Yesaia 40

1 Monkyekyere, monkyekyere me nkurɔfoɔ werɛ. Saa na mo Onyankopɔn seɛ.

Comfort you, comfort you my people, says God.

2 Monka asomdwoesɛm nkyerɛ Yerusalem, na mompae mu nka nkyerɛ no sɛ ne som denden no aba awieeɛ, wɔatua ne bɔne no so ka, na wɔanya ne bɔne nyinaa so akatua mmɔho afiri Awurade nsam.

Speak, you priests, to the heart of Jerusalem; comfort her, for her humiliation is accomplished, her sin is put away: for she has received of the Lord's hand double [the amount of] her sins.

3 Ɛnne bi reteam sɛ, “Monsiesie ɛkwan mma Awurade wɔ anweatam no so. Montene kwantempɔn wɔ ɛserɛ no so mma yɛn Onyankopɔn.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the Lord, make straight the paths of our God.

4 Bɔnhwa biara bɛyɛ ma, bepɔ ne nkokoɔ nyinaa bɛkɔ fam, asase a ɛyɛ monkyi mmɔnka no bɛyɛ tamaa, na mmeaɛ a ɛyɛ kɔntɔnkye no ayɛ tata.

Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low: and all the crooked [ways] shall become straight, and the rough [places] plains.

5 Na Awurade animuonyam bɛda adi, na nnipa nyinaa bɛhunu. Ɛfiri sɛ Awurade na aka!”

And the glory of the Lord shall appear, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God: for the Lord has spoken [it].

6 Nne bi kaa sɛ, “Team.” Na mekaa sɛ, “Menteɛm nka sɛn?” “Bɔ dawuro sɛ nnipa nyinaa te sɛ ɛserɛ, na wɔn animuonyam nyinaa te sɛ afuo so nhwiren.

The voice of one saying, Cry; and I said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass:

7 Ɛserɛ hye, na nhwiren twintwam ɛfiri sɛ Awurade ahomeguo fa wɔn so. Nokorɛm nnipa no yɛ ɛserɛ.

8 Ɛserɛ hye, na nhwiren twintwam, nanso yɛn Onyankopɔn asɛm no tim hɔ daa.”

The grass withers, and the flower fades: but the word of our God abides for ever.

9 Wo a wode asɛm pa reba Sion, foro kɔ bepɔ tenten bi so. Wo a wode asɛm pa reba Yerusalem, ma wo nne so na team, ma so, nsuro; ka kyerɛ Yuda nkuro sɛ, “Mo Onyankopɔn nie!”

O you that bring glad tidings to Zion, go up on the high mountain; lift up your voice with strength, you that bring glad tidings to Jerusalem; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Juda, Behold your God!

10 Hwɛ, Asafo Awurade de tumi reba, na nʼabasa bɛdi ɔhene ama no. Hwɛ, nʼakatua ka ne ho, na ɔde nʼabasobɔdeɛ nam.

Behold the Lord! The Lord is coming with strength, and [his] arm is with power: behold, his reward is with him, and [his] work before him.

11 Ɔhwɛ ne nnwankuo sɛ odwanhwɛfoɔ. Ɔboa nnwammaa no wɔ nʼabasa so. Ɔturu wɔn ne koko so; na nnwan a wɔwɔ mma no, ɔka wɔn brɛoo.

He shall tend his flock as a shepherd, and he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and shall soothe them that are with young.

12 Hwan na wasusu nsuo wɔ ne nsam anaa ɔde ne nsateaa asusu ɔsoro? Hwan na ɔde asase so mfuturo agu kɛntɛn mu, anaa wakari mmepɔ wɔ nsania so ne nkokoɔ wɔ nsania apampaa so?

Who has measured the water in his hand, and the heaven with a span, and all the earth in a handful? Who has weighed the mountains in scales, and the forests in a balance?

13 Hwan na wate Awurade ase, anaa wakyerɛkyerɛ no sɛ ne fotufoɔ?

Who has known the mind of the Lord? and who has been his counsellor, to instruct him?

14 Hwan na Awurade abisa no sɛ ɔnkyerɛ no biribi ase, na hwan na ɔkyerɛɛ no ɛkwan pa no? Hwan na ɔmaa no nimdeɛ anaa ɔkyerɛɛ no nhunumu kwan?

Or with whom has he taken counsel, and he has instructed him? or who has taught him judgment, or who has taught him the way of understanding;

15 Ampa ara aman no te sɛ nsuo sope wɔ bokiti mu; wɔde wɔn toto mfuturo a ɛgu nsania so; ɔkari nsupɔ te sɛ deɛ ɛyɛ mfuturo muhumuhu.

since all the nations are counted as a drop from a bucket, and as the turning of a balance, [and] shall be counted as spittle?

16 Lebanon nnɔɔso mma afɔrebukyia so ogya, na ne mmoa renso mma ɔhyeɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ.

