Yesaia 28
1 Nnome nka nhwiren abotire a ɛyɛ Efraim asabofoɔ ahohoahoadeɛ no, nka nhwiren a ɛrepa a nʼahoɔfɛ wɔ animuonyam ma Israelfoɔ na ɛda asase bereɛ bɔnhwa so. Nnome nka kuropɔn no, deɛ nnipa a nsa asɛe wɔn no de hoahoa wɔn ho no.
Woe to the crown of arrogance, to the inebriated of Ephraim, and to the falling flower, the glory of his exultation, to those who were at the top of the very fat valley, staggering from wine.
2 Hwɛ, Awurade wɔ obi a ɔwɔ tumi ne ahoɔden. Ɔte sɛ asukɔtweaa ne mframa a ɛsɛe adeɛ. Ɔte sɛ osutɔ a ɛne mframa nam, ne osubrane a ɛhyɛ nsuka ma. Ɔbɛto no ahwe fam ahoɔden so.
Behold, the Lord is powerful and steadfast, like a storm of hail, like a crushing whirlwind, like the force of many waters, inundating, sent forth over a spacious land.
3 Saa nhwiren abotire no a ɛyɛ Efraim asabofoɔ ahohoahoadeɛ no, wɔbɛtiatia so.
The arrogant crown of the inebriated of Ephraim will be trampled underfoot.
4 Saa nhwiren a nʼahoɔfɛ ɛrepa wɔ animuonyam mu deɛ ɛda asase bereɛ bɔnhwa so no, ɛbɛyɛ sɛ borɔdɔma a ɛbere ansa na otwa berɛ aduru. Sɛ obi hunu na ɔte a ɔdi no ntɛm so.
And the falling flower, the glory of his exultation, who is at the summit of the fat valley, will be like a premature fruit before the ripeness of autumn, which, when the onlooker beholds it, as soon he takes it in his hand, he will devour it.
5 Saa ɛda no Asafo Awurade bɛyɛ Animuonyam ahenkyɛ, nhwiren abotire fɛfɛ ama ne nkurɔfoɔ nkaeɛfoɔ no.
In that day, the Lord of hosts will be the crown of glory and the wreath of exultation for the remnant of his people.
6 Ɔbɛyɛ atɛntenenee honhom ama ɔtemmufoɔ a wɔte adwa mu. Ɔbɛyɛ ahoɔden farebae ama wɔn a wɔpam atamfoɔ wɔ nkuro apono ano.
And he will be the spirit of judgment for those who sit in judgment, and the strength of those who return from war to the gates.
7 Nanso seesei deɛ, asabofoɔ na wɔdi Israel so, na nsaden ma wɔhinhim; nsaden ma asɔfoɔ ne adiyifoɔ tɔ ntentan na nsã ma wɔn ani so yɛ wɔn totɔtotɔ; na wɔhinhim. Wɔtɔ ntentan ɛberɛ a wɔrenya anisoadehunu, na wɔn ano fonfom wɔ adwenkyerɛ mu.
Yet truly, these also have been ignorant due to wine, and they have gone astray due to inebriation. The priest and the prophet have been ignorant because of inebriation. They have been absorbed by wine. They have staggered in drunkenness. They have not known the One who sees. They have been ignorant of judgment.
8 Ɛfeɛ agugu apono nyinaa so, na baabiara ayɛ efi.
For all the tables have been filled with vomit and filth, so much so that there was no place left.
9 Wɔka sɛ, “Deɛn na Awurade dwene fa yɛn ho? Ɔdwen sɛ yɛyɛ mmɔfra anaa? Mmɔfra a wɔatwa wɔn nufoɔ anaa?
To whom will he teach knowledge? And to whom will he grant an understanding of what is heard? To those who have been weaned from the milk, who have been pulled away from the breasts.
10 Ɔkasa bebree: Ɔka yei, na waka yei ɔma mmara foforɔ akyi mmara; ɔkyerɛ ɛha kakra, na wakyerɛ ɛhɔ nso kakra.”
So then: command, and command again; command, and command again; expect, and expect again; a little here, and a little there.
11 Ɛno enti, ɛyɛ ananafoɔ ano ne kasa foforɔ na Onyankopɔn de bɛkasa akyerɛ saa nkurɔfoɔ yi.
For with the speech of lips and with a different language, he will speak to this people.
12 Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Ɛha ne ahomegyebea no, momma abrɛfoɔ no nhome; ahodwobea nso nie,” nanso wɔantie no.
He said to them: “This is my rest. Refresh the weary,” and, “This is my refreshment.” And yet they were unwilling to listen.
13 Enti afei Awurade bɛti asɛm a ɔde maa wɔn no mu bio: Ɔbɛka yei, na waka yei, ɔbɛma mmara foforɔ akyi mmara; ɔbɛkyerɛ ɛha kakra, na wakyerɛ ɛhɔ nso kakra, na ɛbɛma wɔn apini wɔn akyi; wɔbɛpirapira, na wɔatɔ afidie mu, na wɔakye wɔn.
And so, the word of the Lord to them will be: “Command, and command again; command, and command again; expect, and expect again; a little here, and a little there,” so that they may go forward and fall backward, and so that they may be broken and ensnared and captured.
14 Ɛno enti, montie Awurade asɛm, mo fɛdifoɔ a modi saa nkurɔfoɔ yi so wɔ Yerusalem.
Because of this, listen to the word of the Lord, you mocking men, who lord it over my people who are at Jerusalem.
