Yesaia 43

1 Na afei, sɛɛ na Awurade se, nea ɔbɔɔ wo, Yakob nea ɔnwen wo, Israel; “Nsuro na magye wo; mabɔ wo din afrɛ wo; woyɛ me dea.

But now thus says Jehovah who created thee, O Jacob, and he who formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee. I have called thee by thy name, Thou are mine.

2 Sɛ wofa nsu mu a, mɛka wo ho; na sɛ wutwa nsubɔnten no a, ɛremmu mfa wo so. Sɛ wonantew ogya no mu a, worenhyew; ogyaframa no renhye wo.

When thou pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee. When thou walk through the fire, thou shall not be burned, nor shall the flame kindle upon thee.

3 Na mene Awurade, wo Nyankopɔn, Israel Kronkronni, wo Agyenkwa. Mede Misraim yɛ mpata ma wo na mede Kus ne Seba si wʼanan mu.

For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior. I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead.

4 Sɛ wosom bo ma me na wowɔ anuonyam wɔ mʼanim na medɔ wo nti, mede nnipa bɛsesa wo, na mede nkurɔfo asesa wo nkwa.

Since thou have been precious in my sight, and honorable, and I have loved thee, therefore I will give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life.

5 Nsuro, efisɛ meka mo ho; mede wo mma befi apuei fam aba na maboa wɔn ano afi atɔe fam.

Fear not, for I am with thee. I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west.

6 Mɛka akyerɛ atifi fam se, ‘Munnyaa wɔn!’ ne anafo fam se, ‘Munnye wɔn ntena ha.’ Momfa me mmabarima mfi akyirikyiri mmra na me mmabea mfi asase ano mmra,

I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Keep not back. Bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth,

7 obiara a me din da no so, nea mebɔɔ no de hyɛɛ me ho anuonyam, nea menwen no na meyɛɛ no.”

everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yea, whom I have made.

8 Momfa wɔn a wɔwɔ ani, nanso wonhu ade wɔn a wɔwɔ aso nanso asisiw no mmra.

Bring forth the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.

9 Aman no nyinaa boa wɔn ho ano, na nnipa no hyia mu. Wɔn mu hena na ɔkaa eyi fii mfiase na ɔpaee mu kaa nneɛma a atwam no kyerɛɛ yɛn? Ma wɔmmfa wɔn nnansefo mmra mmedi adanse sɛ wodi bem, sɛnea afoforo bɛte na wɔaka se, “Ɛyɛ nokware.”

Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled. Who among them can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring their witnesses that they may be justified, or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

10 “Mone me nnansefo, ne mʼasomfo a mapaw no,” sɛɛ na Awurade se, “Sɛnea mubehu na moagye me adi na moate ase sɛ me ne no. Wɔammɔ onyame bi anni mʼanim, na mʼakyi nso obiara remma.

Ye are my witnesses, says Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen, that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after me.

11 Me, Me ara, Mene Awurade, na agyenkwa biara nni hɔ sɛ me.

I, even I, am Jehovah, and besides me there is no savior.

12 Mada no adi na magye nkwa na mapae mu aka se, Me, na ɛnyɛ onyame nanani bi a ɔwɔ mo mu. Mone me nnansefo,” Awurade na ose sɛ, “Mene Onyankopɔn.

I have declared, and I have saved, and I have shown, and there was no strange god among you. Therefore ye are my witnesses, says Jehovah, and I am God.

13 Yiw, na efi teteete no me ne no. Obiara rentumi nnye mfi me nsam sɛ meyɛ biribi a, hena na obetumi adan no?”

Yea, since the day was I am he, and there is none that can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?

14 Sɛɛ na Awurade se, wʼAgyenkwa, Israel Kronkronni no: “Mo nti, mɛsoma akɔ Babilonia, na mede Babiloniafo nyinaa bɛba sɛ aguanfo wɔ ahyɛn a wɔde hoahoa wɔn ho no mu.

Thus says Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.

15 Mene Awurade, wo Kronkronni no, Israel Yɛfo, wo Hene.”

I am Jehovah, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.

16 Sɛɛ na Awurade se, nea ɔbɔɔ kwan wɔ po mu, kwan a ɛda asubun mu,

Thus says Jehovah, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters,

17 nea ɔtwee nteaseɛnam ne apɔnkɔ, asraafo ne ne nkekaho nyinaa, na wɔkaa hɔ a wɔansɔre bio, wɔadum wɔn te sɛ kanea mu ntamabamma:

who brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together; they shall not rise; they are extinct; they are quenched as a wick):

18 “Momma mo werɛ mfi kan nneɛma no monntɔ nnkɔ nea atwam no so.

Do not remember ye the former things, nor consider the things of old.

19 Hwɛ, mereyɛ ade foforo! Mprempren, ɛrepue; na munhu ana? Merebɔ kwan afa nweatam so na mereyɛ nsuwansuwa wɔ asase wosee so.

Behold, I will do a new thing. Now it shall spring forth. Shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

20 Mmoa a wɔyɛ keka hyɛ me anuonyam, adompo ne mpatu, efisɛ mema nsu wɔ nweatam so ne nsuwansuwa wɔ asase wosee so, de ma me nkurɔfo, wɔn a mapaw wɔn no nsu,

The beasts of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,

21 nnipa a meyɛɛ wɔn maa me ho sɛ wɔmpae mu nka mʼayeyi.

the people whom I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.

22 “Nanso, womfrɛɛ me, Yakob, wonhaw wo ho wɔ me ho, Israel.

Yet thou have not called upon me, O Jacob, but thou have been weary of me, O Israel.

23 Momfaa nguan mmrɛɛ me sɛ ɔhyew afɔrebɔde, na momfaa mo afɔrebɔ nhyɛɛ me anuonyam nso. Memmaa aduan afɔre nyɛɛ mo adesoa na memfaa nnuhuamgye nhaw mo.

Thou have not brought me from thy sheep for burnt offerings, nor have thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I have not burdened thee with offerings, nor wearied thee with frankincense.

24 Montɔɔ nnuhuam mmrɛɛ me, na mommaa mo afɔrebɔde mu srade mmuu me so. Mmom, mode mo bɔne asoa me na mode mo mfomso ho haw abɛto me so.

Thou have bought me no sweet cane with money, nor have thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices. But thou have burdened me with thy sins. Thou have wearied me with thine iniquities.

25 “Me, me ara, mene nea ɔpepa mo bɔne, me nti, na menkae mo amumɔyɛ bio.

I, even I, am he who blots out thy transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.

26 Monhwehwɛ nea atwa mu no mu bio mma me, momma yɛmmɔ mu nnye asɛm no ho akyinnye; ka wʼasɛm a ɛkyerɛ sɛ wunni fɔ no.

Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Set thou forth thy case that thou may be justified.

27 Mo agya a odii kan no yɛɛ bɔne; mo kasamafo tew mʼanim atua.

Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

28 Enti magu mo asɔredan mu atitiriw anim ase, na mede Yakob ama ɔsɛe na mede Israel ama ahohora.

Therefore I will profane the rulers of the sanctuary, and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling.