Yesaia 29
1 Due wo Ariel, Ariel, kuropɔn a Dawid tenaa mu! Kɔ so ara di wo mfirinhyia mu afahyɛ ahodoɔ no.
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel the city against which David fought: year has been added to year, the solemnities have unfolded.
2 Nanso, mɛbɔ wo ho nsraban; wobɛdi awerɛhoɔ na wato kwadwom, wobɛyɛ sɛ afɔrebukyia so ogya.
And I will surround Ariel with siege works, and it will be in sorrow and mourning, and it will be like Ariel to me.
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 surround you like a sphere all around you, and I will raise up a rampart against you, and I will set up fortifications to blockade you.
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.
You will be brought low. You will speak from the ground, and your eloquence will be heard from the dirt. And, from the ground, your voice will be like that of the python, and your eloquence will mumble from the dirt.
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.
And the multitude of those who fan you will be like fine dust. And the multitude of those who have prevailed against you will be like embers fading away.
6 Asafo Awurade bɛba. Ɔde aprannaa ne asasewosoɔ ne hooyɛ kɛseɛ, mframaden ne ahum ne ogyaframa a ɛhye adeɛ bɛba.
And this will happen suddenly and swiftly. It will be visited from the Lord of hosts with thunder and earthquakes, and with the great noise of a whirlwind and a storm, and with a flame of 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 have struggled against Ariel will be like the dream of a vision by night, along with all who have battled, and besieged, and prevailed against it.
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 will be like one who is hungry and dreams of eating, but, when he has been awakened, his soul is empty. And it will be like one who is thirsty and dreams of drinking, but, after he has been awakened, he still languishes in thirst, and his soul is empty. So shall the multitude of all the nations be, who have struggled 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.
Be stupefied and in wonder! Shake and quiver! Be inebriated, but not from wine! Stagger, but not from drunkenness!
10 Awurade de nnahɔɔ ato mo so: Wakata mo ani (adiyifoɔ no); wakata mo tiri so (adehufoɔ no).
For the Lord has mixed for you a spirit of deep sleep. He will close your eyes. He will cover your prophets and leaders, who see visions.
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 the vision of all will be to you like the words of a sealed book, which, when they have given it to someone who knows how to read, they will say, “Read this,” but he will respond, “I cannot; for it has been 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.”
But if the book is given to someone who does not know how to read, and it is said to him, “Read,” then he will respond, “I do not know how to read.”
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: Since this people have drawn near to me only with their mouth, and their lips glorify me while their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is based on 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.”
for this reason, behold, I will proceed to accomplish a wonder for this people, a great and mystifying miracle. For wisdom will perish from their wise, and the understanding of their prudent will be concealed.
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 you who use the depths of the heart, so that you may hide your intentions from the Lord. Their works are done in darkness, and so they 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”?
This intention of yours is perverse. It is as if the clay were to plan against the potter, or as if the work were to say to its maker: “You did not make me.” Or it is as if what has been formed were to say to the one who formed it, “You do not understand.”
17 Ɛrenkyɛre koraa, Lebanon bɛdane ayɛ asase bereɛ na asase bereɛ no nso adane ayɛ sɛ kwaeɛ.
In not more than a little while and a brief time, Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and a fruitful field will be considered to be 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 will hear the words of a book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind will see.
19 Ahobrɛasefoɔ bɛdi ahurisie wɔ Awurade mu bio; ahiafoɔ ho bɛsɛpɛ wɔn wɔ Israel Ɔkronkronni no mu.
And the meek will increase their rejoicing in the Lord, and the poor among men will exult in the Holy One of Israel.
20 Atutupɛfoɔ bɛyera, wɔrenhunu fɛdifoɔ bio, na wɔn a wɔdwene bɔne nyinaa wɔbɛtwa wɔn agu.
For the one who was prevailing has failed, the one who was mocking has been consumed, and all those who were standing guard over iniquity have been cut down.
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.
For they caused men to sin by a word, and they supplanted him who argued against them at the gates, and they turned away from justice in vain.
22 Enti sei na Awurade a ɔgyee Abraham nkwa no ka kyerɛ Yakob fiefoɔ: Yakob anim renguase bio; wɔn anim rento hoa bio.
Because of this, thus says the Lord, he who has redeemed Abraham, to the house of Jacob: From now on, Jacob will not be confounded; from now on his countenance will not blush with shame.
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.
Instead, when he sees his children, they will be the work of my hands in his midst, sanctifying my name, and they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will preach the God of Israel.
24 Wɔn a wɔfom kwan wɔ honhom mu bɛnya nteaseɛ; wɔn a wɔnwiinwii nso, wɔbɛgye nkyerɛkyerɛ atom.
And those who had gone astray in spirit will know understanding, and those who had murmured will learn the law.
