Esias 14
1 And the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and they shall rest on their land: and the stranger shall be added to them, yes, shall be added to the house of Jacob.
Awurade behu Yakob mmɔbɔ; ɔbɛsan afa Israel na ɔbɛbɔ wɔn atenase wɔ wɔn ankasa asase so. Ananafo bɛba abɛka wɔn ho na wɔne Yakobfi aka abɔ mu.
2 And the Gentiles shall take them, and bring them into their place: and they shall inherit them, and they shall be multiplied upon the land for servants and handmaidens: and they that took them captives shall become captives [to them]; and they that had lordship over them shall be under [their] rule.
Amanaman bɛfa wɔn de wɔn aba wɔn ankasa atenae. Na Israelfi bɛfa amanaman no ayɛ wɔn de sɛ nkoa ne mfenaa wɔ Awurade asase so. Wɔbɛyɛ wɔn a wɔyɛɛ wɔn nnommumfo no nnommum na wobedi wɔn sohwɛfo so.
3 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall give you rest from your sorrow and vexation, [and from] your hard servitude wherein you did serve them.
Na da a Awurade bɛma mo ɔhome afi amanehunu, ahoyeraw ne nkoasom dennen mu no,
4 And you shall take up this lamentation against the king of Babylon, How has the extortioner ceased, and the taskmaster ceased!
mubedi Babiloniahene ho fɛw se: hwɛ sɛnea sohyɛfo no aba nʼawie! ne sɛnea nʼabufuw nso to atwa!
5 The Lord has broken the yoke of sinners, the yoke of princes.
Awurade abubu otirimɔdenfo no abaa mu, sodifo ahempema no,
6 Having struck a nation in wrath, with an incurable plague, striking a nation with a wrathful plague, which spared [them] not, he rested in quiet.
nea abufuw mu no ɔde bobɔɔ wɔn toatoaa so hwehwee fam, na abufuwhyew mu otintim wɔn so a ahomegye nni mu de brɛɛ amanaman no ase no.
7 All the earth cries aloud with joy:
Nsase no nyinaa rehome wɔ asomdwoe mu; na wɔto dwom.
8 the trees also of Libanus rejoice against you, and the cedar of Libanus, [saying], From the time that you have been laid low, no one has come up to cut us down.
Mpo, ɔpepaw nnua ne Lebanon sida nya ho anigye na wɔka se, “Afei a wɔabrɛ wo ase yi, duatwafo biara remmetwa yɛn.”
9 Hell from beneath is provoked to meet you: all the great ones that have ruled over the earth have risen up together against you, they that have raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. (Sheol h7585)
Awufo nna a ɛwɔ ase no rekeka ne ho abehyia wo kwan; ɛkanyan wɔn a wɔafi mu no honhom sɛ wɔmmɛma wo akwaaba, wɔn a na wɔyɛ akannifo wɔ wiase ɛma wɔsɔre fi wɔn nhengua so, wɔn a na wɔyɛ ahemfo wɔ amanaman so. (Sheol h7585)
10 All shall answer and say to you, You also have been taken, even as we; and you are numbered amongst us.
Wɔn nyinaa begye so, wɔbɛka akyerɛ wo se, “Wo nso woayɛ mmerɛw sɛ yɛn; woayɛ sɛ yɛn ara.”
11 Your glory has come down to Hades, and your great mirth: under you they shall spread corruption, and the worm shall be your covering. (Sheol h7585)
Wo kɛseyɛ nyinaa wɔde aba ɔda mu, ne huuyɛ a efi wo asanku no; wɔde nsaammoa asɛw kɛtɛ ama wo na asunson akata wo so. (Sheol h7585)
12 How has Lucifer, that rose in the morning, fallen from heaven! He that sent [orders] to all the nations is crushed to the earth.
Sɛnea wufi ɔsoro abɛhwe fam, anɔpa nsoromma, adekyee babarima! Wɔato wo abɛhwe asase so, wo a na kan no wobrɛ amanaman ase!
13 But you said in your heart, I will go up to heaven, I will set my throne above the stars of heaven: I will sit on a lofty mount, on the lofty mountains towards the north:
Wokaa no wo koma mu se, “Mɛforo akɔ ɔsoro; mɛma mʼahengua so asi Onyankopɔn nsoromma atifi; mɛtena ase adi hene wɔ ahyiae bepɔw so, nea ɛkorɔn pa ara wɔ bepɔw kronkron no so.
14 I will go up above the clouds: I will be like the Most High.
Mɛforo atra omununkum atifi; mɛyɛ me ho sɛ Ɔsorosoroni no.”
Nanso wɔde wo abɛto ɔda mu, amoa donkudonku ase tɔnn. (Sheol h7585)
16 They that see you shall wonder at you, and say, This is the man that troubled the earth, that made kings to shake;
Wɔn a wuhu wo no hwɛ wo haw, wodwen nea ato wo no ho bisa se, “Ɛnyɛ ɔbarima a ɔwosow asase na ɔmaa ahenni ho popoe,
17 that made the whole world desolate, and destroyed its cities; he loosed not those who were in captivity.
