< Ezekiel 23 >

1 And it came [the] word of Yahweh to me saying.
Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ:
2 O son of humankind two women daughters of a mother one they were.
“Onipa ba, mmaa baanu a wɔyɛ ɔbaa baako mma tenaa ase.
3 And they acted as prostitutes in Egypt in youth their they acted as prostitutes there they were handled breasts their and there they squeezed [the] nipples of virginiti their.
Wɔbɛyɛɛ adwamammɔfoɔ wɔ Misraim, na wɔbɔɔ adwaman firii wɔn mmabaawaberɛ mu. Wɔmiamiaa wɔn nufu, feefee wɔn wɔ asase no so.
4 And names their [was] Oholah the old [one] and [was] Oholibah sister her and they belonged to me and they bore sons and daughters and names their [was] Samaria Oholah and [was] Jerusalem Oholibah.
Ɔpanin no din de Ohola ɛnna ne nuabaa no nso din de Oholiba. Na wɔyɛ me yerenom na wɔwowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa. Ohola ne Samaria ɛnna Oholiba nso ne Yerusalem.
5 And she acted as a prostitute Oholah under me and she lusted on lovers her to Assyria [were] warriors.
“Ohola da so ware me no, ɔbɔɔ adwaman; nʼani tu dii nʼapɛfoɔ akyi, Asiriafoɔ, akofoɔ no
6 Clothed of blue governors and officials young men of desire all of them horsemen riders of horses.
a wɔhyehyɛ ntadeɛ bibire, amradofoɔ ne asahene a wɔn nyinaa yɛ mmeranteɛ a wɔn ho yɛ fɛ na wɔtena apɔnkɔ soɔ.
7 And she gave prostitution her to them [were] [the] choicest of [the] sons of Assyria all of them and by all [those] whom she lusted after by all idols their she made herself unclean.
Ɔne Asiriafoɔ atitire bɔɔ adwaman, na ɔsomm wɔn a ɔdɔɔ wɔn nyinaa ahoni de guu ne ho fi.
8 And prostitution her since Egypt not she forsook if her they had lain with in youth her and they they had squeezed [the] nipples of virginiti her and they had poured out prostitution their on her.
Wannyae nʼadwamammɔ a ɔhyɛɛ aseɛ wɔ Misraim no, ɛberɛ a ɔyɛ ababaawa na mmarima ne no daeɛ, sosɔɔ ne mpokuwa mu na wɔhwiee wɔn akɔnnɔ guu ne soɔ.
9 Therefore I gave her in [the] hand of lovers her in [the] hand of [the] people of Assyria whom she had lusted on them.
“Ɛno enti mede no maa nʼadɔfoɔ Asiriafoɔ no a nʼani bere wɔn no.
10 They they uncovered nakedness her sons her and daughters her they took and her with the sword they killed and she became a name to women and judgments they brought about on her.
Wɔbɔɔ no adagya, faa ne mmammarima ne ne mmammaa kɔeɛ, na wɔde akofena kumm no. Ɔgyee ne din wɔ mmaa mu na asotwe baa no so.
11 And she saw sister her Oholibah and she acted corruptly lust her more than her and prostitution her more than [the] prostitutions of sister her.
“Ne nuabaa Oholiba hunuu yei nanso nʼakɔnnɔ bɔne ne nʼadwaman senee ne nuabaa no deɛ.
12 To [the] sons of Assyria she lusted governors and officials warriors clothed of perfection horsemen riders of horses [were] young men of desire all of them.
Ɔno nso dii Asiriafoɔ no akyi; amradofoɔ ne asahene, akofoɔ a wɔhyehyɛ wɔn ntadeɛ, apɔnkɔsotefoɔ a wɔn nyinaa yɛ mmeranteɛ ahoɔfɛfoɔ.
13 And I saw that she had made herself unclean way one [belonged] to both of them.
Mehunuu sɛ ɔno nso guu ne ho fi, wɔn baanu faa ɛkwan korɔ so.
14 And she added to prostitution her and she saw men of a carved [thing] on the wall [the] images of ([the] Chaldeans *Q(k)*) inscribed with vermilion.