And Libanus is not enough to burn, nor all beasts enough for a whole burnt offering:

17 Aman nyinaa nsɛ hwee wɔ nʼanim; ɔbu wɔn adehunu bi a wɔnka hwee.

and all the nations are as nothing, and counted as nothing.

18 Afei hwan ho na wode Onyankopɔn bɛtoto? Nsɛsodeɛ bɛn ho na wode no bɛtoɔ?

To whom have you compared the Lord? and with what likeness have you compared him?

19 Ohoni deɛ, odwumfoɔ na ɔyɛ, na sikadwumfoɔ de sikakɔkɔɔ agu ho na wasiesie dwetɛ nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn ama no.

Has not the artificer made an image, or the goldsmith having melted gold, gilt it over, [and] made it a similitude?

20 Ohiani a ɔrentumi mfa saa ayɛyɛdeɛ yi mma no kɔpɛ dua a ɛremporɔ. Ɔhwehwɛ odwumfoɔ nyansafoɔ na wayɛ ohoni a ɛremmuni nhwe fam asi hɔ.

For the artificer chooses out a wood that will not rot, and will wisely enquire how he shall set up his image, and [that so] that it should not be moved.

21 Wonnim anaa? Wonteeɛ anaa? Wɔnnka nkyerɛɛ wo firi ahyɛaseɛ no anaa? Ɛfiri ɛberɛ a wɔbɔɔ asase no, wontee aseɛ anaa?

Will you not know? will you not hear? has it not been told you of old? Have you not known the foundations of the earth?

22 Ɔte ahennwa so wɔ asase kanko no atifi. Ɛso nnipa te sɛ ntutummɛ ɔtwe ɔsoro mu te sɛ ntwamutam, na ɔde yɛ ntomadan tena mu.

[It is] he that comprehends the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants in it are as grasshoppers; he that set up the heaven as a chamber, and stretched [it] out as a tent to dwell in:

23 Ɔma ahenemma yɛ nnipa hunu na ewiase yi sodifoɔ nso, ɔbrɛ wɔn ase.

he that appoints princes to rule as nothing, and has made the earth as nothing.

24 Wɔtɛɛ wɔn ara pɛ, wɔduaa wɔn ara pɛ, wɔgyee nhini wɔ asase mu pɛ ɔhome gu wɔn so ma wɔkusa, na ntwahoframa bɔ wɔn kɔ te sɛ ntɛtɛ.

For they shall not plant, neither shall they sow, neither shall their root be fixed in the ground: he has blown upon them, and they are withered, and a storm shall carry them away like sticks.

25 “Hwan ho na wode me bɛto? Anaasɛ hwan na ɔne me sɛ?” Ɔkronkronni no na ɔseɛ.

Now then to whom have you compared me, that I may be exalted? says the Holy One.

26 Momma mo ani so nhwɛ ɔsoro: Hwan na ɔbɔɔ yeinom nyinaa? Deɛ ɔyiyi ɔsoro nsoromma mmaako mmaako, na ɔbɔ obiara din de frɛ no. Nʼahoɔden ne ne tumi enti wɔn mu baako mpo nnyeraeɛ.

Lift up your eyes on high, and see, who has displayed all these things? [even] he that brings forth his host by number: he shall call them all by name by [means of his] great glory, and by the power of his might: nothing has escaped you.

27 Adɛn na woka sɛ, Ao Yakob, na wonwiinwii, Ao Israel sɛ, “Mʼakwan ahinta Awurade; na me Onyankopɔn abɔ mʼasɛm agu”?

For say not you, O Jacob, and why have you spoken, Israel, [saying], My way is hid from God, and my God has taken away [my] judgement, and has departed?

28 Wonnim anaa? Wonteeɛ anaa? Awurade yɛ daapem Onyankopɔn, na ɔyɛ asase nyinaa yɛfoɔ. Ɔremmrɛ na ɔrentɔ bera, na ne nhunumu nni nhwehwɛmu.

And now, have you not known? have you not heard? the eternal God, the God that formed the ends of the earth, shall not hunger, nor be weary, and there is no searching of his understanding.

29 Ɔma deɛ watɔ bera ahoɔden deɛ wayɛ mmerɛ nso, ɔto nʼahoɔden so.

He gives strength to the hungry, and sorrow to them that are not suffering.

30 Mpo, mmabunu brɛ, na wɔtɔ bera, na mmeranteɛ suntisunti hwehwe ase;

For the young [men] shall hunger, and the youths shall be weary, and the choice [men] shall be powerless:

31 Nanso, wɔn a wɔn ani da Awurade so bɛnya ahoɔden foforɔ. Wɔde ntaban te sɛ akɔdeɛ deɛ bɛtu akɔ ewiem; wɔbɛtu mmirika, na wɔremmrɛ. Wɔbɛnante, na wɔrentɔ baha.

but they that wait on God shall renew [their] strength; they shall put forth new feathers like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not hunger.