Yesaia 24
1 Hwɛ, Awurade rebɛma asase ada mpan na wasɛe no; ɔbɛsɛe asase ani na wabɔ ɛsotefoɔ ahwete,
Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
2 ɛbɛyɛ saa ara ama ɔsɔfoɔ sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ ama nnipa, ama owura sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ ama asomfoɔ, ama awuraa sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ ama afenaa, ama deɛ ɔtɔn sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ ama deɛ ɔtɔ, ama deɛ ɔgye bosea sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ ama deɛ ɔma bosea, ama ɔkafoɔ sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ ama deɛ ɔde ma.
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3 Asase bɛda mpan koraa, na wɔafom ɛso nneɛma. Awurade na waka saa asɛm yi.
The earth shall be utterly emptied, and clean despoiled; for the LORD hath spoken this word.
4 Asase so yɛ wesee, na ɛkusa ewiase kɔ ahoyera mu, na ɛkusa, deɛ wɔama no so wɔ asase so ho yera no.
The earth fainteth and fadeth away, the world faileth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do fail.
5 Asase so nnipa agu ne ho fi; wɔanni mmara no so, wɔabu ahyɛdeɛ no so na wɔasɛe apam a ɛwɔ hɔ daa no.
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statute, broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Enti, nnome amene asase no ɛsɛ sɛ ɛso nnipa nya wɔn afɔdie so akatua ne saa enti wɔahye asase no so nnipa, na kakra bi pɛ na aka.
Therefore hath a curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth waste away, and men are left few.
7 Nsa foforɔ no ho asa na bobe no adwan; wɔn a wɔgye wɔn ani no si apinie.
The new wine faileth, the vine fadeth; all the merry-hearted do sigh.
8 Akasaeɛbɔ mu anigyeɛ no agyae, ahosɛpɛfoɔ no nteateamu no agyae. Sankuten so nnwom dɛɛdɛ no ayɛ dinn.
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
9 Wɔnnto dwom mfa nnom nsã bio; mmorɔsa ayɛ nwono ama anomfoɔ.
They drink not wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it.
10 Kuropɔn a wɔasɛe no ada mpan; wɔatoto efie biara apono mu.
Broken down is the city of wasteness; every house is shut up, that none may come in.
11 Wɔpere nsã wɔ mmɔntene so; ahosɛpɛ nyinaa adane bosoo yɛ, anigyeɛ nyinaa atu ayera wɔ asase no so.
There is a crying in the streets amidst the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
12 Kuropɔn no asɛe, wɔabubu nʼapono mu nketenkete.
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten unto ruin.
13 Saa ara na ɛbɛyɛ wɔ asase no so ne amanaman no mu, sɛdeɛ wɔboro ngo dua a ɛyɛ, anaa sɛdeɛ wogya mpɛpɛ wɔ bobe twaberɛ akyi no.
For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth, among the peoples, as at the beating of an olive-tree, as at the gleanings when the vintage is done.
14 Nanso wɔn a aka no ama wɔn nne so, de anigye teateaam; ɛfiri atɔeɛ fam, wɔkamfo Awurade kɛseyɛ.
Those yonder lift up their voice, they sing for joy; for the majesty of the LORD they shout from the sea:
15 Enti apueeɛ fam, monhyɛ Awurade animuonyam; momma Awurade din so, Israel Onyankopɔn no, wɔ nsupɔ a ɛwɔ ɛpo so.
'Therefore glorify ye the LORD in the regions of light, even the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.'
16 Ɛfiri asase ano, yɛte nnwontoɔ sɛ, “Animuonyam nka Ɔteneneeni no.” Nanso mekaa sɛ, “Matɔ baha, mapa aba! Me nnue! Ɔfatwafoɔ redi hwammɔ! Ɔnam nnaadaa so redi hwammɔ.”
From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs: 'Glory to the righteous.' But I say: I waste away, I waste away, woe is me! The treacherous deal treacherously; yea, the treacherous deal very treacherously.
17 Ehu, amena ne afidie retwɛn mo, Ao nnipa a mote asase soɔ.
Terror, and the pit, and the trap, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 Deɛ ehu enti ɔdwane no, ɔbɛtɔ amena mu; deɛ ɔforo firi amena mu no, afidie bɛyi no. Wɔabue nsuo apono wɔ soro, na asase nnyinasoɔ woso.
And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the terror shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the trap; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth do shake;
19 Wɔadwiri asase no na emu apaapae, na asase awoso ankasa.
The earth is broken, broken down, the earth is crumbled in pieces, the earth trembleth and tottereth;
20 Asase tɔ ntentan te sɛ ɔsabofoɔ. Ɛhinhim biribiri te sɛ ntomadan wɔ mframa ano; nʼatuateɛ ho afɔdie ayɛ adesoa ama no na ɛhwe ase a ɛrensɔre bio.
The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunken man, and swayeth to and fro as a lodge; and the transgression thereof is heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 Saa ɛda no, Awurade bɛtwe ɔsoro atumfoɔ ne ahemfo a ɛwɔ asase so aso.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD will punish the host of the high heaven on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 Wɔbɛka wɔn nyinaa abɔ mu sɛ nneduafoɔ ahyɛ afiase amena mu; wɔbɛto wɔn mu wɔ nneduadan mu na nna bebree akyi no wɔatwe wɔn aso.
And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the dungeon, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be punished.
23 Ɔsrane anim bɛgu ase na owia ani awu; na Asafo Awurade bɛdi ɔhene wɔ Sion bepɔ so ne Yerusalem, ne wɔn mpanimfoɔ anim, wɔ animuonyam mu.
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for the LORD of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before His elders shall be Glory.
