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 now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have 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 will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon 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 saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, 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.

Since thou hast been precious in my sight, [and] honourable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men for thee, and peoples for thy life.

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

Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed 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, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end 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.”

every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory; I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

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

Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

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 peoples be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, 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.

Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he; 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, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.

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 have declared, and I have saved, and I have shewed, and there was no strange [god] among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and 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, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, 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 saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.

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 saith 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:

which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as flax:

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

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

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

Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

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 beasts of the field shall honour me, the jackals and the ostriches: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen:

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

the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.

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

Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of 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 small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not made thee to serve with offerings, nor wearied thee with frankincense.

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 hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

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

I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins.

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 us plead together: set thou forth [thy cause], that thou mayest be justified.

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

Thy first father sinned, and thine interpreters have transgressed against me.

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

Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary, and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling.