< Yesaia 33 >
1 Due, Ao ɔdesɛefoɔ Asiria, wo a wɔnnsɛee woɔ! Due, Ao ɔfatwafoɔ, wo a wɔnnii wo hwammɔ! Sɛ wowie ade sɛe a, wɔbɛsɛe wo; sɛ wowie hwammɔdie a, wɔbɛdi wo hwammɔ.
Woe to thee that spoylest, and wast not spoyled: and doest wickedly, and they did not wickedly against thee: when thou shalt cease to spoyle, thou shalt be spoyled: when thou shalt make an ende of doing wickedly, they shall doe wickedly against thee.
2 Ao Awurade, hunu yɛn mmɔbɔ; yɛn ani da wo so. Yɛ yɛn ahoɔden anɔpa biara, ne yɛn nkwagyeɛ wɔ ahohia mu.
O Lord, haue mercie vpon vs, wee haue waited for thee: be thou, which waste their arme in the morning, our helpe also in time of trouble.
3 Aman no te wo nne mmobɔmu a, wɔdwane; sɛ woma wo ho so a, amanaman no bɔ hwete.
At the noise of the tumult, the people fled: at thine exalting the nations were scattered.
4 Sɛdeɛ ntutummɛ tu hyɛ asase so we so nnɔbaeɛ no; saa ara na nnipa bɛto ahyɛ Asiria so.
And your spoyle shall be gathered like the gathering of caterpillers: and he shall go against him like the leaping of grashoppers.
5 Wɔama Awurade so, na ɔte ɔsorosoro; ɔde tenenee ne adeteneneeyɛ bɛhyɛ Sion ma.
The Lord is exalted: for hee dwelleth on hie: he hath filled Zion with iudgement and iustice.
6 Ɔbɛyɛ fapem a atim yie wɔ mo mmerɛ so, nkwagyeɛ, nyansa ne nhunumu mmorosoɔ akoraeɛ; Awurade suro bɛyɛ wʼademudeɛ.
And there shall be stabilitie of thy times, strength, saluation, wisdome and knowledge: for the feare of the Lord shalbe his treasure.
7 Monhwɛ, wɔn mmarima akokoɔdurufoɔ su teateaam wɔ mmɔntene so; asomdwoeɛ ho abɔfoɔ su yaayaaya.
Behold, their messengers shall cry without, and ye ambassadours of peace shall weepe bitterly.
8 Akwantempɔn no so da hɔ kwa, akwantufoɔ biara nni akwan no so. Wɔabu apam no so; wɔbu nʼadansefoɔ animtia wɔmmu obiara.
The pathes are waste: the wayfaring man ceaseth: hee hath broken the couenant: hee hath contemned the cities: he regarded no man.
9 Asase no awo wesee na ɛresɛe, Lebanon agyigya na nʼanim agu ase; Saron ayɛ sɛ Araba, Basan ne Karmel poro wɔn nhahan.
The earth mourneth and fainteth: Lebanon is ashamed, and hewen downe: Sharon is like a wildernes, and Bashan is shaken and Carmel.
10 “Afei na mɛsɔre,” sei na Awurade seɛ. “Afei na wɔbɛpagya me; afei na wɔbɛma me so akɔ soro.
Now will I arise, saith the Lord: now will I be exalted, now will I lift vp my selfe.
11 Monyinsɛne ntɛtɛ, na mo wo ɛserɛ; mo ahome yɛ ogya a ɛhye mo.
Ye shall conceiue chaffe, and bring forth stubble: the fire of your breath shall deuoure you.
12 Wɔbɛhye aman no ama wɔayɛ sɛ akaadoo; wɔbɛto wɔn mu ogya te sɛ nkasɛɛ a wɔatwa.”
And the people shall be as the burning of lime: and as the thornes cut vp, shall they be burnt in the fire.
13 Mo a mowɔ akyirikyiri no, montie deɛ mayɛ; mo a mobɛn no, monkamfo me kɛseyɛ!
Heare, yee that are farre off, what I haue done, and ye that are neere, know my power.
