The Lord’s Saving Power for Zion Lasts Forever
1The Lord says, “Listen to me, you who want to do what is right.
Pay attention, you who look to me.
Consider the rock you were cut out of.
Think about the rock pit you were dug from.
2Consider Abraham. He is the father of your people.
Think about Sarah. She is your mother.
When I chose Abraham, he did not have any children.
But I blessed him and gave him many of them.
3You can be sure that I will comfort Zion’s people.
I will look with loving concern on all their destroyed buildings.
I will make their deserts like Eden.
I will make their dry and empty land like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness will be there.
People will sing and give thanks to me.
4“Listen to me, my people.
Pay attention, my nation.
My instruction will go out to the nations.
I make everything right.
That will be a guiding light for them.
5The time for me to set you free is near.
I will soon save you.
My powerful arm will make everything right among the nations.
The islands will put their hope in me.
They will wait for my powerful arm to act.
6Look up toward the heavens.
Then look at the earth.
The heavens will vanish like smoke.
The earth will wear out like clothes.
Those who live there will die like flies.
But I will save you forever.
My saving power will never end.
7“Listen to me, you who know what is right.
Pay attention, you who have taken my instruction to heart.
Do not be afraid when mere human beings make fun of you.
Do not be terrified when they laugh at you.
8They will be like clothes that moths have eaten up.
They will be like wool that worms have chewed up.
But my saving power will last forever.
I will save you for all time to come.”
9Wake up, arm of the Lord! Wake up!
Dress yourself with strength as if it were your clothes!
Wake up, just as you did in the past.
Wake up, as you did long ago.
Didn’t you cut Rahab to pieces?
Didn’t you stab that sea monster to death?
10Didn’t you dry up the Red Sea?
Didn’t you dry up those deep waters?
You made a road on the bottom of that sea.
Then those who were set free went across.
11Those the Lord has saved will return to their land.
They will sing as they enter the city of Zion.
Joy that lasts forever will be like beautiful crowns on their heads.
They will be filled with gladness and joy.
Sorrow and sighing will be gone.
12The Lord says to his people,
“I comfort you because of who I am.
Why are you afraid of mere human beings?
They are like grass that dries up.
13How can you forget me? I made you.
I stretch out the heavens.
I lay the foundations of the earth.
Why are you terrified every day?
Is it because those who are angry with you are crushing you?
Is it because they are trying to destroy you?
Their anger can’t harm you anymore.
14You prisoners who are so afraid will soon be set free.
You will not die in your prison cells.
You will not go without food.
15I am the Lord your God.
I stir up the ocean. I make its waves roar.
My name is the Lord Who Rules Over All.
16I have put my words in your mouth.
I have kept you safe in the palm of my hand.
I set the heavens in place.
I laid the foundations of the earth.
I say to Zion, ‘You are my people.’ ”
The Cup of the Lord’s Great Anger
17Wake up, Jerusalem!
Wake up! Get up!
The Lord has handed you the cup of his great anger.
And you have drunk from it.
That cup makes people unsteady on their feet.
And you have drunk from it to the very last drop.
18Among all the children who were born to you
there was none to guide you.
Among all the children you brought up
there was none to lead you by the hand.
19Nothing but trouble has come to you.
You have been wiped out and destroyed.
And you have suffered hunger and war.
No one feels sorry for you.
No one can comfort you.
20Your children have fainted.
They lie helpless at every street corner.
They are like antelope that have been caught in a net.
They have felt the full force of the Lord’s great anger.
Jerusalem, your God had to warn them strongly.
21So listen to me, you suffering people of Jerusalem.
You have been made drunk, but not by drinking wine.
22Your Lord and King speaks.
He is your God.
He stands up for his people. He says,
“I have taken from you the cup of my great anger.
It made you unsteady on your feet.
But you will never drink
from that cup again.
23Instead, I will give it to those who made you suffer.
They said to you,
‘Fall down flat on the ground.
Then we can walk all over you.’
And that is exactly what you did.
You made your back like a street to be walked on.”
Sion Daapem Nkwagyeɛ
1“Montie me, mo a mopɛ tenenee akyiri kwan;
na mohwehwɛ Awurade;
Monhwɛ ɔbotan a wɔtwaa mo firii mu no
ne abopaebea a wɔtuu mo firii hɔ no;
2Monhwɛ Abraham mo agya,
ne Sara a ɔwoo mo no.
Ɛberɛ a mefrɛɛ no no, na ɔyɛ ɔbaakofoɔ,
na mehyiraa no maa nʼase trɛeɛ.
3Awurade bɛkyekye Sion werɛ ampa ara
na ne yam bɛhyehye no wɔ ne mmubuiɛ no ho;
ɔbɛyɛ nʼanweatam ahodoɔ sɛ Eden,
nʼasase a ada mpan bɛyɛ sɛ Awurade turo.
Wɔbɛhunu anigyeɛ ne ahosɛpɛ,
aseda ne nnwontoɔ wɔ ne mu.
4“Montie me, me nkurɔfoɔ;
monyɛ aso mma me, me ɔman:
Mmara no bɛfiri me nkyɛn akɔ;
na mʼatɛntenenee bɛyɛ hann ama aman no.
