Yesaya 60
1 “Tso nàklẽ, elabena wò kekeli do, eye Yehowa ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe dze ɖe dziwò,
Rise up to be illuminated, O Jerusalem! For your light has arrived, and the glory of the Lord has risen over you.
2 elabena kpɔ ɖa, viviti ado ɖe anyigba katã dzi, eye blukɔ tsiɖitsiɖi atsyɔ eƒe amewo dzi, gake Yehowa adze ɖe dziwò, eye eƒe ŋutikɔkɔe anɔ dzedzem le dziwò.
For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness will cover the peoples. Then the Lord will rise above you, and his glory will be seen in you.
3 Dukɔwo ava wò kekeli la gbɔ, eye fiawo ava wò agudzedze ƒe keklẽ la gbɔ.
And the nations will walk in your light, and the kings will walk by the splendor of your rising.
4 “Fɔ mo dzi, eye nàkpɔ nu siwo ƒo xlã wò. Wo katã woƒo ƒu heva gbɔwò, viwò ŋutsuwo tso didiƒe ke va, eye wolé viwò nyɔnuwo ɖe abɔdome vɛ.
Lift up your eyes all around and see! All these have been gathered together; they have arrived before you. Your sons will arrive from far away, and your daughters will rise up from your side.
5 Ekema àkpɔe, ahako alɔgbɔnu. Wò dzi ati kpo, avu gblotoo kple dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ. Woatsɔ nu xɔasi siwo le atsiaƒu dzi la vɛ na wò, eye dukɔwo ƒe kesinɔnuwo ava gbɔwò.
Then you will see, and you will overflow, and your heart will be amazed and expanded. When the multitude of the sea will have been converted to you, the strength of the nations will approach you.
6 Kposɔwo ƒe ha axɔ wò anyigba dzi hekpe ɖe Midian kple Efa ƒe kposɔviwo ŋuti. Nenema ke Sebatɔwo katã hã ava ana sika kple dzudzɔʋeʋĩdonuwo, eye woadzi ha akafu Yehowa.
A multitude of camels will inundate you: the dromedaries from Midian and Ephah. All those from Sheba will arrive, carrying gold and frankincense, and announcing praise to the Lord.
7 Woakplɔ Kedar ƒe lãhawo aƒo ƒu vɛ na wò, eye Nebayɔt ƒe agbowo asubɔ wò. Woaxɔ wo abe vɔsa ene le nye vɔsamlekpui dzi, eye maɖo atsyɔ̃ na nye gbedoxɔ kɔkɔe la.
All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together before you; the rams of Nebaioth will minister to you. They will be offered upon my pleasing altar, and I will glorify the house of my majesty.
8 “Ame kawoe nye ema le dzodzom le yame abe lilikpowo ene, alo abe ahɔnɛwo yina ɖe woƒe atɔwo me ene?
Who are these ones, who fly like the clouds and like doves to their windows?
9 Vavãe ƒukpowo le mɔ kpɔm nam. Tarsis ƒe meliwo le ŋgɔ na wo, lɔ viwò ŋutsuwo tso didiƒewo gbɔnae kple woƒe klosalo kple sika be woatsɔ ade bubu Yehowa, wò Mawu kple Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la ŋu, elabena eyae ɖo atsyɔ̃ na wò.
For the islands await me, and the ships of the sea in the beginning, so that I may lead your sons from far away, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of the Lord your God and to the Holy One of Israel. For he has glorified you.
10 “Amedzroviwo agbugbɔ wò gliwo aɖo, eye woƒe fiawo asubɔ wò. Togbɔ be meƒo mi le nye dziku me hã la, le nye dɔmenyo me la, makpɔ nublanui na mi.
And the sons of sojourners will build up your walls, and their kings will minister to you. For in my wrath, I have struck you. And in my reconciliation, I have taken pity on you.
11 Wò agbowo anɔ ʋuʋu ɖi ɖaa. Womatu wo akpɔ gbeɖe le ŋkeke me alo zã me o. Ale be amewo nate ŋu atsɔ dukɔwo ƒe kesinɔnuwo vɛ na mi. Woƒe fiawo anɔ ŋgɔ le dziɖuɖu ƒe asaɖabɔbɔ la me,
And your gates will be open continually. They will not be closed day or night, so that the strength of the nations may be brought before you, and their kings may be lead in.
