Yesaia 58
1 “Monteɛ mu dennen, monnnyae. Momma mo nne so sɛ torobɛnto. Mompae mu nka me nkurɔfo atuatew nkyerɛ wɔn na monka Yakobfi nso nnebɔne nkyerɛ no.
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
2 Da biara da wɔhwehwɛ me; ayɛ sɛ wɔpere sɛ wobehu mʼakwan, te sɛ wɔyɛ ɔman a wɔyɛ nea ɛteɛ na wɔmpoo ne Nyankopɔn ahyɛde. Wobisa me hɔ gyinae a ɛteɛ na ayɛ sɛ wɔpɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn bɛn wɔn.
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that doeth righteousness, and hath not forsaken the ordinance of their God; they ask of me the ordinances of righteousness, they take delight in approaching to God:
3 Wɔka se, ‘Adɛn nti na yɛadi mmuada na woanhu yi? Adɛn nti na yɛabrɛ yɛn ho ase, na woanhwɛ yi?’ “Nanso mo mmuada da no, moyɛ nea mopɛ na musisi mo adwumayɛfo nyinaa.
— Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest not; have afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find what pleaseth [you], and exact all your labours.
4 Ntɔkwaw ne akasakasa na mode wie mo mmuadadi, ne akuturuku a mode bobɔ mo ho. Morentumi nni mmuada sɛnea moyɛ no nnɛ yi na moahwɛ anim sɛ wɔbɛte mo nne wɔ ɔsoro.
Behold, ye have fasted for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye do not at present fast, to cause your voice to be heard on high.
5 Eyi ne mmuadadi a mepɛ ana? Da koro pɛ a onipa de brɛ ne ho ase no ana? Ɛne sɛ obi si ne ti ase te sɛ mfea na ɔtena atweaatam so ne nsõ mu nko ara ana? Eyi na mofrɛ no mmuadadi, da a ɛsɔ Awurade ani yi ni ana?
Is such the fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his soul, — that he should bow down his head as a bulrush, and spread sackcloth and ashes [under him]? Wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable to Jehovah?
6 “Saa mmuadadi yi na mepɛ: sɛ mubeyiyi ntɛnkyew nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn na moasan konnua ahama, sɛ mubegyaa wɔn a wɔhyɛ wɔn so na moabubu konnua biara.
Is not this the fast which I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to send forth free the crushed, and that ye break every yoke?
7 So ɛnsɛ sɛ mo ne wɔn a ɔkɔm de wɔn kyɛ mo aduan na moma ohiani a ɔnenam no baabi tena; na muhu nea ɔda adagyaw a mumfura no ntama na munnyi mo ani mfi mo ankasa mo nkurɔfo ne mo abusuafo so ana?
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
8 Ɛno na mo hann bepue te sɛ ahemadakye, na mo ayaresa aba ntɛm so; afei mo trenee bedi mo anim, na Awurade anuonyam bɛbɔ mo kyidɔm.
Then shall thy light break forth as the dawn, and thy health shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearguard.
9 Afei mobɛfrɛ, na Awurade begye mo so; mobɛteɛ mu ahwehwɛ mmoa, na ɔbɛka se: Mini. “Sɛ muyi nhyɛso konnua, nsa a moteɛ wɔ nnipa so ne ntwatoso fi hɔ,
Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger and the unjust speech,
10 na sɛ mohaw mo ho ma wɔn a ɔkɔm de wɔn na moma wɔn a wɔhyɛ wɔn so no nea ehia wɔn a, ɛno de, mo akanea bɛhyerɛn wɔ sum mu, na mo anadwo bɛyɛ sɛ owigyinae.
and thou proffer thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in the darkness, and thine obscurity be as midday;
11 Awurade bɛkyerɛ mo kwan bere biara; ɔbɛma mo nea ehia mo wɔ asase wosee so na ɔbɛhyɛ mo nipadua den. Mobɛyɛ sɛ turo a wogugu so nsu yiye, sɛ asuwa a mu nsu nyow da.
and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and strengthen thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a water-spring, whose waters deceive not.
12 Mo nkurɔfo bɛsan asi teteete nnwiriwii no, na wɔato fapem a akyɛ no; wɔbɛfrɛ mo Nea Osiesie Afasu a Abubu no, Nea Ogye Atenae Si Hɔ.
And they [that come] of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations [that have remained] from generation to generation; and thou shalt be called, Repairer of the breaches, restorer of frequented paths.
13 “Sɛ mohwɛ mo anammɔntu so yiye Homeda na moanyɛ nea mopɛ wɔ me da kronkron no, sɛ mofrɛ Homeda no anigye da na mudi Awurade da kronkron no ni na moamfa mo ara mo akwan so na moanyɛ nea mopɛ anaa moanka nsɛnhunu a,
If thou turn back thy foot from the sabbath, [from] doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the sabbath a delight, the holy [day] of Jehovah, honourable; and thou honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [idle] words;
14 ɛno de mubenya anigye wɔ Awurade mu na mɛma mo anantew asase no sorɔnsorɔmmea so na moato pon wɔ mo agya Yakob agyapade so.” Awurade na waka.
then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah, and I will cause thee to ride on the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.
