Yesaia 32
1 Hwɛ, ɔhene bi bedi hene wɔ trenee mu na ahemfo de atɛntrenee adi nnipa so.
Watch! A king is coming who does what's right when he rules, and those who rule under him will act fairly.
2 Onipa biara bɛyɛ mframa ano hintabea ne ahum mu guankɔbea, ɔbɛyɛ sɛ nsuwansuwa a ɛwɔ nweatam so ne ɔbotan kɛse sunsuma a ɛwɔ osukɔm asase so.
Each one will be like a shelter from the wind, like a protection from the storm, like rivers of water in the dry desert, like the shade of a large rock in a sun-baked land.
3 Wɔn a wohu no ani renkata bio, na wɔn a wɔte asɛm no aso betie.
Then everyone with eyes will be able to truly see, and everyone who has ears will be able to truly hear.
4 Nea ɔyɛ adwene mu hare behu na wate ase, wɔn a wɔpo dodow bɛkasa na mu ada hɔ.
Those whose minds are impulsive will be sensible and think things through; those who stammer will speak clearly.
5 Wɔremfrɛ ɔkwasea sɛ onuonyamfo bio na wɔremfa nidi mma apapahwekwa.
No longer will fools be called respectable or crooks highly-regarded.
6 Ɔkwasea ka nkwaseasɛm na osusuw bɔne ho: ɔyɛ anyame apɛde ɔka Awurade ho nsɛm a enye; ɔmma nea ɔkɔm de no no aduan ɔde nsu kame nea osukɔm de no.
For fools only talk foolishness, thinking evil things. They act in opposition to the Lord, misrepresenting him in what they say. They refuse to give food to the hungry and deny water to the thirsty.
7 Apapahwekwa akwan yɛ amumɔyɛ, ɔyɛ bɔne ho nhyehyɛe de atoro sɛe ohiani, wɔ bere a ohiani asɛm yɛ nokware mpo.
Cheats use evil methods; they devise schemes to ruin the poor with lies, even when right is on the side of the poor.
8 Nanso onuonyamfo yɛ nhyehyɛe a ɛho wɔ nyam na nneyɛe pa no nti ɔda nsow.
But noble people act unselfishly; they keep to their principles of generosity.
9 Mo mmea a mugye mo ho di, monsɔre na muntie me; mo mmabea a mususuw sɛ mowɔ bammɔ monyɛ aso mma nea mewɔ ka!
Get up, you women who are lying around relaxing, and pay attention to what I'm saying! You ladies without a care in the world, listen to me!
10 Afe akyi nna kakra bi no mo a mugye di sɛ mowɔ bammɔ ho bɛpopo; bobe twabere no bedi mo huammɔ, nnuaba no twabere nso remma.
In just over a year, you who think yourselves so safe will tremble with fear. The grape harvest is going to fail and there'll be no harvest.
11 Mo ho mpopo, mo mmea a mugye mo ho di mommɔ hu, mo mmabea a mugye di sɛ mowɔ bammɔ! Mompa mo ho ntama na momfa atweaatam mmɔ mo asen.
Shudder, you women relaxing! Tremble, you ladies who feel so safe! Strip off your clothes, bare yourselves and put on sackcloth around your waists.
12 Mommobɔ mo koko so sɛ mowɔ mfuw afɛfɛ ne bobe a ɛso no nti,
Beat your breasts in sadness over the loss of your lovely fields, your productive vines,
13 ne me nkurɔfo asase, asase a nsɔe ne nnɛnkyɛnse agye afa. Yiw, montwa adwo mma afi a wogye wɔn ani wɔ mu ne saa ahosɛpɛw kuropɔn yi.
over the loss of the land of my people. Mourn because it's now overgrown with thorns and brambles, mourn because of the loss of all the happy homes and joyful towns.
14 Wobegyaw aban no hɔ, na gyegyeegye kuropɔn no ada mpan; abanwa ne ɔwɛn aban bɛdan asasehunu afebɔɔ, nea mfurum pɛ ne nguankuw didibea,
The palace is abandoned, the crowded town is deserted. Castles and watch towers will forever become homes loved by wild donkeys, and places where sheep graze,
15 kosi sɛ wobehwie honhom afi ɔsoro agu yɛn so, na nweatam bɛdan asasebere na asasebere ayɛ sɛ kwae.
until the Spirit is poured out on us from above, and the desert becomes like a good field full of crops, and a good field will grow like a forest.
16 Trenee bɛtena nweatam so na adetreneeyɛ atena asasebere so.
Then people living in the desert will practice justice, and those living among the fields will do what is right.
17 Adetreneeyɛ bɛsow asomdwoe aba; nea adetreneeyɛ de ba no bɛyɛ kommyɛ ne ahotoso a enni awiei.
Living right will bring peace and security that endures.
18 Me nkurɔfo bɛtenatena mmeae a asomdwoe wɔ afi a wɔabɔ ho ban homebea a ɔhaw biara nni hɔ.
My people will live in peace, safe and secure in their homes.
19 Mpo sɛ mparuwbo sɛe kwae no na kuropɔn no sɛe koraa a,
Even though hail can destroy a forest, and a town can be demolished,
20 wobehyira wo, wubedua wʼaba wɔ nsuwa biara ho, na wama wʼanantwi ne wo mfurum anantew baabiara.
you will be happy as you sow your crops beside the waters and let your cattle and donkeys roam freely.
