Ezekiel 5

1 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife; a barber's razor shalt thou take; and cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy beard: and thou shalt take balances to weigh, and divide the [hair].

“Azɔ, ame vi, tsɔ yi ɖaɖɛ aɖe, wɔ eŋu dɔ abe takola aɖe ƒe hɛ ene, eye nàlũ wò taɖa kple ge. Le esia megbe la, ma ɖa la le nudanu dzi.

2 A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part, [and] smite about it with a knife; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.

Ne wò toɖeɖe ɖe du la ƒe ŋkekewo wu enu la, tɔ dzo ɖa la ƒe mama etɔ̃lia ƒe ɖeka le dua me. Tsɔ yi la ƒo mama evelia ƒo xlã du la, eye nàwu mama etɔ̃lia ɖe yame, elabena maɖe yi le aku me atsɔ anya wo ɖe du nu.

3 And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts;

Ke ɖe ɖa sue aɖe dzra ɖo ɖe wò awu ƒe biɖedziwo me,

4 and thou shalt take of these again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire: from it shall a fire come forth against all the house of Israel.

eye nàgatsɔ ɖa sue aɖe ade dzo me. Dzo abi tso afi ma age ɖe Israel ƒe aƒe blibo la me.

5 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem: I have set her in the midst of the nations, and the countries are round about her.

“Nya si Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye si, ‘Esiae nye Yerusalem si metsɔ da ɖe dukɔwo dome, eye anyigba geɖewo ƒo xlãe.

6 And she hath rebelled against my judgments in wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for mine ordinances have they refused; and my statutes, they have not walked in them.

Ke le eƒe vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi ta la, edze aglã ɖe nye sewo kple ɖoɖowo ŋu wu ale si dukɔ kple anyigba siwo ƒo xlãe la wɔ. Egbe nye sewo, eye mezɔ ɖe nye ɖoɖowo nu o.’

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have been turbulent more than the nations that are round about you, [and] have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept mine ordinances, nor [even] have done according to the ordinances of the nations that are round about you;

“Eya ta nya si Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye si, ‘Miedze aglã wu dukɔ siwo ƒo xlã mi, miezɔ ɖe nye ɖoɖowo nu o, eye mielé nye sewo me ɖe asi o. Miaƒe wɔnawo menyo abe dukɔ siwo ƒo xlã mi la tɔwo gɔ hã ene o.’

8 therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations;

“Eya ta nya si Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye si, ‘Nye ŋutɔ medo dɔmedzoe ɖe wò, Yerusalem ŋu, eye mahe to na wò le dukɔwo ŋkume.

9 and I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.

Le miaƒe legba nyɔŋuwo katã ta la, mawɔ nu si nyemewɔ kpɔ o la mi, esi nyemagawɔ gbeɖe o.

10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter to all the winds.

Eya ta le mia dome la, fofowo aɖu wo viwo, eye viwo aɖu wo fofowo. Mahe to na mi, eye makaka mia dometɔ siwo atsi agbe la ahlẽ ɖe yawo nu.’

11 Wherefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, verily because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also withdraw mine eye, and it shall not spare, nor will I have any pity.

Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔ be, ‘Eya ta meta nye agbe, zi ale si miegblẽ kɔ ɖo na nye Kɔkɔeƒe kple miaƒe legba nyɔŋuwo kple kɔnu vlowo ta la, nye ŋutɔ maɖe nye amenuveve ɖa le mia dzi. Nyemakpɔ nublanui na mi o, eye nyemaɖe mi o.

12 A third part of thee shall die by the pestilence, and shall be consumed by the famine in the midst of thee; and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part to all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.

Mia dome mama etɔ̃ ƒe ɖeka aku le dɔvɔ̃ ta alo atsrɔ̃ to dɔwuame me, mama etɔ̃ ƒe ɖeka bubu atsi yi nu le miaƒe gliwo godo, eye mama etɔ̃ ƒe ɖeka mamlɛa maka ahlẽ ɖe yawo nu, eye maɖe yi le aku me anya wo ɖe du nu.’

13 And mine anger shall be accomplished, and I will satisfy my fury upon them, and I will comfort myself; and they shall know that I Jehovah have spoken in my jealousy, when I have accomplished my fury upon them.

“Ekema nye dziku nu atso, eye nye dɔmedzoe ɖe wo ŋu nu abɔbɔ, nye dzi afa, eye woanya be nye, Yehowae ƒo nu kple ŋuʋaʋã nenye be metrɔ nye dziku katã kɔ ɖe wo dzi.

14 And I will make thee a waste and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

“Miazu gbegbe, alɔmeɖenu le dukɔ siwo ƒo xlã mi la dome, le emetsolawo katã ƒe ŋkume.

15 And it shall be a reproach, and a taunt, an instruction, and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments upon thee in anger, and in fury, and in furious rebukes: I, Jehovah, have spoken.

Miazu alɔmeɖenu, vlodonu, nuxlɔ̃amenu kple ŋɔdzi na dukɔ siwo ƒo xlã mi ne mehe to na mi le nye dɔmedzoe kple dziku me. Nye Yehowae gblɔe.

16 When I send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for [their] destruction, which I send to destroy you, then will I increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread.

Ne metsɔ nye dɔwuame ƒe aŋutrɔ siwo hea ku vɛ, eye wogblẽa nu da mi la, mada wo be woatsrɔ̃ mi. Mana dɔwuame nagasẽ ɖe edzi wu tsã le mia dome, eye maxe mɔ na nuɖuɖu ƒe mia gbɔ ɖoɖo.

17 And I will send upon you famine and evil beasts, which shall bereave thee of children; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee: I, Jehovah, have spoken.

Mana dɔwuame kple lã wɔadãwo nava mia dzi, eye woana viwo maganɔ mia si o. Dɔ vɔ̃ kple ʋukɔkɔɖi ava mia dzi, eye matsɔ yi ɖe mia ŋu. Nye Yehowae gblɔe.”