nye be nàna nuɖuɖu dɔwuitɔwo, ana nɔƒe ame dahe si le tsaglãla tsam, ne èkpɔ ame aɖe wòle amama la, nàta avɔ nɛ, eye màtrɔ megbe ade wò ŋutɔ wò ŋutilã kple ʋu oa?
Break thy bread to the hungry, and lead the unsheltered poor to thy house: if thou seest one naked, clothe [him], and thou shalt not disregard the relations of thine own seed.
8 Ekema wò kekeli adze abe agudzedze ene, eye wò dɔyɔyɔ ado kaba. Ekema wò dzɔdzɔenyenye adze ŋgɔ na wò, eye Yehowa ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe axe megbe na wò.
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall speedily spring forth: and thy righteousness shall go before thee, and the glory of God shall compass thee.
9 Ekema àyɔ Yehowa, eye wòatɔ na wò. Àdo ɣli be wòaxɔ na wò, eye wòagblɔ be, ‘Nyee nye esi.’ “Ne èɖe teteɖeanyi ƒe kɔkuti ɖa, asifiafia ame kple ameŋugblẽnyawo gbɔgblɔ,
Then shalt thou cry, and God shall hearken to thee; while thou art yet speaking he will say, Behold, I am here. If thou remove from thee the band, and the stretching forth of the hands, and murmuring speech;
10 ne ètsi nu dɔ hetsɔ wò nuɖuɖu na dɔwuitɔ, eye nèkpɔ ame siwo wote ɖe anyi la ƒe hiahiãwo gbɔ la, ekema wò kekeli adze le viviti me, eye wò zã anɔ abe ŋdɔkutsu ene.
and [if] thou give bread to the hungry from thy heart, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light spring up in darkness, and thy darkness [shall be] as noon-day:
11 Yehowa akplɔ wò ɖaa. Akpɔ wò hiahiãwo gbɔ le kuɖiɖinyigba dzi, eye wòado ŋusẽ wò ameti blibo la. Ànɔ abe abɔ si wode tsii nyuie kple vudo si memiena o ene.
and thy God shall be with thee continually, and thou shalt be satisfied according as thy soul desires; and thy bones shall be made fat, and shall be as a well-watered garden, and as a fountain [from] which the water has not failed.
12 Wò amewo agbugbɔ blemaƒedowo atu, eye woaɖo gli ɖe gbe aɖe gbe tɔwo ƒe gɔmeɖokpe xoxowo dzi. Woayɔ wò be ‘Gli gbagbãwo ɖɔɖola kple mɔtata siwo to duwo me la dzraɖola.’
And thy old waste desert [places] shall be built up, and thy foundations shall last through all generations; and thou shalt be called a repairer of breaches, and thou shalt cause thy paths between to be in peace.
13 “Ne èhe ɖe megbe tso Dzudzɔgbe ŋkeke la gbegblẽ gbɔ, ne mèwɔ nu si dze ŋuwò le ŋkeke kɔkɔe la dzi o, ke boŋ nèkpɔ dzidzɔ le Dzudzɔgbe ŋkeke la ŋu, eye nède bubu Yehowa ƒe ŋkeke kɔkɔe la ŋu, ne ède bubu eŋu, mèlé wò mɔ tsɔ o, ne mèwɔ nu si dze ŋuwò, alo gblɔ nya dzodzrowo o la,
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, so as not to do thy pleasure on the holy days, and shalt call the sabbaths delightful, holy to God; [if] thou shalt not lift up thy foot to work, nor speak a word in anger out of thy mouth,
14 ekema àkpɔ dzidzɔ le Yehowa me, eye mana be nàɖi tsa ade anyigba ƒe kɔkɔƒewo ahaɖu fofowò, Yakob ƒe domenyinu.” Yehowa ƒe nue gblɔe.
then shalt thou trust on the Lord; and he shall bring thee up to the good places of the land, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this.
