Yesaia 31
1 Wɔnnue, wɔn a wɔkɔ Misraim kɔpɛ mmoa, wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho to apɔnkɔ so, wɔn a wɔgye wɔn nteaseɛnam dodoɔ ne wɔn apɔnkɔsotefoɔ ahoɔden mmorosoɔ no die, na wɔnhwɛ Israel Kronkronni no, anaasɛ wɔmmpɛ mmoa mfiri Awurade hɔ.
Woe to those that go down to Egypt for help; and depend for support on horses, and trust on chariots, because they are many; and on horsemen, because they are very strong; but who turn not unto the Holy One of Israel, and seek not the Lord!
2 Nanso, Awurade yɛ onyansafoɔ a ɔbɛtumi de ɔhaw aba; ɔnsesa nʼano. Ɔbɛsɔre atia amumuyɛfoɔ efie, ne wɔn a wɔboa nnebɔneyɛfoɔ.
Yet he also is wise, and bringeth evil, and taketh not back his words; and riseth up against the house of evil-doers, and against the help of those that work injustice.
3 Na Misraimfoɔ yi yɛ nnipa kɛkɛ, wɔnyɛ Onyankopɔn. Wɔn apɔnkɔ yɛ honam na wɔnyɛ honhom. Sɛ Awurade tene ne nsa a, ɔboafoɔ bɛhwinti na deɛ wɔboa no no bɛhwe ase; wɔn baanu bɛbɔ mu asɛe.
But the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit; and the Lord will stretch out his hand, and there shall stumble the helper, and he that is helped shall fall down, and they all shall perish together.
4 Yei ne deɛ Awurade ka kyerɛ me: “Sɛdeɛ gyata pɔ so, sɛdeɛ gyata hoɔdenfoɔ pɔ ne haboa so no a mpo sɛ wɔfrɛ nnwanhwɛfoɔ dɔm kɔ ne so a, wɔn nteateam mmɔ ne hu na wɔn hooyɛ nso nha no no saa ara na Asafo Awurade bɛsiane abɛko wɔ Sion Bepɔ ne ne sorɔnsorɔmmea so.
For thus hath said the Lord unto me, Just as the lion or the young lion growleth over his prey, against whom is called forth the company of shepherds, of whose voice he is not afraid, and is not depressed because of their multitude: thus will the Lord come down, to fight on mount Zion and on its hill.
5 Sɛdeɛ nnomaa tu gyina faako wɔ ewiem no saa ara na Asafo Awurade bɛbɔ Yerusalem ho ban; ɔbɛbɔ ne ho ban na wagye no, ɔbɛgyaa no na wagye no asi hɔ.”
As fluttering birds, so will the Lord of hosts shield Jerusalem; shielding and delivering; sparing and preserving.
6 Monsane nkɔ deɛ moayɛ ɛdɔm atia no no, Ao Israelfoɔ.
Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
7 Ɛda no mo mu biara bɛpo dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ ahoni a mode mo nsa a ɛho agu fi no ayɛ.
For on that day shall every man despise his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
8 “Asiria bɛhwe ase wɔ akofena a ɛnyɛ onipa deɛ ano; akofena a ɛnyɛ onipa deɛ bɛsɛe wɔn. Wɔbɛdwane afiri akofena no ano na wɔbɛma wɔn mmeranteɛ ayɛ ɔhyɛ adwuma.
Then shall Asshur fall by the sword of one who is not a man; and the sword of one who is not a son of earth shall devour him; and he shall flee him from the sword, and his young men shall become tributary.
9 Wɔn aban denden bɛbubu, ehu nti; wɔhunu akofoɔ frankaa a, wɔn asraafoɔ mpanimfoɔ bɛbɔ huboa,” sei na Awurade seɛ, deɛ ne ogya wɔ Sion, na ne fononoo si Yerusalem no.
And his stronghold shall pass away for fear, and his princes shall be terrified because of the ensign, saith the Lord, who hath a fire in Zion, and a furnace in Jerusalem.
