Yesaia 19
1 Nkɔmhyɛ a ɛtia Misraim: Monhwɛ! Awurade nam ahoɔherɛ omununkum mu na ɔreba Misraim. Misraim ahoni ho popo wɔ nʼanim, na Misraimfoɔ akoma boto wɔ wɔn mu.
A message about Egypt. Look, the Lord is riding on a fast-moving cloud on his way to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the Egyptians will become weak with fear.
2 “Mɛma Misraimfoɔ atwa wɔn ho ako, onua bɛko atia onua, ɔyɔnko atia ɔyɔnko, kuropɔn atia kuropɔn, ahennie atia ahennie.
I will encourage Egyptians to attack other Egyptians. They will fight each other, neighbor versus neighbor, town versus town, and kingdom versus kingdom.
3 Misraimfoɔ no renya abodwo, na mɛma wɔn nhyehyɛeɛ ayɛ ɔkwa. Wɔbɛkɔ abisa wɔ ahoni, ne awufoɔ ahonhom, asamanfrɛfoɔ ne nkonyaayifoɔ nkyɛn.
I will destroy the confidence of the Egyptians. I will have their plans become all mixed up. They will ask their idols and the spirits of the dead what to do through mediums and spiritists.
4 Mede Misraim bɛhyɛ owura tirimuɔdenfoɔ bi tumi ase, na ɔhene a ɔyɛ keka bɛdi wɔn so,” sɛdeɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ nie.
I will hand the Egyptians over to a harsh dictator. A cruel king will rule over them, declares the Lord.
5 Nsubɔntene mu nsuo bɛwe, na nkonkɔn bɛwo ayɛ wesee.
The waters of the Nile will fail, and its riverbed will be sunbaked and dry.
6 Nsuka bɛyi hwa; na nsuwa a ɛwɔ Misraim bɛtwe na awe. Demmire ne ɛserɛ bɛdwan,
The channels will start to stink; the branches of the Nile in Egypt will dry to a trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither away.
7 Nil nsunoa nnua nso, deɛ ɛwɔ asubɔnten no abɔeɛ no. Nil nsunoa so mfuo nyinaa bɛwo wesee na awu koraa.
The vegetation along the banks of the Nile, and all the plants in the cultivated land along the Nile, will dry up and be blown away. Everything will be gone.
8 Afarefoɔ nyinaa bɛsi apinie atwa adwo, wɔn a wɔto darewa wɔ Nil mu nyinaa; wɔn a wɔgu asau wɔ nsuo no so bɛdi awerɛhoɔ.
Fishermen will mourn: all of them all who use hooks to fish in the Nile will weep and wail, along with those who fish by throwing nets into the water.
9 Wɔn a wɔde asaawa yɛ adwuma aba mu bɛbu, wɔn a wɔnwono nnwera no anidasoɔ bɛsa.
The workers who prepare the flax for linen and the weavers of white fabric will be in despair.
10 Wɔn a wɔyɛ ntoma ho adwuma bɛyɛ mmɔbɔ na wɔn a wɔgye akatua nyinaa akoma bɛboto.
The cloth workers will be depressed, and everyone who earns a wage will feel sick inside.
11 Soan adwumayɛfoɔ nka hwee sɛ nkwaseafoɔ; Farao agyinatufoɔ anyansafoɔ ma afutu bɔne. Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na woaka akyerɛ Farao sɛ, “Meyɛ anyansafoɔ no mu baako, tete ahemfo no kyidifoɔ?”
The leaders of Zoan are stupid. Pharaoh's wise counselors give advice that doesn't make sense. How can you tell Pharaoh, “I myself am a wise man, descended from ancient kings”?
12 Wʼanyansafoɔ no wɔ he afei? Ma wɔnkyerɛ wo na ma wɔnhunu deɛ Asafo Awurade ahyehyɛ atia Misraim.
So where are your wise counselors? Let them tell you so you can understand what the Lord Almighty has planned to do to Egypt.
13 Soan adwumayɛfoɔ abɛyɛ nkwaseafoɔ, wɔadaadaa Memfis akwankyerɛfoɔ ne nnipa no ntuanofoɔ ama Misraim afom ɛkwan.
The leaders of Zoan have become stupid; the leaders of Memphis have been fooled; the important leaders of Egypt have misled their people.
