Ezekiel 34
1 A message from the Lord came to me, saying,
Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ:
2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds who lead Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord God says: Disaster is coming to the shepherds of Israel, who only look after themselves, and not the sheep! Shouldn't shepherds make sure their flock is fed?
“Onipa ba, hyɛ nkɔm tia Israel nnwanhwɛfoɔ: hyɛ nkɔm na ka kyerɛ wɔn sɛ: ‘Yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Nnome nka Israel nnwanhwɛfoɔ a wɔhwɛ wɔn ankasa nko ara so. Ɛnsɛ sɛ nnwanhwɛfoɔ hwɛ nnwankuo no anaa?
3 You eat the cream, you use the wool for clothes, and you slaughter the fattened sheep, but you don't feed the flock.
Monom nufosuo, mode mmoa no ho nwi fira mo ho na mokum mmoa a wɔadɔre nanso monhwɛ nnwankuo no.
4 You haven't taken care of the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought home the strays, or looked for the lost. On the contrary, you ruled them using violence and cruelty.
Monhyɛɛ wɔn a wɔyɛ mmerɛ no den, nsaa ayarefoɔ yadeɛ na monkyekyeree apirafoɔ akuro. Momfaa wɔn a wɔabɔ ko mmaeɛ na monhwehwɛɛ wɔn a wɔayera. Mode ɔhyɛ ne atirimuɔden na ahwɛ wɔn so.
5 They were scattered because they didn't have a shepherd. When they scattered they were preyed on by all the wild animals for food.
Ɛno enti wɔbɔ hweteeɛ, ɛfiri sɛ wɔnni hwɛfoɔ, na wɔbɔ hweteeɛ no, wɔbɛyɛɛ hanam maa wiram mmoa nyinaa.
6 My sheep strayed, going to all the mountains and high hills. They were scattered everywhere, and there was no one to go and look for them.
Me nnwan kyinkyini mmepɔ ne nkokoɔ nyinaa so. Wɔbɔɔ wɔn petee asase so baabiara, na obiara anhwehwɛ wɔn.
7 So, you shepherds, listen to what the Lord has to say:
“‘Enti, mo nnwanhwɛfoɔ, montie Awurade asɛm:
8 As I live, declares the Lord God, because my sheep didn't have a shepherd and were preyed on by all the wild animals for food, and because my shepherds didn't look after my sheep but instead only fed themselves,
Nokorɛm, sɛ mete ase yi, Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie, ɛsiane sɛ me nnwankuo nni ɔhwɛfoɔ enti wɔawiawia wɔn na wɔayɛ hanam ama wiram mmoa, na ɛsiane sɛ nnwanhwɛfoɔ no anhwehwɛ me nnwan no na mmom wɔhwɛɛ wɔn ankasa ho na wɔtoo me nnwan no asaworam
9 so, you shepherds, you listen to what the Lord has to say!
enti, nnwanhwɛfoɔ, montie Awurade asɛm:
10 This is what the Lord God says: Watch out, because I'm condemning the shepherds, and I will take my sheep back and stop them looking after the sheep so they won't be able to feed themselves anymore. I will take away my sheep from them, and I won't let them eat the sheep anymore.
Yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Me ne nnwanhwɛfoɔ no anya na mɛma wɔabu me nnwankuo no ho akonta. Memma wɔnhwɛ nnwankuo no bio sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a wɔrenkum nnwan no nnwe; mɛgye me nnwankuo afiri wɔn anom na wɔrenyɛ wɔn aduane bio.
11 For this is what the Lord God says: Watch as I myself will go looking for my sheep, searching to find them.
“‘Na yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Me ara mɛhwehwɛ me nnwan na mahwɛ wɔn so.
12 Just like a shepherd goes looking for his lost sheep when he is with the flock, so I will look for my sheep. I will rescue them from everywhere they were scattered on a dark and dismal day.
Sɛdeɛ odwanhwɛfoɔ hwɛ ne nnwan a wɔahwete ɛberɛ a ɔwɔ wɔn nkyɛn no, saa ara na mɛhwɛ me nnwan so. Mɛyi wɔn afiri mmea mmea a wɔhwete kɔeɛ wɔ omununkum ne esum ɛda no.
13 I will take them out from among the other nations. I will gather them from the different countries, and bring them back to their own country. Like a shepherd I will have them feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the valleys and everywhere that people live in the country.
Mede wɔn bɛfiri amanaman so aba na maboaboa wɔn ano afiri nsase so na mede wɔn aba wɔn ankasa asase so. Mɛma wɔadidi wɔ Israel mmepɔ so, subɔnhwa ne asase no so atenaeɛ nyinaa.
14 I will provide them with good pasture and places to graze in the high mountains of Israel. They will also be able to rest there in the good pasture and in the places to graze in mountains of Israel.
Mehwɛ wɔn so wɔ adidibea papa, na Israel mmepɔ atentene so bɛyɛ wɔn adidibea. Ɛhɔ na wɔbɛdeda adidibea asase papa so, na ɛhɔ na wɔbɛwe ɛserɛ frɔmfrɔm wɔ Israel mmepɔ so.
15 I myself will look after my sheep and give them a place to rest, declares the Lord God.
Me ara mɛhwɛ me nnwan na mama wɔadeda hɔ. Awurade asɛm nie.
16 I will go looking for the lost, bring home the strays, bandage the injured, and strengthen the weak. However, I will destroy those who are fat and strong. Because I do what's right, I will be sure to take care of them.
