Yesaia 45
1 “Yei ne deɛ Awurade ka kyerɛ deɛ wasra no ngo, Kores a wasɔ ne nsa nifa mu sɛ ɔmmrɛ aman ase wɔ nʼanim na ɔnnye ahemfo akodeɛ mfiri wɔn nsam na ɔmmuebue apono a ɛwɔ nʼanim sɛdeɛ kuro apono no mu rentoto.
Thus saith Yhwh to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
2 Mɛdi wʼanim mɛyɛ mmepɔ no asase tamaa; mɛbubu kɔbere mfrafraeɛ apono agu na matwitwa dadeɛ adaban mu.
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
3 Mede esum mu ademudeɛ bɛma wo ahonyadeɛ a wɔde asie kɔkoam sɛdeɛ wobɛhunu sɛ, mene Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, a ɔbɔ wo din frɛ woɔ.
And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, Yhwh, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
4 Me ɔsomfoɔ Yakob enti, Israel a mapa no enti, mebɔ wo din frɛ wo na mɛma wo animuonyamhyɛ abodin, ɛwom sɛ wonnyee me ntoo mu deɛ.
For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
5 Mene Awurade, obiara nni hɔ bio; Onyankopɔn biara nni hɔ ka me ho. Ɛwom sɛ wonnyee me ntoo mu deɛ, nanso mɛhyɛ wo den,
I am Yhwh, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
6 sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a ɛfiri deɛ owia pue kɔsi beaeɛ a ɛtɔ no nnipa bɛhunu sɛ obiara nka me ho. Mene Awurade, na obiara nni hɔ bio.
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am Yhwh, and there is none else.
7 Meyɛ hann, na mebɔ esum. Mede yiedie ba na mede ɔhaw ba; Me, Awurade, na meyɛ yeinom nyinaa.
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I Yhwh do all these things.
8 “Mo ɔsorosoro, monhwie tenenee ngu fam; momma ɛmfiri omununkum mu ntɔ momma asase mu mmue kɛseɛ, na nkwagyeɛ mpue mfiri mu, na tenenee ne no nnyini; Me, Awurade na mayɛ.
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I Yhwh have created it.
9 “Nnome nka deɛ ɔne ne Yɛfoɔ ham Ɛnka deɛ ɔmfra te sɛ kyɛmferɛ a ɛfra deɛ ɛgugu fam mu. Dɔteɛ bɛtumi abisa ɔnwomfoɔ sɛ, ‘ɛdeɛn na woreyɛ yi?’ Wo nsa ano adwuma bɛtumi abisa wo sɛ, ‘Wonni nsa’?
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
10 Nnome nka deɛ ɔse nʼagya sɛ ‘Adɛn enti na wowoo me?’ Anaa ɔbisa ne maame sɛ, ‘Adɛn enti na wokyem me woeɛ?’
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
11 “Sei na Awurade seɛ, Israel Ɔkronkronni ne ne Yɛfoɔ; ɛfa nneɛma a ɛreba ho no. Wobisa me nsɛm a ɛfa me mma ho, anaa wohyɛ me wɔ me nsa ano adwuma ho?
Thus saith Yhwh, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
12 Ɛyɛ me na meyɛɛ asase na mebɔɔ adasamma guu so. Me ara me nsa na mede trɛɛ ɔsoro mu; nsoromma ahodoɔ nyinaa hyɛ mʼase.
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
13 Mɛma Kores so wɔ me tenenee mu; mɛtenetene nʼakwan nyinaa. Ɔbɛsane akyekyere me kuropɔn na wagyaa mʼatukɔfoɔ, nanso ɔrennye akatua anaa akyɛdeɛ, Asafo Awurade na ɔseɛ.”
I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith Yhwh of Armies.
14 Sei na Awurade seɛ: “Nneɛma a ɛfiri Misraim ne adwadeɛ a ɛfiri Kus, ne Sebafoɔ atentene no, wɔbɛba wo nkyɛn abɛyɛ wo dea; wɔbɛdi wʼakyi brɛoo aba a wɔgu nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn mu. Wɔbɛbu nkotodwe wʼanim na wɔasrɛ wo aka sɛ, ‘Ampa ara, Onyankopɔn ka wo ho, na ɔbi nni hɔ; onyame biara nni hɔ.’”
Thus saith Yhwh, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
15 Ampa ara, woyɛ Onyankopɔn a ɔde ne ho sie, Ao Onyankopɔn ne Israel Agyenkwa.
Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
16 Wɔn a wɔyɛ ahoni nyinaa bɛfɛre na wɔn anim agu ase; wɔbɛbɔ mu akɔ animguaseɛ mu.
They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.
17 Nanso, Awurade bɛgye Israel nkwa, ɔde daapem nkwagyeɛ; Wɔremma wʼani nwu na wʼanim renguase bio kɔsi daapem.
But Israel shall be saved in Yhwh with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
18 Na sei na Awurade seɛ, deɛ ɔbɔɔ ɔsorosoro no ɔno ne Onyankopɔn; deɛ ɔmaa asase, na ɔbɔeɛ no, ɔno na ɔtoo ne fapem; wammɔ no sɛ ɛso nna hɔ kwa, mmom ɔyɛeɛ sɛ nnipa ntena so, ɔka sɛ: “Me ne Awurade, na obi nni hɔ.
For thus saith Yhwh that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am Yhwh; and there is none else.
19 Menkasaa wɔ kɔkoam, mfiri asase so baabi a aduru sum; manka ankyerɛ Yakob asefoɔ sɛ, ‘Sɛ mohwehwɛ me a monnhunu me.’ Me Awurade, meka nokorɛ no; meka deɛ ɛyɛ.
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I Yhwh speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
20 “Mommoaboa mo ho ano na mommra; monhyia mu, mo adwanefoɔ a mofiri amanaman so, mo a monnim de na moasoa nnua ahoni de kyinkyini, mo a mobɔ anyame a wɔntumi nnye nkwa no mpaeɛ.
Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
21 Mompae mu nka deɛ ɛbɛsi. Momfa nto dwa na wɔn mmɔ mu ntu agyina. Hwan na ɔdii ɛkan kaa no teteete, hwan na ɔdaa no adi firi tete nteredee? Ɛnyɛ me Awurade anaa? Onyankopɔn bi nni hɔ ka me ho, tenenee Onyankopɔn ne Agyenkwa; obiara nni hɔ sɛ me.
Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I Yhwh? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
22 “Monnane mmra me nkyɛn na monnya nkwa, mo a mowɔ asase ano nyinaa; ɛfiri sɛ mene Onyankopɔn, na obiara nni hɔ.
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
23 Maka me ho ntam, mʼano aka wɔ nokorɛdie nyinaa mu, asɛm a wɔntwe nsane sɛ: obiara bɛbu nkotodwe wɔ mʼanim. Na obiara bɛpae mu aka sɛ, mene Onyankopɔn.
I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
24 Wɔbɛka me ho asɛm sɛ, ‘Awurade nko ara mu na tenenee ne ahoɔden wɔ.’” Wɔn a wɔn bo huru tia no nyinaa bɛba ne nkyɛn na wɔn anim bɛgu ase.
Surely, shall one say, in Yhwh have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
25 Nanso Awurade mu, wɔbɛbu Israel asefoɔ nyinaa bem, na wɔahoahoa wɔn ho.
In Yhwh shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
