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.
The burden of Egypt. Beholde, the Lord rideth vpon a swift cloude, and shall come into Egypt, and the idoles of Egypt shall be moued at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the middes of her.
2 “Mɛma Misraimfoɔ atwa wɔn ho ako, onua bɛko atia onua, ɔyɔnko atia ɔyɔnko, kuropɔn atia kuropɔn, ahennie atia ahennie.
And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: so euery one shall fight against his brother, and euery one against his neighbour, citie against citie, and kingdome against kingdome.
3 Misraimfoɔ no renya abodwo, na mɛma wɔn nhyehyɛeɛ ayɛ ɔkwa. Wɔbɛkɔ abisa wɔ ahoni, ne awufoɔ ahonhom, asamanfrɛfoɔ ne nkonyaayifoɔ nkyɛn.
And the spirite of Egypt shall faile in the middes of her, and I will destroy their counsell, and they shall seeke at the idoles, and at the sorcerers, and at them that haue spirits of diuination, and at the southsayers.
4 Mede Misraim bɛhyɛ owura tirimuɔdenfoɔ bi tumi ase, na ɔhene a ɔyɛ keka bɛdi wɔn so,” sɛdeɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ nie.
And I will deliuer the Egyptians into the hand of the cruell Lordes, and a mightie King shall rule ouer them, sayth the Lord God of hostes.
5 Nsubɔntene mu nsuo bɛwe, na nkonkɔn bɛwo ayɛ wesee.
Then the waters of the sea shall faile, and the riuers shall be dryed vp, and wasted.
6 Nsuka bɛyi hwa; na nsuwa a ɛwɔ Misraim bɛtwe na awe. Demmire ne ɛserɛ bɛdwan,
And the riuers shall goe farre away: the riuers of defence shalbe emptied and dryed vp: the reedes and flagges shall be cut downe.
7 Nil nsunoa nnua nso, deɛ ɛwɔ asubɔnten no abɔeɛ no. Nil nsunoa so mfuo nyinaa bɛwo wesee na awu koraa.
The grasse in the riuer, and at the head of the riuers, and all that groweth by the riuer, shall wither, and be driuen away, and be no more.
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.
The fishers also shall mourne, and all they that cast angle into the riuer, shall lament, and they that spread their nette vpon the waters, shall be weakened.
9 Wɔn a wɔde asaawa yɛ adwuma aba mu bɛbu, wɔn a wɔnwono nnwera no anidasoɔ bɛsa.
Moreouer, they that worke in flaxe of diuers sortes, shall be confounded, and they that weaue nettes.
10 Wɔn a wɔyɛ ntoma ho adwuma bɛyɛ mmɔbɔ na wɔn a wɔgye akatua nyinaa akoma bɛboto.
For their nettes shalbe broken, and all they, that make pondes, shalbe heauie in heart.
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?”
Surely the princes of Zoan are fooles: the counsell of the wise counselers of Pharaoh is become foolish: how say ye vnto Pharaoh, I am the sonne of the wise? I am the sonne of the ancient Kings?
12 Wʼanyansafoɔ no wɔ he afei? Ma wɔnkyerɛ wo na ma wɔnhunu deɛ Asafo Awurade ahyehyɛ atia Misraim.
Where are nowe thy wise men, that they may tell thee, or may knowe what the Lord of hostes hath determined against Egypt?
13 Soan adwumayɛfoɔ abɛyɛ nkwaseafoɔ, wɔadaadaa Memfis akwankyerɛfoɔ ne nnipa no ntuanofoɔ ama Misraim afom ɛkwan.
The princes of Zoan are become fooles: the princes of Noph are deceiued, they haue deceiued Egypt, euen the corners of the tribes thereof.
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 hath mingled among them the spirite of errours: and they haue caused Egypt to erre in euery worke thereof, as a drunken man erreth in his vomite.
15 Biribiara nni hɔ a Misraim bɛtumi ayɛ; obiara rentumi nyɛ hwee, sɛ ɔyɛ etire anaa ɛtoɔ, anaa sɛ ɔyɛ berɛ anaa demmire.
Neither shall there be any worke in Egypt, which the head may doe, nor the tayle, ye branch nor the rush.
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.
In that day shall Egypt be like vnto women: for it shall be afraide and feare because of the moouing of the hand of the Lord of hostes, which he shaketh ouer it.
17 Na Yuda asase no bɛma Misraimfoɔ abɔ hu. Obiara a ɔbɛte Yuda din no bɛsuro, ɛsiane deɛ Asafo Awurade rehyehyɛ atia wɔn enti.
And the land of Iudah shall be a feare vnto Egypt: euery one that maketh mention of it, shalbe afraid thereat, because of ye counsell of the Lord of hostes, which he hath determined vpon it.
18 Saa ɛda no, Misraim nkuropɔn enum bɛka Kanaan kasa na wɔaka Asafo Awurade ntam. Wɔbɛfrɛ wɔn mu baako Ɔsɛeɛ Kuropɔn.
In that day shall fiue cities in the lande of Egypt speake the language of Canaan, and shall sweare by the Lord of hostes. one shall be called the citie of destruction.
19 Saa ɛda no, wɔbɛsi afɔrebukyia wɔ Misraim mfimfini ama Awurade, na wɔasi nkaeɛdum wɔ ne hyeɛ so nso ama Awurade.
In that day shall the altar of the Lord be in the middes of the land of Egypt, and a pillar by the border thereof vnto the Lord.
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.
And it shall be for a signe and for a witnes vnto the Lord of hostes in the land of Egypt: for they shall crie vnto the Lord, because of the oppressers, and he shall send them a Sauiour and a great man, and shall deliuer 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.
And the Lord shall be knowen of the Egyptians, and the Egyptians shall knowe the Lord in that day, and doe sacrifice and oblation, and shall vowe vowes vnto the Lord, and performe 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.
So ye Lord shall smite Egypt, he shall smite and heale it: for he shall returne vnto ye Lord, and he shall be intreated of them and shall heale them.
23 Saa ɛda no, ɛkwantempɔn bɛfiri Misraim ne Asiria. Asiriafoɔ bɛkɔ Misraim na Misraimfoɔ akɔ Asiria. Misraimfoɔ ne Asiriafoɔ bɛbɔ mu asom.
In that day shall there be a path from Egypt to Asshur, and Asshur shall come into Egypt, and Egypt into Asshur: so the Egyptians shall worship with Asshur.
24 Saa ɛda no Israel bɛtɔ Misraim ne Asiria so mmiɛnsa, ayɛ nhyira wɔ asase so.
In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and Asshur, euen a blessing in the middes of the land.
25 Na Asafo Awurade bɛhyira wɔn aka sɛ, “Nhyira nka Misraim, me nkurɔfoɔ. Nhyira nka Asiria me nsa ano adwuma. Nhyira nka Israel mʼagyapadeɛ.”
For the Lord of hostes shall blesse it, saying, Blessed be my people Egypt and Asshur, the worke of mine hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
