Yesaia 50
1 Sei na Awurade seɛ: “Wo maame awaregyaeɛ ho adansedie nwoma a megyinaa so gyaa no ɛkwan no wɔ he? Anaa sɛ mʼadefirifoɔ mu hwan na metɔn wo maa noɔ? Wo bɔne enti na wɔtɔn wo; Wʼamumuyɛ enti na wɔpamoo wo maame.
Thus sayeth the Lord, Where is that bill of your mothers diuorcement, whome I haue cast off? or who is the creditour to whome I solde you? Beholde, for your iniquities are yee solde, and because of your transgressions is your mother forsaken.
2 Mebaeɛ no, adɛn enti na na obiara nni hɔ? Mefrɛeɛ no, adɛn enti na obiara annye soɔ? Na me nsa yɛ tia dodo sɛ ɛbɛgye wo anaa? Menni ahoɔden a mede bɛgye wo anaa? Mede mʼanimka kakra bi ma ɛpo mu nsuo we, medane nsubɔntene anweatam emu mpataa porɔ ɛsiane nsuo a wɔnnya enti na osukɔm kumm wɔn.
Wherefore came I, and there was no man? I called, and none answered: is mine hand so shortened, that it cannot helpe? or haue I no power to deliuer? Beholde, at my rebuke I drie vp the Sea: I make the floods desert: their fish rotteth for want of water, and dieth for thirst.
3 Mede esum fira ɔsoro na mema ayitoma yɛ ne nkataho.”
I clothe the heauens with darkenesse, and make a sacke their couering.
4 Asafo Awurade ama me nkyerɛkyerɛ tɛkrɛma sɛ ɛnka asɛm a ɛhyɛ ɔbrɛfoɔ den. Ɔnyane me anɔpa biara, na ɔbue mʼaso ma metie sɛ obi a ɔregye nkyerɛkyerɛ.
The Lord God hath giuen me a tongue of the learned, that I shoulde knowe to minister a woord in time to him that is weary: he will raise me vp in the morning: in the morning hee will waken mine eare to heare, as the learned.
5 Otumfoɔ Awurade abue mʼaso na menyɛɛ otuatefoɔ; na mensanee mʼakyi.
The Lord God hath opened mine eare and I was not rebellious, neither turned I backe.
6 Mede mʼakyi maa wɔn a wɔboro me, na mede mʼafono maa wɔn a wɔtutu mʼabɔgyesɛ. Mamfa mʼanim ansie wɔn fɛdie ne ntasuteɛ ho.
I gaue my backe vnto the smiters, and my cheekes to the nippers: I hidde not my face from shame and spitting.
7 Esiane sɛ, Asafo Awurade boa me enti, wɔrengu mʼanim ase. Enti na mayɛ mʼanim sɛ twerɛboɔ, na menim sɛ mʼanim rengu ase.
For the Lord God will helpe me, therefore shall I not bee confounded: therefore haue I set my face like a flint, and I knowe that I shall not be ashamed.
8 Deɛ ɔbu me bem no abɛn. Enti hwan na ɔbɛbɔ me kwaadu? Ɔmmra na yɛnhyia mu! Hwan na ɔbɔ me soboɔ? Ma ɔnka nsi mʼanim!
Hee is neere that iustifieth mee: who will contend with me? Let vs stande together: who is mine aduersarie? let him come neere to me.
9 Asafo Awurade na ɔboa me. Hwan ne deɛ ɔbɛbu me fɔ? Wɔn nyinaa bɛtete sɛ atadeɛ; nnweweboaa bɛwe wɔn.
Beholde, the Lord God will helpe me: who is he that can condemne me? loe, they shall waxe olde as a garment: the mothe shall eate them vp.
10 Mo mu hwan na ɔsuro Awurade, na ɔdi ne ɔsomfoɔ asɛm so? Ma deɛ ɔnam esum mu, deɛ ɔnni hann no, ɔnnye Awurade din nni na ɔmfa ne ho nto ne Onyankopɔn so.
Who is among you that feareth the Lord? let him heare the voyce of his seruant: hee that walketh in darkenesse, and hath no light, let him trust in the Name of the Lord, and staye vpon his God.
11 Na afei, monhwɛ yie, mo a monante mo ankasa hann mu, mo a mode ogya a mo ankasa asɔ ka mo ho hye, Yei ne deɛ mobɛnya afiri me nsa mu; mobɛhwe ase adeda fam wɔ ɔyea mu.
Beholde, all you kindle a fire, and are compassed about with sparkes: walke in the light of your fire, and in the sparkes that ye haue kindled. This shall ye haue of mine hand: ye shall lye downe in sorowe.