15 Mohoahoa mo ho sɛ, “Yɛ ne owuo ayɛ apam, yɛ ne damena ayɛ nhyehyɛeɛ sɛ asotwe a ano yɛ den ba a, ɛrentumi nka yɛn, ɛfiri sɛ yɛde atorɔ ayɛ yɛn dwanekɔbea ne nnaadaa ayɛ yɛn atɛeɛ.” (Sheol h7585)
For you have said: “We struck a deal with death, and we formed a pact with Hell. When the inundating scourge passes through, it will not overwhelm us. For we have placed our hope in lies, and we are protected by what is false.” (Sheol h7585)
16 Enti, deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ nie, “Hwɛ! Mede ɛboɔ bi retim Sion, ɛboɔ a wɔasɔ ahwɛ, tweatiboɔ a ɛsom bo ma fapem a ɛyɛ den; deɛ ɔde ne ho to soɔ no abasa mu rentu.
For this reason, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will set a stone within the foundations of Zion, a tested stone, a cornerstone, a precious stone, which has been established in the foundation: whoever trusts in him need not hurry.
17 Mede atɛntenenee bɛyɛ susuhoma na teneneeyɛ ayɛ ɔfasuo kyirebennyɛ susuhoma. Asukɔtweaa bɛsɛe wo dwanekɔbea, a ɛyɛ atorɔ no, na nsuo abɛkata wʼatɛeɛ hɔ.
And I will establish judgment in weights, and justice in measures. And a hailstorm will overturn hope in what is false; and waters will inundate its protection.
18 Mɛtwa apam a wo ne owuo ayɛ no mu; nhyehyɛeɛ a wo ne damena ayɛ no nso rennyina. Sɛ asotwe a ano yɛ den no ba a, ɛbɛtwi afa mo so. (Sheol h7585)
And your deal with death will be abolished, and your pact with Hell will not stand. When the inundating scourge passes through, you will be trampled down by it. (Sheol h7585)
19 Mperɛ dodoɔ biara a ɛbɛba no, ɛbɛsoa mo akɔ; anɔpa, awia ne anadwo biara, ɛbɛfa mu akɔ.” Saa nkra yi nteaseɛ de ehu bɛba.
Whenever it passes through, it will take you away. For, at first light of morning, it will pass through, in the day and in the night, and vexation alone will make you understand what you hear.
20 Mpa no yɛ tia dodo ma sɛ wɔtene wɔn mu wɔ so. Nnasoɔ no yɛ tiaa sɛ ɛbɛ so wɔn ho kata.
For the bed has been narrowed, so much so that one alone would fall out, and the short blanket is not able to cover two.
21 Awurade bɛsɔre sɛdeɛ ɔsɔree wɔ Perasim bepɔ so no. Ɔbɛkanyane ne ho sɛdeɛ ɔyɛɛ wɔ Gibeon Bɔnhwa mu no yɛɛ nʼadwuma nwanwasoɔ no, na ɔdii dwumadie a ebi mmaa da no.
For the Lord will stand, just as at the mountain of divisions. He will be angry, just as in the valley which is in Gibeon, so that he may accomplish his work, his strange work, so that he may complete his work, his work which is foreign even to him.
22 Afei gyae wo fɛdie no, anyɛ saa a, wo nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn mu bɛyɛ duru; Awurade, Asafo Awurade aka akyerɛ me ɔsɛeɛ ho mmaraden a wɔahyɛ atia asase no nyinaa.
And now, do not be willing to mock, lest your chains be tightened. For I have heard, from the Lord, the God of hosts, about the consummation and the abridgement concerning the entire earth.
23 Montie na monte me nne; monwɛn mo aso na montie deɛ meka.
Pay close attention, and listen to my voice! Attend and hear my eloquence!
24 Sɛ okuafoɔ funtum asase sɛ ɔrebɛdua so a, ɔyɛ no daa anaa? Ɔkɔ so tutu, fɛntɛm asase no anaa?
Would the plowman, after plowing all day so that he may sow, instead cut open and hoe his soil?
25 Sɛ ɔsiesie asase no ani a, ɔnnua ɛme, na ɔmpete tɛtɛ wɔ so anaa? Ɔnnua ayuo ne atokoɔ mu biara wɔ nʼafa anaa?
Will he not, when he has made the surface level, sow coriander, and scatter cumin, and plant wheat in rows, and barley, and millet, and vetch in their places?
26 Ne Onyankopɔn ma no akwankyerɛ na ɔkyerɛ no ɛkwan pa no.
For he will be instructed in judgment; his God will teach him.
27 Wɔmfa asaeɛ mpɔ ɛme ho, wɔmfa teaseɛnam hankra mfa tɛtɛ so; wɔde poma na ɛboro ɛme, na wɔde abaa aboro tɛtɛ.
For coriander cannot be threshed with a saw, and a cartwheel cannot revolve over cumin. Instead, coriander is shaken out with a stick, and cumin with a staff.
28 Wɔyam aburoo de to burodo enti obi nnkɔ so nyam a ɔnwie da. Ɛwom sɛ ɔde nʼayuporeɛ teaseɛnam hankra fa so deɛ, nanso ɛnyɛ nʼapɔnkɔ na wɔyam.
But grain for bread must be crushed. Truly, the thresher cannot thresh it unceasingly, and the cartwheel can neither disrupt it, nor break it with its surface.
29 Yeinom nyinaa firi Asafo Awurade, afutuo mu nwanwani, na ne nyansa boro so.
And this has gone forth from the Lord, the God of hosts, so that he may accomplish his miraculous plan and magnify justice.
