Yesaia 38
1 Saa nna no mu no, Hesekia yaree owuyare, na Amos babarima Odiyifo Yesaia kɔɔ ne nkyɛn kɔkae se, “Sɛnea Awurade se ni: Toto wʼakwan yiye, efisɛ worebewu; na wo ho renyɛ wo den bio.”
In those days Hezekiah fell sick unto death; and there came unto him Isaiah the son of Amoz, the prophet, and said unto him, Thus hath said the Lord, Give thy charge to thy house; for thou shalt die, and not live.
2 Bere a Hesekia tee asɛm yi, otwaa nʼani hwɛɛ ɔfasu, bɔɔ Awurade mpae se,
Then did Hezekiah turn his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord.
3 “Kae, Awurade, sɛnea manantew wʼanim nokware mu na mede me koma ayɛ nea ɛfata wɔ wʼanim.” Na Hesekia suu bebree.
And he said, O Lord, I beseech thee remember now that I have walked before thee in truth, and with an undivided heart, and have done what is good in thy eyes. And Hezekiah wept aloud.
4 Na saa asɛm yi fii Awurade nkyɛn kɔɔ Yesaia hɔ se,
Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,
5 “San kɔ Hesekia nkyɛn, na kɔka kyerɛ no se, ‘Sɛɛ na Awurade, wʼagya Dawid Nyankopɔn, ka: Mate wo mpaebɔ no, na mahu wo nisu. Mede mfe dunum bɛka wo nkwanna ho.
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus hath said the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
6 Na megye wo ne kuropɔn yi afi Asiriahene nsam. Mɛbɔ kuropɔn yi ho ban.
And out of the hand of the king of Assyria will I deliver thee and this city; and I will shield this city.
7 “‘Na eyi ne nsɛnkyerɛnne a Awurade bɛyɛ de adi ho adanse sɛ, obedi ne bɔhyɛ so:
And this shall be unto thee the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing which he hath spoken:
8 Mɛma owia ano sunsuma atwe akɔ nʼakyi anammɔn du wɔ Ahas antweri so.’” Ɛno nti, owiahyerɛn no kɔɔ nʼakyi anammɔn du.
Behold, I will cause the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down on the dial of Achaz by the sun, to return backward ten degrees. So the sun returned ten degrees, by the degrees which he was gone down.
9 Nea Yudahene Hesekia kyerɛw wɔ ne yare ne nʼayaresa akyi ni:
The writing of Hezekiah the king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:
10 Mekae se, “Mʼasetena mu nnapa yi mu ɛsɛ sɛ mefa owu apon mu na wogye me mfe a aka yi ana?” (Sheol h7585)
I had said, In the midst of my days, must I enter the gates of the nether world; I am deprived of the residue of my years. (Sheol h7585)
11 Mekae se, “Merenhu Awurade Nyankopɔn bio Awurade a ɔwɔ ateasefo asase so. Merenhu adesamma bio, anaa merenka wɔn a wɔte wiase yi ho bio.
I had said, I shall not see the Lord, the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall not behold man any more among the inhabitants of the regions of death.
12 Wɔadwiriw me fi agu agye afi me nsam, te sɛ, oguanhwɛfo ntamadan. Matwa me nkwa so sɛnea ɔnwemfo twa me fi asadua so; awia ne anadwo wutwaa me nkwa so.
My dwelling is broken down, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off, like a weaver, my life; with pining sickness will he snatch me away: from day until night wilt thou make an end of me.
13 Mede ntoboase twɛn kosii ahemadakye, nanso wɔbobɔɔ me nnompe mu te sɛ gyata; awia ne anadwo wutwaa me nkwa so.
I waited [with patience] till morning, [whether] as a lion, so would he break all my bones: from day until night wilt thou make an end of me.
14 Misuu sɛ asomfena anaa asukɔnkɔn; mitwaa adwo sɛ, aborɔnoma a ɔredi awerɛhow. Mʼani yɛɛ siamoo bere a mehwɛɛ soro. Mewɔ ɔhaw mu, Awurade, bra bɛboa me!”
Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chirp; I did moan like a dove; my eyes were lifted up on high: O Lord, I am oppressed; grant me ease.
15 Na dɛn na metumi aka? Wakasa akyerɛ me, na ɔno ankasa na wayɛ eyi. Mede ahobrɛase bɛnantew mʼasetena nyinaa mu me kra ahoyeraw yi nti.
What shall I speak? he hath promised it unto me, and he hath also accomplished it; I will make pilgrimages [to God's house] all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
16 Awurade, ɛnam saa nneɛma yi so na nnipa nya nkwa na me honhom nso nya nkwa wɔ mu. Wode mʼakwahosan asan ama me nam so ama manya nkwa.
O Lord, by these [things men] will live, and in all these [things] is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou give me health, and cause me to live.
17 Yiw, ɛyɛ me yiyeyɛ nti na mekɔɔ saa ahoyeraw yi mu. Wo dɔ nti, wode me siei na mankɔ ɔsɛe amoa mu; na wode me bɔne nyinaa akyɛ me.
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness; but thou hast, in loving my soul, delivered it from the pit of corruption; for thou hast cast behind thy back all my sins.
18 Ɔda rentumi nkamfo wo; owu rentumi nto wo ayeyi nnwom; wɔn a wosian kɔ amoa mu no rentumi nnya anidaso wɔ wo nokware mu bio. (Sheol h7585)
For the nether world will not thank thee, death will not praise thee: they that go down into the pit will not hope for thy truth. (Sheol h7585)
19 Ateasefo nko na wobetumi akamfo wo, sɛnea mereyɛ nnɛ yi; agyanom ka wo nokwaredi ho asɛm kyerɛ wɔn mma.
The living, the living alone shall thank thee, like me this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
20 Awurade begye me nkwa, na yɛde asanku bɛto nnwom yɛn nkwanna nyinaa wɔ Awurade fi.
The Lord is there to help me; therefore we will play my hymns all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.
21 Na Yesaia kae se, “Momfa borɔdɔma nyɛ nku mfa nsra pɔmpɔ no so, na ne ho bɛtɔ no.”
And Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the inflammation, and he shall recover.
22 Na Hesekia bisae se, “Dɛn nsɛnkyerɛnne na ɛbɛda no adi sɛ, mɛkɔ Awurade asɔredan mu?”
And Hezekiah had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?
