Yesaia 29

1 Due wo Ariel, Ariel, kuropɔn a Dawid tenaa mu! Kɔ so ara di wo mfirinhyia mu afahyɛ ahodoɔ no.

Alas for the city of Ariel, which David besieged. Gather ye fruits year by year; eat ye, for ye shall eat with Moab.

2 Nanso, mɛbɔ wo ho nsraban; wobɛdi awerɛhoɔ na wato kwadwom, wobɛyɛ sɛ afɔrebukyia so ogya.

For I will grievously afflict Ariel: and her strength and her wealth shall be mine.

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 compass thee about like David, and will raise a mound about thee, and set up towers round 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 thy words shall be brought down to the earth, and thy words shall sink down to the earth, and thy voice shall be as they that speak out of the earth, and thy voice shall be lowered to the ground.

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 wealth of the ungodly shall be as dust from a wheel, and the multitude of them that oppress thee as flying chaff, and it shall be suddenly as a moment,

6 Asafo Awurade bɛba. Ɔde aprannaa ne asasewosoɔ ne hooyɛ kɛseɛ, mframaden ne ahum ne ogyaframa a ɛhye adeɛ bɛba.

from the Lord of Hosts: for there shall be a visitation with thunder, and earthquake, and a loud noise, a rushing tempest, and devouring flame of 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 wealth of all the nations together, as many as have fought against Ariel, and all they that war against Jerusalem, and all who are gathered against her, and they that distress her, shall be as one that dreams in sleep by 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 as men drink and eat in sleep, and when they have arisen, the dream is vain: and as a thirsty man dreams as if he drank, and having arisen is still thirsty, and his soul has desired in vain: so shall be the wealth of all the nations, as many as have fought against the mount Sion.

9 Mo ho nnwiri mo na ɛnyɛ mo nwanwa, mo ani mfira a monhunu adeɛ; mommoboro a ɛmfiri nsã, montotɔ ntentan a ɛmfiri nsaden.

Faint ye, and be amazed, and be overpowered, not with strong drink nor with wine.

10 Awurade de nnahɔɔ ato mo so: Wakata mo ani (adiyifoɔ no); wakata mo tiri so (adehufoɔ no).

For the Lord has made you to drink a spirit of deep sleep; and he shall close their eyes, and [the eyes] of their prophets and of their rulers, who see secret things.

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 these things shall be to you as the words of this sealed book, which if they shall give to a learned man, saying, Read this, he shall then say, I cannot read [it], 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 this book shall be given into the hands of a man that is unlearned, and [one] shall say to him, Read this; and he shall say, 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 has said, This people draw nigh to me with their mouth, and they honour me with their lips, but their heart is far from me: but in vain do 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 remove this people, and I will remove them: and I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will hide the understanding of the prudent.

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 them that deepen their counsel, and not by the Lord. Woe to them that take secret counsel, and whose works are in darkness, and they say, Who has seen us? and who shall know us, or what we do?

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”?

Shall ye not be counted as clay of the potter? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Thou didst not form me? or the work to the maker, Thou hast not made me wisely?

17 Ɛrenkyɛre koraa, Lebanon bɛdane ayɛ asase bereɛ na asase bereɛ no nso adane ayɛ sɛ kwaeɛ.

[Is it] not yet a little while, and Libanus shall be changed as the mountains of Chermel, and Chermel shall be reckoned 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 they that are in darkness, and they that are in mist: the eyes of the blind shall see,

19 Ahobrɛasefoɔ bɛdi ahurisie wɔ Awurade mu bio; ahiafoɔ ho bɛsɛpɛ wɔn wɔ Israel Ɔkronkronni no mu.

and the poor shall rejoice with joy because of the Lord, and they that had no hope among men shall be filled with joy.

20 Atutupɛfoɔ bɛyera, wɔrenhunu fɛdifoɔ bio, na wɔn a wɔdwene bɔne nyinaa wɔbɛtwa wɔn agu.

The lawless man has come to nought, and the proud man has perished, and they that transgress mischievously have been utterly destroyed:

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.

and they that cause men to sin by a word: and men shall make all that reprove in the gates an offence, because they have unjustly turned aside the righteous.

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 saith the Lord concerning the house of Jacob, whom he set apart from Abraam, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall he now change countenance.

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 their children shall have seen my works, they shall sanctify my name for my sake, and they sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.

24 Wɔn a wɔfom kwan wɔ honhom mu bɛnya nteaseɛ; wɔn a wɔnwiinwii nso, wɔbɛgye nkyerɛkyerɛ atom.

And they that erred in spirit shall know understanding, and the murmurers shall learn obedience, and the stammering tongues shall learn to speak peace.