Ezekiel 13

1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ,

2 “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Tell those who prophesy out of their own imagination: Hear the word of the LORD!

“Onipa ba, hyɛ nkɔm tia Israel adiyifoɔ a wɔhyɛ nkɔm seesei. Ka kyerɛ wɔn a wɔbɔ wɔn tirim hyɛ nkɔm no sɛ: ‘Montie Awurade asɛm!

3 This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, yet have seen nothing.

Yei na Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Nnome nka adiyifoɔ nkwaseafoɔ a wɔdi wɔn ankasa honhom akyi na wɔnhunuu hwee no.

4 Your prophets, O Israel, are like foxes among the ruins.

Ao Israelfoɔ, mo adiyifoɔ yi te sɛ mmubuiɛ mu kɔkɔbo.

5 You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.

Monkɔeɛ sɛ morekɔsiesie afasuo no afaafa a abubu no ama Israel efie, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛtumi agyina pintinn wɔ ɔko no ano, Awurade ɛda no.’

6 They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.

Wɔn adehunu yɛ atorɔ, na wɔn adebisa yɛ nnaadaa. Wɔka sɛ, ‘Awurade aka sɛ,’ wɔ ɛberɛ a Awurade nsomaa wɔn, nanso wɔhwɛ anim sɛ wɔn nkɔmhyɛ bɛba mu.

7 Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?

Sɛ wɔka sɛ, ‘Yei na Awurade seɛ’, wɔ ɛberɛ a menkasaeɛ a, na wɔn anisoadehunu nnyɛ atorɔ? Na wɔn adebisa nso, ɛnnyɛ nnaadaa anaa?

8 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.

“Ɛno enti, sɛdeɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ nie: ‘Mo nsɛm a ɛyɛ atorɔ ne mo nnaadaa anisoadehunu enti, me ne mo anya’, Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie.

9 My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.

Me nsa bɛtia adiyifoɔ a wɔn anisoadehunu yɛ atorɔ na wɔn abisa yɛ nnaadaa. Wɔremfra me nkurɔfoɔ badwafoɔ mu, na wɔrentwerɛ wɔn din wɔ Israel efie nwoma no mu, na wɔn nan rensi Israel asase so. Na afei wɔbɛhunu sɛ mene Otumfoɔ Awurade.

10 Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,

“Esiane sɛ wɔama me nkurɔfoɔ ayera ɛkwan, na wɔka sɛ ‘Asomdwoeɛ’, wɔ ɛberɛ a asomdwoeɛ nni hɔ, na afei, sɛ wɔto ɔfasuo a ɛnni ahoɔden bi a wɔde akaadoo afa so enti,

11 tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.

ka kyerɛ wɔn a wɔka akaadoo no sɛ, ɔfasuo no rebɛbu. Osubrane bɛtɔ, na mɛsoma asukɔtweaa, na mframa a ano yɛ den bɛbɔ.

12 Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is the whitewash with which you covered it?’

Na sɛ ɔfasuo no bu gu fam a, nnipa remmisa wɔn sɛ, ‘ɛhe na akaadoo a wɔde sraa ho no afa’ anaa?

13 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.

“Ɛno enti, deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ nie: ‘Mʼabufuhyeɛ mu, mɛma ahum atu, na mʼabufuo mu no, asukɔtweaa ne osubrane de adesɛeɛ ahoɔden atɔ.

14 I will tear down the wall you whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Mɛdwiri ɔfasuo a mode akaadoo afa ho no na mabubu agu fam ama ne fapem ho ada hɔ. Sɛ ɔfasuo no hwe ase a, wɔbɛsɛe mo wɔ mu, na mobɛhunu sɛ mene Awurade.

15 And after I have vented My wrath against the wall and against those who whitewashed it, I will say to you: ‘The wall is gone, and so are those who whitewashed it—

Enti mede mʼabufuhyeɛ bɛkɔ ɔfasuo no ne wɔn a wɔde akaadoo sraa ho no so. Mɛka akyerɛ mo sɛ, ɔfasuo no nni hɔ bio, na saa ara na wɔn a wɔde akaadoo sraa ho no nni hɔ.

16 those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Lord GOD.’

Wɔyɛ Israel adiyifoɔ a wɔhyɛɛ nkɔm maa Yerusalem na wɔhunuu asomdwoeɛ anisoadeɛ, wɔ ɛberɛ a asomdwoeɛ nni hɔ’, Otumfoɔ Awurade na ɔseɛ.

17 Now, O son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them

“Afei, onipa ba, ma wʼani nkɔ wo mmaa a wɔbɔ wɔn tirim hyɛ nkɔm so. Hyɛ nkɔm tia wɔn

18 and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own?

na ka sɛ, ‘Yei na Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Nnome nka mmaa a wɔpempam ntafowayie dwomfadeɛ hyehyɛ wɔn abakɔn na wɔpempam nkatanimu ntiawa ne atentene kata wɔn anim de sum nnipa afidie. Mobɛsum me nkurɔfoɔ nkwa afidie, na mo deɛ, moakora mo deɛ?

19 You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.

Moasopa me wɔ me nkurɔfoɔ mu de agye atokoɔ nsabuo kakra bi ne burodo asinasini. Monam atorɔ a modi kyerɛ me nkurɔfoɔ a wɔtie atorɔ so akunkum wɔn a anka ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔ wuwu, na moama wɔn a anka ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔtena nkwa mu no afa wɔn ho adi.

20 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: See, I am against the magic charms with which you ensnare souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. So I will free the souls you have ensnared like birds.

“‘No enti, yei na Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Metia mo ntafowayie dwomfadeɛ a mode sum nkurɔfoɔ afidie sɛ nnomaa no, na mɛtete afiri mo abasa so; mɛgyaa nnipa a mosum wɔn afidie sɛ nnomaa no.

21 I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Mɛtete mo nkatanimu no mu afiri mo anim, na magye me nkurɔfoɔ nkwa afiri mo nsam, na morennya wɔn so tumi bio. Afei mobɛhunu sɛ me ne Awurade.

22 Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,

Esiane sɛ mode atorɔ maa teneneefoɔ aba mu buiɛ wɔ ɛberɛ a menhyɛɛ wɔn awerɛhoɔ, na mohyɛɛ amumuyɛfoɔ nkuran sɛ wɔnkɔ so wɔ wɔn akwan bɔne so na moagye wɔn nkwa no

23 therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”

enti, morenhunu atorɔ anisoadeɛ bio na mobɛgyae ntafowayie nso. Mɛgye me nkurɔfoɔ afiri mo nsa mu, na afei mobɛhunu sɛ me ne Awurade no.’”