“Na ɔtoaa nʼadwamammɔ no so kɔɔ akyiri. Ɔhunuu mmarima mfoni a wɔakurukyire agu ɔfasuo bi ho, Kaldeafoɔ mfoni a wɔde adukɔkɔɔ akrukyire
15 Girded of a waistband on hips their overhung of turbans on heads their [the] appearance of of icers all of them [the] likeness of [the] sons of Babylon Chaldea [was] [the] land of kindred their.
a abɔsoɔ bobɔ wɔn asene mu na abɔtiten bobɔ wɔn tiri a wɔn nyinaa te sɛ Babilonia nteaseɛnam mu mpanimfoɔ a wɔfiri Kaldea.
16 (And she lusted! *Q(K)*) on them to [the] sight of eyes her and she sent messengers to them Chaldea towards.
Ɔhunuu saa mfoni yi, ne kɔn dɔɔ wɔn na ɔsomaa abɔfoɔ kɔɔ wɔn nkyɛn wɔ Kaldea.
17 And they came to her [the] sons of Babylon to a bed of love and they defiled her by prostitution their and she became unclean by them and it was alienated self her from them.
Na Babiloniafoɔ no baa ne nkyɛn ne no bɛdaa ɔdɔ mpa so, na wɔn akɔnnɔ mu no, wɔguu ne ho fi. Wɔguu ne ho fi wieeɛ no wɔn ho fonoo no enti ɔgyaa wɔn.
18 And she uncovered prostitution her and she uncovered nakedness her and it was alienated self my from with her just as it had been alienated self my from with sister her.
Ɔkɔɔ so wɔ nʼadwamammɔ mu, bɔɔ ne ho adagya no, megyaa no hɔ sɛdeɛ megyaa ne nuabaa no hɔ pɛpɛɛpɛ.
19 And she increased prostitution her to remember [the] days of youth her when she acted as a prostitute in [the] land of Egypt.
Na ɔmaa nʼadwamammɔ no kɔɔ so ara de kaee ne mmabaawaberɛ a na ɔbɔ adwaman wɔ Misraim no.
20 And she lusted! on paramours their whom [was the] flesh of donkeys flesh their and [was the] ejaculation of horses ejaculation their.
Ɛhɔ na ɔne nʼadɔfoɔ a wɔn barima te sɛ mfunumu deɛ na wɔn ahobaa te sɛ apɔnkɔ deɛ no bɔɔ adwaman.
21 And you sought [the] licentiousness of youth your when squeezed since Egypt nipples your on account of [the] breasts of youth your.
Na wo kɔn dɔɔ wo mmabunu mu akɔnnɔ bɔne no, deɛ woyɛɛ wɔ Misraim a wɔsrasraa wo koko mu na wɔmiamiaa wo mpɔkowa no.
22 Therefore O Oholibah thus he says [the] Lord Yahweh here I [am] about to rouse lovers your on you [those] whom it was alienated self your from them and I will bring them on you from round about.
“Ɛno enti, Oholiba, yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Mɛhwanyan wʼadɔfoɔ atia wo, wɔn a wɔn ho fonoo woɔ ma wogyaa wɔn hɔ no; mede wɔn bɛfiri afanan nyinaa abɛtia wo.
23 [the] people of Babylon and all [the] Chaldeans Pekod and Shoa and Koa all [the] people of Assyria with them young men of desire governors and officials all of of them icers and called [ones] riders of horses all of them.
Babiloniafoɔ ne Kaldeafoɔ nyinaa, Pekod, Soa ne Koa mmarima, Asiriafoɔ no ne wɔn bɛba, mmeranteɛ ahoɔfɛfoɔ a wɔn nyinaa yɛ amradofoɔ, asahene, nteaseɛnam ho adwumayɛfoɔ ne mmarima a wɔkura diberɛ akɛseɛ a wɔn nyinaa tete apɔnkɔ soɔ.
24 And they will come on you weapon[s] chariot[s] and wheel[s] and with a company of peoples body shield and shield and helmet they will set up on you all around and I will set before them judgment and they will judge you by judgments their.
Wɔde akodeɛ, nteaseɛnam ahodoɔ ne nipadɔm bɛba abɛtia wo; wɔde akokyɛm akɛseɛ ne nketewa ne dadeɛ kyɛ bɛka wo ahyɛ. Mede wo bɛhyɛ wɔn nsa, na wɔagyina wɔn nhyehyɛeɛ so atwe wo aso.
25 And I will set jealousy my on you and they will deal with with you in rage nose your and ears your they will remove and remainder your by the sword it will fall they sons your and daughters your they will take and remainder your it will be consumed by fire.
