Yesaia 43

1 Na afei, sei na Awurade seɛ, deɛ ɔbɔɔ woɔ, Ao Yakob deɛ ɔnwonoo woɔ, Ao Israel; “Nsuro na magye wo; mabɔ wo din afrɛ wo; woyɛ me dea.

But nowe thus sayeth the Lord, that created thee, O Iaakob: and hee that formed thee, O Israel, Feare not: for I haue redeemed thee: I haue called thee by thy name, thou art mine.

2 Sɛ wofa nsuo mu a, mɛka wo ho; na sɛ wotwa nsubɔntene no a, ɛremmu mfa wo so. Sɛ wonante ogya no mu a, worenhye; ogyaframa no renhye wo.

When thou passest through the waters, I wil be with thee, and through the floods, that they doe not ouerflowe thee. When thou walkest through the very fire, thou shalt not be burnt, neither shall the flame kindle vpon thee.

3 Na mene Awurade, wo Onyankopɔn, Israel Kronkronni, wo Agyenkwa. Mede Misraim yɛ mpata ma wo na mede Kus ne Seba si wʼananmu mu.

For I am the Lord thy God, the holy one of Israel, thy Sauiour: I gaue Egypt for thy ransome, Ethiopia, and Seba for thee.

4 Sɛ wo som bo ma me na wowɔ animuonyam wɔ mʼanim na medɔ wo enti, mede nnipa bɛsesa wo, na mede nkurɔfoɔ asesa wo nkwa.

Because thou wast precious in my sight, and thou wast honourable, and I loued thee, therefore will I giue man for thee, and people for thy sake.

5 Nsuro, ɛfiri sɛ, meka mo ho; mede wo mma bɛfiri apueeɛ fam aba na maboa wɔn ano afiri atɔeɛ fam.

Feare not, for I am with thee: I will bring thy seede from the East, and gather thee from the West.

6 Mɛka akyerɛ atifi fam sɛ, ‘Monnyaa wɔn!’ ne anafoɔ fam sɛ, ‘Monnye wɔn ntena ha.’ Momfa me mmammarima mfiri akyirikyiri mmra na me mmammaa mfiri asase ano mmra,

I will say to the North, Giue: and to the South, Keepe not backe: bring my sonnes from farre, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.

7 obiara a me din da no so, deɛ mebɔɔ no de hyɛɛ me ho animuonyam, deɛ menwenee no na meyɛɛ no.”

Euery one shall be called by my Name: for I created him for my glorie, formed him and made him.

8 Momfa wɔn a wɔwɔ ani, nanso wɔnhunu adeɛ wɔn a wɔwɔ aso nanso asisi no mmra.

I will bring foorth the blinde people, and they shall haue eyes, and the deafe, and they shall haue eares.

9 Aman no nyinaa boa wɔn ho ano na nnipa no hyia mu. Wɔn mu hwan na ɔkaa yei firii ahyɛaseɛ na ɔpaee mu kaa nneɛma a atwam no kyerɛɛ yɛn? Ma wɔmmfa wɔn adansefoɔ mmra mmɛdi adanseɛ sɛ wɔdi bem, sɛdeɛ afoforɔ bɛte na wɔaka sɛ, “Ɛyɛ nokorɛ.”

Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this and shewe vs former things? let them bring foorth their witnesses, that they may be iustified: but let them heare, and say, It is truth.

10 “Mone mʼadansefoɔ, ne me ɔsomfoɔ a mapa no,” sei na Awurade seɛ, “sɛdeɛ mobɛhunu na moagye me adie na moate aseɛ sɛ me ne no. Wɔammɔ onyame bi anni mʼanim, na mʼakyi nso obiara remma.

You are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my seruant, whom I haue chosen: therefore yee shall knowe and beleeue me and yee shall vnderstand that I am: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

11 Me, Me ara, Mene Awurade, na agyenkwa biara nni hɔ sɛ me.

I, euen I am the Lord, and beside me there is no Sauiour.

12 Mada no adi na magye nkwa na mapae mu aka sɛ, Me, na ɛnyɛ onyame nanani bi a ɔwɔ mo mu. Mone mʼadansefoɔ,” Awurade na ɔseɛ sɛ, “Mene Onyankopɔn.

I haue declared, and I haue saued, and I haue shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore you are my witnesses, sayeth the Lord, that I am God.

13 Aane, na ɛfiri teteete no mene no. Obiara rentumi nye mfiri me nsa mu sɛ meyɛ biribi a, hwan na ɔbɛtumi adane no?”

Yea, before the day was, I am, and there is none that can deliuer out of mine hand: I will doe it, and who shall let it?