14 Awurade ahwie anisobirie honhom agu wɔn mu; wɔma Misraim tɔ ntintan wɔ biribiara a ɔyɛ mu, te sɛ deɛ ɔsabofoɔ de ne feɛ fɔre ne ho.
The Lord has mixed up a spirit of confusion for them to drink, making the Egyptians stagger around in everything they do, like a drunk slipping up on his own vomit.
15 Biribiara nni hɔ a Misraim bɛtumi ayɛ; obiara rentumi nyɛ hwee, sɛ ɔyɛ etire anaa ɛtoɔ, anaa sɛ ɔyɛ berɛ anaa demmire.
Nobody in Egypt can do anything, whoever they are—head or tail, palm tree or reed.
16 Saa ɛda no, Misraimfoɔ bɛyɛ sɛ mmaa, Asafo Awurade nsa a wama so atia wɔn no bɛma wɔn abɔ hu na wɔn ho apopo.
At that time the Egyptians will become like women. They will shake with fear when the Lord Almighty raises his arm against them.
17 Na Yuda asase no bɛma Misraimfoɔ abɔ hu. Obiara a ɔbɛte Yuda din no bɛsuro, ɛsiane deɛ Asafo Awurade rehyehyɛ atia wɔn enti.
The land of Judah will be a source of terror to Egypt for whenever Judah is mentioned, all Egyptians will tremble over what the Lord Almighty has planned to do to them.
18 Saa ɛda no, Misraim nkuropɔn enum bɛka Kanaan kasa na wɔaka Asafo Awurade ntam. Wɔbɛfrɛ wɔn mu baako Ɔsɛeɛ Kuropɔn.
At that time there will be five cities in Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and who have sworn to worship the Lord Almighty. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.
19 Saa ɛda no, wɔbɛsi afɔrebukyia wɔ Misraim mfimfini ama Awurade, na wɔasi nkaeɛdum wɔ ne hyeɛ so nso ama Awurade.
At that time there will be an altar to the Lord right in the middle of Egypt, and a stone monument to the Lord on its border.
20 Ɛbɛyɛ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ ne adansedeɛ ama Asafo Awurade wɔ Misraim asase so. Sɛ wɔn nhyɛsofoɔ enti wɔsu frɛ Awurade a, ɔbɛsoma ɔgyefoɔ ne banbɔni bi, na ɔbɛgye wɔn.
This will be a sign and a witness to the presence of the Lord Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord for help because they are being oppressed, he will send them a savior to fight for them and to rescue them.
21 Enti Awurade bɛda ne ho adi akyerɛ Misraimfoɔ, na saa da no wɔbɛhunu Awurade. Wɔde afɔrebɔ ne nnuane bɛsom, wɔbɛhyɛ Awurade bɔ, na wɔadi so.
The Lord will make himself known to Egypt, and at that time Egypt will come to know the Lord. They will worship him with sacrifices and offerings; they will make promises to the Lord and keep them.
22 Awurade de ɔyaredɔm bɛbɔ Misraim; ɔde bɛbɔ wɔn na wasa wɔn yadeɛ. Wɔbɛdane akɔ Awurade nkyɛn, na ɔbɛtie wɔn sufrɛ, na wasa wɔn yadeɛ.
The Lord will inflict a plague on Egypt. He will do this, but he will heal them. They will come back to the Lord. He will respond to their prayers and heal them.
23 Saa ɛda no, ɛkwantempɔn bɛfiri Misraim ne Asiria. Asiriafoɔ bɛkɔ Misraim na Misraimfoɔ akɔ Asiria. Misraimfoɔ ne Asiriafoɔ bɛbɔ mu asom.
At that time there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians will go to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.
24 Saa ɛda no Israel bɛtɔ Misraim ne Asiria so mmiɛnsa, ayɛ nhyira wɔ asase so.
At that time Israel will be the third part of this alliance, joining with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing to the whole of the earth.
25 Na Asafo Awurade bɛhyira wɔn aka sɛ, “Nhyira nka Misraim, me nkurɔfoɔ. Nhyira nka Asiria me nsa ano adwuma. Nhyira nka Israel mʼagyapadeɛ.”
The Lord Almighty will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt, my people, Assyria, the creation of my hands, and Israel, my special possession.”
