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 also, that thou too 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?
Full of clamour, a populous city, a joyous city: thy slain are not slain by 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 the princes are fled together, and are bound hard: all that were found, are bound together, they are fled far off.
4 Enti mekaa sɛ, “Momfiri me so na mentwa adwo. Monnkyekye me werɛ wɔ me nkurɔfoɔ sɛeɛ ho.”
Therefore have I said: Depart from me, I will weep bitterly: labour not to comfort me, for the devastation 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 slaughter and of treading down, and of weeping to the Lord the God of hosts in the valley of vision, searching the wall, and magnificent upon the mountain.
6 Elam fa bɛmma no ka ne nteaseɛnamkafoɔ ne apɔnkɔ ho; Kir pagya kyɛm no.
And Elam took the quiver, the chariot of the horseman, and the shield was taken down from the wall.
7 Nteaseɛnam ayɛ mo bɔnhwa fɛfɛ no ma, na wɔde apɔnkɔsotefoɔ agyinagyina kuropɔn apono no ano.
And thy choice valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horseman shall place themselves in the gate.
8 Wɔayi Yuda ho banbɔ no. Na da no wode wʼani too akodeɛ a ɛwɔ Kwaeɛ mu Ahemfie no so;
And the covering of Juda shall be discovered, and thou shalt see in that day the armoury of 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 you shall see the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you 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 have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and broken down 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 you made a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: and you have not looked up to the maker thereof, nor regarded him even at a distance, that wrought 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 the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping, and to mourning, 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 gladness, killing calves, and slaying rams, eating flesh, and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall 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 the voice of the Lord of hosts was revealed in my ears: Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till you die, saith the Lord God 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 God of hosts: Go, get thee in to him that dwelleth in the tabernacle, to Sobna who is over the temple: and thou shalt say to him:
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 dost thou here, or as if thou wert somebody here? for thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, thou hast hewed out a monument carefully in a high place, a dwelling for thyself in a rock.
17 “Hwɛ yie, na Awurade rebɛsɔ wo mu den ato wo atwene, Ao wo ɔhoɔdenfoɔ.
Behold the Lord will cause thee to be carried away, as a cock is carried away, and he will lift thee up as a garment.
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!
He will crown thee with a crown of tribulation, he will toss thee like a ball into a large and spacious country: there shalt thou die, and there shall the chariot of thy glory be, the shame of the house of thy Lord.
19 Mɛgye wʼadwuma afiri wo nsa mu na wɔayi wo afiri wo dibea so.
And I will drive thee out From thy station, and depose thee from thy ministry.
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 Eliacim the son of Helcias,
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 will strengthen him with thy girdle, and will give thy power into his hand: and he shall be as a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Juda.
22 Mede Dawid efie safoa bɛma no; deɛ ɔbɛbue no, obiara rentumi nto mu; na deɛ ɔbɛto mu nso, obiara rentumi mmue.
And I will lay the key of the house of David 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 peg in a sure place, and he shall be for a throne of glory to the house of his father.
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, divers kinds of vessels, every little vessel, from the vessels of cups even to every instrument of music.
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 the Lord of hosts, shall the peg be removed, that was fastened in the sure place: and it shall be broken and shall fall: and that which hung thereon, shall perish, because the Lord hath spoken it.
