Yesaia 14
1 Awurade behu Yakob mmɔbɔ; ɔbɛsan afa Israel na ɔbɛbɔ wɔn atenase wɔ wɔn ankasa asase so. Ananafo bɛba abɛka wɔn ho na wɔne Yakobfi aka abɔ mu.
Her time is near at hand, and her days shall not be prolonged. For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose out of Israel, and will make them rest upon their own ground: and the stranger shall be joined with them, and shall adhere to the house of Jacob.
2 Amanaman bɛfa wɔn de wɔn aba wɔn ankasa atenae. Na Israelfi bɛfa amanaman no ayɛ wɔn de sɛ nkoa ne mfenaa wɔ Awurade asase so. Wɔbɛyɛ wɔn a wɔyɛɛ wɔn nnommumfo no nnommum na wobedi wɔn sohwɛfo so.
And the people shall take them, and bring them into their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall make them captives that had taken them, and shall subdue their oppressors.
3 Na da a Awurade bɛma mo ɔhome afi amanehunu, ahoyeraw ne nkoasom dennen mu no,
And it shall come to pass in that day, that when God shall give thee rest from thy labour, and from thy vexation, and from the hard bondage, wherewith thou didst serve before,
4 mubedi Babiloniahene ho fɛw se: hwɛ sɛnea sohyɛfo no aba nʼawie! ne sɛnea nʼabufuw nso to atwa!
Thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and shalt say: How is the oppressor come to nothing, the tribute hath ceased?
5 Awurade abubu otirimɔdenfo no abaa mu, sodifo ahempema no,
The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, the rod of the rulers,
6 nea abufuw mu no ɔde bobɔɔ wɔn toatoaa so hwehwee fam, na abufuwhyew mu otintim wɔn so a ahomegye nni mu de brɛɛ amanaman no ase no.
That struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, that brought nations under in fury, that persecuted in a cruel manner.
7 Nsase no nyinaa rehome wɔ asomdwoe mu; na wɔto dwom.
The whole earth is quiet and still, it is glad and hath rejoiced.
8 Mpo, ɔpepaw nnua ne Lebanon sida nya ho anigye na wɔka se, “Afei a wɔabrɛ wo ase yi, duatwafo biara remmetwa yɛn.”
The fir trees also have rejoiced over thee, and the cedars of Libanus, saying: Since thou hast slept, there hath none come up to cut us down.
9 Awufo nna a ɛwɔ ase no rekeka ne ho abehyia wo kwan; ɛkanyan wɔn a wɔafi mu no honhom sɛ wɔmmɛma wo akwaaba, wɔn a na wɔyɛ akannifo wɔ wiase ɛma wɔsɔre fi wɔn nhengua so, wɔn a na wɔyɛ ahemfo wɔ amanaman so. (Sheol h7585)
Hell below was in an uproar to meet thee at thy coming, it stirred up the giants for thee. All the princes of the earth are risen up from their thrones, all the princes of nations. (Sheol h7585)
10 Wɔn nyinaa begye so, wɔbɛka akyerɛ wo se, “Wo nso woayɛ mmerɛw sɛ yɛn; woayɛ sɛ yɛn ara.”
All shall answer, and say to thee: Thou also art wounded as well as we, thou art become like unto us.
11 Wo kɛseyɛ nyinaa wɔde aba ɔda mu, ne huuyɛ a efi wo asanku no; wɔde nsaammoa asɛw kɛtɛ ama wo na asunson akata wo so. (Sheol h7585)
Thy pride is brought down to hell, thy carcass is fallen down: under thee shall the moth be strewed, and worms shall be thy covering. (Sheol h7585)
12 Sɛnea wufi ɔsoro abɛhwe fam, anɔpa nsoromma, adekyee babarima! Wɔato wo abɛhwe asase so, wo a na kan no wobrɛ amanaman ase!
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, who didst rise in the morning? how art thou fallen to the earth, that didst wound the nations?
13 Wokaa no wo koma mu se, “Mɛforo akɔ ɔsoro; mɛma mʼahengua so asi Onyankopɔn nsoromma atifi; mɛtena ase adi hene wɔ ahyiae bepɔw so, nea ɛkorɔn pa ara wɔ bepɔw kronkron no so.
And thou saidst in thy heart: I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, I will sit in the mountain of the covenant, in the sides of the north.
14 Mɛforo atra omununkum atifi; mɛyɛ me ho sɛ Ɔsorosoroni no.”
I will ascend above the height of the clouds, I will be like the most High.
But yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, into the depth of the pit. (Sheol h7585)
16 Wɔn a wuhu wo no hwɛ wo haw, wodwen nea ato wo no ho bisa se, “Ɛnyɛ ɔbarima a ɔwosow asase na ɔmaa ahenni ho popoe,
They that shall see thee, shall turn toward thee, and behold thee. Is this the man that troubled the earth, that shook kingdoms,
17 ɔbarima a ɔmaa wiase dan nweatam, nea ɔdan ne nkuropɔn butuwii na wamma ne nneduafo ankɔ wɔn nkyi no ni?”