Mɛdane me ninkunu abufuo no akyerɛ wo so, na wɔne wo bɛdi no anibereɛ so. Wɔbɛtwitwa mo hwene ne mo aso, na wɔn a wɔbɛka no, wɔbɛtotɔ wɔ akofena ano. Wɔbɛfa mo mmammarima ne mo mmammaa akɔ, na mo a moaka no wɔde ogya ahye mo.
26 And they will strip off you clothes your and they will take away [the] articles of beauty your.
Wɔbɛpa wo ho ntoma nso na wɔafa wʼadwinneɛ.
27 And I will cause to cease licentiousness your from you and prostitution your from [the] land of Egypt and not you will lift up eyes your to them and Egypt not you will remember again.
Ɛno enti mɛma wʼakɔnnɔbɔne ne adwamammɔ a wohyɛɛ aseɛ wɔ Misraim no aba nʼawieeɛ. Wo kɔn rennɔ saa nneɛma yi na worenkae Misraim bio.
28 For thus he says [the] Lord Yahweh here I [am] about to give you in [the] hand of [those] whom you hate in [the] hand of [those] whom it has been alienated self your from them.
“Na sei na Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Mede wo rebɛhyɛ wʼatamfoɔ nsa, wɔn a wɔn ho fonoo woɔ ma wogyaee wɔn no.
29 And they will deal with with you in hatred and they will take all property your and they will leave you nakedness and bareness and it will be uncovered [the] nakedness of prostitutions your and licentiousness your and prostitution your.
Wɔde ɔtan ne wo bɛdi, na wɔafa deɛ woayɛ adwuma apɛ nyinaa. Wɔbɛgya wo adagya ne kwaterekwa, na wʼadwamammɔ ho aniwuo no bɛda adi. Wʼaniwudeɛ ne wʼadwamansɛm no
30 They have done these [things] to you because acted as a prostitute you after nations on that you made yourself unclean by idols their.
na ɛde yeinom aba wo so, ɛfiri sɛ wo kɔn dɔɔ amanaman no na wode wɔn ahoni guu wo ho fi.
31 In [the] way of sister your you have walked and I will put cup her in hand your.
Woayɛ deɛ wo nuabaa yɛeɛ no bi; na ɛno enti mede ne kuruwa bɛhyɛ wo nsa.
32 Thus he says [the] Lord Yahweh [the] cup of sister your you will drink deep and wide it will become laughter and mockery much to contain.
“Yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: “Wobɛnom wo nuabaa kuruwa ano, kuruwa a ɛso na emu dɔ; ɛde fɛdie ne ahohora bɛba, ɛfiri sɛ deɛ ɛwɔ mu dɔɔso.
33 Drunkenness and sorrow you will be filled [is] a cup of horror and desolation [the] cup of sister your Samaria.
Nsãborɔ ne awerɛhoɔ bɛhyɛ wo ma, ɔsɛeɛ ne afoyɛ kuruwa no, wo nuabaa Samaria kuruwa no bɛhyɛ wo ma.
34 And you will drink it and you will drain [it] and fragments its you will break and breasts your you will tear out for I I have spoken [the] utterance of [the] Lord Yahweh.
Wobɛnom a hwee renka mu: wode bɛhwe fam ma abobɔ nketenkete na woatete wo mpokuwa mu. Me na maka, Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie.
35 Therefore thus he says [the] Lord Yahweh because you have forgotten me and you have thrown me behind back your and also you bear licentiousness your and prostitution your.
“Ɛno enti yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Esiane sɛ wo werɛ afiri me na woato me atwene wʼakyi enti, ɛsɛ sɛ wonya wʼaniwudeɛ ne wʼadwamammɔ so akatua.”
36 And he said Yahweh to me O son of humankind ¿ will you judge Oholah and Oholibah and declare to them abominations their.
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Onipa ba, wobɛbu Ohola ne Oholiba atɛn anaa? Ɛnneɛ fa wɔn akyiwadeɛ no si wɔn anim,
37 For they have committed adultery and blood [is] on hands their and with idols their they have committed adultery and also children their whom they bore to me they made pass through to them to food.
ɛfiri sɛ wɔasɛe awadeɛ, na mogya wɔ wɔn nsa ho. Wɔde wɔn ahoni na ɛsɛee awadeɛ no; na mpo wɔde wɔn mma a wɔwoo wɔn maa me no bɔɔ afɔdeɛ maa wɔn sɛ wɔn aduane.
