Yesaia 7

1 Bere a Usia babarima Yotam babarima Ahas bedii Yudaman so hene no, Aramhene Resin ne Remalia babarima Peka a ɔyɛ Israelhene baa Yerusalem ne wɔn bɛkoe, nanso wɔantumi anni ne so.

And it came to pass in the days of Achaz [the son] of Joatham, the son of Ozias, king of Juda, there came up Rasim king of Aram, and Phakee son of Romelias, king of Israel, against Jerusalem to war against it, but they could not take it.

2 Na wɔka kyerɛɛ Dawidfi se, “Aram ne Efraim ayɛ apam;” Enti Ahas ne ne nkurɔfo ho wosow sɛnea kwaennua wosow wɔ mframa ano no.

And a message was brought to the house of David, saying, Aram has conspired with Ephraim. And his soul was amazed, and the soul of his people, as in a wood a tree is moved by the wind.

3 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Yesaia se, “Wo ne wo babarima Sear-Yasub nkohyia Ahas wɔ Atifi Tare no subon a ɛwɔ Ntamahorofo Afuw no kwan so.

And the Lord said to Esaias, Go forth to meet Achaz, you, and your son Jasub who is left, to the pool of the upper way of the fuller's field.

4 Ka kyerɛ no se, ‘Hwɛ yiye, yɛ komm na nsuro. Mma wo koma ntu wɔ saa nnyentia abien a ɛrefi wusiw yi ho; wɔ Resin Aramhene ne Remalia babarima abufuwhyew no nti.

And you shall say to him, Take care to be quiet, and fear not, neither let your soul be disheartened because of these two smoking firebrands: for when my fierce anger is over, I will heal again.

5 Aram, Efraim ne Remalia babarima abɔ wo sɛe ho pɔw se,

And [as for] the son of Aram, and the son of Romelias, forasmuch as they have devised an evil counsel, [saying],

6 “Momma yɛntow nhyɛ Yuda so, na yɛntetew wɔn mu na yɛnkyɛ mfa, na yensi Tabeel babarima hene wɔ so.”

We will go up against Judea, and having conferred with them we will turn them away to our side, and we will make the son of Tabeel king of it;

7 Nanso nea Asafo Awurade se ni: “‘Ɛremma so, na ɛrensi da,

thus says the Lord of hosts, This counsel shall not abide, nor come to pass.

8 Aram ti ne Damasko, na Resin pɛ na ɛyɛ Damasko ti. Mfirihyia aduosia anum mu no Efraim mu bɛtetew koraa a ɛrentumi nnyɛ ɔman.

But the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus, Rasim; and yet within sixty and five years the kingdom of Ephraim shall cease from [being] a people.

9 Efraim ti ne Samaria Remalia babarima pɛ ne Samaria ti. Sɛ woannyina pintinn wɔ wo gyidi mu a, worennyina koraa.’”

And the head of Ephraim is Somoron, and the head of Somoron the son of Romelias: but if you believe not, neither will you at all understand.

10 Awurade kasa kyerɛɛ Ahas bio se,

And the Lord again spoke to Achaz, saying,

11 “Bisa Awurade, wo Nyankopɔn hɔ nsɛnkyerɛnne, sɛ ɛwɔ bun ase tɔnn anaa ɔsorosoro nohɔ.” (Sheol h7585)

Ask for yourself a sign of the Lord your God, in the depth or in the height. (Sheol h7585)

12 Nanso Ahas buae se, “Meremmisa, merensɔ Awurade nhwɛ.”

And Achaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.

13 Na Yesaia kae se, “Muntie Dawidfi! Ɛnso mma mo sɛ mobɛsɔ nnipa ntoboase ahwɛ? Na mobɛsɔ me Nyankopɔn nso ntoboase ahwɛ ana?

And he said, Hear you now, O house of David; is it a little thing for you to contend with men? and how do you contend against the Lord?

14 Ɛno de, Onyankopɔn ankasa bɛma mo nsɛnkyerɛnne; ɔbabun no benyinsɛn, na wawo ɔbabarima, na wɔbɛfrɛ no Immanuel.

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; behold, a virgin shall conceive in the womb, and shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name Emmanuel.

15 Obedi nufusu ani srade ne ɛwo, bere a wahu nea ɛbɛma watumi apo bɔne na wafa nea eye no.

Butter and honey shall he eat, before he knows either to prefer evil [or] choose the good.

16 Nanso ansa na abarimaa no behu nea ɛbɛma watumi apo bɔne na wafa nea eye no, wɔbɛma ahemfo abien a wusuro wɔn no nsase ada mpan.

For before the child shall know good or evil, he refuses evil, to choose the good; and the land shall be forsaken which you are afraid of because of the two kings.

17 Awurade de bere bi bɛba wo ne wo nkurɔfo ne wʼagya fi so a ɛso bi mmaa da, efi bere a Efraim tew ne ho fii Yuda ho; ɔde Asiriahene bɛba.”

But God shall bring upon you, and upon your people, and upon the house of your father, days which have never come, from the day that Ephraim took away from Juda the king of the Assyrians.

18 Da no, Awurade bɛhyɛn abɛn afrɛ nwansena afi nsuwansuwa a ɛwɔ akyirikyiri wɔ Misraim ne nnowa a wofi Asiria asase so.

And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall hiss for the flies, which [insect] shall rule over a part of the river of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of the Assyrians.

19 Wɔn nyinaa bɛba abegu aku a mu dɔ ne ntokuru a ɛwɔ abotan mu, nkyɛkyerɛ ne suka mu.

And they all shall enter into the clefts of the land, and into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves, and into every ravine.

20 Da no, Awurade de oyiwan a obegye wɔ Asubɔnten no agya nohɔ wɔ Asiriahene nkyɛn, no beyi mo ti so ne mo anan ho nwi na wayi mo abogyesɛ nso.

In that day the Lord shall shave with the hired razor of the king of Assyria beyond the river the head, and the hairs of the feet, and will remove the beard.

21 Saa da no, obiara bɛyɛn nantwi ba baako ne mmirekyi abien.

And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a man shall rear a heifer, and two sheep.

22 Na esiane nufusu dodow a wɔbɛma nti, obenya nufusu ani srade adi. Wɔn a wɔbɛka wɔ asase no so nyinaa bedi nufusu ani srade ne ɛwo.

And it shall come to pass from their drinking an abundance of milk, [that] every one that is left on the land shall eat butter and honey.

23 Saa da no, baabiara a na anka bobe apem a ne bo yɛ dwetɛ kilogram dubaako ne fa wɔ no, wobehu nnɛnkyɛnse ne nsɔe.

And it shall come to pass in that day, [for] every place where there shall be a thousand vines at a thousand shekels, they shall become barren land and thorns.

24 Nnipa de agyan ne tadua bɛkɔ hɔ, efisɛ nnɛnkyɛnse ne nsɔe agye hɔ.

[Men] shall enter there with arrow and bow; for all the land shall be [barren] ground and thorns.

25 Nkoko a na anka kan no wɔde nsɔw yɛ so adwuma, nnɛnkyɛnse ne nsɔe ho hu nti wɔrenkɔ hɔ bio; ɛbɛdan mmeaemmeae a wogyaa anantwi ne nguan ma wɔkɔ.

And every mountain shall be certainly ploughed: there shall no fear come there: for there shall be from [amongst] the [barren] ground and thorns that whereon cattle shall feed and oxen shall tread.