5Me tenenee reba ntɛm so,
me nkwagyeɛ nam ɛkwan so,
na mʼabasa de atɛntenenee bɛbrɛ aman no.
Nsupɔ no bɛhwehwɛ me
na wɔde anidasoɔ bɛtwɛn mʼabasa.
6Mompagya mo ani nhwɛ ɔsorosoro,
monhwɛ asase wɔ fam;
ɔsorosoro bɛtu ayera sɛ wisie
na asase bɛtete sɛ atadeɛ
na wɔn a wɔte so bɛwuwu sɛ nwansena.
Nanso me nkwagyeɛ bɛtena hɔ daa,
me tenenee to rentwa da.
7“Montie me, mo a monim deɛ ɛteneɛ,
mo a me mmara wɔ mo akoma mu:
Monnsuro nnipa animka
anaa momma wɔn ahohora ntu mo bo.
8Na nweweboa bɛwe wɔn te sɛ deɛ wɔwe atadeɛ;
ɔsonsono bɛsɛe wɔn te sɛ deɛ wɔsɛe kuntu.
Nanso me tenenee bɛtena hɔ daa
me nkwagyeɛ bɛfiri awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ akɔsi awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ so.”
9Nyane, nyane! Ao Awurade basa
hyɛ ahoɔden aduradeɛ;
nyane te sɛ nna a atwam no,
te sɛ tete awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ mu no.
Ɛnyɛ wo na wotwitwaa Rahab mu asinasini no,
na wohwiree asuboa kɛseɛ no mu no?
10Ɛnyɛ wo na womaa ɛpo weeɛ,
nsubunu mu nsuo no,
deɛ ɔpaee ɛkwan wɔ ɛpo bunu mu no
sɛdeɛ wɔn a wɔagye wɔn no bɛtumi atwa?
11Wɔn a Awurade apata ama wɔn bɛsane aba.
Wɔde nnwontoɔ bɛhyɛne Sion;
anigyeɛ a ɛnsa da bɛyɛ wɔn abotire,
anigyeɛ ne ahosɛpɛ bɛboro wɔn so,
awerɛhoɔ ne apinisie bɛtu ayera.
12“Me, me ara, mene wo werɛ kyekyefoɔ.
Hwan ne wo a wosuro ɔdasani,
nnipa mma a wɔyɛ ɛserɛ yi.
13Na wo werɛ afiri Awurade, wo yɛfoɔ,
deɛ ɔtrɛɛ ɔsorosoro mu
na ɔhyɛɛ asase ase no?
Wobɛkɔ so ara asuro ɔhyɛsoni no abufuo?
Wobɛkɔ so ara asuro deɛ ɔde ɔsɛeɛ asi nʼani so no anaa?
Na ɔhyɛsoni no abufuo wɔ he?
14Ɛrenkyɛre, wɔbɛgyaa nneduafoɔ ahufoɔ no;
wɔrenwuwu wɔ afiase amena mu,
na aduane remmɔ wɔn.
15Na mene Awurade, wo Onyankopɔn
deɛ ɔhwanyane ɛpo, ma nʼasorɔkye woro so.
Asafo Awurade, ne ne din.
16Mede me nsɛm ahyɛ wʼanomu,
na mede me nsa ase nwunu akata wo so.
Me a mede ɔsorosoro sii hɔ
na mehyɛɛ asase ase
na meka kyerɛ Sion sɛ, ‘Moyɛ me nkurɔfoɔ.’ ”
Awurade Abufuhyeɛ Kuruwa
17Nyane, nyane!
Sɔre, Ao, Yerusalem!
Wo a wanom afiri Awurade nsam
nʼabufuo kuruwa no,
wo a wanom apɔɔdɔ mu nsã atu puo
deɛ ɛma nnipa tɔ ntintan no.
18Wo mma a wowoo wɔn nyinaa mu
obiara nni hɔ a ɔkyerɛ wo ɛkwan;
mmammarima a wotetee wɔn nyinaa mu
obiara nni hɔ a ɔsɔ wo nsa mu.
19Saa ɔhaw prenu yi aba wo so,
hwan na ɔbɛkyekye wo werɛ?
Mmubuiɛ ne ɔsɛeɛ, ɛkɔm ne akofena,
hwan na ɔbɛhyɛ wo den?
20Wo mma atotɔ baha;
wɔdeda mmɔntene so baabiara,
te sɛ ɔtwe a afidie ayi no.
Awurade abufuo aba wɔn so
wo Onyankopɔn animka no.
21Enti tie yei, wo a worehunu amaneɛ
waboro, na nso ɛnyɛ nsã na aboro woɔ.
22Yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade,
wo Onyankopɔn a ɔbɔ ne nkurɔfoɔ ho ban seɛ:
“Hwɛ, magye afiri wo nsa mu
kuruwa a ɛma wotɔɔ ntintan no
kuruwa a ɛyɛ mʼabufuo pɔɔdɔ no,
worennom bio.
23Mede bɛhyɛ wɔn a wɔha mo no nsa mu,
wɔn a wɔka kyerɛɛ mo sɛ,
‘Butu fam na yɛnnante wo so.’
Na wode wʼakyi yɛɛ fam
te sɛ abɔntene a wɔnante so.”