38 Again this they have done to me they have made unclean sanctuary my on the day that and sabbaths my they have profaned.
Wɔde yei nso ayɛ me: Saa ɛberɛ korɔ no ara mu, wɔguu me kronkronbea ne me home nna ho fi.
39 And when had slaughtered they children their to idols their and they went into sanctuary my on the day that to profane it and there! thus they did in [the] midst of house my.
Ɛda a wɔde wɔn mma bɔɔ afɔdeɛ maa wɔn ahoni no ara, wɔhyɛnee me kronkronbea hɔ kɔguu ho fi. Yei na wɔyɛɛ wɔ me fie.
40 And also for they sent for men [who] come from a distance whom a messenger [was] sent to them and there! they came for whom you bathed you painted eyes your and you put on ornament[s].
“Wɔsomaa abɔfoɔ kɔfrɛɛ mmarima a wɔfiri akyirikyiri baeɛ, na wɔbɛduruiɛ no, modwareeɛ, kekaa mo ani akyi, de mo adwinneɛ hyehyɛɛ mo ho maa wɔn.
41 And you sat on a couch glorious and a table [was] arranged before it and incense my and oil my you put on it.
Motenaa akonnwa papa bi a wɔde ɛpono a wɔasɛ so asi anim. Ɛso na mode nnuhwam ne ngo a anka ɛyɛ me dea sisiiɛ.
42 And [the] sound of a multitude at ease [was] in her and to men from [the] multitude of humankind [were] brought (Sabeans *Q(K)*) from [the] wilderness and they put bracelets to hands their and a crown of beauty on heads their.
“Na hooyɛ a ɛfiri nipakuo bi a hwee mfa wɔn ho atwa ne ho ahyia. Wɔde Sabeafoɔ firi ɛserɛ no so ne mmarima a wɔfiri ɛdɔm no mu baeɛ na wɔde nkapo hyehyɛɛ ɔbaa no ne ne nua no nsa, na wɔhyɛɛ wɔn ahenkyɛ a ɛyɛ fɛ.
43 And I said of the [woman] worn out adulteries (now they will act as a prostitutes *Q(K)*) prostitution her and she.
Na meka faa deɛ awaresɛeɛ ama watete no ho sɛ, ‘Momma wɔnyɛ no sɛ odwamanfoɔ, ɛfiri sɛ saa ara pɛ na ɔteɛ.’
44 And he went into her as goes into a woman a prostitute so they went into Oholah and into Oholibah [the] women of licentiousness.
Na wɔne no daeɛ. Sɛdeɛ mmarima ne odwamanfoɔ da no, saa ara na wɔne saa mmaa a wɔn ho yɛ aniwuo no, Ohola ne Oholiba, daeɛ.
45 And people righteous they they will judge them judgment of adulteresses and judgment of [women who] shed blood for [are] adulteresses they and blood [is] on hands their.
Nanso mmarima teneneefoɔ de asotwe a wɔde ma mmaa a wɔsɛe awadeɛ na wɔka mogya guo bɛbu wɔn atɛn, ɛfiri sɛ wɔyɛ awaresɛefoɔ, na wɔn nsa ho wɔ mogya.
46 For thus he says [the] Lord Yahweh bring up on them a company and give over them to terror and to spoil.
“Yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Fa nipakuo bra bɛtia wɔn na ma ahunahuna ne ɔfom mmra wɔn so.
47 And they will stone on them stone[s] [the] company and they will cut down them with swords their sons their and daughters their they will kill and houses their with fire they will burn.
Nipakuo no bɛsi wɔn aboɔ na wɔde wɔn akofena bɛto ahyɛ wɔn so. Wɔbɛkunkum wɔn mmammarima ne wɔn mmammaa na wɔahye wɔn afie.
48 And I will cause to cease licentiousness from the land and they will be warned all the women and not they will do like licentiousness your.
“Ɛno enti mɛma aniwudeyɛ aba awieeɛ wɔ asase no so na abɔ afanan nyinaa kɔkɔ na wɔansua mo.
49 And people will requite licentiousness your to you and [the] sins of idols your you will bear and you will know that I [am the] Lord Yahweh.
Wobɛnya wʼaniwudeɛ so asotwe na woanya abosonsom ho bɔne so akatua. Afei wobɛhunu sɛ mene Otumfoɔ Awurade no.”

< Ezekiel 23 >