Yesaia 14
1 Awurade bɛhunu Yakob mmɔbɔ; ɔbɛsane afa Israel na ɔbɛbɔ wɔn atenaseɛ wɔ wɔn ankasa asase so. Ananafoɔ bɛba abɛka wɔn ho na wɔne Yakob efie aka abɔ mu.
For Adonai will have racham ·compassionate love· on Jacob [Supplanter], and will yet choose Israel [God prevails], and set them in their own land. The foreigner will join himself with them, and they will unite with the house of Jacob [Supplanter].
2 Amanaman bɛfa wɔn de wɔn aba wɔn ankasa atenaeɛ. Na Israel efie bɛfa amanaman no ayɛ wɔn dea sɛ nkoa ne mfenaa wɔ Awurade asase so. Wɔbɛyɛ wɔn a wɔyɛɛ wɔn nnommumfoɔ no nnommum na wɔbɛdi wɔn sohwɛfoɔ so.
The peoples will take them, and bring them to their place. The house of Israel [God prevails] will possess them in Adonai’s land for servants and for handmaids. They will take as captives those whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
3 Na da a Awurade bɛma mo ahome afiri amanehunu, ahoyera ne nkoasom denden mu no,
It will happen in the day that Adonai will give you rest from your sorrow, from your trouble, and from the hard service in which you were made to serve,
4 mobɛdi Babiloniahene ho fɛ sɛ: hwɛ sɛdeɛ ɔhyɛsofoɔ no aba nʼawieeɛ! Ne sɛdeɛ nʼabufuo nso to atwa!
that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon [Confusion], and say, “How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!”
5 Awurade abubu otirimuɔdenfoɔ no abaa mu, sodifoɔ ahempoma no,
Adonai has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,
6 deɛ abufuo mu no ɔde bobɔɔ wɔn toatoaa so hwehwee fam, na abufuhyeɛ mu ɔtintim wɔn so a ahomegyeɛ nni mu de brɛɛ amanaman no ase.
who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that no one restrained.
7 Nsase no nyinaa rehome wɔ asomdwoeɛ mu; na wɔto dwom.
The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet. They break out song.
8 Mpo, pepeaa nnua ne Lebanon ntweneduro nya ho anigyeɛ na wɔka sɛ, “Afei a wɔabrɛ wo ase yi, duatwafoɔ biara remmetwa yɛn.”
Yes, the cypress trees rejoice with you, with the cedars of Lebanon, saying, “Since you are humbled, no lumberjack has come up against us.”
9 Damena a ɛwɔ aseɛ no rekeka ne ho abɛhyia wo kwan; ɛkanyane wɔn a wɔafiri mu no honhom sɛ wɔmmɛma wo akwaaba, wɔn a na wɔyɛ akannifoɔ wɔ ewiase, ɛma wɔsɔre firi wɔn nhennwa so, wɔn a na wɔyɛ ahemfo wɔ amanaman so. (Sheol h7585)
Sheol ·Place of the dead· from beneath has moved for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the departed spirits for you, even all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. (Sheol h7585)
10 Wɔn nyinaa bɛgye so, wɔbɛka akyerɛ wo sɛ, “Wo nso woayɛ mmrɛ sɛ yɛn; woayɛ sɛ yɛn ara.”
They all will answer and ask you, “Have you also become as weak as we are? Have you become like us?”
11 Wo kɛseyɛ nyinaa wɔde aba damena mu, ne hooyɛ a ɛfiri wo nsankuo no; wɔde nsammaa asɛ kɛtɛ ama wo na asonsono akata wo so. (Sheol h7585)
Your pomp is brought down to Sheol ·Place of the dead·, with the sound of your stringed instruments. Maggots are spread out under you, and worms cover you. (Sheol h7585)
12 Sɛdeɛ wofiri soro abɛhwe fam, Ao, anɔpa nsoromma, adekyeeɛ babarima! Wɔato wo abɛhwe asase so, wo a na kane no wobrɛ amanaman ase!
How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low!
13 Wokaa no wʼakoma mu sɛ, “Mɛforo akɔ soro; mɛma mʼahennwa so asi Onyankopɔn nsoromma atifi; mɛtena ase adi ɔhene wɔ ahyiaeɛ bepɔ so, deɛ ɛkrɔn paa wɔ bepɔ kronkron no so.
You said in your heart, “I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!
14 Mɛforo atra omununkum atifi; mɛyɛ me ho sɛ Ɔsorosoroni no.”
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds! I will make myself like haElyon [the Most High]!”
Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol ·Place of the dead·, to the depths of the pit (of Abbadon, the unrighteous side of Sheol). (Sheol h7585)
16 Wɔn a wɔhunu wo no hwɛ wo haa, wɔdwene deɛ ato woɔ no ho bisa sɛ, “Ɛnyɛ ɔbarima a ɔwosoo asase na ɔmaa ahennie ho popooeɛ,
Those who see you will stare at you. They will ponder you, saying, “Is this the man who made the earth to tremble, who shook kingdoms;
17 ɔbarima a ɔmaa ewiase danee anweatam, deɛ ɔdanee ne nkuropɔn butuiɛ na wamma ne nneduafoɔ ankɔ wɔn nkyi no nie?”
who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities; who didn’t release his prisoners to their home?”
