Isaiah 14
1 For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall unite with 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 people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
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 the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage in which thou wast made to serve,
Na da a Awurade bɛma mo ɔhome afi amanehunu, ahoyeraw ne nkoasom dennen mu no,
4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
mubedi Babiloniahene ho fɛw se: hwɛ sɛnea sohyɛfo no aba nʼawie! ne sɛnea nʼabufuw nso to atwa!
5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
Awurade abubu otirimɔdenfo no abaa mu, sodifo ahempema no,
6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
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 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
Nsase no nyinaa rehome wɔ asomdwoe mu; na wɔto dwom.
8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no woodsman is come up against us.
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 moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath 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 they shall speak and say to thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like us?
Wɔn nyinaa begye so, wɔbɛka akyerɛ wo se, “Wo nso woayɛ mmerɛw sɛ yɛn; woayɛ sɛ yɛn ara.”
11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. (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 art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Sɛnea wufi ɔsoro abɛhwe fam, anɔpa nsoromma, adekyee babarima! Wɔato wo abɛhwe asase so, wo a na kan no wobrɛ amanaman ase!
13 For thou hast said in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of 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 ascend above the heights of 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 thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that shook kingdoms;
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 world as a wilderness, and destroyed its cities; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
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, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
Amanaman ahemfo no nyinaa wɔadeda wɔn obiara wɔ ne da mu.
19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a dead body trodden under feet.
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 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
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 slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they may not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
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 For I will arise against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith 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 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
“Mɛdan no ayɛ faako a mpatu wɔ ne ɔwora; mede ɔsɛeprae bɛpra no,” sɛnea Asafo Awurade se ni.
24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
Asafo Awurade aka ntam se, “Nokware, sɛnea mahyehyɛ no, saa ara na ɛbɛyɛ, na sɛnea masusuw no, ɛrensesa.
25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off 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 that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched over all the nations.
Eyi ne nhyehyɛe a wɔayɛ ama wiase nyinaa; eyi ne nsa a wɔateɛ wɔ aman nyinaa so.
27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall frustrate it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
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 that king Ahaz died was this burden.
Saa adehu yi baa afe a ɔhene Ahas wui no:
29 Rejoice not thou, all Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
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 firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
Ahiafo mu hiani benya didibea, na mmɔborɔni bɛda asomdwoe mu. Nanso wʼasefo de, mede ɔkɔm bɛtɔre wɔn ase; ebekunkum wo nkae no.
31 Wail, O gate; cry, O city; thou, all Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
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 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
Mmuae bɛn na wɔde bɛma saa ɔman no ananmusifo? “Awurade de Sion atim hɔ, ne mu na nʼamanehunufo benya guankɔbea.”
