The Branch From Jesse
1A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
2The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
3and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.
He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,
or decide by what he hears with his ears;
4but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;
with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
5Righteousness will be his belt
and faithfulness the sash around his waist.
6The wolf will live with the lamb,
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling11:6 Hebrew; Septuagint lion will feed together;
and a little child will lead them.
7The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
8The infant will play near the cobra’s den,
and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest.
9They will neither harm nor destroy
on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
10In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious. 11In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush,11:11 That is, the upper Nile region from Elam, from Babylonia,11:11 Hebrew Shinar from Hamath and from the islands of the Mediterranean.
12He will raise a banner for the nations
and gather the exiles of Israel;
he will assemble the scattered people of Judah
from the four quarters of the earth.
13Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
and Judah’s enemies11:13 Or hostility will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.
14They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia to the west;
together they will plunder the people to the east.
They will subdue Edom and Moab,
and the Ammonites will be subject to them.
15The Lord will dry up
the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind he will sweep his hand
over the Euphrates River.
He will break it up into seven streams
so that anyone can cross over in sandals.
16There will be a highway for the remnant of his people
that is left from Assyria,
as there was for Israel
when they came up from Egypt.
Yisai Ase Dubaa
1Dua foforɔ bi bɛfefɛ wɔ Yisai dunsini ho;
ɛfiri ne nhini mu na Dubaa bi bɛso aba.
2Awurade Honhom bɛtena no so:
nyansa ne nteaseɛ Honhom,
afotuo ne tumi Honhom,
nimdeɛ ne Awurade suro Honhom.
3Na nʼani bɛgye wɔ Awurade suro mu.
Ɛnnyɛ deɛ ɔde nʼani hunu soɔ na ɔbɛgyina abu atɛn,
anaa deɛ ɔde nʼaso bɛteɛ soɔ na ɔbɛgyina asi gyinaeɛ;
4na mmom ɔde tenenee bɛbu mmɔborɔfoɔ atɛn,
ɔde atɛntenenee bɛsi gyinaeɛ ama asase so ahiafoɔ.
Ɔde abaa a ɛyɛ nʼanom asɛm bɛwoso asase;
ɔde ahome a ɛfiri nʼanom bɛkunkum amumuyɛfoɔ.
5Tenenee bɛyɛ nʼabɔsoɔ
na nokorɛdie ayɛ nʼabɔwomu.
6Pataku ne odwammaa bɛtena,
ɔsebɔ ne abirekyie bɛda,
nantwie ba ne gyata ne ne ba bɛbɔ mu;
na abɔfra ketewa bi adi wɔn anim.
7Ɔnantwie ne sisire bɛbɔ mu adidi,
wɔn mma bɛdeda faako,
na gyata bɛwe wira te sɛ nantwie.
8Akokoaa bɛdi agorɔ abɛn ɔprammire amena ano,
na abɔfra ketewa de ne nsa ahyɛ ɔnanka bɔn mu.
9Wɔrenyɛ obi bɔne na wɔrensɛe adeɛ
wɔ me bepɔ Kronkron nyinaa so,
na Awurade ho nimdeɛ bɛyɛ asase so ma
sɛdeɛ nsuo ayɛ ɛpo ma no.
10Na da no, Yisai aseni no bɛsɔre; deɛ ɔbɛsɔre abɛdi amanaman no so; ɔno na wɔn ani bɛda ne so, na nʼahomegyebea bɛnya animuonyam. 11Saa ɛda no, Awurade bɛma ne nsa so ne mprɛnu so de agye ne nkurɔfoɔ a wɔaka afiri Asiria, Misraim anafoɔ fam, Misraim atifi fam, Kus, Elam, Babilonia, Hamat ne Po so nsupɔ.
12Ɔbɛma frankaa so ama aman no
na wɔaboaboa Israel atukɔfoɔ ano;
Ɔbɛboaboa Yudafoɔ a wɔahwete no ano
afiri asase ntwea ɛnan no so.
13Efraim anibereɛ bɛtu ayera,
na wɔbɛsɛe Yuda atamfoɔ.
Efraim ani remmere Yuda bio,
na Yuda nso rentane Efraim ani.
14Wɔbɛtwi afa Filistia nsaneɛ ahodoɔ no so akɔ atɔeɛ fam;
na wɔbɛbɔ mu afo nnipa akɔ apueeɛ fam.
Wɔbɛfa Edom ne Moab,
na Amonfoɔ bɛhyɛ wɔn ase.
15Awurade bɛma nsuo
a ɛwɔ Misraim Po no mu awe korakora;
ɔbɛma ne nsa mu mframa a emu yɛ hyeɛ
abɔ afa Asubɔnten Eufrate so.
Ɔbɛpaapae mu ayɛ no nsuwansuwa nson
sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a obiara bɛtumi ahyɛ mpaboa atwa.
16Ɛkwantempɔn bi bɛda hɔ ama ne nkurɔfoɔ nkaeɛfoɔ
a wɔaka Asiria,
sɛdeɛ ebi daa hɔ maa Israel
ɛberɛ a wɔfiri Misraim baeɛ no.
