Yesaia 40
1 Monkyekyere, monkyekyere me nkurɔfoɔ werɛ. Saa na mo Onyankopɔn seɛ.
My puple, be ye coumfortid, be ye coumfortid, seith youre Lord God.
2 Monka asomdwoesɛm nkyerɛ Yerusalem, na mompae mu nka nkyerɛ no sɛ ne som denden no aba awieeɛ, wɔatua ne bɔne no so ka, na wɔanya ne bɔne nyinaa so akatua mmɔho afiri Awurade nsam.
Speke ye to the herte of Jerusalem, and clepe ye it, for the malice therof is fillid, the wickidnesse therof is foryouun; it hath resseyued of the hond of the Lord double thingis for alle hise synnes.
3 Ɛnne bi reteam sɛ, “Monsiesie ɛkwan mma Awurade wɔ anweatam no so. Montene kwantempɔn wɔ ɛserɛ no so mma yɛn Onyankopɔn.
The vois of a crier in desert, Make ye redi the weie of the Lord, make ye riytful the pathis of oure God in wildirnesse.
4 Bɔnhwa biara bɛyɛ ma, bepɔ ne nkokoɔ nyinaa bɛkɔ fam, asase a ɛyɛ monkyi mmɔnka no bɛyɛ tamaa, na mmeaɛ a ɛyɛ kɔntɔnkye no ayɛ tata.
Ech valey schal be enhaunsid, and ech mounteyn and litil hil schal be maad low; and schrewid thingis schulen be in to streiyt thingis, and scharpe thingis schulen be in to pleyn weies.
5 Na Awurade animuonyam bɛda adi, na nnipa nyinaa bɛhunu. Ɛfiri sɛ Awurade na aka!”
And the glorie of the Lord schal be schewid, and ech man schal se togidere, that the mouth of the Lord hath spoke.
6 Nne bi kaa sɛ, “Team.” Na mekaa sɛ, “Menteɛm nka sɛn?” “Bɔ dawuro sɛ nnipa nyinaa te sɛ ɛserɛ, na wɔn animuonyam nyinaa te sɛ afuo so nhwiren.
The vois of God, seiynge, Crie thou. And Y seide, What schal Y crie? Ech fleisch is hei, and al the glorie therof is as the flour of the feeld.
7 Ɛserɛ hye, na nhwiren twintwam ɛfiri sɛ Awurade ahomeguo fa wɔn so. Nokorɛm nnipa no yɛ ɛserɛ.
The hei is dried vp, and the flour felle doun, for the spirit of the Lord bleew therynne.
8 Ɛserɛ hye, na nhwiren twintwam, nanso yɛn Onyankopɔn asɛm no tim hɔ daa.”
Verely the puple is hey; the hey is dried vp, and the flour felle doun; but the word of the Lord dwellith with outen ende.
9 Wo a wode asɛm pa reba Sion, foro kɔ bepɔ tenten bi so. Wo a wode asɛm pa reba Yerusalem, ma wo nne so na team, ma so, nsuro; ka kyerɛ Yuda nkuro sɛ, “Mo Onyankopɔn nie!”
Thou that prechist to Sion, stie on an hiy hil; thou that prechist to Jerusalem, enhaunse thi vois in strengthe; enhaunse thou, nyle thou drede; seie thou to the citees of Juda, Lo! youre God.
10 Hwɛ, Asafo Awurade de tumi reba, na nʼabasa bɛdi ɔhene ama no. Hwɛ, nʼakatua ka ne ho, na ɔde nʼabasobɔdeɛ nam.
Lo! the Lord God schal come in strengthe, and his arm schal holde lordschipe; lo! his mede is with hym, and his werk is bifore hym.
11 Ɔhwɛ ne nnwankuo sɛ odwanhwɛfoɔ. Ɔboa nnwammaa no wɔ nʼabasa so. Ɔturu wɔn ne koko so; na nnwan a wɔwɔ mma no, ɔka wɔn brɛoo.
As a scheepherd he schal fede his flok, he schal gadere lambreen in his arm, and he schal reise in his bosom; he schal bere scheep `with lomb.
12 Hwan na wasusu nsuo wɔ ne nsam anaa ɔde ne nsateaa asusu ɔsoro? Hwan na ɔde asase so mfuturo agu kɛntɛn mu, anaa wakari mmepɔ wɔ nsania so ne nkokoɔ wɔ nsania apampaa so?
Who mat watris in a fist, and peiside heuenes with a spanne? Who peiside the heuynesse of the erthe with thre fyngris, and weide mounteyns in a weihe, and litle hillis in a balaunce?
13 Hwan na wate Awurade ase, anaa wakyerɛkyerɛ no sɛ ne fotufoɔ?
Who helpide the Spirit of the Lord, ether who was his councelour, and schewide to hym?
14 Hwan na Awurade abisa no sɛ ɔnkyerɛ no biribi ase, na hwan na ɔkyerɛɛ no ɛkwan pa no? Hwan na ɔmaa no nimdeɛ anaa ɔkyerɛɛ no nhunumu kwan?
With whom took he councel, and who lernyde hym, and tauyte hym the path of riytfulnesse, and lernyde hym in kunnyng, and schewyde to him the weie of prudence?
15 Ampa ara aman no te sɛ nsuo sope wɔ bokiti mu; wɔde wɔn toto mfuturo a ɛgu nsania so; ɔkari nsupɔ te sɛ deɛ ɛyɛ mfuturo muhumuhu.
Lo! folkis ben as a drope of a boket, and ben arettid as the tunge of a balaunce; lo!
