1“Yei ne deɛ Awurade ka kyerɛ deɛ wasra no ngo,
Kores a wasɔ ne nsa nifa mu
sɛ ɔmmrɛ aman ase wɔ nʼanim
na ɔnnye ahemfo akodeɛ mfiri wɔn nsam
na ɔmmuebue apono a ɛwɔ nʼanim
sɛdeɛ kuro apono no mu rentoto.
2Mɛdi wʼanim
mɛyɛ mmepɔ no asase tamaa;
mɛbubu kɔbere mfrafraeɛ apono agu
na matwitwa dadeɛ adaban mu.
3Mede esum mu ademudeɛ bɛma wo
ahonyadeɛ a wɔde asie kɔkoam
sɛdeɛ wobɛhunu sɛ, mene Awurade,
Israel Onyankopɔn, a ɔbɔ wo din frɛ woɔ.
4Me ɔsomfoɔ Yakob enti,
Israel a mapa no enti,
mebɔ wo din frɛ wo
na mɛma wo animuonyamhyɛ abodin,
ɛwom sɛ wonnyee me ntoo mu deɛ.
5Mene Awurade, obiara nni hɔ bio;
Onyankopɔn biara nni hɔ ka me ho.
Ɛwom sɛ wonnyee me ntoo mu deɛ,
nanso mɛhyɛ wo den,
6sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a ɛfiri deɛ owia pue
kɔsi beaeɛ a ɛtɔ no
nnipa bɛhunu sɛ obiara nka me ho.
Mene Awurade, na obiara nni hɔ bio.
7Meyɛ hann, na mebɔ esum.
Mede yiedie ba na mede ɔhaw ba;
Me, Awurade, na meyɛ yeinom nyinaa.
8“Mo ɔsorosoro, monhwie tenenee ngu fam;
momma ɛmfiri omununkum mu ntɔ
momma asase mu mmue kɛseɛ,
na nkwagyeɛ mpue mfiri mu,
na tenenee ne no nnyini;
Me, Awurade na mayɛ.
9“Nnome nka deɛ ɔne ne Yɛfoɔ ham
Ɛnka deɛ ɔmfra te sɛ kyɛmferɛ a ɛfra deɛ ɛgugu fam mu.
Dɔteɛ bɛtumi abisa ɔnwomfoɔ sɛ,
‘ɛdeɛn na woreyɛ yi?’
Wo nsa ano adwuma bɛtumi abisa wo sɛ,
‘Wonni nsa’?
10Nnome nka deɛ ɔse nʼagya sɛ
‘Adɛn enti na wowoo me?’
Anaa ɔbisa ne maame sɛ,
‘Adɛn enti na wokyem me woeɛ?’
11“Sei na Awurade seɛ,
Israel Ɔkronkronni ne ne Yɛfoɔ;
ɛfa nneɛma a ɛreba ho no.
Wobisa me nsɛm a ɛfa me mma ho,
anaa wohyɛ me wɔ me nsa ano adwuma ho?
12Ɛyɛ me na meyɛɛ asase
na mebɔɔ adasamma guu so.
Me ara me nsa na mede trɛɛ ɔsoro mu;
nsoromma ahodoɔ nyinaa hyɛ mʼase.
13Mɛma Kores so wɔ me tenenee mu;
mɛtenetene nʼakwan nyinaa.
Ɔbɛsane akyekyere me kuropɔn
na wagyaa mʼatukɔfoɔ,
nanso ɔrennye akatua anaa akyɛdeɛ,
Asafo Awurade na ɔseɛ.”
14Sei na Awurade seɛ:
“Nneɛma a ɛfiri Misraim ne adwadeɛ a ɛfiri Kus,
ne Sebafoɔ atentene no,
wɔbɛba wo nkyɛn
abɛyɛ wo dea;
wɔbɛdi wʼakyi brɛoo aba a
wɔgu nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn mu.
Wɔbɛbu nkotodwe wʼanim
na wɔasrɛ wo aka sɛ,
‘Ampa ara, Onyankopɔn ka wo ho, na ɔbi nni hɔ;
onyame biara nni hɔ.’ ”
15Ampa ara, woyɛ Onyankopɔn a ɔde ne ho sie,
Ao Onyankopɔn ne Israel Agyenkwa.
16Wɔn a wɔyɛ ahoni nyinaa bɛfɛre na wɔn anim agu ase;
wɔbɛbɔ mu akɔ animguaseɛ mu.
17Nanso, Awurade bɛgye Israel nkwa,
ɔde daapem nkwagyeɛ;
Wɔremma wʼani nwu na wʼanim renguase bio
kɔsi daapem.
18Na sei na Awurade seɛ,
deɛ ɔbɔɔ ɔsorosoro no
ɔno ne Onyankopɔn;
deɛ ɔmaa asase, na ɔbɔeɛ no,
ɔno na ɔtoo ne fapem;
wammɔ no sɛ ɛso nna hɔ kwa,
mmom ɔyɛeɛ sɛ nnipa ntena so,
ɔka sɛ:
“Me ne Awurade,
na obi nni hɔ.
19Menkasaa wɔ kɔkoam,
mfiri asase so baabi a aduru sum;
manka ankyerɛ Yakob asefoɔ sɛ,
‘Sɛ mohwehwɛ me a monnhunu me.’
Me Awurade, meka nokorɛ no;
meka deɛ ɛyɛ.
20“Mommoaboa mo ho ano na mommra;
monhyia mu, mo adwanefoɔ a mofiri amanaman so,
mo a monnim de na moasoa nnua ahoni de kyinkyini,
mo a mobɔ anyame a wɔntumi nnye nkwa no mpaeɛ.
