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, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee.
2 Ao Awurade, hunu yɛn mmɔbɔ; yɛn ani da wo so. Yɛ yɛn ahoɔden anɔpa biara, ne yɛn nkwagyeɛ wɔ ahohia mu.
O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity.
3 Aman no te wo nne mmobɔmu a, wɔdwane; sɛ woma wo ho so a, amanaman no bɔ hwete.
From the voice of a multitude fled have peoples, From thine exaltation scattered have been nations.
4 Sɛdeɛ ntutummɛ tu hyɛ asase so we so nnɔbaeɛ no; saa ara na nnipa bɛto ahyɛ Asiria so.
And gathered hath been your spoil, A gathering of the caterpillar, As a running to and fro of locusts is he running on it.
5 Wɔama Awurade so, na ɔte ɔsorosoro; ɔde tenenee ne adeteneneeyɛ bɛhyɛ Sion ma.
Set on high is Jehovah, for He is dwelling on high, He filled Zion [with] judgment and righteousness,
6 Ɔbɛyɛ fapem a atim yie wɔ mo mmerɛ so, nkwagyeɛ, nyansa ne nhunumu mmorosoɔ akoraeɛ; Awurade suro bɛyɛ wʼademudeɛ.
And hath been the stedfastness of thy times, The strength of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge, Fear of Jehovah — it [is] His treasure.
7 Monhwɛ, wɔn mmarima akokoɔdurufoɔ su teateaam wɔ mmɔntene so; asomdwoeɛ ho abɔfoɔ su yaayaaya.
Lo, 'Their Ariel,' they have cried without, Messengers of peace do weep bitterly.
8 Akwantempɔn no so da hɔ kwa, akwantufoɔ biara nni akwan no so. Wɔabu apam no so; wɔbu nʼadansefoɔ animtia wɔmmu obiara.
Desolated have been highways, Ceased hath he who passeth along the path, He hath broken covenant, He hath despised enemies, He hath not esteemed a man.
9 Asase no awo wesee na ɛresɛe, Lebanon agyigya na nʼanim agu ase; Saron ayɛ sɛ Araba, Basan ne Karmel poro wɔn nhahan.
Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.
10 “Afei na mɛsɔre,” sei na Awurade seɛ. “Afei na wɔbɛpagya me; afei na wɔbɛma me so akɔ soro.
Now, do I arise, saith Jehovah, Now I am exalted, now I am lifted up.
11 Monyinsɛne ntɛtɛ, na mo wo ɛserɛ; mo ahome yɛ ogya a ɛhye mo.
Ye conceive chaff, ye bear stubble, Your spirit! — fire devoureth you.
12 Wɔbɛhye aman no ama wɔayɛ sɛ akaadoo; wɔbɛto wɔn mu ogya te sɛ nkasɛɛ a wɔatwa.”
And peoples have been [as] burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, with fire they burn.
13 Mo a mowɔ akyirikyiri no, montie deɛ mayɛ; mo a mobɛn no, monkamfo me kɛseyɛ!
Hear, ye far off, that which I have done, And know, ye near ones, My might.
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?”
Afraid in Zion have been sinners, Seized hath trembling the profane: Who doth dwell for us — consuming fire, Who doth dwell for us — burnings of the age?
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,
Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,
16 saa onipa yi na ɔbɛtena ɔsorosoro hɔ. Ne dwanekɔbea bɛyɛ bepɔ aban no. Wɔde nʼaduane bɛma no na ne nsuo mmɔ no.
He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock [are] his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast.
17 Mo ani bɛhunu ɔhene no wɔ nʼanimuonyam mu na moahunu asase a ɛtrɛ kɔ akyirikyiri no.
A king in his beauty, see do thine eyes, They see a land afar 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?”
Thy heart doth meditate terror, Where [is] he who is counting? Where [is] he who is weighing? Where [is] he who is counting the towers?
19 Morenhunu saa ahantanfoɔ no bio, wɔn a wɔn kasa mu nna hɔ, na monte deɛ wɔka no ase no.
The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.
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.
See Zion, the city of our meetings, Thine eyes see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, A tent not taken down, Not removed are its pins for ever, And none of its cords are 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.
But there mighty [is] Jehovah for us, A place of rivers — streams broad of sides, No ship with oars doth go into it, And a mighty ship doth not pass over it.
22 Na Awurade ne yɛn ɔtemmufoɔ, Awurade ne yɛn mmarahyɛfoɔ, Awurade ne yɛn ɔhene; na ɔno na ɔbɛgye yɛn nkwa.
For Jehovah our judge, Jehovah our lawgiver, Jehovah our king — He doth save us.
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.
Left have been thy ropes, They strengthen not rightly their mast, They have not spread out a sail, Then apportioned hath been a prey of much spoil, The lame have taken spoil.
24 Obiara nni Sion a ɔbɛka sɛ, “Meyare”; na wɔde wɔn a wɔte hɔ no bɔne bɛkyɛ wɔn.
Nor doth an inhabitant say, 'I was sick,' The people that is dwelling in it, is forgiven of iniquity!