12 eya ta dukɔ alo fiaɖuƒe si agbe be yemasubɔ mi o la, atsrɔ̃, eye woagbãe gudugudu.
For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve you will perish. And the Gentiles will be devastated by solitude.
13 “Lebanon ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe ava dziwò. Woƒe sesewu, fɔfɔli kple papawu ava na wò be woaɖo atsyɔ̃ na nye kɔkɔeƒe la, eye matsɔ ŋutikɔkɔe ada ɖe nye afɔɖoƒe.
The glory of Lebanon will arrive before you, the fir tree and the box tree and the pine tree together, to adorn the place of my sanctification. And I will glorify the place of my feet.
14 Ame siwo te wò ɖe to la, ƒe ŋutsuviwo ado dɔgɔ̃e ava gbɔwò. Ame siwo katã ɖe alɔme le ŋuwò la, ade ta agu ɖe wò afɔ nu, eye woayɔ wò be Yehowa ƒe Du, Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la ƒe Zion.
And the sons of those who humiliate you will approach and will bow down before you. And all who detract you will reverence the path of your feet. And they will call you the City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 “Togbɔ be wogble wò ɖi helé fu wò, eye ame aɖeke meto mewò yi o hã la, matsɔ wò awɔ atsyɔ̃ mavɔ kple dzidzɔe na dzidzimewo katã.
For though you were forsaken, and held in hatred, and there was no one who would pass near you, I will establish you as an everlasting glory, as a gladness from generation to generation.
16 Àno dukɔwo ƒe notsi, eye àno fiawo ƒe no, ekema ànyae be, nye Yehowae nye wò Ɖela, eye Yakob ƒe Ŋusẽtɔ lae nye wò xɔnametɔ.
And you will drink the milk of the Gentiles, and you will be nursed at the breasts of kings, and you will know that I am the Lord, your Savior and your Redeemer, the Strong One of Jacob.
17 Matsɔ sika ana wò ɖe akɔbli teƒe, eye klosalo ɖe gayibɔ teƒe. Le ati teƒe la, matsɔ akɔbli na wò, eye mana gayibɔ wò ɖe kpe teƒe. Mawɔ ŋutifafa wòanye tatɔ na wò, eye dzɔdzɔenyenye nanye dziɖula na wò.
In exchange for brass, I will bring gold; and in exchange for iron, I will bring silver; and for wood, brass; and for stones, iron. And I will make your visitation into peace, and your leaders into justice.
18 Womagase ŋutasesẽ ŋkɔ le wò anyigba dzi, tsɔtsrɔ̃ loo alo gbegblẽ hã manɔ wò liƒowo dzi o. Ke boŋ àyɔ wò gliwo be Ɖeɖekpɔkpɔ, eye wò agbowo be Kafukafu.
Iniquity will no longer be heard in your land, nor devastation and destruction in your borders. And salvation will occupy your walls, and praise will occupy your gates.
19 Ɣe maganye wò akaɖi le ŋkeke me loo alo ɣleti naklẽ ɖe dziwò o, elabena Yehowa anye wò kekeli tegbee ye wò Mawu anye wò ŋutikɔkɔe.
The sun will no longer be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon illuminate you. Instead, the Lord will be an everlasting light for you, and your God will be your glory.
20 Wò ɣe magaɖo to azɔ o, eye wò ɣleti hã magaɖo xɔ azɔ o. Yehowa anye wò kekeli mavɔ, eye wò konyifaŋkekewo nu ava ayi.
Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not diminish. For the Lord will be an everlasting light for you, and the days of your mourning will be completed.
21 Ekema wò amewo katã anye dzɔdzɔetɔwo, eye anyigba anye wo tɔ tegbee. Wonye ati fɛ̃ si medo, kple nye asinudɔwɔwɔwo be woaɖe nye ŋutikɔkɔe afia.
And your people will all be just. They will inherit the earth in perpetuity, the seedling of my planting, the work of my hand, so as to glorify me.
22 Ame ʋɛ siwo le mia dome la azu akpe, eye ame siwo mesɔ gbɔ o la azu dukɔ gã dranyi aɖe. Nyee nye Yehowa, le ewɔɣi la, mawɔ esia wòatsɔ kaba.”
The least will become a thousand, and a little one will become a very strong nation. I, the Lord, will accomplish this, suddenly, in its time.
