Isaiah 13
1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
Amos babarima Yesaia adehu a ɛfa Babilonia ho ni:
2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice to them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
Ma frankaa so wɔ bepɔw a hwee nni so no atifi, teɛ mu frɛ wɔn: nyama wɔn ma wɔnhyɛn atitiriw no apon mu.
3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for my anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
Mahyɛ mʼahotewfo; mafrɛ mʼakofo sɛ wɔnna mʼabufuwhyew adi, wɔn a wodi me nkonimdi ho ahurusi.
4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
Tie huuyɛ bi a ɛwɔ mmepɔw no so te sɛ dɔm kɛse bi de! Tie akasakasa a ɛwɔ ahenni ahorow mu, te sɛ amanaman a wɔreboaboa wɔn ho ano! Asafo Awurade reboa dɔm ano akɔ ɔko.
5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
Wofifi akyirikyiri aman so, wofifi ɔsoro ahye so, Awurade ne nʼakode a ɛyɛ nʼabufuwhyew; bɛsɛe ɔman no nyinaa.
6 Wail ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Twa adwo, na Awurade da no abɛn; ɛbɛba te sɛ ɔsɛe a efi Otumfo no.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:
Eyi nti, nsa nyinaa bedwudwo, obiara koma bɛbotow.
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
Wɔbɛbɔ hu, ɔyaw ne apinisi bekita wɔn; wobebubu wɔn mu te sɛ ɔbea a awo aka no. Wɔde ahodwiriw bɛhwɛ wɔn ho wɔn ho anim, a wɔn ani asosɔ gya.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy its sinners out of it.
Hwɛ, Awurade da no reba da bɔne a abufuw ne abufuwhyew wɔ mu, ɛrebɛsɛe asase no na asɛe abɔnefo a wɔte so no.
10 For the stars of heaven and its constellations shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Ɔsoro nsoromma ne wɔn akuw renhyerɛn. Sum beduru owia a ɛrepue na ɔsram nso renhyerɛn.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
Mɛtwe wiase aso, ne bɔne nti, ne amumɔyɛfo wɔ wɔn nnebɔne ho. Metwa ahantanfo ahomaso so mɛbrɛ nea odi awurukasɛm no ahantan ase.
12 I will make a man more rare than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Mɛma onipa ho ayɛ na asen sika kɔkɔɔ ankasa ɔbɛsen Ofir sikakɔkɔɔ.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Enti mɛma ɔsoro awosow; na asase ahinhim wɔ ne sibea wɔ Asafo Awurade abufuwhyew ano nʼabufuwhyewda no.
14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one to his own land.
Te sɛ ɔwansan a ɔbɔmmɔfo rehwehwɛ no akum no, te sɛ nguan a wonni ɔhwɛfo, obiara bɛkɔ ne nkurɔfo mu, obiara beguan akɔ nʼasase so.
15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined to them shall fall by the sword.
Obiara a wɔbɛfa no dedua no, wobehwirew no afoa akum no; wɔn a wɔbɛkyere wɔn no nyinaa bɛtotɔ wɔ afoa ano.
16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be plundered, and their wives ravished.
Wɔbɛtotow nkokoaa ahwehwe fam wɔ wɔn anim: wɔbɛfom wɔn afi mu nneɛma na wɔato wɔn yerenom mmonnaa.
17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
Hwɛ mɛhwanyan Mediafo atia wɔn, wɔn na wɔmfa dwetɛ nyɛ hwee na wɔn ani nnye sikakɔkɔɔ ho.
18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
Wɔn tadua bɛbobɔ mmerante ahwehwe fam; wɔrenhu nkokoaa mmɔbɔ na wɔrennya ayamhyehye mma mmofra.
19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Babilonia, ahenni ahorow mu ɔbohemaa, anuonyam a Babiloniafo de hoahoa wɔn ho no Onyankopɔn bɛdan abutuw te sɛ Sodom ne Gomora.
20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
Nnipa rentena hɔ bio awo ntoatoaso nyinaa mu; Arabni biara rensi ne ntamadan wɔ hɔ oguanhwɛfo biara remfa ne nguan nkɔhome wɔ hɔ.
21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Nanso sare so mmoa bɛda hɔ. Sakraman bɛyɛ nʼafi no mu ma; hɔ na mpatu bɛtena, hɔ na wura mu mmirekyi nso bedi agoru.
22 And the wild beasts of the isles shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Mpataku bɛtena nʼabandennen mu, adompo bɛyɛ nʼahemfi fɛfɛ no mu ma. Ne bere aso, na wɔrentwe ne nna mu.
