Yesaia 22
1 Adehunu a ɛfa Yerusalem, Anisoadehunu Bɔnhwa no ho: Ɛdeɛn na ɛha mo seesei, a mo nyinaa aforo kɔ adan atifi yi,
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
2 Ao Kuro a basabasayɛ ahyɛ no ma, Ao hooyɛ ne ahosɛpɛ kuropɔn? Ɛnyɛ akofena ano na wʼatɔfoɔ hweree wɔn nkwa, na wɔanwuwu wɔ ɔko ano nso?
Thou that wast full of stir, a town of tumult, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
3 Mo adikanfoɔ nyinaa abɔ mu adwane; wɔamfa tadua ankyekyere wɔn. Mo a wɔkyere mo nyinaa wɔfaa mo nneduafoɔ; mo a modwanee wɔ ɛberɛ a na atamfoɔ no wɔ akyirikyiri.
All thy rulers have fled together, they are taken prisoners without the bow: all that are found of thee are made prisoners together; they were fleeing far off.
4 Enti mekaa sɛ, “Momfiri me so na mentwa adwo. Monnkyekye me werɛ wɔ me nkurɔfoɔ sɛeɛ ho.”
Therefore said I, Look away from me; let me weep bitterly: labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
5 Awurade, Asafo Awurade wɔ da bi ma hooyɛ, ntiatiasoɔ ne ehu wɔ Anisoadehunu Bɔnhwa no mu; ɛda a wɔde bubu afasuo na wɔde su kyerɛ mmepɔ.
For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision; [a day of] breaking down the wall, and of crying to the mountain:
6 Elam fa bɛmma no ka ne nteaseɛnamkafoɔ ne apɔnkɔ ho; Kir pagya kyɛm no.
— Elam beareth the quiver with chariots of men [and] horsemen; and Kir uncovereth the shield.
7 Nteaseɛnam ayɛ mo bɔnhwa fɛfɛ no ma, na wɔde apɔnkɔsotefoɔ agyinagyina kuropɔn apono no ano.
And it shall come to pass [that] thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
8 Wɔayi Yuda ho banbɔ no. Na da no wode wʼani too akodeɛ a ɛwɔ Kwaeɛ mu Ahemfie no so;
And he uncovereth the covering of Judah: and thou didst look in that day to the armour in the house of the forest;
9 wohunuu sɛ Dawid Kuropɔn no akwan bebree deda ne banbɔ mu. Woboaa nsuo ano wɔ Aseɛ Abura mu.
and ye have seen the breaches of the city of David, that they are many; and ye have gathered together the waters of the lower pool;
10 Wokanee adan a ɛwɔ Yerusalem no na wodwirii afie de boaa ɔfasuo no ahoɔden.
and ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and have broken down the houses to fortify the wall;
11 Woyɛɛ nsukoraeɛ wɔ afasuo mmienu no ntam maa nsuo a ɛwɔ Abura Dada mu, nanso woanhwehwɛ Onipa ko a ɔyɛeɛ, na woammu Onipa a ɔhyehyɛeɛ yei adaadaa no.
and ye have made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not had regard unto the maker thereof, neither have ye looked unto him that fashioned it long ago.
12 Awurade, Asafo Awurade, frɛɛ wo saa da no sɛ su na twa adwo, ɔkaa sɛ yi wo tirinwi na fira ayitoma.
And in that day did the Lord Jehovah of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth;
13 Nanso hwɛ, woka sɛ anigyeɛ ne ahosɛpɛ wɔ hɔ; wokunkum anantwie ne nnwan; wowe ɛnam na woboro nsã! Woka sɛ, “Momma yɛnnidi na yɛnnom, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔkyena yɛbɛwu!”
and behold joy and rejoicing, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: — Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.
14 Awurade, Asafo Awurade ayi me asotire sɛ, “Wɔremfa saa bɔne yi nkyɛ wo da kɔsi wo wu da,” sɛdeɛ Awurade, Asafo Awurade seɛ nie.
And it was revealed in mine ears by Jehovah of hosts: Assuredly this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
15 Yei ne deɛ Awurade, Asafo Awurade seɛ, “Kɔ, kɔka kyerɛ saa ɔsomfoɔ yi, Sebna a ɔhwɛ ahemfie no so sɛ,
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah of hosts: Go, get thee in unto this steward, unto Shebna, who is over the house, [and say, ]
16 Ɛdeɛn na woreyɛ wɔ ha na hwan na ɔmaa wo kwan sɛ bɔ wo damena wɔ ha, worebɔ wo damena wɔ baabi a ɛkorɔn na woretwa wo homebea wɔ ɔbotan mu?
What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewn thee out a sepulchre here, [as] he that heweth out his sepulchre on high, cutting out in the rock a habitation for himself?
17 “Hwɛ yie, na Awurade rebɛsɔ wo mu den ato wo atwene, Ao wo ɔhoɔdenfoɔ.
Behold, Jehovah will hurl thee with the force of a mighty man, and will cover thee entirely.
18 Ɔbɛbobɔ wo, ama woayɛ kurukuruwa, na wato wo atwene ɔman kɛseɛ bi so. Ɛhɔ na wobɛwu na wo teaseɛnam fɛfɛ no aka hɔ, wo a woyɛ ahohora ma wo wura efie!
Rolling thee up completely, he will roll thee as a ball into a wide country: there shalt thou die, and there shall be the chariots of thy glory, O shame of thy lord's house!
19 Mɛgye wʼadwuma afiri wo nsa mu na wɔayi wo afiri wo dibea so.
And I will drive thee from thine office, and from thy station will I pull thee down.
20 “Saa ɛda no, mɛfrɛ me ɔsomfoɔ Eliakim a ɔyɛ Hilkia babarima.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkijah;
21 Mede wʼatadeɛ yuu bɛhyɛ no na mede wʼabowomu abobare nʼasene mu na mede wo tumi ahyɛ ne nsa. Ɔbɛyɛ agya ama wɔn a wɔtete Yerusalem ne Yuda efie.
and I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
22 Mede Dawid efie safoa bɛma no; deɛ ɔbɛbue no, obiara rentumi nto mu; na deɛ ɔbɛto mu nso, obiara rentumi mmue.
And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
23 Mɛbɔ ne so sɛ pɛɛwa ama watim. Ɔbɛyɛ animuonyam adwa ama nʼagya efie.
And I will fasten him [as] a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of glory to his father's house:
24 Nʼabusua animuonyam nyinaa bɛgyina ne so: nʼasefoɔ ne mma nana, ne nkuku ne nkaka, firi nwowaa so kɔsi nhina nyinaa so.
and they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all the small vessels, as well the vessels of cups as all the vessels of flagons.
25 “Saa ɛda no,” sɛdeɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ nie, “pɛɛwa a wɔabɔ so ama atim no bɛtu ahwe fam na adesoa a ɛsɛn so no nso asɛe, Awurade akasa!”
In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in a sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for Jehovah hath spoken.
