Yesaia 26
1 Saa da no, wɔbɛto saa dwom yi wɔ Yuda asase so: Yɛwɔ kuropɔn dennen; Onyankopɔn de nkwagye ayɛ nʼafasu ne ne hankare a ɛkorɔn.
In that day shall this canticle be sung the land of Juda. Sion the city of our strength a saviour, a wall and a bulwark shall be set therein.
2 Mummuebue apon no na atreneefo man no nhyɛn mu, ɔman nokwafo no.
Open ye the gates, and let the just nation, that keepeth the truth, enter in.
3 Wobɛkora no so asomdwoe mu nea wasi nʼadwene pi, efisɛ ɔde ne ho to wo so.
The old error is passed away: thou wilt keep peace: peace, because we have hoped in thee.
4 Fa wo ho to Awurade so afebɔɔ, efisɛ, Awurade, Awurade yɛ daa Botan.
You have hoped in the Lord for evermore, in the Lord God mighty for ever.
5 Ɔbrɛ wɔn a wɔtete soro ase, na ɔbrɛ kuropɔn a ɛkorɔn no ase; obubu gu fam pasaa ma ɛda mfutuma mu.
For he shall bring down them that dwell on high, the high city he shall lay low. He shall bring it down even to the ground, he shall pull it down even to the dust.
6 Anammɔn tiatia so, wɔn a wɔhyɛ wɔn so anammɔn ahiafo anammɔntu.
The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.
7 Ɔtreneeni kwan so yɛ tamaa; wo, Ɔnokwafo, woma ɔtreneeni kwan so yɛ trontrom.
The way of the just is right, the path of the just is right to walk in.
8 Yiw, Awurade, yɛnam wo mmara kwan so yi, yɛretwɛn wo; na wo din ne ne kɛseyɛ yɛ nea yɛn koma pɛ.
And in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, we have patiently waited for thee: thy name, and thy remembrance are the desire of the soul.
9 Me kra pere hwehwɛ wo anadwo; anɔpa nso me honhom ani gyina wo. Sɛ wʼatemmu ba asase yi so a, nnipa a wɔwɔ wiase sua treneeyɛ.
My soul hath desired thee in the night: yea, and with my spirit within me in the morning early I will watch to thee. When thou shalt do thy judgments on the earth, the inhabitants of the world shall learn justice.
10 Ɛwɔ mu sɛ wuyi adom adi kyerɛ amumɔyɛfo de, nanso wonsua treneeyɛ; na mpo atreneefo asase so no, wɔkɔ so yɛ bɔne na wommu Awurade kɛseyɛ.
Let us have pity on the wicked, but he will not learn justice: in the land of the saints he hath done wicked things, and he shall not see the glory of the Lord.
11 Ao Awurade, wɔama wo nsa so kɔ soro, nanso wonhu. Ma wonhu wo mmɔdemmɔ wɔ wo nkurɔfo ho na ɛnhyɛ wɔn aniwu; ma ogya a wɔasɔ ama wʼatamfo no nhyew wɔn.
Lord, let thy hand be exalted, and let them not see: let the envious people see, and be confounded: and let fire devour thy enemies.
12 Awurade, woama yɛn asomdwoe; nea yɛatumi ayɛ nyinaa wo na woayɛ ama yɛn.
Lord, thou wilt give us peace: for thou hast wrought all our works for us.
13 Awurade yɛn Nyankopɔn, awuranom afoforo bi adi yɛn so, nanso wo din nko ara na yɛ kamfo.
O Lord our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us, only in thee let us remember thy name.
14 Afei wɔawuwu, na wɔnte ase bio; ahonhom a wɔafi mu no wɔrensɔre. Wotwee wɔn aso na wosɛee wɔn wɔama yɛn werɛ afi wɔn.
Let not the dead live, let not the giants rise again: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and best destroyed all their memory.
15 Woama ɔman no ayɛ kɛse, Awurade; woama ɔman no ayɛ kɛse; woahyɛ wo ho anuonyam; woatrɛtrɛw asase no ahye nyinaa mu.
Thou hast been favourable to the nation, O Lord, thou hast been favourable to the nation: art thou glorified? thou hast removed all the ends of the earth far off.
16 Awurade, wofi ahohia mu baa wo nkyɛn; bere a wotwee wɔn aso no, na wontumi mmue wɔn ano mpo mmɔ mpae.
Lord, they have sought after thee in distress, in the tribulation of murmuring thy instruction was with them.
17 Sɛnea ɔpemfo a awo aka no fi ɔyaw mu bukabukaw ne mu na osu no, saa ara na yɛyɛe wɔ wʼanim, Awurade.
As a woman with child, when she draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs: so are we become in thy presence, O Lord.
18 Yenyinsɛnee, yɛkyemee wɔ ɔyaw mu nanso yɛwoo mframa. Yɛamfa nkwagye amma asase so; wɔanwo nnipa amma asase so.
We have conceived, and been as it were in labour, and have brought forth wind: we have not wrought salvation on the earth, therefore the inhabitants of the earth have not fallen.
19 Nanso wʼawufo benya nkwa; wɔn nipadua bɛsɔre. Ma wɔn a wɔtete mfutuma mu no, nsɔre mfa anigye nteɛ mu. Mo bosu te sɛ anɔpa bosu; asase beyi nʼafunu apue.
Thy dead men shall live, my slain shall rise again: awake, and give praise, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is the dew of the light: and the land of the giants thou shalt pull down into ruin.
20 Monkɔ, me nkurɔfo, monhyɛnhyɛn mo adan mu na montoto apon no mu; momfa mo ho nsie bere tiaa bi kosi sɛ nʼabufuwhyew ano bedwo.
Go, my people, enter into thy chambers, shut thy doors upon thee, hide thyself a little for a moment, until the indignation pass away.
21 Hwɛ, Awurade refi nʼatenae abɛtwe nnipa a wɔte asase so aso wɔ wɔn bɔne ho. Asase bɛda mogya a wɔahwie agu no so no adi; ɔrentumi mfa nʼatɔfo nsie bio.
For behold the Lord will come out of his place, to visit the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth against him: and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall cover her slain no more.
