Yesaia 29
1 Due wo Ariel, Ariel, kuropɔn a Dawid tenaa mu! Kɔ so ara di wo mfirinhyia mu afahyɛ ahodoɔ no.
Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add ye year to year. Let the feasts come round.
2 Nanso, mɛbɔ wo ho nsraban; wobɛdi awerɛhoɔ na wato kwadwom, wobɛyɛ sɛ afɔrebukyia so ogya.
Then I will distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and lamentation, and she shall be to me as Ariel.
3 Mede dɔm bɛtwa wo ho ahyia; mɛsisi abantenten atwa wo ho ahyia na afei mahyɛ otua dwumadie no ase atia wo.
And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with posted troops. And I will raise siege works against thee.
4 Wɔsie wo wie a, wobɛkasa afiri asase mu; mfuturo mu na wo kasa bɛfiri aba. Wo nne bɛfiri asase no mu aba te sɛ ɔsaman deɛ; wo kasa bɛfiri mfuturo mu aba sɛ asomsɛmka.
And thou shall be brought down, and shall speak out of the ground. And thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be as of he who has a familiar spirit, out of the ground. And thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
5 Nanso wʼatamfoɔ bebrebe no bɛyɛ sɛ mfuturo muhumuhu, na atirimuɔdenfoɔ bebrebe no ayɛ sɛ ntɛtɛ a mframa abɔ. Ɛbɛba prɛko pɛ, amonom hɔ ara.
But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passes away. Yea, it shall be in an instant suddenly.
6 Asafo Awurade bɛba. Ɔde aprannaa ne asasewosoɔ ne hooyɛ kɛseɛ, mframaden ne ahum ne ogyaframa a ɛhye adeɛ bɛba.
She shall be visited by Jehovah of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.
7 Afei amanaman bebrebe a wɔtu Ariel so sa nyinaa, wɔn a wɔto hyɛ ɔne nʼaban so na wotua no no, ɛbɛyɛ wɔn sɛ adaeɛso, anaa anadwo mu anisoadehunu.
And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her stronghold, and that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night.
8 Sɛdeɛ obi a ɛkɔm de no so daeɛ sɛ ɔredidi, na sɛ ɔnyane a ɔte sɛ ɛkɔm de no; sɛdeɛ obi a osukɔm de no so daeɛ sɛ ɔrenom nsuo, nanso ɔnyane a na watɔ piti, na osukɔm de no ara no, saa ara na ɛbɛyɛ ama amanaman dodoɔ a wɔko tia Bepɔ Sion no.
And it shall be as when a hungry man dreams, and, behold, he eats. But he awakes, and his soul is empty. Or as when a thirsty man dreams, and, behold, he drinks. But he awakes, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul has appetite. So shall the multitude of all the nations be that fight against mount Zion.
9 Mo ho nnwiri mo na ɛnyɛ mo nwanwa, mo ani mfira a monhunu adeɛ; mommoboro a ɛmfiri nsã, montotɔ ntentan a ɛmfiri nsaden.
Tarry ye and wonder, take your pleasure and be blind. They are drunken, but not with wine. They stagger, but not with strong drink.
10 Awurade de nnahɔɔ ato mo so: Wakata mo ani (adiyifoɔ no); wakata mo tiri so (adehufoɔ no).
For Jehovah has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes. The prophets, and your heads, the seers, he has covered.
11 Mo deɛ saa anisoadehunu yi nyinaa nka hwee mma mo, ɛte sɛ nsɛm a wɔasɔ ano wɔ nwoma mmobɔeɛ mu. Sɛ mode nwoma mmobɔeɛ no ma obi a ɔtumi kenkan, na moka kyerɛ no sɛ, “Mesrɛ wo kenkan yei” a, ɔbɛbua sɛ, “Merentumi, ɛfiri sɛ wɔasɔ ano.”
And all vision has become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to a man who is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee. And he says, I cannot, for it is sealed.
