Ezekiel 22
1 Moreover the word of YHWH came unto me, saying,
Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ:
2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
“Onipa ba, wobɛbu Yerusalem atɛn? Wobɛbu saa mogyahwiegu kuropɔn yi atɛn anaa? Ɛnneɛ fa ne nneyɛɛ a ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ no nyinaa si nʼanim
3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Sovereign YHWH, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
na ka sɛ: ‘Yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Ao kuropɔn a ɔnam mogya hwieguo so de nnome aba ne ho so na ɔde ahoni a ɔyɛ agu ne ho fi,
4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
woadi fɔ wɔ mogya a woahwie agu na woagu wo ho fi wɔ ahoni a woayɛ enti. Woama wo nna abɛn, na wo mfeɛ awieeɛ no aba. Enti mɛyɛ wo ahohoradeɛ wɔ amanaman no mu, ne asredeɛ wɔ amantam no nyinaa mu.
5 Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
Wɔn a wɔbɛn ne wɔn a wɔwɔ akyirikyiri bɛdi wo ho fɛw, Ao Kuropɔn a ɛnni animuonyam, na basabasayɛ ahyɛ no ma.
6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
“‘Hwɛ sɛdeɛ Israel mmapɔmma a wɔwɔ wo mu no mu biara de ne tumi hwie mogya guo.
7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Wɔabu agya ne ɛna animtiaa wɔ wo mu. Wɔahyɛ ɔnanani so, na wɔatane awisiaa ne akunafoɔ ani.
8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my Sabbaths.
Wɔabu mʼakronkronneɛ animtiaa na woagu me home nna ho fi.
9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
Wo mu na mmarima ntwatosofoɔ a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔhwie mogya guo wɔ, wɔn a wɔdidi wɔ sorɔnsorɔmmea abosonnan mu, na wɔyɛ ahohoradeɛ.
10 In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
Wo mu na wɔn a wɔgu wɔn agyanom mpa ho fi wɔ. Wɔn a wɔne mmaa a wɔabu wɔn nsa, na wɔn ho nteɛ no da no wɔ wo mu.
11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
Wo mu na ɔbarima ne ne yɔnko yere yɛ bɔne a ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ. Ɔfoforɔ ne nʼase baa da wɔ animguaseɛ mu, na ɔfoforɔ ne ne nuabaa da, ɔno ankasa nʼagya babaa.
12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Sovereign YHWH.
Wo mu na nnipa gye adanmudeɛ ka mogya guo; wɔgye nsihoɔ ne mfasoɔ a ɛboro so firi wɔn mfɛfoɔ nkyɛn de nya wɔn ho bebree. Na mo werɛ afiri me, Otumfoɔ Awurade na ɔseɛ.
13 Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
“‘Ampa ara mɛbɔ me nsam agu wʼasisie ahonya ne mogya a woahwie agu no so.
14 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I YHWH have spoken it, and will do it.
Wʼakokoduro bɛtumi agyina anaa sɛ wo nsa bɛyɛ den ɛda no a me ne wo bɛnya no anaa? Me Awurade na akasa, na mɛyɛ.
15 And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
Mɛhwete wo mu agu amanaman no so, na mabɔ wo apansam amantam no mu; na mede wo afideyɛ aba nʼawieeɛ.
16 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am YHWH.
Sɛ wɔgu wo ho fi wɔ amanaman no mu a, wobɛhunu sɛ mene Awurade no.’”
17 And the word of YHWH came unto me, saying,
Afei, Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ:
18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
“Onipa ba, Israel efie abɛyɛ dwetɛ ase fi ama me; wɔn nyinaa yɛ kɔbere, sanya, dadeɛ ne sumpii a wɔagya wɔ fononoo mu. Wɔyɛ dwetɛ fi hunaa.
19 Therefore thus saith the Sovereign YHWH; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
Ɛno enti sei na Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: ‘Esiane sɛ mo nyinaa abɛyɛ dwetɛ fi enti, mɛboaboa mo ano wɔ Yerusalem.
20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.
Sɛdeɛ nnipa boaboa dwetɛ, kɔbere, sumpii ne sanya ano hyɛ fononoo mu de egyadɛreɛ a ano yɛ dene nane no, saa ara na mɛfiri mʼabufuo ne mʼabufuhyeɛ mu aboaboa mo ano wɔ kuropɔn no mu na manane mo.
21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
Mɛboaboa mo ano na mahu mʼabufuhyeɛ ogya agu mo so, na moanane wɔ ne mu.
22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I YHWH have poured out my fury upon you.
Sɛdeɛ wɔnane dwetɛ wɔ fononoo mu no, saa ara na mobɛnane wɔ ne mu na moahunu sɛ me Awurade na mahwie mʼabufuhyeɛ agu mo so.’”
23 And the word of YHWH came unto me, saying,
Na Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn bio sɛ:
24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
“Onipa ba, ka kyerɛ asase no sɛ, ‘Woyɛ asase a woanya osutɔ anaa osuo ampete wo so wɔ abufuo ɛda no.’
25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
Ne mmapɔmma abɔ pɔ bɔne wɔ ne mu te sɛ gyata a ɔbobɔm na ɔtete ne haboa mu. Wɔwe nnipa nam, wɔfa ademudeɛ ne nneɛma a ɛsom bo na wɔma akunafoɔ dɔɔso wɔ ne mu.
26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Nʼasɔfoɔ bu me mmara so na wɔgu mʼakronkronneɛ ho fi; wɔnnkyerɛ nsonsonoeɛ a ɛda deɛ ɛyɛ kronn ne deɛ ɛnyɛ kronn ntam; wɔkyerɛkyerɛ sɛ nsonsonoeɛ biara nna deɛ ɛho nteɛ ne deɛ ɛho teɛ ntam, na wɔbu wɔn ani gu me home nna die so, de gu me ho fi wɔ wɔn mu.
27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
Nʼadwumayɛfoɔ te sɛ mpataku a wɔretete wɔn ahaboa mu; wɔhwie mogya gu na wɔkum nnipa de pɛ mfasoɔ bɔne.
28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Sovereign YHWH, when YHWH hath not spoken.
Nʼadiyifoɔ nam atorɔ anisoadehunu ne nkontompo nkɔmhyɛ so ma saa nnebɔne yi yɛ fitaa. Wɔka sɛ, ‘Yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ,’ wɔ ɛberɛ a Awurade nkasaeɛ.
29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
Asase no so nnipa di amin na wɔbɔ korɔno; wɔhyɛ ahiafoɔ ne mmɔborɔfoɔ so, wɔnnye ahɔhoɔ ani na wɔde atɛntenenee kame wɔn.
30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
“Mehwehwɛɛ obi wɔ wɔn mu a ɔbɛto ɔfasuo no na wagyina mʼanim wɔ asase no anan mu, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a merensɛe asase no, nanso manhunu obiara.
31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Master YHWH.
Ɛno enti, mɛhwie mʼabufuhyeɛ agu wɔn so, na mede mʼabufuo a ɛyɛ hu no atɔre wɔn ase, na mama deɛ wɔayɛ nyinaa abɔ wɔn tiri so, Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie.”
