Israel Boafo
1“Monyɛ komm wɔ mʼanim, mo nsupɔw!
Ma aman no nhyɛ wɔn ho den!
Ma wɔmmra ha mmɛkasa;
momma yɛmmɔ mu nhyia wɔ asennii hɔ.
2“Hena na wakanyan nea ofi apuei no,
afrɛ no trenee mu sɛ ɔmmɛsom no?
Ɔde aman hyɛ ne nsa
na ɔbrɛ ahemfo ase wɔ nʼanim.
Ɔde nʼafoa ma wɔdan mfutuma,
ɔde ne bɛmma ma wɔdan ntɛtɛ a mframa bɔ hwete.
3Ɔtaa wɔn na ɔkɔ nʼanim a biribiara nti ne ho,
wɔ kwan a ɔmfaa so da no so.
4Hena na wayɛ eyi akosi awiei,
afrɛ awo ntoatoaso afi mfiase?
Me Awurade, meka adikanfo
ne akyikafo ho, Mene ɔno ara.”
5Nsupɔw no ahu na wɔbɔ hu;
nsase ano ho popo.
Wotwiw bɛn, na wɔba anim;
6na obiara boa ne yɔnko
na ɔka kyerɛ ne nua se, “Yɛ den!”
7Odwumfo hyɛ sikadwumfo nkuran,
na nea ɔde asae yɛ no trontrom
boa nea ɔbɔ atommo so.
Ɔka fa nea ɔsɔw no ho se, “Eye pa ara.”
Ɔbobɔ ohoni no mu nnadewa sɛnea ɛrentu nhwe fam.
8“Nanso wo, Israel, me somfo,
Yakob, nea mayi no no,
mo, mʼadamfo Abraham asefo.
9Mefaa wo fii nsase ano,
fii nʼakyirikyiri ntwea so, na mefrɛɛ wo.
Mekae se, ‘Woyɛ me somfo’;
mapaw wo na mempoo wo ɛ.
10Enti nsuro, na mene wo wɔ hɔ;
mma wo werɛ nhow, na mene wo Nyankopɔn.
Mɛhyɛ wo den, na mɛboa wo;
mede me trenee nsa nifa bɛma wo so.
11“Wɔn a wɔn bo afuw wo no nyinaa, ampa ara
wɔn ani bewu na wɔn anim agu ase;
wɔn a wɔsɔre tia wo no
rensɛ hwee na wobewuwu.
12Ɛwɔ mu sɛ wobɛhwehwɛ wʼatamfo de,
nanso worenhu wɔn.
Wɔn a wotu wo so sa no
rensɛ hwee koraa.
13Na mene Awurade, wo Nyankopɔn,
nea okura wo nsa nifa mu
na ɔka kyerɛ wo se, Nsuro;
mɛboa wo.
14Nsuro, osunson Yakob,
Israel a wusua,
na me ankasa mɛboa wo,” Awurade na ose,
wo gyefo, Israel Ɔkronkronni no.
15“Hwɛ, mede wo bɛyɛ nhuwso apa,
a ɛyɛ amono, ano yɛ nnam na ɛwɔ ɛse bebree.
Wubehuhuw mmepɔw no so na woadwiriw wɔn,
na woama nkoko ayɛ sɛ ntɛtɛ.
16Wubehuhuw wɔn so, mframa bɛma wɔn so,
na ahum abɔ wɔn akɔ.
Nanso wʼani begye wɔ Awurade mu
na woahyɛ Israel Ɔkronkronni no anuonyam.
17“Ohiani ne mmɔborɔni kyin pɛ nsu,
nanso bi nni hɔ;
osukɔm ama wɔn tɛkrɛma so ayow.
Nanso me Awurade, mɛma wɔn mmuae.
Me, Israel Nyankopɔn, merennyaw wɔn.
18Mɛma nsubɔnten ateɛ wɔ sorɔnsorɔmmea a awu no so,
na nsuti apue wɔ abon mu.
Mɛdan nweatam ayɛ no mmura,
na nsase a awo adan nsuti bebree.
19Meduadua wɔ nweatam so,
sida, ɔkanto, ohuam ne ngonnua.
Meduadua ɔpepaw wɔ asase wosee so
asɛsɛ ne kwabɔhɔre abɔ mu,
20sɛnea nnipa behu na wɔate,
na wɔasusuw ho na wɔate ase sɛ,
Awurade nsa na ayɛ saa ade yi,
Israel ɔkronkronni no na ɔma ɛbae.
21“Bɔ wo nkuro,” Awurade na ose.
“Kyerɛkyerɛ wʼasɛm mu,” Yakob Hene na ose.
22“Fa wʼahoni no bra
na wɔmmɛka nea ebesi nkyerɛ yɛn.
Wɔmmɛka sɛnea na kan nneɛma no te nkyerɛ yɛn,
sɛnea yebedwen ho afa
na yɛahu nea ebefi mu aba.
Anaasɛ wɔmpae mu nka nneɛma a ebesi nkyerɛ yɛn.
23Monka yɛn nea ebesi daakye,
na ama yɛahu sɛ moyɛ anyame.
Monyɛ biribi, sɛ eye anaa enye,
sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a yɛn werɛ bɛhow na ehu aka yɛn.
24Nanso, monnka hwee,
na mo nnwuma so nni mfaso;
nea ɔfa mo no yɛ akyiwade.
25“Makanyan obi a ofi atifi fam na ɔreba,
nea ofi owia apuei na ɔbɔ me din.
Otiatia ahemfo so te sɛ dɔte a wɔde si dan,
te sɛ ɔnwemfo a ɔrewɔw dɔte.
26Hena na ɔkaa eyi ho asɛm fii mfiase, sɛnea anka ɛbɛma yɛahu,
anaa waka ato hɔ, sɛnea yebetumi aka se, ‘Ne de no ye’?
Obiara anka eyi,
obiara anni kan anka,
obiara ante nsɛm biara amfi wo nkyɛn.
27Me na midii kan ka kyerɛɛ Sion, ‘Hwɛ, woni!’
Memaa Yerusalem ɔsomafo a ɔde asɛmpa ba.
28Mehwɛ, nanso obiara nni hɔ,
obiara nni wɔn mu a obetu wɔn fo,
sɛ mibisa wɔn a, obiara ntumi mma mmuae.
29Hwɛ, wɔn nyinaa yɛ atorofo!
Wɔn nneyɛe nka hwee;
wɔn nsɛsode yɛ mframa ne basabasayɛ nko ara.
1Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. 2Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.41.2 the righteous…: Heb. righteousness 3He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.41.3 safely: Heb. in peace 4Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. 5The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. 6They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.41.6 Be…: Heb. Be strong 7So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.41.7 goldsmith: or, founder41.7 him…: or, the smiting41.7 saying…: or, saying of the soder, It is good 8But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. 9Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
10¶ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 11Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.41.11 they that strive…: Heb. the men of thy strife 12Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.41.12 them that…: Heb. the men of thy contention41.12 they…: Heb. the men of thy war 13For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. 14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.41.14 men: or, few men 15Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.41.15 teeth: Heb. mouths 16Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. 17When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. 18I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. 19I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: 20That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
21Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.41.21 Produce: Heb. Cause to come near 22Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.41.22 consider…: Heb. set our heart upon them 23Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. 24Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.41.24 of nothing: or, worse than nothing41.24 of nought: or, worse than of a viper 25I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. 26Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words. 27The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. 28For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.41.28 answer: Heb. return 29Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
