Yesaya 59
1 Kpɔ ɖa, Yehowa ƒe alɔ mele kpuie akpa be mate ŋu aɖe ame, alo eƒe to mexe be mate ŋu ase nu o;
Behold, the hand of the Lord has not been shortened, so that it cannot save, and his ear has not been blocked, so that it cannot hear.
2 ke boŋ miaƒe nu vɔ̃woe ma mi kple miaƒe Mawu dome. Miaƒe nu vɔ̃woe na wòɣla eƒe ŋkume ɖe mi be maɖo to mi o,
But your iniquities have made a division between you and your God, and your sins have concealed his face from you, so that he would not hear.
3 elabena miaƒe asiwo ƒo ʋu, eye vodada le asibidɛ ŋu na mi. Miaƒe nuyiwo da alakpa, eye miaƒe aɖewo gblɔ nya tovowo.
For your hands have been polluted by blood, and your fingers by iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue utters iniquity.
4 Ame aɖeke meli si gblɔna be wometso afia dzɔdzɔe o. Ame aɖeke meʋlia eɖokui ta to mɔ dzɔdzɔe dzi o, ke boŋ woɖoa ŋu ɖe nyahehe dzodzrowo ŋu. Wodaa alakpa. Wofɔa fuɖename ƒe fu hedzia nu vɔ̃ɖi.
There is no one who calls for justice, and there is no one who judges truly. For they trust in nothing, and they speak emptiness. They have conceived hardship, and they have given birth to iniquity.
5 Woƒoa da ƒe aziwo, eye wolɔ̃a yiyiɖɔ. Ame si ɖu woƒe aziwo la, aku, eye ne ɖe gbã la, ƒli ado tso eme.
They have ruptured the eggs of asps, and they have woven the webs of spiders. Whoever will eat of their eggs will die. For what has been incubated will hatch into a king snake.
6 Woƒe yiyiɖɔ menyo na avɔ o. Womate ŋu atsyɔ nu si wowɔ la o. Woƒe dɔwɔwɔwo nye dɔwɔwɔ vɔ̃ɖiwo, eye nu baɖa wɔwɔ le woƒe asiwo me.
Their weavings will not be for clothing, nor will they cover themselves with their handiwork. Their works are useless things, and the work of iniquity is in their hands.
7 Woƒe afɔwo ƒua du gena ɖe nu vɔ̃ me, eye woɖea abla le ʋu maɖifɔ kɔkɔ ɖi me. Woƒe susuwo nye susu vɔ̃ɖiwo. Gbegblẽ kple tsɔtsrɔ̃ bɔ ɖe woƒe mɔwo dzi.
Their feet run to evil, and they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are useless thoughts; devastation and destruction are in their ways.
8 Womenya ŋutifafa ƒe mɔ o. Nu dzɔdzɔe wɔwɔ mele woƒe mɔwo dzi o. Wotrɔ woƒe mɔwo wozu mɔ gɔglɔ̃wo, eye ame siwo azɔ wo dzi ayi la, manya ŋutifafa o,
They have not known the way of peace, and there is no judgment in their steps. Their paths have become crooked for them. Anyone who treads in them knows no peace.
9 eya ta nuteƒewɔwɔ le adzɔge na mi, eye dzɔdzɔenyenye metsɔ ɖe mia gbɔ o. Miekpɔ mɔ na kekeli, ke viviti sɔŋ ƒo xlã mi. Míekpɔ mɔ na xexea me ƒe kɔkɔ, ke blukɔ me boŋ ko zɔm miele.
Because of this, judgment is far from us, and justice will not take hold of us. We waited for light, and behold, darkness; we waited for brightness, and we walked in darkness.
10 Miele asi tsam le gli ŋu abe ŋkugbagbãtɔwo ene, eye miele mɔ dim kple asi abe ame siwo mele nu kpɔm o la ene. Miele nu klim le ŋdɔkutsu dzatsi abe zã me ene, eye míele lãmesesẽtɔwo dome abe ame kukuwo ene.
We groped for the wall, like one who is blind, and we felt our way, like one without eyes. We stumbled at midday, as if in darkness; and in darkness, as if in death.
11 Mi katã miele gbe tem abe sisiblisiwo ene, eye miele xɔxlɔ̃m nublanuitɔe abe ahɔnɛwo ene. Miele mɔ kpɔm na ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ dzɔdzɔe, gake miekpɔ ɖeke o. Miele mɔ kpɔm na ɖeɖe, gake metsɔ ɖe mia gbɔ o,
We will all roar like bears, and we will sigh like despondent doves. We hoped for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, and it is far from us.