ɔbarima a ɔmaa wiase dan nweatam, nea ɔdan ne nkuropɔn butuwii na wamma ne nneduafo ankɔ wɔn nkyi no ni?”
18 All the kings of the nations lie in honour, [every] man in his house.
Amanaman ahemfo no nyinaa wɔadeda wɔn obiara wɔ ne da mu.
19 But you shall be cast forth on the mountains, as a loathed carcase, with many dead who have been pierced with swords, going down to the grave.
Nanso wɔapam wo afi wo da mu te sɛ dubaa a wɔapo; wɔde wɔn a wɔatotɔ akata wo so, wɔn a wɔtɔɔ wɔ afoa ano, wɔn a wosian kɔ abo amoa mu, te sɛ funu a wɔatiatia so,
20 As a garment defiled with blood shall not be pure, so neither shall you be pure; because you have destroyed my land, and have slain my people: you shall not endure for ever, —[you] an evil seed.
Wɔrensie wo nka wɔn ho, efisɛ woasɛe wʼasase na wakunkum wo nkurɔfo. Otirimɔdenfo asefo no wɔrenkae wɔn bio. Wo babarima renni wʼade sɛ ɔhene.
21 Prepare your children to be slain for the sins of their father; that they arise not, and inherit the earth, nor fill the earth with wars.
Siesie faako a wobekunkum ne mmabarima wɔ wɔn agyanom bɔne nti; ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔsɔre di asase no so na wɔde wɔn nkuropɔn pete so.
22 And I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts, and I will destroy their name, and remnant, and seed: thus says the Lord.
“Mɛsɔre atia wɔn,” Sɛnea Asafo Awurade se ni. “Metwa ne din ne ne nkae, ne mma ne ne nenanom afi Babilonia ho,” sɛnea Asafo Awurade se ni.
23 And I will make the region of Babylon desert, so that hedgehogs shall dwell [there], and it shall come to nothing: and I will make it a pit of clay for destruction.
“Mɛdan no ayɛ faako a mpatu wɔ ne ɔwora; mede ɔsɛeprae bɛpra no,” sɛnea Asafo Awurade se ni.
24 Thus says the Lord of hosts, As I have said, so it shall be: and as I have purposed, so [the matter] shall remain:
Asafo Awurade aka ntam se, “Nokware, sɛnea mahyehyɛ no, saa ara na ɛbɛyɛ, na sɛnea masusuw no, ɛrensesa.
25 [even] to destroy the Assyrians upon my land, and upon my mountains: and they shall be for trampling; and their yoke shall be taken away from them, and their glory shall be taken away from their shoulders.
Mɛsɛe Asiria pasaa wɔ mʼasase so; metiatia no so me mmepɔw so. Obeyi ne konnua afi me nkurɔfo so, na nʼadesoa nso afi wɔn so.”
26 This is the purpose which the Lord has purposed upon the whole earth: and this the hand that is uplifted against all the nations.
Eyi ne nhyehyɛe a wɔayɛ ama wiase nyinaa; eyi ne nsa a wɔateɛ wɔ aman nyinaa so.
27 For what the Holy God has purposed, who shall frustrate? and who shall turn back his uplifted hand?
Na sɛ Asafo Awurade ayɛ nʼadwene a hena na obesiw no kwan? Na sɛ wateɛ ne nsa, hena na obesianka no?
28 In the year in which king Achaz died this word came.
Saa adehu yi baa afe a ɔhene Ahas wui no:
29 Rejoice not, all you Philistines, because the yoke of him that struck you is broken: for out of the seed of the serpent shall come forth the young asps, and their young shall come forth flying serpents,
Munnni ahurusi, mo Filistifo, sɛ abaa a ɛbɔɔ mo no mu abubu; saa ɔwɔ no ase na ahurutoa befi aba, na nʼaba bɛyɛ ɔwɔ a ne ho yɛ hare na nʼano wɔ bɔre.
30 And the poor shall be fed by him, and poor men shall rest in peace: but he shall destroy your seed with hunger, and shall destroy your remnant.
Ahiafo mu hiani benya didibea, na mmɔborɔni bɛda asomdwoe mu. Nanso wʼasefo de, mede ɔkɔm bɛtɔre wɔn ase; ebekunkum wo nkae no.
31 Howl, you gates of cities; let the cities be troubled and cry, [even] all the Philistines: for smoke is coming from the north, and there is no [possibility] of living.
Twa adwo, kurow pon! Su teɛ mu kuropɔn! munguan, mo Filistifo! Wusiw kumɔnn bi fi atifi fam reba, na obiara ntwentwɛn ne nan ase wɔ wɔn mu.
32 And what shall the kings of the nations answer? That the Lord has founded Sion, and by him the poor of the people shall be saved.
Mmuae bɛn na wɔde bɛma saa ɔman no ananmusifo? “Awurade de Sion atim hɔ, ne mu na nʼamanehunufo benya guankɔbea.”
