Yesaia 59
1 Ampa ara Awurade nsa nyɛ tiaa sɛ ɛrennye nkwa, na nʼasom nyɛ den sɛ ɛrente asɛm.
Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, Nor is his ear heavy, that it cannot hear;
2 Nanso mo amumɔyɛ na atetew mo ne mo Nyankopɔn ntam; mo bɔne ama nʼanim ahintaw mo, a enti ɔrente.
But your iniquities have separated you from your God, And your sins have hidden his face from you, that he doth not hear.
3 Na mogya akeka mo nsa ho, afɔdi asra mo nsateaa ho. Mo ano akeka atosɛm, mo tɛkrɛma de amumɔyɛsɛm di nseku.
For your hands are polluted with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips speak falsehood, And your tongue muttereth wickedness.
4 Obiara nhwehwɛ atɛntrenee; obiara mfa nokwaredi mmɔ ne nkurow. Wɔde wɔn ho to nsɛnhuhuw so na wotwa nkontompo; wonyinsɛn ɔhaw na wɔwo bɔne.
No one bringeth his suit with justice, And no one pleadeth with truth; They trust in vain words, and speak lies; They conceive mischief, and bring forth destruction.
5 Wosow nhurutoa nkesua na wɔnwen ananse ntontan. Nea odi wɔn nkesua biara bewu, mu baako nso bɔ a, ɛpae ahurutoa.
They hatch the eggs of the basilisk, And weave the web of the spider; He that eateth of their eggs dieth, And when one of them is crushed, a viper breaketh forth.
6 Wɔn ntontan nye mma adurade; wɔrentumi mfa nea wɔyɛ nkata wɔn ho. Wɔn nneyɛe yɛ nneyɛe bɔne, na wodi akakabensɛm.
Of their webs no garment is made, Nor can one cover himself with their work; Their works are works of iniquity, And the deed of violence is in their hands.
7 Wotu mmirika kɔyɛ bɔne; wɔnkyɛ opira ne awudi ho. Baabiara a wɔbɛkɔ no, wɔsɛe hɔ pasaa.
Their feet run to evil; They make haste to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil thoughts; Oppression and destruction are in their paths.
8 Asomdwoe kwan no, wonnim; atɛntrenee nni wɔn akwan so. Wɔadan wɔn akwan kɔntɔnkye obiara a ɔnantew so no rennya asomdwoe.
The way of peace they know not, Nor is there any justice in their steps; They have made for themselves crooked paths; Whoso goeth in them knoweth not peace.
9 Enti atɛntrenee ne yɛn ntam aware, na adetrenee mmɛn yɛn. Yɛhwehwɛ hann, nanso ne nyinaa yɛ sum; nea ɛhyerɛn, nanso yɛnam sum kabii mu.
Therefore is judgment far from us, And deliverance doth not overtake us. We look for light, and behold obscurity; For brightness, and we walk in darkness.
10 Te sɛ anifuraefo no, yɛkeka wɔ afasu ho hwehwɛ ɔkwan te sɛ nnipa a wonni ani. Owigyinae no yehintihintiw sɛnea onwini adwo; yedu ahoɔdenfo mu a yɛte sɛ awufo.
We grope for the wall, like the blind; We feel our way, like those that are deprived of sight; We stumble at noonday as in the night; In the midst of fertile fields we are like the dead.
11 Yɛn nyinaa woro so te sɛ sisi; yɛde awerɛhow kurum sɛ mmorɔnoma. Yɛhwehwɛ atɛntrenee nso yenhu bi; ogye, nanso ɛwɔ akyirikyiri.
We groan, all of us, like bears, And like doves we make a continued moan; We look for judgment, and it cometh not; For salvation, and it is far from us.
12 Efisɛ, yɛn mfomso adɔɔso wɔ wʼani so, na yɛn bɔne di adanse tia yɛn. Yɛn mfomso da yɛn anim daa, na yegye yɛn amumɔyɛ to mu:
For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, And our sins testify against us! For our transgressions are not hidden from us, And our iniquities we know.
13 atuatew ne nkontompo a etia Awurade, yɛn akyi a yɛdan kyerɛ yɛn Nyankopɔn, nhyɛso ne atuatew a yɛfoa so, atosɛm a efi koma mu a yɛka.
We have rebelled, and proved false to Jehovah; We have departed from our God; We have spoken violence and rebellion; Our hearts have conceived and brought forth words of falsehood.
14 Enti wɔapam atɛntrenee kɔ nʼakyi, na adetrenee akogyina baabi; nokware ahwe ase wɔ mmɔnten so nokwaredi ntumi mma mu.
And justice is turned back, And equity standeth afar off, For truth falleth in the gate, And rectitude cannot enter.
15 Nokware nni baabiara, obiara a ɔtwe ne ho fi bɔne ho no bɛyɛ ɔtamfo. Awurade hwɛe na ansɔ nʼani sɛ atɛntrenee nni hɔ.
Truth is not to be found, And he that departeth from evil is plundered; And Jehovah saw it, And it displeased him that there was no justice.
16 Ohuu sɛ obiara nni hɔ, ɛyɛɛ no nwonwa sɛ obiara nni hɔ a ɔbɛpata; enti ɔno ankasa basa dii nkwagye ho dwuma maa no, na ne trenee wowaw no.
He saw that there was none to help, And wondered that there was none to interpose; Then his own arm wrought salvation for him, And his righteousness it supported him.
17 Ɔhyɛɛ trenee sɛ nkatabo, ne nkwagye dadekyɛw wɔ ne ti so. Ɔhyɛɛ aweretɔ ntade na ofuraa mmɔdemmɔ sɛ ntama.
He put on righteousness as a breastplate, And the helmet of salvation upon his head; He put on garments of vengeance for his clothing, And clad himself with zeal, as with a mantle.
18 Obegyina nea wɔayɛ so atua so ka nʼatamfo benya nʼabufuwhyew wɔn a wɔne no ayɛ dɔm benya so akatua; nsupɔw no nso obetua wɔn ka sɛnea ɛfata wɔn.
According to their deeds will he repay them, —Wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; To the distant coasts will he repay a recompense.
19 Efi atɔe fam, nnipa besuro Awurade din na efi apuei, wɔde nidi bɛma nʼanuonyam. Na ɔbɛba sɛ asu a ayiri tɛnn na Awurade ahomegu repia no.
They in the west shall fear the name of Jehovah, And they in the rising of the sun his glory, When he cometh like a river straitened in its course, Which a strong wind driveth along.
20 “Ogyefo no bɛba Sion, na obeyi amumɔyɛsɛm nyinaa afi Yakob asefo mu,” sɛɛ na Awurade se.
Yet shall a redeemer come to Zion, For them that turn from their transgressions in Jacob, saith Jehovah.
21 “Me de, eyi yɛ me ne wɔn apam,” sɛnea Awurade se ni. “Me Honhom a ɔwɔ mo so, ne me nsɛm a mede ahyɛ mo anom, remfi mo anom, anaa mo mma, ne mo mma asefo anom, efi saa bere yi kosi daa apem,” sɛɛ na Awurade se.
And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: My spirit, which is upon thee, And my words, which I have put in thy mouth, They shall not depart from thy mouth, Nor from the mouth of thy sons, Nor from the mouth of thy sons' sons, saith Jehovah, From this time forth forever.
