Yisai Ase Dubaa
1Dua foforo bi befifi wɔ Yisai dunsin ho;
efi ne ntin mu na Dubaa bi bɛsow aba.
2Awurade Honhom bɛtena ne so,
nyansa ne ntease Honhom,
afotu ne tumi Honhom,
nimdeɛ ne Awurade suro Honhom,
3Na nʼani begye wɔ Awurade suro mu.
Ɛnyɛ nea ɔde nʼani hu so na obegyina abu atɛn,
anaa nea ɔde nʼaso bɛte so na obegyina asi gyinae;
4na mmom ɔde trenee bebu mmɔborɔfo atɛn,
ɔde atɛntrenee besi gyinae ama asase so ahiafo.
Ɔde nʼano abaa na ɛbɛbɔ asase;
ɔde nʼanofafa home bekunkum amumɔyɛfo.
5Trenee bɛyɛ nʼabɔso
na nokwaredi ayɛ nʼabɔso.
6Pataku ne oguamma bɛtena,
ɔsebɔ ne abirekyi bɛda,
nantwi ba ne gyata ne ne ba bɛbɔ mu;
na abofra ketewa bi adi wɔn anim.
7Nantwi ne sisi bɛbɔ mu adidi,
wɔn mma bɛdeda faako,
na gyata bɛwe wura te sɛ nantwi.
8Akokoaa bedi agoru abɛn ɔprammiri amoa ano,
na abofra ketewa de ne nsa ahyɛ ahurutoa bon mu.
9Wɔrenyɛ obi bɔne na wɔrensɛe ade
wɔ me bepɔw Kronkron nyinaa so,
na Awurade ho nimdeɛ bɛyɛ asase so ma
sɛnea nsu ayɛ po ma no.
10Na da no, Yisai aseni bɛsɔre; nea ɔbɛsɔre abedi aman aman no so; ɔno na wɔn ani bɛda ne so, na nʼahomegyebea benya anuonyam. 11Saa da no, Awurade bɛma ne nsa so ne mprenu so de agye ne nkurɔfo a wɔaka afi Asiria, Misraim anafo fam, Misraim atifi fam, Kus, Elam, Babilonia, Hamat ne Po so asupɔw.
12Ɔbɛma frankaa so ama aman no
na wɔaboaboa Israelfo a wɔatwa wɔn asu no ano;
Ɔbɛboaboa Yudafo a wɔahwete no ano
afi asase ntwea anan no so.
13Efraim anibere betu ayera,
na wɔbɛsɛe Yuda atamfo.
Efraim ani remmere Yuda bio,
na Yuda nso rentan Efraim ani.
14Wobetwiw afa Filistia asiansian ahorow no so akɔ atɔe fam;
na wɔbɛbɔ mu afow nnipa akɔ apuei fam.
Wɔbɛfa Edom ne Moab,
na Amonfo bɛhyɛ wɔn ase.
15Awurade bɛma nsu
a ɛwɔ Misraim Po no mu ayow korakora;
ɔbɛma ne nsa mu mframa a mu yɛ hyew
abɔ afa Asubɔnten Eufrate so.
Ɔbɛpaapae mu ayɛ no nsuwansuwa ason
sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a obiara betumi ahyɛ mpaboa atwa.
16Ɔtempɔn bi bɛda hɔ ama ne nkurɔfo nkae
a wɔaka Asiria,
sɛnea bi daa hɔ maa Israel
bere a wofi Misraim bae no.
The Branch From Jesse
1A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
2The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
3and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.
He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,
or decide by what he hears with his ears;
4but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;
with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
5Righteousness will be his belt
and faithfulness the sash around his waist.
6The wolf will live with the lamb,
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling11:6 Hebrew; Septuagint lion will feed together;
and a little child will lead them.
7The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
8The infant will play near the cobra’s den,
and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest.
9They will neither harm nor destroy
on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
10In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious. 11In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush,11:11 That is, the upper Nile region from Elam, from Babylonia,11:11 Hebrew Shinar from Hamath and from the islands of the Mediterranean.
12He will raise a banner for the nations
and gather the exiles of Israel;
he will assemble the scattered people of Judah
from the four quarters of the earth.
13Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
and Judah’s enemies11:13 Or hostility will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.
14They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia to the west;
together they will plunder the people to the east.
They will subdue Edom and Moab,
and the Ammonites will be subject to them.
15The Lord will dry up
the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind he will sweep his hand
over the Euphrates River.
He will break it up into seven streams
so that anyone can cross over in sandals.
16There will be a highway for the remnant of his people
that is left from Assyria,
as there was for Israel
when they came up from Egypt.
