Isaiah 13
1 The burden of Babel, which Isaiah the sonne of Amoz did see.
Amos babarima Yesaia adehunu a ɛfa Babilonia ho nie:
2 Lift vp a standard vpon the hie mountaine: lift vp the voyce vnto them: wagge the hand, that they may goe into the gates of the nobles.
Pagya frankaa wɔ bepɔ a hwee nni soɔ no atifi, teaam frɛ wɔn: nyama wɔn ma wɔn nhyɛne atitire no apono mu.
3 I haue commanded them, that I haue sanctified: and I haue called ye mightie to my wrath, and them that reioyce in my glorie.
Mahyɛ mʼahotefoɔ; mafrɛ mʼakofoɔ sɛ wɔnna mʼabufuhyeɛ adi, wɔn a wɔdi me nkonimdie ho ahurisie.
4 The noyse of a multitude is in the mountaines, like a great people: a tumultuous voyce of the kingdomes of the nations gathered together: the Lord of hostes nombreth the hoste of the battell.
Tie hooyɛ bi a ɛwɔ mmepɔ no so te sɛ nnipa dɔm bebree deɛ! Tie akasakasa a ɛwɔ ahennie ahodoɔ mu, te sɛ amanaman a wɔreboaboa wɔn ho ano! Asafo Awurade reboa ɛdɔm ano akɔ ɔko.
5 They come from a farre countrey, from the end of the heauen: euen the Lord with the weapons of his wrath to destroy the whole land.
Wɔfifiri akyirikyiri aman so, wɔfirifiri ɔsoro ahyeɛ so, Awurade ne nʼakodeɛ a ɛyɛ nʼabufuhyeɛ; bɛsɛe ɔman no nyinaa.
6 Howle you, for the day of the Lord is at hande: it shall come as a destroier from the Almightie.
Twa adwo, na Awurade da no abɛn; ɛbɛba te sɛ ɔsɛeɛ a ɛfiri Otumfoɔ no.
7 Therefore shall all hands be weakened, and all mens hearts shall melt,
Yei enti, nsa nyinaa bɛdwodwo, obiara akoma bɛboto.
8 And they shalbe afraid: anguish and sorowe shall take them, and they shall haue paine, as a woman that trauaileth: euery one shall be amased at his neighbour, and their faces shalbe like flames of fire.
Wɔbɛbɔ hunu, ɔyea ne apinisie bɛkuta wɔn; wɔbɛnukanuka wɔn mu te sɛ ɔbaa a awoɔ aka no. Wɔde abasamutuo bɛhwɛ wɔn ho wɔn ho anim, a wɔn ani asosɔ ogya.
9 Beholde, the day of the Lord commeth, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger to lay the land wast: and he shall destroy the sinners out of it.
Hwɛ, Awurade da no reba ɛda bɔne a abufuo ne abufuhyeɛ wɔ mu, ɛrebɛsɛe asase no na asɛe abɔnefoɔ a wɔte soɔ no.
10 For the starres of heauen and the planets thereof shall not giue their light: the sunne shalbe darkened in his going foorth, and the moone shall not cause her light to shine.
Ɔsoro nsoromma ne wɔn akuo renhyerɛn. Esum bɛduru owia a ɛrepue na ɔsrane nso renhyerɛn.
11 And I will visite the wickednes vpon the worlde, and their iniquitie vpon the wicked, and I wil cause the arrogancie of the proud to cease, and will cast downe the pride of tyrants.
Mɛtwe ewiase aso, ne bɔne enti, ne amumuyɛfoɔ wɔ wɔn nnebɔne ho. Mɛtwa ahantanfoɔ ahomasoɔ so na mabrɛ deɛ ɔdi awurukasɛm no ahantan ase.
12 I will make a man more precious then fine golde, euen a man aboue the wedge of golde of Ophir.
Mɛma onipa ho ayɛ na asene sika kɔkɔɔ amapa; ɔbɛsene Ofir sikakɔkɔɔ.
13 Therefore I will shake the heauen, and the earth shall remooue out of her place in the wrath of the Lord of hostes, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Enti mɛma ɔsoro awoso; na asase ahinhim wɔ ne siberɛ wɔ Asafo Awurade abufuhyeɛ ano, nʼabufuhyeɛ da no.
14 And it shall be as a chased doe, and as a sheepe that no man taketh vp. euery man shall turne to his owne people, and flee eche one to his owne lande.
Sɛdeɛ ɔwansane a ɔbɔmmɔfoɔ repɛ no akum no dwane, anaasɛ nnwan a wɔnni ɔhwɛfoɔ yera kwan, saa ara na obiara bɛdwane akɔhwehwɛ ne nkurɔfoɔ. Obiara bɛdwane akɔ nʼasase so.
15 Euery one that is founde, shall be striken through: and whosoeuer ioyneth himselfe, shall fal by the sworde.
Obiara a wɔbɛfa no dedua no, wɔbɛwɔ no akofena akum no; wɔn a wɔbɛkyere wɔn no nyinaa bɛtɔ wɔ akofena ano.
16 Their children also shall be broken in pieces before their eyes: their houses shall be spoiled, and their wiues rauished.
Wɔbɛtoto nkokoaa ahwehwe fam wɔ wɔn anim: wɔbɛfom wɔn afie mu nneɛma na wɔato wɔn yerenom monnaa.
17 Beholde, I will stirre vp the Medes against them, which shall not regarde siluer, nor be desirous of golde.
Hwɛ, mɛhwanyan Mediafoɔ atia wɔn, wɔn na wɔmfa dwetɛ nyɛ hwee na wɔn ani nnye sikakɔkɔɔ ho.
18 With bowes also shall they destroy ye children, and shall haue no compassion vpon the fruit of the wombe, and their eies shall not spare the children.
Wɔn tadua bɛbobɔ mmeranteɛ ahwehwe fam; wɔrenhunu nkokoaa mmɔbɔ na wɔrennya ayamhyehyeɛ mma mmɔfra.
19 And Babel the glorie of kingdomes, the beautie and pride of the Chaldeans, shall be as the destruction of God in Sodom and Gomorah.
Babilonia, ahennie ahodoɔ mu ɔbohemaa, animuonyamdeɛ a Babiloniafoɔ de hoahoa wɔn ho no, Onyankopɔn bɛdane abutu te sɛ Sodom ne Gomora.
20 It shall not bee inhabited for euer, neither shall it be dwelled in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch his tents there, neither shall the shepheardes make their foldes there.
Nnipa rentena hɔ bio awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ nyinaa mu; Arabni biara rensi ne ntomadan wɔ hɔ; odwanhwɛfoɔ biara remfa ne nnwan nkɔ home wɔ hɔ.
21 But Ziim shall lodge there, and their houses shall be ful of Ohim: Ostriches shall dwel there, and the Satyrs shall dance there.
Nanso ɛserɛ so mmoa bɛda hɔ. Sakraman bɛyɛ nʼafie no mu ma; ɛhɔ na apatuo bɛtena, ɛhɔ na wira mu mpɔnkye nso bɛdi agorɔ.
22 And Iim shall crie in their palaces, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and the time thereof is readie to come, and the daies thereof shall not be prolonged.
Mpataku bɛpɔ so wɔ nʼaban denden mu, sakraman bɛyɛ nʼahemfie fɛfɛ no mu ma. Ne berɛ aso, na wɔrento ne nna mu.
