Yesaia 21:1-17
21 Ɛpo sare* ho atemmusɛm ni:+
Ɛreba te sɛ ahum a etu wɔ anaafo;Efi sare so, efi asaase a ɛso yɛ hu so.+
2 Wɔayi anisoadehu bi a ɛyɛ hu akyerɛ me:
Okontomponi redi nkontomposɛm,Na ɔsɛefo resɛe ade.
O Elam, foro kɔ! O Media,+ kotwa ho hyia!
Mɛma apinisi a ɔde aba nyinaa to atwa.+
3 Eyi nti me ho tutu me paa.*+
Mete yawTe sɛ ɔbea a ɔrewo.
Me ho yeraw me, enti mente asɛm;M’adwene atu afra, enti minhu hwee.
4 Me koma bɔ paripari; ehu ama mebɔ birimbirim.
Anwummere hann a m’ani gye ho no adan me ahopopo.
5 Momfa apon nsisi hɔ na monhyehyɛ nkongua!
Munnidi na monnom!+
Adehye, monsɔre, monsra* ɔkyɛm no!
6 Na nea Yehowa ka kyerɛɛ me ni:
“Kɔ, fa ɔwɛmfo kogyina baabi ma ɔnwɛn na ɔnka nea obehu.”
7 Na ohuu ɔko teaseɛnam a apɔnkɔ abien retwe,Ɔko teaseɛnam a mfurum retwe,Ɔko teaseɛnam a yoma retwe.
Ogyen n’ani, na ɔhwɛɛ nea ɛrekɔ so no dinn.
8 Na ɔteɛɛm te sɛ gyata sɛ:
“O Yehowa, migyina ɔwɛn aban* so awia biara,Na baabi a migyina wɛn no, migyina hɔ anadwo biara.+
9 Hwɛ nea ɛreba:
Nnipa a wɔtete ɔko teaseɛnam mu a apɔnkɔ abien retwe!”+
Ɛnna ɔteɛɛm kae sɛ:
“Wahwe ase! Babilon ahwe ase!+
Wabubu n’anyame ahoni nyinaa agu fam!”+
10 O me nkurɔfo a wɔaporow wɔn sɛ hwiit,Nea minya fii m’awiporowbea,*+Nea mate afi asafo Yehowa, Israel Nyankopɔn, nkyɛn no, maka akyerɛ mo.
11 Duma* ho atemmusɛm ni:
Obi fi Seir+ reteɛm bisa me sɛ:
“Ɔwɛmfo, da bɛn na ade bɛkye?
Ɔwɛmfo, da bɛn na ade bɛkye?”
12 Ɔwɛmfo no buae sɛ:
“Ade rebɛkye, na ade nso bɛsa.
Sɛ mubebisa a, mummisa.
Monsan mmra!”
13 Asaase pradadaa ho atemmusɛm ni:
Mobɛda asaase pradadaa so kwae mu anadwo,O Dedan+ akwantufo.*
14 Momfa nsu mmehyia nea osukɔm de no,Tema+ asaase sofo,Na momfa aduan mmrɛ nea ɔreguan.
15 Efisɛ wɔaguan afi sekan anim, sekan a wɔatwe anim,Wɔaguan afi agyan a wɔakuntun mu ne ɔko dennen anim.
16 Na nea Yehowa aka akyerɛ me ni: “Akyɛ koraa ne afe, te sɛ ɔpaani mfe,* Kedar+ anuonyam nyinaa bɛsa.
17 Na Kedar akatakyi mu agyantofo kakraa bi na wɔbɛka, efisɛ Israel Nyankopɔn Yehowa na waka.”
Ase Hɔ Nsɛm
^ Ɛbɛyɛ sɛ ɛkyerɛ tete Babilonia mpɔtam.
^ Nt., “me dwonku mu tutu me.”
^ Anaa “momfa ngo nsra.”
^ Anaa “aban a wogyina so wɛn.”
^ Nt., “m’awiporowbea ba.”
^ Ɛkyerɛ, “Kommyɛ.”
^ Anaa “akwantufo ne wɔn mmoa.”
^ Anaa “wɔbɛkan no pɛpɛɛpɛ te sɛ nea ɔpaani yɛ no”; kyerɛ sɛ, afe baako pɛpɛɛpɛ.