12 Sɛ nso, mode nwoma mmobɔeɛ no ma deɛ ɔnnim akenkan, na moka kyerɛ no sɛ, “Mesrɛ wo kenkan yei” a, ɔbɛbua sɛ, “Mennim akenkan.”
And the book is delivered to him who is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee. And he says, I am not learned.
13 Awurade ka sɛ, “Saa nnipa yi de ano hunu twi bɛn me na wɔde wɔn anofafa hyɛ me animuonyam, nanso wɔn akoma mmɛn me. Som a wɔsom me no yɛ mmara a nnipa akyerɛ wɔn no nko ara.
And the Lord said, Inasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips, but have removed their heart far from me, but in vain they worship me, teaching the commandments and doctrines of men.
14 Enti mɛma nnipa yi ho adwiri wɔn bio. Mede anwanwadeɛ ntoatoasoɔ bɛyɛ; mɛsɛe anyansafoɔ nyansa, na mɛma nimdefoɔ adenim ayɛ ɔkwa.”
Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder. I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.
15 Wɔnnue, wɔn a wɔyɛ biribiara sɛ wɔde wɔn atirimpɔ bɛhinta Awurade, wɔn a wɔyɛ wɔn nnwuma wɔ sum ase na wɔsusu sɛ, “Hwan na ɔhunu yɛn? Hwan na ɔbɛte aseɛ?”
Woe to those who hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and, Who knows us?
16 Mosisi nneɛma tiri ase. Modwene sɛ ɔnwomfoɔ no mmom ne dɔteɛ no! Deɛ wayɛ bɛtumi aka akyerɛ deɛ ɔyɛeɛ sɛ, “Wo na woyɛɛ me anaa”? Kukuo bɛtumi aka afa ɔnwomfoɔ ho sɛ “Ɔnnim hwee anaa”?
Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay, that the thing made should say of him who made it, He did not make me, or the thing formed say of him who formed it, He has no understanding?
17 Ɛrenkyɛre koraa, Lebanon bɛdane ayɛ asase bereɛ na asase bereɛ no nso adane ayɛ sɛ kwaeɛ.
Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
18 Saa ɛda no, ɔsotifoɔ bɛte nsɛm a ɛwɔ nwoma mmobɔeɛ no mu na kusuuyɛ ne esum mu mpo onifirani ani bɛhunu adeɛ.
And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
19 Ahobrɛasefoɔ bɛdi ahurisie wɔ Awurade mu bio; ahiafoɔ ho bɛsɛpɛ wɔn wɔ Israel Ɔkronkronni no mu.
The meek also shall increase their joy in Jehovah, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20 Atutupɛfoɔ bɛyera, wɔrenhunu fɛdifoɔ bio, na wɔn a wɔdwene bɔne nyinaa wɔbɛtwa wɔn agu.
For the terrible one is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases. And all those who watch for iniquity are cut off,
21 Wɔn a wɔka asɛm ma obi di fɔ, wɔn a wɔsum deɛ ɔreyi ne ho ano afidie wɔ asɛnniiɛ na wɔdi adansekurumu ma wɔbu deɛ ɔdi bem no fɔ no nso, wɔbɛtwa wɔn agu.
who make a man an offender in his cause, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nothing.
22 Enti sei na Awurade a ɔgyee Abraham nkwa no ka kyerɛ Yakob fiefoɔ: Yakob anim renguase bio; wɔn anim rento hoa bio.
Therefore thus says Jehovah, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, nor shall his face now grow pale.
23 Sɛ wɔhunu wɔn mma wɔ wɔn mu, wɔn a wɔyɛ me nsa ano adwuma no a, wɔbɛyɛ me din no kronkron; wɔbɛgye Yakob ɔkronkronni no kronkronyɛ ato mu, na wɔde fɛreɛ agyina Israel Onyankopɔn no anim.
But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name. Yea, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel.
24 Wɔn a wɔfom kwan wɔ honhom mu bɛnya nteaseɛ; wɔn a wɔnwiinwii nso, wɔbɛgye nkyerɛkyerɛ atom.
They also who err in spirit shall come to understanding, and those who murmur shall receive instruction.