12 elabena míaƒe dzidadawo sɔ gbɔ le ŋkuwò me eye míaƒe nu vɔ̃wo le mía nu tsom. Míenya míaƒe dzidadawo, eye míedze si miaƒe nu vɔ̃,
For our iniquities have been multiplied in your sight, and our sins have answered us. For our wickedness is with us, and we have acknowledged our iniquities:
13 siwo nye aglãdzedze, nugbeɖoɖo ɖe Yehowa ŋu, megbetɔtrɔ̃ de míaƒe Mawu la, ameteteɖeto, tsitretsitsi ɖe ame ŋu kple alakpanya siwo míeɣla ɖe míaƒe dzi me la gbɔgblɔ.
sinning and lying against the Lord. And we have turned away, not so as to go after our God, and so that we were speaking calumny and transgression. We have conceived, and spoken from the heart, words of falsehood.
14 Ale wonya ʋɔnu dzɔdzɔe dɔdrɔ̃ do ɖe megbe, eye nu dzɔdzɔe wɔwɔ tsi tsitre ɖe adzɔge. Nyateƒe le nu klim le kpɔdomewo, eye nuteƒewɔwɔ mate ŋu age ɖe ame o.
And judgment has been turned backwards, and justice has stood far away. For truth has fallen down in the street, and fairness was not able to enter.
15 Ale nyateƒe mele afi aɖeke woakpɔ o, eye ame si gbe nu le nu vɔ̃ɖi gbɔ la zu nuhaha. Yehowa ɖo ŋku anyi hekpɔ nu, ke mekpɔ nu dzɔdzɔe wɔwɔ le afi aɖeke o, eye medzɔ dzi nɛ o.
And the truth has gone into oblivion. And he who withdraws from evil endures plunder. And the Lord saw this, and it seemed evil in his eyes. For there is no judgment.
16 Yehowa kpɔ be ame aɖeke meli o. Ewɔ moya nɛ be ame aɖeke meli si alé avu o, ale wòtsɔ eya ŋutɔ ƒe alɔ xɔ na eɖokui, eye eya ŋutɔ ƒe dzɔdzɔenyenye lée ɖe te.
And he saw that there was no good man. And he was astonished that there was no one to meet him. And his own arm brought salvation to him, and his own justice strengthened him.
17 Edo dzɔdzɔenyenye abe eƒe akɔtakpoxɔnu ene, eye xɔxɔ ƒe gakuku le ta nɛ. Etsɔ hlɔ̃biabia ƒe awuwo do, eye wòtsɔ ŋuʋaʋã xatsa ɖe eɖokui ŋu abe doɖedzi ene.
He clothed himself with justice as with a breastplate, and with a helmet of salvation upon his head. He put on the vestments of vengeance, and he was covered with zeal as with a cloak.
18 Axe fe na wo ɖe nu siwo wowɔ la nu. Atsɔ dɔmedzoe axe fee na eƒe futɔwo, eye wòatsɔ teƒeɖoɖo axe fee na eƒe ketɔwo. Atsɔ nu si dze la axe fee na ƒukpowo.
This was for vindication, as a repayment of indignation to his adversaries, and as a sudden reversal for his enemies. He will repay the islands in their turn.
19 Ɣetoɖoƒetɔwo avɔ̃ Yehowa ƒe ŋkɔ, eye ɣedzeƒetɔwo ade bubu eƒe ŋutikɔkɔe ŋu, elabena ele vava ge abe tsiɖɔɖɔ si le sisim kple ŋusẽ, eye Yehowa ƒe gbɔgbɔ nyae ɖe du nu la ene.
And those from the west will fear the name of the Lord, and those from the rising of the sun will fear his glory, when he arrives like a violent river, which the Spirit of the Lord urges on.
20 Yehowa be, “Ɖela ava Zion na Yakob ƒe ame siwo trɔ tso woƒe nu vɔ̃wo me.”
And the Redeemer will arrive in Zion, and to those who return from the iniquity within Jacob, says the Lord.
21 Yehowa be, “Nye la, esiae nye nye nubabla kpli wo. Nye Gbɔgbɔ si le dziwò, nye nya siwo metsɔ de nuwò la madzo le nuwò alo le viwòwo ƒe nu alo le wò dzidzimeviwo ƒe nu tso azɔ dzi yi ɖe mavɔ me o,” Yehowae gblɔe.
This is my pact with them, says the Lord. My Spirit is within you, and my words, which I have put in your mouth, will not withdraw from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring’s offspring, says the Lord, from this moment, and even forever.
