Yesaia 9
1 Nanso, wɔn a na wɔwɔ ahohiahia mu no, wɔrenni awerɛhoɔ bio. Kane no ɔbrɛɛ Sebulon ne Naftali nsase no ase, nanso daakye bi ɔbɛhyɛ Galilea a ɛyɛ amanamanmufoɔ ɔman na ne kwan da Yordan ne ɛpo ntam no animuonyam.
But the darkness shall not remain where now is distress; Of old he brought the land of Zebulon and the land of Naphtali into contempt; In future times shall he bring the land of the sea beyond Jordan, the circle of the gentiles, into honor.
2 Nnipa a wɔnam sum mu ahunu hann kɛseɛ; wɔn a wɔte asase a ɛso sum kabii soɔ no, hann bi apue wɔn so.
The people that walk in darkness behold a great light; They who dwell in the land of death-like shade, Upon them a light shineth.
3 Woatrɛ ɔman no mu; woama wɔn ani agye mmoroso; wɔdi ahurisie wɔ wʼanim sɛdeɛ nnipa di ahurisie otwaberɛ, sɛdeɛ nnipa ho sɛpɛ wɔn wɔ ɛberɛ a wɔrekyɛ afodeɛ.
Thou enlargest the nation; Thou increasest their joy; They rejoice before thee with the joy of harvest, With the joy of those who divide the spoil.
4 Sɛdeɛ da a Midian dii nkoguo no, saa ara na woadwɛre kɔnnua a ɛda wɔn so no; saa ara na woayi nhyɛsofoɔ poma a ɛda wɔn mmatire so.
For thou breakest their heavy yoke, And the rod that smote their backs, And the scourge of the taskmaster, As in the day of Midian.
5 Ɔkofoɔ mpaboa a wɔhyɛ de kɔ sa ne atadeɛ biara a mogya akeka mu no wɔbɛgya agu hɔ na wɔahye. Wɔde bɛsɔ ogya.
For every greave of the warrior in battle, And the war-garment rolled in blood, Shall be burned; yea, it shall be food for the fire.
6 Ɛfiri sɛ, wɔawo akokoaa ama yɛn, wɔama yɛn ɔbabanin, na amammuo no bɛda ne mmati so. Na wɔbɛfrɛ no Ɔfotufoɔ Nwanwani, Otumfoɔ Onyankopɔn, Daa Agya, Asomdwoeɛ Wura.
For to us a child is born, To us a son is given, And the government shall be upon his shoulder, And he shall be called Wonderful, counsellor, mighty potentate, Everlasting father, prince of peace;
7 Nʼamammuo no nkɔsoɔ ne nʼasomdwoeɛ bɛtena hɔ daa. Ɔbɛtena Dawid ahennwa so abu nʼahennie, Ɔde atɛntenenee ne teneneeyɛ bɛhyɛ aseɛ na wama atim afiri saa ɛberɛ no akɔsi daa apem. Asafo Awurade mmɔdemmɔ bɛyɛ yei.
His dominion shall be great, And peace without end shall be upon the throne of David and his kingdom, To fix and establish it Through justice and equity, Henceforth and forever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will do this.
8 Awurade ato Yakob nkra a ɛtia no, na ɛbɛka Israel.
The Lord sendeth a word against Jacob; It cometh down to Israel.
9 Nnipa no nyinaa bɛhunu, Efraim ne wɔn a wɔtete Samaria a wɔde ahohoahoa ne ahomasoɔ akoma kasa no,
His whole people shall feel it, Ephraim, and the inhabitants of Samaria, Who say in pride and arrogance of heart,
10 “Ntayaa no abubu agu fam nanso yɛde aboɔ a wɔatwa bɛto bio. Wɔabubu borɔdɔma nnua no nanso yɛde ntweneduro bɛsi anan mu.”
“The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones; The sycamores are cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.”
11 Nanso Awurade ahyɛ Resin atamfoɔ den atia wɔn, na ɔhyɛ wɔn atamfoɔ no nkuran.
Jehovah will raise up the enemies of Rezin against them, And will arm their adversaries;
12 Aramfoɔ a wɔfiri apueeɛ fam, Filistifoɔ a wɔfiri atɔeɛ fam, abue wɔn anom amene Israel. Nanso yeinom nyinaa akyiri no ne bo nnwooɛ na ne nsa da so wɔ soro.
The Syrians before, the Philistines behind, Who shall devour Israel with wide jaws. For all this his anger is not turned away, But his hand is stretched out still.
13 Nanso nnipa no nsane nkɔɔ deɛ ɔtwee wɔn aso no nkyɛn, na wɔmmpɛɛ Asafo Awurade no akyiri kwan nso.
The people turn not to him that smiteth them; Neither do they seek Jehovah of hosts.
14 Enti Awurade bɛtwa etire ne dua afiri Israel ho na ɛberɛ ne demmire nso, ɔde da koro pɛ bɛtwa;
Therefore shall Jehovah cut off from Israel the head and the tail, The palm-branch and the rush, in one day.
15 mpanimfoɔ ne akunini no ne etire no, na atorɔ adiyifoɔ no ne dua no.
[[The aged and the honorable are the head, And the prophet that speaketh falsehood is the tail.]]
16 Wɔn a wɔkyerɛ nnipa yi kwan no nnkyerɛ wɔn kwan pa, na wɔn a wɔnya akwankyerɛ no nso fom kwan.
For the leaders of this people lead them astray, And they that are led by them go to destruction.
17 Enti Awurade ani rennye mmeranteɛ no ho, na ɔrenhunu nwisiaa ne akunafoɔ mmɔbɔ ɛfiri sɛ, obiara nni nyamesu na wɔyɛ amumuyɛfoɔ. Ano biara ka ahuhusɛm. Nanso yeinom nyinaa akyi no, ne bo nnwooɛ, na ne nsa da so wɔ soro.
Therefore shall the Lord have no joy in their young men, And on their orphans and widows he shall have no compassion; For they are all profane, and evil-doers; Every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, But his hand is stretched out still.
18 Nokorɛm atirimuɔden hye te sɛ ogya; ɛhye nnɛnkyɛnse ne nkasɛɛ, ɛde ogya to kwaeɛbirentuo mu hye no, na ɛnam wisie kumɔnn mu foro kɔ soro.
For wickedness burneth like a fire, It consumeth the briers and thorns, And it kindleth the thicket of the forest, So that it goeth up in columns of smoke.
19 Asafo Awurade abufuo so enti, asase no bɛkyene na nnipa bɛyɛ mmabaa ama ogya no; na obiara remfa ne nua ho nkyɛ no.
Through the wrath of Jehovah of hosts is the land burned, And the people are food for the fire; No one spareth another.
20 Nifa so, wɔbɛfom aduane adi, nanso ɛkɔm bɛde wɔn; benkum so, wɔbɛdidi, nanso wɔremmee. Obiara bɛwe ne ba ɛnam.
They consume on the right hand, and yet are hungry; They devour on the left, and are not satisfied; Every one devoureth the flesh of his arm.
21 Manase bɛdane Efraim na Efraim adane Manase na wɔbɛbɔ mu atia Yuda. Nanso yeinom nyinaa akyi no, ne bo nnwoeɛ, na wama ne nsa so ayɛ krado.
Manasseh is against Ephraim, and Ephraim against Manasseh, And both together against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, But his hand is stretched out still.