14 Sei na Awurade seɛ, wʼAgyenkwa, Israel Kronkronni no: “Mo enti, mɛsoma akɔ Babilonia, na mede Babiloniafoɔ nyinaa bɛba sɛ adwanefoɔ, wɔ ahyɛn a wɔde hoahoa wɔn ho no mu.

Thus sayeth the Lord your redeemer, the holy one of Israel, For your sake I haue sent to Babel, and brought it downe: they are all fugitiues, and the Chaldeans crie in the shippes.

15 Mene Awurade, wo Kronkronni no, Israel Yɛfoɔ, wo Ɔhene.”

I am the Lord your holy one, the creator of Israel, your King.

16 Yei na Awurade seɛ, deɛ ɔbɔɔ ɛkwan wɔ ɛpo mu, ɛkwan a ɛda nsubunu mu,

Thus sayeth the Lord which maketh a way in the Sea, and a path in the mighty waters.

17 deɛ ɔtwee nteaseɛnam ne apɔnkɔ, akodɔm ne ne nkekahoɔ nyinaa, na wɔkaa hɔ a wɔansɔre bio; wɔadum wɔn te sɛ kanea mu ntoma:

When hee bringeth out the charet and horse, the armie and the power lie together, and shall not rise: they are extinct, and quenched as towe.

18 “Momma mo werɛ mfiri kane nneɛma no monntɔ nkɔ deɛ atwam no so.

Remember yee not the former things, neither regard the things of olde.

19 Hwɛ, mereyɛ adeɛ foforɔ! Seesei, ɛrepue, na monhunu anaa? Merebɔ ɛkwan afa anweatam so na mereyɛ nsuwansuwa wɔ asase wesee so.

Behold, I do a new thing: now shall it come foorth: shall you not knowe it? I wil euen make a way in the desert, and floods in the wildernesse.

20 Mmoa a wɔyɛ keka hyɛ me animuonyam, adompo ne apatuo, ɛfiri sɛ mema nsuo wɔ anweatam so ne nsuwansuwa wɔ asase wesee so de ma me nkurɔfoɔ, wɔn a mapa wɔn no nsuo,

The wilde beastes shall honour mee, the dragons and the ostriches, because I gaue water in the desert, and floods in the wildernesse to giue drinke to my people, euen to mine elect.

21 nnipa a meyɛɛ wɔn maa me ho sɛ wɔmpae mu nka mʼayɛyie.

This people haue I formed for my selfe: they shall shewe foorth my praise.

22 “Nanso, womfrɛɛ me, Ao Yakob, wonhaa wo ho wɔ me ho, Ao Israel.

And thou hast not called vpon mee, O Iaakob, but thou hast wearied me, O Israel.

23 Momfaa nnwan mmrɛɛ me sɛ ɔhyeɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ, na momfaa mo afɔrebɔ nhyɛɛ me animuonyam nso. Memmaa aduane afɔdeɛ nyɛɛ mo adesoa na memfaa nnuhwamgyeɛ nhaa mo.

Thou hast not brought me the sheepe of thy burnt offrings, neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I haue not caused thee to serue with an offring, nor wearied thee with incense.

24 Montɔɔ nnuhwam mmrɛɛ me, na mommaa mo afɔrebɔdeɛ mu sradeɛ mmuu me so. Mmom, mode mo bɔne asoa me na mode mo mfomsoɔ ho haw abɛtɔ me so.

Thou boughtest mee no sweete sauour with money, neither hast thou made mee drunke with the fatte of thy sacrifices, but thou hast made mee to serue with thy sinnes, and wearied mee with thine iniquities.

25 “Me, me ara, mene deɛ ɔpepa mo bɔne, me enti, na menkae mo amumuyɛ bio.

I, euen I am he that putteth away thine iniquities for mine owne sake, and will not remember thy sinnes.

26 Monhwehwɛ deɛ atwam no mu bio mma me, momma yɛmmɔ mu ntonto adwene wɔ asɛm no ho; ka wʼasɛm a ɛkyerɛ sɛ wonni fɔ no.

Put me in remembrance: let vs be iudged together: count thou that thou maist be iustified.

27 Mo agya a ɔdii ɛkan no yɛɛ bɔne; mo kasamafoɔ tee mʼanim atua.

Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers haue transgressed against me.

28 Enti magu mo asɔredan mu atitire anim ase, na mede Yakob ama ɔsɛeɛ, na mede Israel ama ahɔhora.

Therefore I haue prophaned the rulers of the Sanctuarie, and haue made Iaakob a curse, and Israel a reproche.