Babilonia Anyame
1Bel bɔ ne mu ase, Nebo brɛ ne dibea ase;
mfurum soa wɔn ahoni.
Nsɛsode a wɔso nenam no mu yɛ duru,
ɛyɛ adesoa ma nea wabrɛ.
2Wɔbɔ mu kotow, bɔ wɔn mu ase;
wontumi nsiw amanehunu ano,
wɔn ankasa kɔ nkoasom mu.
3“Muntie me, Yakobfifo,
mo a moaka wɔ Israelfi nyinaa,
mo a maso mo mu fi mo nyinsɛn mu,
na maturu mo afi bere a wɔwoo mo.
4Mpo kosi mo nkwakoraa bere ne bere a mubefuw dwen mu,
Me ne no, Me ne nea obeso mo mu.
Mabɔ mo na meturu mo;
mɛwowaw mo na megye mo.
5“Hena ho na mode me bɛto, anaa mubebu no me sɛso?
Hena na mode me besusuw no, na mode no atoto me ho?
6Ebinom hwie sikakɔkɔɔ fi wɔn nkotoku mu
na wɔkari dwetɛ wɔ nsania so;
wɔbɔ sika dwumfo paa, ma ɔde yɛ onyame bi,
na wɔkotow sɔre no.
7Wɔsoa no wɔ wɔn mmati so,
wɔde kosi nʼafa, na ɛka hɔ ara.
Ɛrentumi mfi faako a esi.
Obi teɛ mu frɛ no de, nanso ommua;
ɛrentumi nyi no mfi ne haw mu.
8“Monkae yiye, momma ɛnka mo tirim,
munnwen ho mo atuatewfo.
9Monkae nneɛma a atwam no, teteete nneɛma no;
Mene Onyankopɔn, na obi nni hɔ;
Mene Onyankopɔn, na obiara nte sɛ me.
10Meda awiei adi fi mfiase,
efi tete, meka nea ɛbɛba.
Meka se: ‘Mʼatirimpɔw begyina,
na mɛyɛ nea mepɛ nyinaa.’
11Mɛfrɛ anomaa a ɔkyere mmoa afi apuei fam;
afi akyirikyiri asase so, onipa a ɔbɛhyɛ me botae ma.
Nea maka no, ɛno na mɛma aba mu;
nea madwen ho no, ɛno na mɛyɛ.
12Muntie me, mo a moyɛ akokodurufo,
mo a mo ne trenee ntam kwan ware;
13Mede me trenee rebɛn,
enni akyirikyiri;
na me nkwagye nso renkyɛ.
Mɛma Sion nkwagye,
na mede mʼanuonyam ama Israel.
The False Gods of Babylon
1The gods named Bel and Nebo are brought down in shame.
The statues of them are being carried away on the backs of animals.
They used to be carried around by the people who worshiped them.
But now they’ve become a heavy load for tired animals.
2The gods named Bel and Nebo are brought down in shame together.
They aren’t able to save their own statues.
They themselves are carried off as prisoners.
3The Lord says, “Family of Jacob, listen to me.
Pay attention, you people of Israel who are left alive.
I have taken good care of you since your life began.
I have carried you since you were born as a nation.
4I will continue to carry you even when you are old.
I will take good care of you even when your hair is gray.
I have made you, and I will carry you.
I will take care of you, and I will save you.
I am the Lord.
5“Who will you compare me with?
Who is equal to me?
What am I like?
Who can you compare me with?
6Some people pour out gold from their bags.
They weigh out silver on the scales.
They hire someone who works with gold to make it into a god.
They bow down to it and worship it.
7They lift it up on their shoulders and carry it.
They set it up in its place, and there it stands.
It can’t move from that spot.
Someone might cry out to it.
But it does not answer.
It can’t save them from their troubles.
8So remember this, you who refuse to obey me.
Keep it in your minds and hearts.
9“Remember what happened in the past.
Think about what took place long ago.
I am God. There is no other God.
I am God. There is no one like me.
10Before something even happens, I announce how it will end.
In fact, from times long ago I announced what was still to come.
I say, ‘My plan will succeed.
I will do anything I want to do.’
11I will send for a man from the east to carry out my plan.
From a land far away, he will come like a bird that kills its food.
I will bring about what I have said.
I will do what I have planned.
12Listen to me, you stubborn people.
Pay attention, you who now refuse to do what I have said is right.
13The time is almost here for me to make everything right.
It is not far away.
The time for me to save you will not be put off.
I will save the city of Zion.
I will bring honor to Israel.