Mɛhwehwɛ deɛ wayera na mede deɛ wabɔ ko asane aba. Mɛkyekyere deɛ wapira no akuro, na mahyɛ deɛ ɔyɛ mmerɛ no den, nanso deɛ wadɔre ne deɛ ne ho yɛ den no, mɛsɛe wɔn. Mede tenenee bɛhwɛ nnwankuo no.
17 My flock, this is what the Lord God says to you: Watch, because I will judge between one sheep and the next, between the rams and the goats.
“‘Na mo, me nnwankuo, yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Mɛbu odwan baako ne ɔfoforɔ ntam atɛn ne mpapo ne nnwennini ntam.
18 Aren't you satisfied with feeding in good pasture? Do you have to trample down the rest of the pasture with your feet? Aren't you satisfied to drink the clear water? Do you have to muddy the rest of it with your feet?
Adidibea papa a modidi soɔ no, ɛyɛ ade ketewa ma mo anaa? Ɛsɛ sɛ mode mo nan tiatia mo adidibea a aka no nso so anaa? Ɛnsɔ mo ani sɛ monom nsuo a ani yɛ korɔgyenn anaa? Ɛsɛ sɛ mode mo nan hono nkaeɛ no anaa?
19 Why does my flock have to feed on what your feet have trampled down, and drink the water that your feet have muddied?
Ɛsɛ sɛ me nnwankuo di deɛ moatiatia so na wɔnom deɛ mode mo nan ahono anaa?
20 That's why the Lord God says to them: Watch, because I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the skinny sheep.
“‘Ɛno enti sei na Otumfoɔ Awurade ka kyerɛ wɔn: Monhwɛ, me ara mɛbu nnwan a wɔadɔre ne nnwan a wɔafonfɔn ntam atɛn.
21 Since you push others around with your sides and your shoulders, and use your horns to attack all the weak ones until you have chased them away,
Esiane sɛ, mode mo nkyɛnmu ne mmatire puapua nnwan a wɔnni ahoɔden na mode mo mmɛn pempem wɔn kɔsi sɛ mobɛpam wɔn akɔ akyirikyiri enti,
22 I will rescue my flock, and they will no longer be your victims. I will judge between one sheep and the next.
mɛgye me nnwankuo na wɔrenfom wɔn bio. Mɛbu odwan baako ne ɔfoforɔ ntam atɛn.
23 I will put one shepherd in charge of them, my servant David, and he will take care of them. He will take care of them and be their shepherd.
Mɛma odwanhwɛfoɔ baako, me ɔsomfoɔ Dawid, ahwɛ wɔn so, na ɔbɛyɛn wɔn na wayɛ wɔn hwɛfoɔ.
24 I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David will be their leader. I the Lord have spoken.
Na me, Awurade, mɛyɛ wɔn Onyankopɔn na me ɔsomfoɔ Dawid ayɛ wɔn mu ɔberempɔn. Me Awurade na maka.
25 I will make an agreement of peace with them, and get rid of the wild animals from the country, so that they can live safely in the wilderness and sleep securely in the forest.
“‘Me ne wɔn bɛyɛ asomdwoeɛ apam na matɔre nkekaboa ase wɔ asase no so sɛdeɛ wɔbɛtumi atena ɛserɛ so na wɔadeda kwaeɛ mu asomdwoeɛ mu.
26 I will bless them and everywhere around my hill. I will send rain at the right time. They will be showers of blessing.
Mɛhyira wɔn ne mmea mmea a atwa me kokoɔ ho ahyia. Mɛtɔ bosuo wɔ ne berɛ mu, na ɛbɛyɛ nhyira bosuo.
27 The trees in the orchards will produce their fruit; the earth will grow its crops; and my flock will be live in safety in their country. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I break their yokes of slavery, and set them free from those who made them slaves.
Mfuo so nnua bɛso wɔn aba na asase no nso abɔ nʼaduane. Nnipa no bɛtena wɔn asase so dwoodwoo. Mɛbubu wɔn kɔnnua na magye wɔn afiri wɔn a wɔde wɔn yɛɛ nkoa nsam na wɔbɛhunu sɛ mene Awurade no.
28 They won't be the victims of other nations anymore, and wild animals won't eat them. They will live in safety, and no one will terrorize them.
Amanaman no renyɛ wɔn fomfa adeɛ bio, na wiram mmoa nso renkyere wɔn nnwe. Wɔbɛtena asomdwoeɛ mu na obiara renhunahuna wɔn.
29 I will make their fields produce remarkable harvests, and they won't suffer famine in their country again or be mocked by others.
Na mɛma wɔn asase a ɛso nnɔbaeɛ ama agye din, na aduanekɔm renne wɔn wɔ asase no so na wɔrenyɛ ahohora mma amanaman no.
30 Then they will know that I am with them as the Lord their God, and that the people of Israel belong to me, declares the Lord God.
Afei wɔbɛhunu sɛ me Awurade, wɔn Onyankopɔn ne wɔn wɔ hɔ, na wɔn, Israel efie yɛ me nkurɔfoɔ, Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie.
31 You are my sheep, the sheep that I feed. You are my people, and I am your God, declares the Lord God.”
Mo, me nnwan, mʼadidibea nnwan yɛ me nkurɔfoɔ, na mene mo Onyankopɔn, Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie.’”