21Mompae mu nka deɛ ɛbɛsi. Momfa nto dwa
na wɔn mmɔ mu ntu agyina.
Hwan na ɔdii ɛkan kaa no teteete,
hwan na ɔdaa no adi firi tete nteredee?
Ɛnyɛ me Awurade anaa?
Onyankopɔn bi nni hɔ ka me ho,
tenenee Onyankopɔn ne Agyenkwa;
obiara nni hɔ sɛ me.
22“Monnane mmra me nkyɛn na monnya nkwa,
mo a mowɔ asase ano nyinaa;
ɛfiri sɛ mene Onyankopɔn, na obiara nni hɔ.
23Maka me ho ntam,
mʼano aka wɔ nokorɛdie nyinaa mu,
asɛm a wɔntwe nsane sɛ:
obiara bɛbu nkotodwe wɔ mʼanim.
Na obiara bɛpae mu aka sɛ, mene Onyankopɔn.
24Wɔbɛka me ho asɛm sɛ, ‘Awurade nko ara mu
na tenenee ne ahoɔden wɔ.’ ”
Wɔn a wɔn bo huru tia no nyinaa
bɛba ne nkyɛn na wɔn anim bɛgu ase.
25Nanso Awurade mu,
wɔbɛbu Israel asefoɔ nyinaa bem,
na wɔahoahoa wɔn ho.
1“Cyrus is my anointed king.
I take hold of his right hand.
I give him the power
to bring nations under his control.
I help him strip kings of their power
to go to war against him.
I break city gates open so he can go through them.
I say to him,
2‘I will march out ahead of you.
I will make the mountains level.
I will break down bronze gates.
I will cut through their heavy iron bars.
3I will give you treasures that are hidden away.
I will give you riches that are stored up in secret places.
Then you will know that I am the Lord.
I am the God of Israel.
I am sending for you by name.
4Cyrus, I am sending for you by name.
I am doing it for the good of the family of Jacob.
They are my servant.
I am doing it for Israel.
They are my chosen people.
You do not know anything about me.
But I am giving you a title of honor.
5I am the Lord. There is no other Lord.
I am the one and only God.
You do not know anything about me.
But I will make you strong.
6Then people will know there is no God but me.
Everyone from where the sun rises in the east
to where it sets in the west will know it.
I am the Lord.
There is no other Lord.
7I cause light to shine. I also create darkness.
I bring good times. I also create hard times.
I do all these things. I am the Lord.
8“ ‘Rain down my godliness, you heavens above.
Let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide to receive it.
Let freedom spring to life.
Let godliness grow richly along with it.
I have created all these things.
I am the Lord.’ ”
9How terrible it will be for anyone who argues with their Maker!
They are like a broken piece of pottery lying on the ground.
Does clay say to a potter,
“What are you making?”
Does a pot say,
“The potter doesn’t have any skill”?
10How terrible it will be for anyone who says to a father,
“Why did you give me life?”
How terrible for anyone who says to a mother,
“Why have you brought me into the world?”
11The Lord is the Holy One of Israel.
He made them.
He says to them,
“Are you asking me about what will happen to my children?
Are you telling me what I should do with what my hands have made?
12I made the earth.
I created human beings to live there.
My own hands spread out the heavens.
I put all the stars in their places.
13I will stir up Cyrus and help him win his battles.
I will make all his roads straight.
He will rebuild Jerusalem.
My people have been taken away from their country.
But he will set them free.
I will not pay him to do it.
He will not receive a reward for it,”
says the Lord who rules over all.
14The Lord says to the people of Jerusalem,
“You will get everything Egypt produces.
You will receive everything the people of Cush
and the tall Sabeans get in trade.
All of it will belong to you.
And all these people will walk behind you as slaves.
They will be put in chains and come over to you.
They will bow down to you.
They will admit,
‘God is with you.
There is no other God.’ ”
15You are a God who has been hiding yourself.
You are the God of Israel. You save us.
16All those who make statues of gods will be put to shame.
They will be dishonored.
They will be led away in shame together.
17But the Lord will save Israel.
He will save them forever.
They will never be put to shame or dishonored.
That will be true for all time to come.
18The Lord created the heavens.
He is God.
He formed the earth and made it.
He set it firmly in place.
He didn’t create it to be empty.
Instead, he formed it for people to live on.
He says, “I am the Lord.
There is no other Lord.
19I have not spoken in secret.
I have not spoken from a dark place.
I have not said to Jacob’s people,
‘It is useless to look for me.’
I am the Lord. I always speak the truth.
I always say what is right.
20“Come together, you people of the nations
who escaped from Babylon.
Gather together and come into court.
Only people who do not know anything
would carry around gods that are made out of wood.
They pray to false gods that can’t save them.
21Tell me what will happen. State your case.
Talk it over together.
Who spoke long ago about what would happen?
Who said it a long time ago?
I did. I am the Lord.
I am the one and only God.
I always do what is right.
I am the one who saves.
There is no God but me.
22“All you who live anywhere on earth,
turn to me and be saved.
I am God. There is no other God.
23I have made a promise in my own name.
I have spoken with complete honesty.
I will not take back a single word. I said,
‘Everyone will kneel down to me.
Everyone’s mouth will make promises in my name.’
24They will say, ‘The Lord is the only one who can save us.
Only he can make us strong.’ ”
All those who have been angry with the Lord will come to him.
And they will be put to shame.
25But the Lord will save all the people of Israel.
And so they will boast about the Lord.
