Yesaia 40 – ASCB & NIVUK

Asante Twi Contemporary Bible

Yesaia 40:1-31

Onyankopɔn Nkurɔfoɔ Awerɛkyekyerɛ

1Monkyekyere, monkyekyere me nkurɔfoɔ werɛ.

Saa na mo Onyankopɔn seɛ.

2Monka asomdwoesɛm nkyerɛ Yerusalem,

na mompae mu nka nkyerɛ no sɛ

ne som denden no aba awieeɛ,

wɔatua ne bɔne no so ka,

na wɔanya ne bɔne nyinaa so akatua mmɔho

afiri Awurade nsam.

3Ɛnne bi reteam sɛ,

“Monsiesie ɛkwan mma Awurade

wɔ anweatam no so.

Montene kwantempɔn wɔ ɛserɛ no so

mma yɛn Onyankopɔn.

4Bɔnhwa biara bɛyɛ ma,

bepɔ ne nkokoɔ nyinaa bɛkɔ fam,

asase a ɛyɛ monkyi mmɔnka no bɛyɛ tamaa,

na mmeaɛ a ɛyɛ kɔntɔnkye no ayɛ tata.

5Na Awurade animuonyam bɛda adi,

na nnipa nyinaa bɛhunu.

Ɛfiri sɛ Awurade na aka!”

6Nne bi kaa sɛ, “Team.”

Na mekaa sɛ, “Menteɛm nka sɛn?”

“Bɔ dawuro sɛ nnipa nyinaa te sɛ ɛserɛ,

na wɔn animuonyam nyinaa te sɛ afuo so nhwiren.

7Ɛserɛ hye, na nhwiren twintwam

ɛfiri sɛ Awurade ahomeguo fa wɔn so.

Nokorɛm nnipa no yɛ ɛserɛ.

8Ɛserɛ hye, na nhwiren twintwam,

nanso yɛn Onyankopɔn asɛm no tim hɔ daa.”

9Wo a wode asɛm pa reba Sion,

foro kɔ bepɔ tenten bi so.

Wo a wode asɛm pa reba Yerusalem,

ma wo nne so na team,

ma so, nsuro;

ka kyerɛ Yuda nkuro sɛ,

“Mo Onyankopɔn nie!”

10Hwɛ, Asafo Awurade de tumi reba,

na nʼabasa bɛdi ɔhene ama no.

Hwɛ, nʼakatua ka ne ho,

na ɔde nʼabasobɔdeɛ nam.

11Ɔhwɛ ne nnwankuo sɛ odwanhwɛfoɔ.

Ɔboa nnwammaa no wɔ nʼabasa so.

Ɔturu wɔn ne koko so;

na nnwan a wɔwɔ mma no, ɔka wɔn brɛoo.

12Hwan na wasusu nsuo wɔ ne nsam

anaa ɔde ne nsateaa asusu ɔsoro?

Hwan na ɔde asase so mfuturo agu kɛntɛn mu,

anaa wakari mmepɔ wɔ nsania so

ne nkokoɔ wɔ nsania apampaa so?

13Hwan na wate Awurade ase,

anaa wakyerɛkyerɛ no sɛ ne fotufoɔ?

14Hwan na Awurade abisa no sɛ ɔnkyerɛ no biribi ase,

na hwan na ɔkyerɛɛ no ɛkwan pa no?

Hwan na ɔmaa no nimdeɛ

anaa ɔkyerɛɛ no nhunumu kwan?

15Ampa ara aman no te sɛ nsuo sope wɔ bokiti mu;

wɔde wɔn toto mfuturo a ɛgu nsania so;

ɔkari nsupɔ te sɛ deɛ ɛyɛ mfuturo muhumuhu.

16Lebanon nnɔɔso mma afɔrebukyia so ogya,

na ne mmoa renso mma ɔhyeɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ.

17Aman nyinaa nsɛ hwee wɔ nʼanim;

ɔbu wɔn adehunu bi

a wɔnka hwee.

18Afei hwan ho na wode Onyankopɔn bɛtoto?

Nsɛsodeɛ bɛn ho na wode no bɛtoɔ?

19Ohoni deɛ, odwumfoɔ na ɔyɛ,

na sikadwumfoɔ de sikakɔkɔɔ agu ho

na wasiesie dwetɛ nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn ama no.

20Ohiani a ɔrentumi mfa saa ayɛyɛdeɛ yi mma no

kɔpɛ dua a ɛremporɔ.

Ɔhwehwɛ odwumfoɔ nyansafoɔ

na wayɛ ohoni a ɛremmuni nhwe fam asi hɔ.

21Wonnim anaa?

Wonteeɛ anaa?

Wɔnnka nkyerɛɛ wo firi ahyɛaseɛ no anaa?

Ɛfiri ɛberɛ a wɔbɔɔ asase no, wontee aseɛ anaa?

22Ɔte ahennwa so wɔ asase kanko no atifi.

Ɛso nnipa te sɛ ntutummɛ

ɔtwe ɔsoro mu te sɛ ntwamutam,

na ɔde yɛ ntomadan tena mu.

23Ɔma ahenemma yɛ nnipa hunu

na ewiase yi sodifoɔ nso, ɔbrɛ wɔn ase.

