Isaiah 33
1 Woe to you who destroy, but you were not destroyed, and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betrayal, you will be betrayed.
Baba na wò, o nugblẽla! Wò ame si womegblẽ o. Baba na wò, o ametatrɔla! Wò ame si womede asi o. Ne èdzudzɔ nugbegblẽ la, woagblẽ wò hã ne èdzudzɔ ametatɔtrɔ la, woatrɔ wò hã tawò.
2 LORD, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
O! Yehowa, ve mía nu; míele diwòm vevie. Nye míaƒe ŋusẽ ŋdi sia ŋdi. Nye mía ɖela le xaxaɣeyiɣiwo me.
3 At the noise of the thunder, the peoples have fled. When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered.
Ne èɖe gbe la, amewo sina, ne ètso la, dukɔwo kakana hlẽna.
4 Your plunder will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. Men will leap on it as locusts leap.
O! Dukɔwo, woaƒo miaƒe nuhahawo nu ƒu abe ale si woƒoa ŋɔviwo nu ƒue ene, eye amewo adze wo dzi abe ale si ʋetsuviwo ƒe ha gã aɖe dzea nu dzi ene.
5 The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
Wodo Yehowa ɖe dzi, elabena etsɔ dziƒo wɔ nɔƒee. Atsɔ nu dzɔdzɔe wɔwɔ kple dzɔdzɔenyenye ayɔ Zion.
6 There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is your treasure.
Anye gɔmeɖokpe sesẽ na míaƒe ɣeyiɣiwo. Anye nudzraɖoƒe gã na ɖeɖekpɔkpɔ, dziƒonunya kple sidzedze, eye Yehowavɔvɔ̃ anye safui na kesinɔnu sia.
7 Behold, their valiant ones cry outside; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
Kpɔ ɖa woƒe kalẽtɔwo le avi fam sesĩe le mɔtatawo dzi. Ŋutifafa ƒe ame dɔdɔwo fa avi vevie.
8 The highways are desolate. The traveling man ceases. The covenant is broken. He has despised the cities. He does not respect man.
Gbedzimɔwo ɖi gbɔlo, eye mɔzɔla aɖeke mele mɔtatawo dzi o. Nubabla la me gblẽ. Wodo ŋunyɔ eƒe ɖasefowo, eye womede bubu ame aɖeke ŋuti o.
9 The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.
Anyigba la ƒu kplakplakpla, eye naneke megale edzi o. Ŋu kpe Lebanon, eye wòyrɔ sũu. Saron le abe Araba gbegbe ene. Basan kple Karmel lũ xɛ abe ati ene.
10 “Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted.
Yehowa be, “Matso azɔ, woadom ɖe dzi, eye woakɔ nye alɔ ɖe dzi azɔ.
11 You will conceive chaff. You will give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.
Atsakiti nye fu nèfɔ, eye nèdzi gbe ƒuƒu. Wò gbɔgbɔ nye dzo si fia wò.
12 The peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire.
Woafiã abe akalo ene, eye woatɔ dzo wo abe ŋuve si wolã kɔ ɖi ene.”
13 Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and, you who are near, acknowledge my might.”
Mi ame siwo le adzɔge, mise nu si mewɔ. Mi ame siwo tso kpuiƒe, mide dzesi nye ŋusẽ!
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?
Ŋɔdzi lé nu vɔ̃ wɔla siwo le Zion, eye vɔvɔ̃ dze Mawumavɔ̃lawo dzi, wobia be, “Mía dometɔ kae anɔ te ɖe dzobinu la nu? Mía dometɔ kae anɔ anyi ɖe dzo mavɔ̃ sia me.”
15 He who walks righteously and speaks blamelessly, he who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil—
Ame si zɔna le dzɔdzɔenyenye me, eye wògblɔa nu si le eteƒe, ame si tsri viɖe si wokpɔ to amebaba me, eye mexɔa zãnu o, ame si xe eƒe towo be magase hlɔ̃donyawo o, ame si mia eƒe ŋkuwo be makpɔ nu gbegblẽ wɔwɔ o.
16 he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.
Esiae nye ame si anɔ kɔkɔƒe, eye eƒe bebeƒe anye mɔ sesẽ si le towo tame. Akpɔ abolo aɖu ɖaa, eye tsinono mahiãe o.
17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty. They will see a distant land.
Wò ŋkuwo akpɔ fia la le eƒe atsyɔ̃ɖoɖo gã me, eye àkpɔ anyigba keke la le adzɔge.
18 Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?
Àbu ŋɔdzinu siwo nèwɔ va yi le wò susu me be, “Afi ka amegã ma le? Afi ka ame si dzɔa adzɔga la le? Afi ka amegã si kpɔa gbetakpɔxɔwo dzi la le?”
19 You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you cannot comprehend, with a strange language that you cannot understand.
Màgakpɔ ɖokuiŋudzela mawo azɔ o, ame siwo fiana, eye woƒe nuƒo gɔme menyasena o.
20 Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that will not be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
Wò ŋku nenɔ Zion dzi. Du si me mieɖua miaƒe ŋkekenyuiwo le; wò ŋkuwo akpɔ Yerusalem, ŋutifafaƒe kple agbadɔ si womaɖe ɖa akpɔ o. Womaho eƒe tsyotiwo le tome alo alã ka siwo wohe ɖe wo ŋuti o.
21 But there the LORD will be with us in majesty, a place of wide rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there.
Afi mae Yehowa, le eƒe ŋutikɔkɔe me, anye míaƒe Ŋusẽtɔ le. Anɔ abe teƒe si tɔ gbadzawo kple tɔʋuwo le la ene. Tɔdziʋu siwo wokuna kple tablu la, made afi ma o eye meli gã aɖeke hã mato edzi ayi o,
22 For the LORD is our judge. The LORD is our lawgiver. The LORD is our king. He will save us.
elabena Yehowae nye míaƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃la. Yehowae nye ame si wɔ sewo na mí, eye Yehowae nye míaƒe fia. Eyae nye ame si aɖe mí.
23 Your rigging is untied. They could not strengthen the foot of their mast. They could not spread the sail. Then the prey of a great plunder was divided. The lame took the prey.
Wò abaladokawo me gbɔdzɔ; womebla wò abaladotiawo sesĩe o; ale wò abalawo me meke o, eya ta woama afunyinu gbogboawo, eye tekunɔwo gɔ̃ hã atsɔ nuhahawo adzoe.
24 The inhabitant will not say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity.
Ame siwo le Zion la dometɔ aɖeke magblɔ be, “Mele dɔ lém” o, eye woatsɔ ame siwo le afi ma la ƒe nu vɔ̃wo ake wo.