18 Amanaman ahemfo no nyinaa, wɔadeda obiara wɔ ne da mu.
All the kings of the nations, sleep in glory, everyone in his own house.
19 Nanso wɔapam wo afiri wo da mu te sɛ duban a wɔapoɔ; wɔde wɔn a atotɔ akata wo so, wɔn a wɔtɔɔ wɔ akofena ano, wɔn a wɔsiane kɔ aboɔ amena mu, te sɛ efunu a wɔatiatia soɔ.
But you are cast away from your tomb like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, who are thrust through with the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit (of Abbadon, the unrighteous side of Sheol); like a dead body trodden under foot.
20 Wɔrensie wo nka wɔn ho, ɛfiri sɛ, woasɛe wʼasase na wakunkum wo nkurɔfoɔ. Otirimuɔdenfoɔ asefoɔ no wɔrenkae wɔn bio. Wo babarima renni wʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
You will not join them in burial, because you have destroyed your land. You have killed your people. The offspring of evildoers will not be named forever.
21 Siesie baabi a wɔbɛkunkum ne mmammarima wɔ wɔn agyanom bɔne nti; ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔsɔre di asase no so na wɔde wɔn nkuropɔn pete so.
Prepare for slaughter of his children because of the iniquity of their fathers, that they not rise up and possess the earth, and fill the surface of the world with cities.
22 “Mɛsɔre atia wɔn,” Sɛdeɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ nie. “Mɛtwa ne din ne ne nkaeɛfoɔ, ne mma ne mmanananom afiri Babilonia ho,” sɛdeɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ nie.
“I will rise up against them,” says Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies], “and cut off from Babylon [Confusion] name and remnant, and son and son’s son,” says Adonai.
23 “Mɛdane no ayɛ beaeɛ a apatuo wɔ ne ɔwora; mede ɔsɛeɛ praeɛ bɛpra no,” sɛdeɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ nie.
“I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water. I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” says Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies].
24 Asafo Awurade aka ntam sɛ, “Nokorɛm, sɛdeɛ mahyehyɛ no, saa ara na ɛbɛyɛ, na sɛdeɛ madwene ho no, ɛrensesa.
Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies] has sworn, saying, “Surely, as I have thought, so shall it happen; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
25 Mɛsɛe Asiria pasaa wɔ mʼasase so; mɛtiatia ne so me mmepɔ so. Ɔbɛyi ne kɔnnua afiri me nkurɔfoɔ so, na nʼadesoa nso afiri wɔn so.”
that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and tread him under foot on my mountains. Then his yoke will leave them, and his burden leave their shoulders.
26 Yei ne nhyehyɛeɛ a wɔayɛ ama ewiase nyinaa; yei ne nsa a wɔatene wɔ aman nyinaa so.
This is the plan that is determined for the whole earth. This is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.
27 Na sɛ Asafo Awurade ayɛ nʼadwene a hwan na ɔbɛsi no kwan? Na sɛ watene ne nsa, hwan na ɔbɛsianka no?
For Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies] has planned, and who can stop it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?”
28 Saa adehunu yi baa afe a ɔhene Ahas wuiɛ no:
This burden was in the year that king Ahaz died.
29 Monnni ahurisie, mo Filistifoɔ, sɛ abaa a ɛbɔɔ mo no mu abubu; saa ɔwɔ no ase na ɔnanka bɛfiri aba, na nʼaba bɛyɛ ɔtweaseɛ a ne ho yɛ herɛ na nʼano wɔ borɔ.
Don’t rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent’s root an adder will emerge, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent.
30 Ahiafoɔ mu hiani bɛnya adidibea, na mmɔborɔni bɛda asomdwoeɛ mu. Nanso wʼasefoɔ deɛ, mede ɛkɔm bɛtɔre wɔn ase; ɛbɛkunkum wo nkaeɛfoɔ.
The firstborn of the poor will eat, and the needy will lie down in safety; and I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant will be killed.
31 Twa adwo, Ao kuro ɛpono! Su teaam Ao kuropɔn! Monnwane, mo Filistifoɔ! Wisie kumɔnn bi firi atifi fam reba, na obiara ntwentwɛn ne nan ase wɔ wɔn mu.
Howl, gate! Cry, city! You are melted away, Philistia, all of you; for smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.
32 Mmuaeɛ bɛn na wɔde bɛma saa ɔman no ananmusifoɔ? “Awurade de Sion atim hɔ. Ne mu na nʼamanehunufoɔ bɛnya dwanekɔbea.”
What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That Adonai has founded Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking], and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.
