Yesaia 26
1 Saa ɛda no, wɔbɛto saa dwom yi wɔ Yuda asase so: Yɛwɔ kuropɔn denden; Onyankopɔn de nkwagyeɛ ayɛ nʼafasuo ne nʼafaban a ɛkorɔn.
In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah [Praised]: “We have a strong city. God appoints yishu'ah ·salvation· for walls and bulwarks.
2 Mommuebue apono no na ateneneefoɔ ɔman no nhyɛne mu, ɔman nokwafoɔ no.
Open the gates, that the upright nation may enter: the one which keeps faith.
3 Obiara a ɔde ne ho to wo so no wobɛkora ne so asomdwoeɛ mu, ɛfiri sɛ ɔde ne ho ato wo so.
You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.
4 Fa wo ho to Awurade so afebɔɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade yɛ daa Botan.
Trust in Adonai forever; for in Yah, Adonai, is an everlasting Rock.
5 Ɔbrɛ wɔn a wɔtete soro ase, na ɔbrɛ kuropɔn a ɛkorɔn no ase; ɔbubu gu fam pasaa ma ɛda mfuturo mu.
For he has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city. He lays it low. He lays it low even to the ground. He brings it even to the dust.
6 Ahiafoɔ ne wɔn a wɔhyɛ wɔn so de wɔn nan bɛtiatia so.
The foot shall tread it down; Even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.”
7 Ɔteneneeni kwan so yɛ tamaa; Ao ɔnokwafoɔ, woma ɔteneneeni kwan so yɛ tromtrom.
The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the upright level.
8 Aane, Awurade, yɛnam wo mmara kwan so yi no, yɛretwɛn wo; na wo din ne ne kɛseyɛ yɛ deɛ yɛn akoma pɛ.
Yes, in the way of your judgments, Adonai, have we waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.
9 Me kra pere hwehwɛ wo anadwo; anɔpa nso me honhom ani gyina wo. Sɛ wʼatemmuo ba asase yi so a, nnipa a wɔwɔ ewiase sua tenenee yɛ.
With my soul have I desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
10 Ɛwom sɛ woyi adom adi kyerɛ amumuyɛfoɔ deɛ, nanso wɔnnsua tenenee yɛ; na mpo teneneefoɔ asase so no, wɔkɔ so yɛ bɔne na wɔmmu Awurade kɛseyɛ.
Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see Adonai’s majesty.
11 Ao Awurade, wɔapagya wo nsa akɔ ɔsoro, nanso wɔnhunu. Ma wɔnhunu wo mmɔdemmɔ wɔ wo nkurɔfoɔ ho na ɛnhyɛ wɔn aniwuo; ma ogya a woasɔ ama wʼatamfoɔ no nhye wɔn.
Adonai, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see; but they will see your zeal for the people, and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.
12 Awurade, woama yɛn asomdwoeɛ; deɛ yɛatumi ayɛ nyinaa wo na woayɛ ama yɛn.
Adonai, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us.
13 Ao, Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn, awuranom afoforɔ bi adi yɛn so, nanso wo din nko ara na yɛkamfo.
Yahweh Eloheikhem [Yahweh our God], other lords besides you have had dominion over us, but by you only will we make mention of your name.
14 Afei wɔawuwu, na wɔnte ase bio; ahonhom a wɔafiri mu no, wɔrensɔre. Wotwee wɔn aso na wo sɛee wɔn na yɛn werɛ afiri wɔn.
The dead shall not live. The departed spirits shall not rise. Therefore you have visited and destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish.
15 Woama ɔman no ayɛ kɛseɛ, Ao Awurade; woama ɔman no ayɛ kɛseɛ; woahyɛ wo ho animuonyam; woatrɛtrɛ asase no ahyeɛ nyinaa mu.
You have increased the nation, O Adonai. You have increased the nation! You are glorified! You have enlarged all the borders of the land.
16 Awurade, yɛfiri ahohia mu baa wo nkyɛn; ɛberɛ a wotwee wɔn aso no, na yɛntumi mmue yɛn ano mpo mmɔ mpaeɛ.
Adonai, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.
17 Sɛdeɛ ɔpemfoɔ a awoɔ aka no firi ɔyea mu nukanuka ne mu na ɔsu no, saa ara na yɛyɛeɛ wɔ wʼanim, Ao Awurade.
Like as a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs; so we have been before you, Adonai.
18 Yɛnyinsɛnee, yɛkyemee wɔ ɔyea mu nanso yɛwoo mframa. Yɛamfa nkwagyeɛ amma asase so; yɛanwo nnipa amma asase so.
We have been with child. We have been in pain. We gave birth, it seems, only to wind. We have not worked any yishu'ah ·deliverance· in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
19 Nanso wʼawufoɔ bɛnya nkwa; wɔn onipadua bɛsɔre. Mo a motete mfuturo mu, monsɔre mfa anigyeɛ nteam. Mo bosuo te sɛ anɔpa bosuo; asase bɛyi nʼafunu apue.
Your dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.
20 Monkɔ, me nkurɔfoɔ, monhyɛne mo adan mu na montoto apono no mu; momfa mo ho nsie berɛ tiawa bi kɔsi sɛ nʼabufuhyeɛ ano bɛdwo.
Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.
21 Hwɛ, Awurade refiri nʼatenaeɛ abɛtwe nnipa a wɔte asase so aso wɔ wɔn bɔne ho. Asase bɛda mogya a wɔahwie agu no so adi; ɛrentumi mfa nʼatɔfoɔ nsie bio.
For, behold, Adonai comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her slain.