14 Nnebɔneyɛfoɔ a wɔwɔ Sion abɔ huboa; ahopopoɔ aka wɔn a wɔnnim Onyame: “Yɛn mu hwan na ɔbɛtumi ne ogya a ɛhye adeɛ atena? Yɛn mu hwan na ɔbɛtumi ne daa ogya dɛreɛ atena?”
The sinners in Zion are afraide: a feare is come vpon the hypocrites: who among vs shall dwel with the deuouring fire? who among vs shall dwell with the euerlasting burnings?
15 Deɛ ɔnante tenenee mu na ɔdi nokorɛ deɛ ɔpo mfasoɔ a nsisie de ba na ɔnnye adanmudeɛ, deɛ ɔntie awudie ho pɔ bɔ deɛ ɔmpɛ sɛ ɔhunu bɔneyɛ ho agyinatuo no,
Hee that walketh in iustice, and speaketh righteous things, refusing gaine of oppression, shaking his handes from taking of gifts, stopping his eares from hearing of blood, and shutting his eyes from seeing euill.
16 saa onipa yi na ɔbɛtena ɔsorosoro hɔ. Ne dwanekɔbea bɛyɛ bepɔ aban no. Wɔde nʼaduane bɛma no na ne nsuo mmɔ no.
He shall dwell on hie: his defence shall be the munitions of rockes: bread shalbe giuen him, and his waters shalbe sure.
17 Mo ani bɛhunu ɔhene no wɔ nʼanimuonyam mu na moahunu asase a ɛtrɛ kɔ akyirikyiri no.
Thine eyes shall see the King in his glory: they shall beholde the lande farre off.
18 Mo adwendwene mu no, mobɛbooboo deɛ na ɔhunahuna mo no ho: “Odwumayɛfoɔ panin no wɔ he? Deɛ na ɔgyegye toɔ no wɔ he? Deɛ na ɔhwɛ aban tenten so no wɔ he?”
Thine heart shall meditate feare, Where is the scribe? where is the receiuer? where is hee that counted the towres?
19 Morenhunu saa ahantanfoɔ no bio, wɔn a wɔn kasa mu nna hɔ, na monte deɛ wɔka no ase no.
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a darke speache, that thou canst not perceiue, and of a stammering tongue that thou canst not vnderstande.
20 Monhwɛ Sion, yɛn afahyɛ kuropɔn no; mo ani bɛhunu Yerusalem, asomdwoeɛ tenaberɛ, ntomadan a wɔnntutu; wɔrentutu ne mpɛɛwa da, na wɔrentete ne ntampehoma mu nso.
Looke vpon Zion the citie of our solemne feastes: thine eyes shall see Ierusalem a quiet habitation, a Tabernacle that can not be remooued: and the stakes thereof can neuer be taken away, neither shall any of the cordes thereof be broken.
21 Ɛhɔ na Awurade bɛyɛ yɛn Otumfoɔ. Ɛbɛyɛ sɛ beaeɛ a nsuo akɛseɛ ne nsuwansuwa wɔ. Ahyɛmma a wɔhare remfa so; ahyɛn akɛseɛ rennante so.
For surely there the mightie Lord will be vnto vs, as a place of floods and broade riuers, whereby shall passe no shippe with oares, neither shall great shippe passe thereby.
22 Na Awurade ne yɛn ɔtemmufoɔ, Awurade ne yɛn mmarahyɛfoɔ, Awurade ne yɛn ɔhene; na ɔno na ɔbɛgye yɛn nkwa.
For the Lord is our Iudge, the Lord is our lawe giuer: the Lord is our King, he will saue vs.
23 Wo ntampehoma mu ago enti ɛhyɛn dua no nnyina hɔ yie, na wɔntrɛɛ ɛhyɛn so ntoma no mu. Afei wɔbɛkyɛ asadeɛ bebree no mu na mpakye mpo bɛsoa afodeɛ akɔ.
Thy cordes are loosed: they could not well strengthen their maste, neither coulde they spread the saile: then shall the praye be deuided for a great spoile: yea, the lame shall take away the pray.
24 Obiara nni Sion a ɔbɛka sɛ, “Meyare”; na wɔde wɔn a wɔte hɔ no bɔne bɛkyɛ wɔn.
And none inhabitant shall say, I am sicke: the people that dwell therein, shall haue their iniquitie forgiuen.