< Ezekiel 34 >
1 The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ:
2 "Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and tell them, even to the shepherds, 'Thus says the LORD: "Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves. Shouldn't the shepherds feed the sheep?
“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 fat, and you clothe yourself with the wool, you kill the fatlings; but you do not feed the sheep.
Monom nufosuo, mode mmoa no ho nwi fira mo ho na mokum mmoa a wɔadɔre nanso monhwɛ nnwankuo no.
4 You haven't strengthened the diseased, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought back that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor you have ruled over them.
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 there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the animals of the field.
Ɛno enti wɔbɔ hweteeɛ, ɛfiri sɛ wɔnni hwɛfoɔ, na wɔbɔ hweteeɛ no, wɔbɛyɛɛ hanam maa wiram mmoa nyinaa.
6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth; and there was none who searched or sought."'
Me nnwan kyinkyini mmepɔ ne nkokoɔ nyinaa so. Wɔbɔɔ wɔn petee asase so baabiara, na obiara anhwehwɛ wɔn.
7 "'"Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
“‘Enti, mo nnwanhwɛfoɔ, montie Awurade asɛm:
8 'As I live,' says the LORD, 'surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and didn't feed my sheep';
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 therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
enti, nnwanhwɛfoɔ, montie Awurade asɛm:
10 Thus says the LORD: 'Look, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.'"
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 thus says the LORD: "Look, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
“‘Na yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Me ara mɛhwehwɛ me nnwan na mahwɛ wɔn so.
12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark 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 bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of 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 feed them with good pasture; and on the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed on the 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 be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down," says the LORD.
Me ara mɛhwɛ me nnwan na mama wɔadeda hɔ. Awurade asɛm nie.
16 "I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice."
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 "'As for you, O my flock, thus says the LORD: "Look, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the male goats.
“‘Na mo, me nnwankuo, yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Mɛbu odwan baako ne ɔfoforɔ ntam atɛn ne mpapo ne nnwennini ntam.
18 Does it seem a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? And to have drunk of the clear waters, but you must foul the residue 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 As for my sheep, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet."
Ɛsɛ sɛ me nnwankuo di deɛ moatiatia so na wɔnom deɛ mode mo nan ahono anaa?
20 "'Therefore thus says the LORD to them: "Look, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
“‘Ɛno enti sei na Otumfoɔ Awurade ka kyerɛ wɔn: Monhwɛ, me ara mɛbu nnwan a wɔadɔre ne nnwan a wɔafonfɔn ntam atɛn.
21 Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad;
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 therefore I will save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.
mɛgye me nnwankuo na wɔrenfom wɔn bio. Mɛbu odwan baako ne ɔfoforɔ ntam atɛn.
23 I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall 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 prince among them;" I, the LORD, have spoken it.
Na me, Awurade, mɛyɛ wɔn Onyankopɔn na me ɔsomfoɔ Dawid ayɛ wɔn mu ɔberempɔn. Me Awurade na maka.
25 "'I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
“‘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 make them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall 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 tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those who made slaves of them.
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 shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the animals of the earth devour them; but they shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.
Amanaman no renyɛ wɔn fomfa adeɛ bio, na wiram mmoa nso renkyere wɔn nnwe. Wɔbɛtena asomdwoeɛ mu na obiara renhunahuna wɔn.
29 I will raise up to them a plantation for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with famine in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations any more.
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 They shall know that I, the LORD, their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people," says the LORD.
Afei wɔbɛhunu sɛ me Awurade, wɔn Onyankopɔn ne wɔn wɔ hɔ, na wɔn, Israel efie yɛ me nkurɔfoɔ, Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie.
31 "You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God," says the LORD.'"
Mo, me nnwan, mʼadidibea nnwan yɛ me nkurɔfoɔ, na mene mo Onyankopɔn, Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie.’”