Isaiah 30
1 “Woe to the sons of apostasy!” says the Lord. For you would take advice, but not from me. And you would begin to weave, but not by my spirit. Thus do you add sin upon sin!
“Munnue mmofra asoɔdenfo,” sɛɛ na Awurade se, “Wɔn a wɔde nhyehyɛe a emfi me yɛ adwuma, na wɔyɛ apam a emfi me honhom mu, na wɔboaboa bɔne ano;
2 You are walking so as to descend into Egypt, and you have not sought answers from my mouth, instead hoping for assistance from the strength of Pharaoh and placing trust in the shadow of Egypt.
wɔn a wɔkɔ Misraim a wommisa me ansa; wɔhwehwɛ mmoa a ɛyɛ bammɔ fi Farao nkyɛn, wɔkɔ Misraim kɔhwehwɛ hintabea.
3 And so, the strength of Pharaoh will be your confusion, and trust in the shadow of Egypt will be your disgrace.
Nanso Farao bammɔ bɛyɛ animguase ama mo, Misraim nwini de ahohora bɛbrɛ mo.
4 For your leaders were at Tanis, and your messengers have traveled even as far as Hanes.
Ɛwɔ mu, wɔwɔ adwumayɛfo wɔ Soan na wɔn ananmusifo adu Hanes de,
5 They have all been confounded because of a people who were not able to offer profit to them, who were not of assistance, nor of other usefulness, except to offer confusion and reproach.
nanso wɔn nyinaa anim begu ase nnipa bi a wɔn so nni wɔn mfaso nti, wɔmmfa mmoa anaa mfaso mma, na mmom animguase ne ahohora.”
6 The burden of the beasts in the south. In a land of tribulation and anguish, from which go forth the lioness and the lion, the viper and the flying king snake, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of beasts of burden, and their valuables upon the humps of camels, to a people who are not able to offer profit to them.
Adehunu a ɛfa Negeb mmoa ho: wɔfa ahokyere ne ahohiahia asase so, nea gyata ne gyatabere, nhurutoa ne awɔ a wɔn ho yɛ hare wɔ, ananmusifo no de wɔn ahonyade soa mfurum ne wɔn ademude wɔ yoma afu so, de kɔ saa ɔman a ne so nni mfaso no so,
7 For Egypt will offer assistance, but without purpose or success. Therefore, concerning this, I cried out: “It is only arrogance! Remain calm.”
de kɔ Misraim a ne mmoa so nni mfaso, enti mefrɛ no Rahab nea Onsi Hwee.
8 Now, therefore, enter and write for them upon a tablet, and note it diligently in a book, and this shall be a testimony in the last days, and even unto eternity.
Kɔ afei, kyerɛw wɔ kyerɛwpon so ma wɔn, kurukyerɛw wɔ nhoma mmobɔwee so sɛnea nna a ɛreba no mu no ɛbɛyɛ adansede a ɛbɛtena hɔ afebɔɔ.
9 For they are a people who provoke to wrath, and they are lying sons, sons unwilling to listen to the law of God.
Saa nnipa yi yɛ atuatewfo, mma asisifo, mma a wɔmpɛ sɛ wotie Awurade nkyerɛkyerɛ.
10 They say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to those who behold: “Do not behold for us the things that are right. Speak to us of pleasing things. See errors for us.
Wɔka kyerɛ adehufo se, “Munhu mo ani so ade bio!” ne adiyifo no nso se, “Monnka anisoadehu a ɛyɛ nokware no nkyerɛ yɛn bio! Monka abodwosɛm nkyerɛ yɛn, monhyɛ nnaadaa nkɔm.
11 Take me from the way. Avert me from the path. Let the Holy One of Israel cease from before our face.”
Mumfi saa ɔtempɔn yi so, momman mfi saa ɔkwan yi ho na munnyae Israel Kronkronni a mode no haw yɛn yi!”
