1Hena na wagye yɛn asɛm no adi?
na Awurade abasa no, hena so na ada adi?
2Onyin wɔ nʼanim te sɛ dua amono ketewa bi,
te sɛ ntin a efi asase wosee mu.
Onni ahoɔfɛ anaa anuonyam a ɛbɛtwetwe yɛn akɔ ne nkyɛn.
Ne tebea mu nni biribiara a ɛbɛma yɛapɛ no.
3Nnipa bɔɔ no ahohora na wɔpoo no,
Ɔwerɛhowni a onim ɔyaw.
Te sɛ obi a nnipa de wɔn anim hintaw no
wobuu no animtiaa na yɛammu no.
4Ampa ara ɔfaa yɛn mmerɛwyɛ,
na ɔsoaa yɛn awerɛhow,
nanso yebuu no sɛ Onyankopɔn na watwe nʼaso.
Yebuu no sɛ, Onyankopɔn na wabɔ no na wadwerɛw no.
5Nanso yɛn mmarato nti na wopiraa no,
yɛn amumɔyɛ nti na wɔdwerɛw no;
asotwe a ɛde asomdwoe brɛɛ yɛn no daa no so,
na nʼapirakuru mu na yenya ayaresa.
6Yɛn nyinaa ayerayera te sɛ nguan,
yɛn mu biara afa ne kwan;
na Awurade de yɛn nyinaa
amumɔyɛ ato no so.
7Wɔhyɛɛ no so, yɛɛ no ayayade,
nanso wammue nʼano;
wɔde no kɔɔ te sɛ oguamma a wɔrekokum no.
Sɛnea oguamma yɛ komm wɔ ne nwitwitwafo anim no,
saa ara na wammue nʼano.
8Wɔnam nhyɛso ne atemmu so faa no kɔe.
Na hena na obetumi aka nʼasefo ho asɛm?
Efisɛ woyii no fii asase yi so;
me nkurɔfo mmarato nti wɔtwee nʼaso.
9Wɔyɛɛ ne da wɔ abɔnefo mu,
na ne wu mu wɔde no too adefo mu
ɛwɔ mu, wanyɛ akakabensɛm biara,
na obiara ante atosɛm biara amfi nʼano.
10Nanso ɛyɛɛ Awurade pɛ sɛ ɔbɛdwerɛw no ama no ahu amane
mpo ɔde ne nkwa yɛ afɔdi afɔrebɔde,
obehu nʼasefo na ne nna bɛware,
na Awurade pɛ bɛkɔ so wɔ ne nsam.
11Ne kra amanehunu akyi,
obehu nkwa hann, na ne koma atɔ ne yam;
na ne suahu mu me somfo treneeni no bebu bebree bem,
na wasoa wɔn amumɔyɛ.
12Enti mɛma no kyɛfa wɔ atitiriw mu,
na ɔne ahoɔdenfo bɛkyɛ asade
efisɛ ɔde ne nkwa too hɔ maa owu,
na wɔkan no fraa mmaratofo.
Ɔsoaa nnipa bebree bɔne,
na odi maa mmaratofo.
1Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?53.1 report: or, doctrine?: Heb. hearing? 2For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.53.3 we hid…: or, he hid as it were his face from us: Heb. as an hiding of faces from him, or, from us
4¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.53.5 wounded: or, tormented53.5 stripes: Heb. bruise 6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.53.6 laid…: Heb. made the iniquity of us all to meet on him 7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. 8He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.53.8 from prison…: or, away by distress and judgment: but, etc53.8 was he…: Heb. was the stroke upon him 9And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.53.9 death: Heb. deaths
10¶ Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.53.10 thou…: or, his soul shall make an offering 11He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