16 Lebanon nnɔɔso mma afɔrebukyia so ogya, na ne mmoa renso mma ɔhyeɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ.
ylis ben as a litil dust, and the Liban schal not suffice to brenne his sacrifice, and the beestis therof schulen not suffice to brent sacrifice.
17 Aman nyinaa nsɛ hwee wɔ nʼanim; ɔbu wɔn adehunu bi a wɔnka hwee.
Alle folkis ben so bifore hym, as if thei ben not; and thei ben rettid as no thing and veyn thing to hym.
18 Afei hwan ho na wode Onyankopɔn bɛtoto? Nsɛsodeɛ bɛn ho na wode no bɛtoɔ?
To whom therfor maden ye God lijk? ether what ymage schulen ye sette to hym?
19 Ohoni deɛ, odwumfoɔ na ɔyɛ, na sikadwumfoɔ de sikakɔkɔɔ agu ho na wasiesie dwetɛ nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn ama no.
Whether a smyth schal welle togidere an ymage, ether a gold smyth schal figure it in gold, and a worchere in siluer schal diyte it with platis of siluer?
20 Ohiani a ɔrentumi mfa saa ayɛyɛdeɛ yi mma no kɔpɛ dua a ɛremporɔ. Ɔhwehwɛ odwumfoɔ nyansafoɔ na wayɛ ohoni a ɛremmuni nhwe fam asi hɔ.
A wijs crafti man chees a strong tre, and vnable to be rotun; he sekith how he schal ordeyne a symylacre, that schal not be mouyd.
21 Wonnim anaa? Wonteeɛ anaa? Wɔnnka nkyerɛɛ wo firi ahyɛaseɛ no anaa? Ɛfiri ɛberɛ a wɔbɔɔ asase no, wontee aseɛ anaa?
Whether ye witen not? whether ye herden not? whether it was not teld to you fro the begynnynge? whether ye vndurstoden not the foundementis of erthe?
22 Ɔte ahennwa so wɔ asase kanko no atifi. Ɛso nnipa te sɛ ntutummɛ ɔtwe ɔsoro mu te sɛ ntwamutam, na ɔde yɛ ntomadan tena mu.
Which sittith on the cumpas of erthe, and the dwelleris therof ben as locustis; which stretchith forth heuenes as nouyt, and spredith abrood tho as a tabernacle to dwelle.
23 Ɔma ahenemma yɛ nnipa hunu na ewiase yi sodifoɔ nso, ɔbrɛ wɔn ase.
Which yyueth the sercheris of priuytees, as if thei be not, and made the iugis of erthe as a veyn thing.
24 Wɔtɛɛ wɔn ara pɛ, wɔduaa wɔn ara pɛ, wɔgyee nhini wɔ asase mu pɛ ɔhome gu wɔn so ma wɔkusa, na ntwahoframa bɔ wɔn kɔ te sɛ ntɛtɛ.
And sotheli whanne the stok of hem is nether plauntid, nether is sowun, nether is rootid in erthe, he bleew sudenli on hem, and thei drieden vp, and a whirle wynd schal take hem awei as stobil.
25 “Hwan ho na wode me bɛto? Anaasɛ hwan na ɔne me sɛ?” Ɔkronkronni no na ɔseɛ.
And to what thing `ye han licned me, and han maad euene? seith the hooli.
26 Momma mo ani so nhwɛ ɔsoro: Hwan na ɔbɔɔ yeinom nyinaa? Deɛ ɔyiyi ɔsoro nsoromma mmaako mmaako, na ɔbɔ obiara din de frɛ no. Nʼahoɔden ne ne tumi enti wɔn mu baako mpo nnyeraeɛ.
Reise youre iyen an hiy, and se ye, who made these thingis of nouyt; which ledith out in noumbre the kniythod of tho, and clepith alle bi name, for the multitude of his strengthe, and stalworthnesse, and vertu; nether o residue thing was.
27 Adɛn na woka sɛ, Ao Yakob, na wonwiinwii, Ao Israel sɛ, “Mʼakwan ahinta Awurade; na me Onyankopɔn abɔ mʼasɛm agu”?
Whi seist thou, Jacob, and spekist thou, Israel, My weie is hid fro the Lord, and my doom passide fro my God?
28 Wonnim anaa? Wonteeɛ anaa? Awurade yɛ daapem Onyankopɔn, na ɔyɛ asase nyinaa yɛfoɔ. Ɔremmrɛ na ɔrentɔ bera, na ne nhunumu nni nhwehwɛmu.
Whether thou knowist not, ether herdist thou not? God, euerlastynge Lord, that made of nouyt the endis of erthe, schal not faile, nether schal trauele, nether enserchyng of his wisdom is.
29 Ɔma deɛ watɔ bera ahoɔden deɛ wayɛ mmerɛ nso, ɔto nʼahoɔden so.
That yyueth vertu to the weeri, and strengthe to hem that ben not, and multiplieth stalworthnesse.
30 Mpo, mmabunu brɛ, na wɔtɔ bera, na mmeranteɛ suntisunti hwehwe ase;
Children schulen faile, and schulen trauele, and yonge men schulen falle doun in her sikenesse.
31 Nanso, wɔn a wɔn ani da Awurade so bɛnya ahoɔden foforɔ. Wɔde ntaban te sɛ akɔdeɛ deɛ bɛtu akɔ ewiem; wɔbɛtu mmirika, na wɔremmrɛ. Wɔbɛnante, na wɔrentɔ baha.
But thei that hopen in the Lord, schulen chaunge strengthe, thei schulen take fetheris as eglis; thei schulen renne, and schulen not trauele; thei schulen go, and schulen not faile.
