Yesaia 58 – AKCB & NIRV

Akuapem Twi Contemporary Bible

Yesaia 58:1-14

Nokware Mmuadadi

1“Monteɛ mu dennen, monnnyae.

Momma mo nne so sɛ torobɛnto.

Mompae mu nka me nkurɔfo atuatew nkyerɛ wɔn

na monka Yakobfi nso nnebɔne nkyerɛ no.

2Da biara da wɔhwehwɛ me;

ayɛ sɛ wɔpere sɛ wobehu mʼakwan,

te sɛ wɔyɛ ɔman a wɔyɛ nea ɛteɛ

na wɔmpoo ne Nyankopɔn ahyɛde.

Wobisa me hɔ gyinae a ɛteɛ

na ayɛ sɛ wɔpɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn bɛn wɔn.

3Wɔka se, ‘Adɛn nti na yɛadi mmuada

na woanhu yi?

Adɛn nti na yɛabrɛ yɛn ho ase,

na woanhwɛ yi?’

“Nanso mo mmuada da no, moyɛ nea mopɛ

na musisi mo adwumayɛfo nyinaa.

4Ntɔkwaw ne akasakasa na mode wie mo mmuadadi,

ne akuturuku a mode bobɔ mo ho.

Morentumi nni mmuada sɛnea moyɛ no nnɛ yi

na moahwɛ anim sɛ wɔbɛte mo nne wɔ ɔsoro.

5Eyi ne mmuadadi a mepɛ ana?

Da koro pɛ a onipa de brɛ ne ho ase no ana?

Ɛne sɛ obi si ne ti ase te sɛ mfea

na ɔtena atweaatam so ne nsõ mu nko ara ana?

Eyi na mofrɛ no mmuadadi,

da a ɛsɔ Awurade ani yi ni ana?

6“Saa mmuadadi yi na mepɛ:

sɛ mubeyiyi ntɛnkyew nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn

na moasan konnua ahama,

sɛ mubegyaa wɔn a wɔhyɛ wɔn so

na moabubu konnua biara.

7So ɛnsɛ sɛ mo ne wɔn a ɔkɔm de wɔn kyɛ mo aduan

na moma ohiani a ɔnenam no baabi tena;

na muhu nea ɔda adagyaw a mumfura no ntama

na munnyi mo ani mfi mo ankasa mo nkurɔfo ne mo abusuafo so ana?

8Ɛno na mo hann bepue te sɛ ahemadakye,

na mo ayaresa aba ntɛm so;

afei mo trenee bedi mo anim,

na Awurade anuonyam bɛbɔ mo kyidɔm.

9Afei mobɛfrɛ, na Awurade begye mo so;

mobɛteɛ mu ahwehwɛ mmoa, na ɔbɛka se: Mini.

“Sɛ muyi nhyɛso konnua,

nsa a moteɛ wɔ nnipa so ne ntwatoso fi hɔ,

10na sɛ mohaw mo ho ma wɔn a ɔkɔm de wɔn

na moma wɔn a wɔhyɛ wɔn so no nea ehia wɔn a,

ɛno de, mo akanea bɛhyerɛn wɔ sum mu,

na mo anadwo bɛyɛ sɛ owigyinae.

11Awurade bɛkyerɛ mo kwan bere biara;

ɔbɛma mo nea ehia mo wɔ asase wosee so

na ɔbɛhyɛ mo nipadua den.

Mobɛyɛ sɛ turo a wogugu so nsu yiye,

sɛ asuwa a mu nsu nyow da.

12Mo nkurɔfo bɛsan asi teteete nnwiriwii no,

na wɔato fapem a akyɛ no;

wɔbɛfrɛ mo Nea Osiesie Afasu a Abubu no,

Nea Ogye Atenae Si Hɔ.

13“Sɛ mohwɛ mo anammɔntu so yiye Homeda

na moanyɛ nea mopɛ wɔ me da kronkron no,

sɛ mofrɛ Homeda no anigye da

na mudi Awurade da kronkron no ni

na moamfa mo ara mo akwan so

na moanyɛ nea mopɛ anaa moanka nsɛnhunu a,

14ɛno de mubenya anigye wɔ Awurade mu

na mɛma mo anantew asase no sorɔnsorɔmmea so

na moato pon wɔ mo agya Yakob agyapade so.”

Awurade na waka.

New International Reader’s Version

Isaiah 58:1-14

What True Worship Is All About

1The Lord told me,

“Shout out loud. Do not hold back.

Raise your voice like a trumpet.

Tell my people that they have refused to obey me.

Tell the family of Jacob how much they have sinned.

2Day after day they worship me.

They seem ready and willing to know how I want them to live.

They act as if they were a nation that does what is right.

They act as if they have not turned away from my commands.

They claim to want me to give them fair decisions.

They seem ready and willing to come near and worship me.

3‘We have gone without food,’ they say.

‘Why haven’t you noticed it?

We have made ourselves suffer.

Why haven’t you paid any attention to us?’

“On the day when you fast, you do as you please.

You take advantage of all your workers.

4When you fast, it ends in arguing and fighting.

You hit one another with your fists.

That is an evil thing to do.

The way you are now fasting

keeps your prayers from being heard in heaven.

5Do you think that is the way I want you to fast?

Is it only a time for people to make themselves suffer?

Is it only for people to bow their heads like tall grass bent by the wind?

Is it only for people to lie down in ashes and clothes of mourning?

Is that what you call a fast?

Do you think I can accept that?

6“Here is the way I want you to fast.

“Set free those who are held by chains without any reason.

Untie the ropes that hold people as slaves.

Set free those who are crushed.

Break every evil chain.

7Share your food with hungry people.

Provide homeless people with a place to stay.

Give naked people clothes to wear.

Provide for the needs of your own family.

8Then the light of my blessing will shine on you like the rising sun.

I will heal you quickly.

I will march out ahead of you.

And my glory will follow behind you and guard you.

That’s because I always do what is right.

9You will call out to me for help.

And I will answer you.

You will cry out.

And I will say, ‘Here I am.’

“Get rid of the chains you use to hold others down.

Stop pointing your finger at others as if they had done something wrong.

Stop saying harmful things about them.

10Work hard to feed hungry people.

Satisfy the needs of those who are crushed.

Then my blessing will light up your darkness.

And the night of your suffering will become as bright as the noonday sun.

11I will always guide you.

I will satisfy your needs in a land baked by the sun.

I will make you stronger.

You will be like a garden that has plenty of water.

You will be like a spring whose water never runs dry.

12Your people will rebuild the cities that were destroyed long ago.

And you will build again on the old foundations.

You will be called One Who Repairs Broken Walls.

You will be called One Who Makes City Streets Like New Again.

13“Do not work on the Sabbath day.

Do not do just anything you want to on my holy day.

Make the Sabbath a day you can enjoy.

Honor the Lord’s holy day.

Do not work on it.

Do not do just anything you want to.

Do not talk about things that are worthless.

14Then you will find your joy in me.

I will give you control over the most important places in the land.

And you will enjoy all the good things

in the land I gave your father Jacob.”

The Lord has spoken.