12 Because of this, thus says the Holy One of Israel: Since you have rejected this word, and you have hoped in calumny and rebellion, and since you have depended upon these things,
Enti sɛɛ na Israel Ɔkronkronni no se: “Esiane sɛ moapo saa nkra yi, na mode mo ho ato nhyɛso ne nnaadaa so nti,
13 for this reason, this iniquity will be to you like a breach that has fallen, and like a gap in a high wall. For its destruction will happen suddenly, when it is not expected.
saa bɔne yi bɛyɛ sɛ ɔfasu tenten bi a ahyɛ kam na akyea na ebu mpofirim, ama mo.
14 And it will be crushed, just as the earthen vessel of a potter is destroyed by a sharp blow. And not even a fragment of its earthenware will be found, which might carry a little fire from the hearth, or which might draw a little water from a hollow.
Ebebubu nketenkete ayɛ sɛ kuku. Ɛbɛyam pasaa a, sin koraa renka a wobetumi de asɔ gya afi muka mu anaa wɔde bɛsaw nsu afi ahina mu.”
15 For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: If you return and are quiet, you shall be saved. Your strength will be found in silence and in hope. But you are not willing!
Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade, Israel Kronkronni no se: “Ahonu mu ne ntoboase mu na mo nkwagye wɔ kommyɛ ne ahotoso mu na mo ahoɔden wɔ, nanso, morennya mu biara.
16 And you have said: “Never! Instead, we will flee by horseback.” For this reason, you will be put to flight. And you have said, “We will climb upon swift ones.” For this reason, those who pursue you will be even swifter.
Mokaa se, ‘Dabi da, yɛbɛtena apɔnkɔ so aguan.’ Enti mubeguan! Mokaa se, ‘yɛbɛtena apɔnkɔ a wɔn ho yɛ hare so akɔ.’ Enti wɔn a wɔtaa mo no ho bɛyɛ hare!
17 A thousand men will flee in terror from the face of one, and you will flee in terror from the face of five, until you who have been left behind are like the mast of a ship at the top of a mountain, or like a sign on a hill.
Apem beguan ɔbaako ho hu nti; baanum ho hu nti mo nyinaa beguan akɔ, akosi sɛ wobegyaw mo te sɛ frankaa dua a esi bepɔw atifi, te sɛ frankaa a esi koko so.”
18 Therefore, the Lord waits, so that he may take pity on you. And therefore, he will be exalted for sparing you. For the Lord is the God of judgment. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
Nanso Awurade pɛ sɛ ɔdom mo; ɔma ne ho so, kyerɛ wo nʼahummɔbɔ. Efisɛ Awurade yɛ ɔtreneeni Nyankopɔn. Nhyira ne wɔn a wɔtwɛn no nyinaa!
19 For the people of Zion will live in Jerusalem. Bitterly, you will not weep. Mercifully, he will take pity on you. At the voice of your outcry, as soon as he hears, he will respond to you.
Sionfo a mote Yerusalem, morentwa adwo bio. Sɛ musu frɛ no hwehwɛ mmoa a, ɔbɛdom mo! Sɛ ɔte a obegye mo so prɛko pɛ.
20 And the Lord will give you thick bread and accessible water. And he will not cause your teacher to fly away from you anymore. And your eyes will behold your instructor.
Ɛwɔ mu, Awurade brɛ mo amanehunu sɛ aduan ne ɔhaw sɛ nsu de, nanso, afei mubehu Awurade, mo kyerɛkyerɛfo no bio, na ɔbɛkyerɛ mo kwan.
21 And your ears will listen to the word of one admonishing you behind your back: “This is the way! Walk in it! And do not turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left.”
Sɛ mofa nifa anaa benkum a, mobɛte nne bi wɔ mo akyi a ɛka se, “Ɔkwan no ni na momfa so.”
22 And you will defile the plates of your silver graven images and the vestment of your gold molten idols. And you will throw these things away like the uncleanness of a menstruating woman. You will say to it, “Go away!”
Afei mobɛtow mo ahoni a mode dwetɛ adura ho ne nsɛsode a mode sikakɔkɔɔ afa ho no nyinaa agu. Mobɛtow wɔn agu sɛ ntamagow fi, na moaka kyerɛ wɔn se, “Mumfi yɛn so nkɔ.”