That made the world a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof, that opened not the prison to his prisoners?
18 Amanaman ahemfo no nyinaa wɔadeda wɔn obiara wɔ ne da mu.
All the kings of the nations have all of them slept in glory, every one in his own house.
19 Nanso wɔapam wo afi wo da mu te sɛ dubaa a wɔapo; wɔde wɔn a wɔatotɔ akata wo so, wɔn a wɔtɔɔ wɔ afoa ano, wɔn a wosian kɔ abo amoa mu, te sɛ funu a wɔatiatia so,
But thou art cast out of thy grave, as an unprofitable branch defiled, and wrapped up among them that were slain by the sword, and art gone down to the bottom of the pit, as a rotten carcass.
20 Wɔrensie wo nka wɔn ho, efisɛ woasɛe wʼasase na wakunkum wo nkurɔfo. Otirimɔdenfo asefo no wɔrenkae wɔn bio. Wo babarima renni wʼade sɛ ɔhene.
Thou shalt not keep company with them, even in burial: for thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people: the seed of the wicked shall not be named for ever.
21 Siesie faako a wobekunkum ne mmabarima wɔ wɔn agyanom bɔne nti; ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔsɔre di asase no so na wɔde wɔn nkuropɔn pete so.
Prepare his children for slaughter for the iniquity of their fathers: they shall not rise up, nor inherit the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22 “Mɛsɔre atia wɔn,” Sɛnea Asafo Awurade se ni. “Metwa ne din ne ne nkae, ne mma ne ne nenanom afi Babilonia ho,” sɛnea Asafo Awurade se ni.
And I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will destroy the name of Babylon, and the remains, and the bud, and the offspring, saith the Lord.
23 “Mɛdan no ayɛ faako a mpatu wɔ ne ɔwora; mede ɔsɛeprae bɛpra no,” sɛnea Asafo Awurade se ni.
And I will make it a possession for the ericius and pools of waters, and I will sweep it and wear it out with a besom, saith the Lord of hosts.
24 Asafo Awurade aka ntam se, “Nokware, sɛnea mahyehyɛ no, saa ara na ɛbɛyɛ, na sɛnea masusuw no, ɛrensesa.
The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying: Surely as I have thought, so shall it be: and as I have purposed,
25 Mɛsɛe Asiria pasaa wɔ mʼasase so; metiatia no so me mmepɔw so. Obeyi ne konnua afi me nkurɔfo so, na nʼadesoa nso afi wɔn so.”
So shall it fall out: That I will destroy the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: and his yoke shall be taken away from them, and his burden shall be taken off their shoulder.
26 Eyi ne nhyehyɛe a wɔayɛ ama wiase nyinaa; eyi ne nsa a wɔateɛ wɔ aman nyinaa so.
This is the counsel, that I have purposed upon all the earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all nations.
27 Na sɛ Asafo Awurade ayɛ nʼadwene a hena na obesiw no kwan? Na sɛ wateɛ ne nsa, hena na obesianka no?
For the Lord of hosts hath decreed, and who can disannul it? and his hand is stretched out: and who shall turn it away?
28 Saa adehu yi baa afe a ɔhene Ahas wui no:
In the year that king Achaz died, was this burden:
29 Munnni ahurusi, mo Filistifo, sɛ abaa a ɛbɔɔ mo no mu abubu; saa ɔwɔ no ase na ahurutoa befi aba, na nʼaba bɛyɛ ɔwɔ a ne ho yɛ hare na nʼano wɔ bɔre.
Rejoice not thou, whole Philistia, that the rod of him that struck thee is broken in pieces: for out of the root of the serpent shall come forth a basilisk, and his seed shall swallow the bird.
30 Ahiafo mu hiani benya didibea, na mmɔborɔni bɛda asomdwoe mu. Nanso wʼasefo de, mede ɔkɔm bɛtɔre wɔn ase; ebekunkum wo nkae no.
And the firstborn of the poor shall be fed, and the poor shall rest with confidence: and I will make thy root perish with famine, and I will kill thy remnant.
31 Twa adwo, kurow pon! Su teɛ mu kuropɔn! munguan, mo Filistifo! Wusiw kumɔnn bi fi atifi fam reba, na obiara ntwentwɛn ne nan ase wɔ wɔn mu.
Howl, O gate; cry, O city: all Philistia is thrown down: for a smoke shall come from the north, and there is none that shall escape his troop.
32 Mmuae bɛn na wɔde bɛma saa ɔman no ananmusifo? “Awurade de Sion atim hɔ, ne mu na nʼamanehunufo benya guankɔbea.”
And what shall be answered to the messengers of the nations? That the Lord hath founded Sion, and the poor of his people shall hope in him.