24Wɔtɛɛ wɔn ara pɛ,

wɔduaa wɔn ara pɛ,

wɔgyee nhini wɔ asase mu pɛ

ɔhome gu wɔn so ma wɔkusa,

na ntwahoframa bɔ wɔn kɔ te sɛ ntɛtɛ.

25“Hwan ho na wode me bɛto?

Anaasɛ hwan na ɔne me sɛ?” Ɔkronkronni no na ɔseɛ.

26Momma mo ani so nhwɛ ɔsoro:

Hwan na ɔbɔɔ yeinom nyinaa?

Deɛ ɔyiyi ɔsoro nsoromma mmaako mmaako,

na ɔbɔ obiara din de frɛ no.

Nʼahoɔden ne ne tumi enti

wɔn mu baako mpo nnyeraeɛ.

27Adɛn na woka sɛ, Ao Yakob,

na wonwiinwii, Ao Israel sɛ,

“Mʼakwan ahinta Awurade;

na me Onyankopɔn abɔ mʼasɛm agu”?

28Wonnim anaa?

Wonteeɛ anaa?

Awurade yɛ daapem Onyankopɔn,

na ɔyɛ asase nyinaa yɛfoɔ.

Ɔremmrɛ na ɔrentɔ bera,

na ne nhunumu nni nhwehwɛmu.

29Ɔma deɛ watɔ bera ahoɔden

deɛ wayɛ mmerɛ nso, ɔto nʼahoɔden so.

30Mpo, mmabunu brɛ, na wɔtɔ bera,

na mmeranteɛ suntisunti hwehwe ase;

31Nanso, wɔn a wɔn ani da Awurade so

bɛnya ahoɔden foforɔ.

Wɔde ntaban te sɛ akɔdeɛ deɛ bɛtu akɔ ewiem;

wɔbɛtu mmirika, na wɔremmrɛ.

Wɔbɛnante, na wɔrentɔ baha.

New International Version – UK

Isaiah 40:1-31

Comfort for God’s people

1Comfort, comfort my people,

says your God.

2Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,

and proclaim to her

that her hard service has been completed,

that her sin has been paid for,

that she has received from the Lord’s hand

double for all her sins.

3A voice of one calling:

‘In the wilderness prepare

the way for the Lord40:3 Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / ‘Prepare the way for the Lord;

make straight in the desert

a highway for our God.40:3 Hebrew; Septuagint make straight the paths of our God

4Every valley shall be raised up,

every mountain and hill made low;

the rough ground shall become level,

the rugged places a plain.

5And the glory of the Lord will be revealed,

and all people will see it together.

For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.’

6A voice says, ‘Cry out.’

And I said, ‘What shall I cry?’

‘All people are like grass,

and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.

7The grass withers and the flowers fall,

because the breath of the Lord blows on them.

Surely the people are grass.

8The grass withers and the flowers fall,

but the word of our God endures for ever.’

9You who bring good news to Zion,

go up on a high mountain.

You who bring good news to Jerusalem,40:9 Or Zion, bringer of good news, / go up on a high mountain. / Jerusalem, bringer of good news

lift up your voice with a shout,

lift it up, do not be afraid;

say to the towns of Judah,

‘Here is your God!’

10See, the Sovereign Lord comes with power,

and he rules with a mighty arm.

See, his reward is with him,

and his recompense accompanies him.

11He tends his flock like a shepherd:

he gathers the lambs in his arms

and carries them close to his heart;

he gently leads those that have young.

12Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,

or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens?

Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket,

or weighed the mountains on the scales

and the hills in a balance?

13Who can fathom the Spirit40:13 Or mind of the Lord,

or instruct the Lord as his counsellor?

14Whom did the Lord consult to enlighten him,

and who taught him the right way?

Who was it that taught him knowledge,

or showed him the path of understanding?

15Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket;

they are regarded as dust on the scales;

he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.

16Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires,

nor its animals enough for burnt offerings.

17Before him all the nations are as nothing;

they are regarded by him as worthless

and less than nothing.

18With whom, then, will you compare God?

To what image will you liken him?

19As for an idol, a metalworker casts it,

and a goldsmith overlays it with gold

and fashions silver chains for it.

20A person too poor to present such an offering

selects wood that will not rot;

they look for a skilled worker

to set up an idol that will not topple.

21Do you not know?

Have you not heard?

Has it not been told you from the beginning?

Have you not understood since the earth was founded?

22He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,

and its people are like grasshoppers.

He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,

and spreads them out like a tent to live in.

23He brings princes to naught

and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.

24No sooner are they planted,

no sooner are they sown,

no sooner do they take root in the ground,

than he blows on them and they wither,

and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.

25‘To whom will you compare me?

Or who is my equal?’ says the Holy One.

26Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:

who created all these?

He who brings out the starry host one by one

and calls forth each of them by name.

Because of his great power and mighty strength,

not one of them is missing.

27Why do you complain, Jacob?

Why do you say, Israel,

‘My way is hidden from the Lord;

my cause is disregarded by my God’?

28Do you not know?

Have you not heard?

The Lord is the everlasting God,

the Creator of the ends of the earth.

He will not grow tired or weary,

and his understanding no-one can fathom.

29He gives strength to the weary

and increases the power of the weak.

30Even youths grow tired and weary,

and young men stumble and fall;

31but those who hope in the Lord

will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not grow weary,

they will walk and not be faint.