23 And wherever you sow seed upon the earth, rain will be given to the seed. And bread from the grain of the earth will be very plentiful and full. In that day, the lamb will pasture in the spacious land of your possession.
Afei ɔde osu behyira mo bere a mudua nnuaba, na aduan a asase no bɛbɔ no bɛyɛ papa na ɛbɛdɔɔso nso. Da no, mo anantwi bedidi wɔ adidibea a ɛtrɛw so.
24 And your bulls, and the colts of the donkeys that work the ground, will eat a mix of grains like that winnowed on the threshing floor.
Mo anantwi ne mo mfurum a wofuntum asase no bɛwe atoko pa ne ne ntɛtɛ a, wɔde sofi ne nkorata trɛtrɛw mu.
25 And there will be, on every lofty mountain, and on every elevated hill, rivers of running water, in the day of the slaughter of many, when the tower will fall.
Saa okum kɛse da no a abantenten ahwehwe ase no, nsuwa bɛteɛ wɔ bepɔw tenten ne koko a ɛkorɔn biara so.
26 And the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, like the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord will bind the wound of his people, and when he will heal the stroke of their scourge.
Ɔsram bɛhyerɛn sɛ owia, na owia hyerɛn no bɛyɛ mpɛn ason, te sɛ nnafua ason mu hyerɛn, bere a Awurade kyekyere ne nkurɔfo akuru na ɔsa apirakuru a ɔde ama wɔn no.
27 Behold, the name of the Lord arrives from far away. His fury is burning and heavy to bear. His lips have been filled with indignation, and his tongue is like a devouring fire.
Hwɛ! Awurade fi akyirikyiri reba, ɔde abufuwhyew ne wusiw kumɔnn; abufuw ahyɛ nʼanom ma, na ne tɛkrɛma yɛ ogya a ɛhyew nneɛma.
28 His Spirit is like a torrent, inundating, even as high as the middle of the neck, in order to reduce the nations to nothing, along with the bridle of error that was in the jaws of the people.
Ne home te sɛ asuworoe a ɛsen ntɛmntɛm, na ɛforo kɔdeda kɔn mu. Ɔwosow aman no wɔ ɔsɛe sɔnee so; ɔde nnareka a ɛma wɔfom kwan hyehyɛ nnipa no nnyepi.
29 There will be a song for you, as in the night of a sanctified solemnity, and a joy of heart, as when one travels with music to arrive at the mountain of the Lord, to the Strong One of Israel.
Na mobɛto dwom te sɛ anadwo a mudi afahyɛ kronkron no; mo koma bedi ahurusi te sɛ bere a nnipa de atɛntɛbɛn foro kɔ Awurade bepɔw no so, kɔ Israel Ɔbotan no nkyɛn.
30 And the Lord will cause the glory of his voice to be heard, and, with a threatening fury and a devouring flame of fire, he will reveal the terror of his arm. He will crush with the whirlwind and with hailstones.
Awurade bɛma nnipa ate nʼabrɛmpɔnnne na ɔbɛma wɔahu ne basa a ɛresian na ɛde abufuwhyew ne ogya a ɛhyew nneɛma osu dennen, aprannaa ne mparuwbo reba.
31 For at the voice of the Lord, Assur will dread being struck with the staff.
Awurade nne bɛhwe Asiria; ɔde nʼabaa bɛbɔ wɔn ahwe fam.
32 And when the passage of the staff has been begun, the Lord will cause it to rest upon him, with timbrels and harps. And with special battles, he will fight against them.
Ɔbɛbɔ wɔn wɔ ɔko mu, na bere biara a ɔbɛbɔ wɔn no ɛbɛyɛ sɛ akasae ne sankuten so nnwonto koro.
33 For a burning place, deep and wide, has been prepared from yesterday, prepared by the King. Its nourishment is fire and much wood. The breath of the Lord, like a torrent of brimstone, kindles it.
Wɔasiesie Topet dedaada; wɔayɛ no krado ama ɔhene no. Wɔahyehyɛ ogya ne nnyentia bebree wɔ ne gya amoa no a emu dɔ na ɛtrɛw no mu; Awurade home te sɛ sufre asuten no bɛsɔ mu gya.
