Yesaia 31

1 Wonnue, wɔn a wɔkɔ Misraim kɔhwehwɛ mmoa, wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho to apɔnkɔ so, wɔn a wogye wɔn nteaseɛnam dodow ne wɔn apɔnkɔsotefo ahoɔden mmoroso no di, na wɔnhwɛ Israel Kronkronni no, anaasɛ wɔmpɛ mmoa mfi Awurade hɔ.

WOE to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!

2 Nanso Awurade yɛ onyansafo a obetumi de ɔhaw aba; ɔnsesa nʼano. Ɔbɛsɔre atia amumɔyɛfo fi, ne wɔn a wɔboa nnebɔneyɛfo.

Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

3 Na Misraimfo yi yɛ nnipa kɛkɛ, wɔnyɛ Onyankopɔn. Wɔn apɔnkɔ yɛ ɔhonam na wɔnyɛ honhom. Sɛ Awurade teɛ ne nsa a, ɔboafo bɛwatiri na nea wɔboa no no bɛhwe ase; wɔn baanu bɛbɔ mu asɛe.

Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

4 Sɛɛ na Awurade ka kyerɛ me: “Sɛnea gyata woro so, sɛnea gyata kokroo woro so gu ne hanam so no a mpo sɛ wɔfrɛ nguanhwɛfo dɔm kɔ no so a, wɔn nteɛteɛmu mmɔ no hu na wɔn huuyɛ nso nhaw no no, saa ara na Asafo Awurade besian abɛko wɔ Sion Bepɔw ne ne sorɔnsorɔmmea so.

For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.

5 Sɛnea nnomaa tu gyina faako wɔ wim no saa ara na Asafo Awurade bɛbɔ Yerusalem ho ban; ɔbɛbɔ ne ho ban na wagye no, obegyaa no na wagye no asi hɔ.”

As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

6 Monsan nkɔ nea moayɛ dɔm atia no no nkyɛn, Israelfo.

Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

7 Da no mo mu biara bɛpo dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ ahoni a mode mo nsa a ɛho agu fi ayɛ no.

For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.

8 “Asiria bɛhwe ase wɔ afoa a ɛnyɛ onipa de ano; afoa a ɛnyɛ onipa de bɛsɛe wɔn. Wobeguan afi afoa no ano na wɔbɛma wɔn mmerante ayɛ ɔhyɛ adwuma.

Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.

9 Wɔn abandennen bebubu, ehu nti; wohu akofo frankaa a, wɔn asraafo mpanyimfo bɛbɔ huboa,” sɛɛ na Awurade se, nea ne gya wɔ Sion, na ne fononoo si Yerusalem no.

And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.