< Ezekiel 22 >
1 Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
Yehowa ƒe nya va nam be:
2 “You, son of man, will you judge? Will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations.
“Ame vi, àdrɔ̃ ʋɔnuia? Àdrɔ ʋɔnu ʋukɔkɔɖi ƒe dua? Ekema tsɔ eƒe ŋukpenanuwɔnawo ɖo eƒe ŋkume,
3 You shall say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “A city that sheds blood within herself, that her time may come, and that makes idols against herself to defile her!
eye nàgblɔ be, ‘Ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: Du si he tsɔtsrɔ̃ va eɖokui dzi to ʋukɔkɔɖi le eƒe amewo dome, eye wòdo gu eɖokui to aklamakpakpɛwo wɔwɔ na eɖokui me.
4 You have become guilty in your blood that you have shed, and are defiled in your idols which you have made! You have caused your days to draw near, and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.
Èɖi fɔ le ʋu si nèkɔ ɖi ta, eye nègblẽ kɔ ɖo na ɖokuiwò le aklamakpakpɛ siwo nèwɔ la ta. Èhe nuwuwu na wò ŋkekewo vɛ, eye wò ƒewo ƒe nuwuwu va ɖo. Eya ta mawɔ wò nàzu fewuɖunu na dukɔwo kple alɔmeɖenu na anyigbawo katã.
5 Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you infamous one, full of tumult.
Kpuiƒetɔwo kple didiƒetɔwo siaa aɖu fewu le ŋuwò. O! Du maxɔŋkɔ, si yɔ fũu kple ʋunyaʋunya.
6 “‘“Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
“‘Kpɔ ale si Israel dziɖula ɖe sia ɖe si le mewò la wɔa eƒe ŋusẽ ŋu dɔ be yeakɔ ʋu ɖi la ɖa.
7 In you have they treated father and mother with contempt. Among you they have oppressed the foreigner. In you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Le mewò la, wodoa vlo fofo kple dada, le mewò la, wotea amedzrowo ɖe to, eye wosẽa ŋuta le tsyɔ̃eviwo kple ahosiwo ŋuti.
8 You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.
Miedo vlo nye nu kɔkɔewo, eye miegblẽ kɔ ɖo na nye Dzudzɔgbewo.
9 Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood. In you they have eaten on the mountains. They have committed lewdness among you.
Le mewò la, ameŋugblẽlawo li, siwo dina vevie be yewoakɔ ʋu ɖi. Le mewò la, amewo li, siwo ɖua nu le nuxeƒewo, le towo dzi, eye wowɔa ŋukpenanuwo.
10 In you have they uncovered their fathers’ nakedness. In you have they humbled her who was unclean in her impurity.
Le mewò la, ame siwo doa vlo wo fofowo ƒe aba kple ame siwo dɔna kple nyɔnu siwo kpɔ dzinu, eye wo ŋuti mekɔ o la le.
11 One has committed abomination with his neighbor’s wife, and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law. Another in you has humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.
Le mewò la, ŋutsu aɖe wɔ ŋukpenanu kple nɔvia ŋutsu aɖe srɔ̃, ŋutsu bubu dɔ eya ŋutɔ via ŋutsu srɔ̃ gbɔ, eye bubu dɔ eya ŋutɔ nɔvia nyɔnu gbɔ, ame si nye eya ŋutɔ fofovia nyɔnu.
12 In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me,” says the Lord Yahweh.
Le mewò la, amewo xɔa zãnu be yewoakɔ ʋu ɖi. Woxɔa awɔbanu kple deme kɔkɔwo, eye wokpɔa viɖe madzemadze to wo nɔviwo baba me. Eye mieŋlɔm be. Aƒetɔ Yehowae gblɔe.
13 “‘“Behold, therefore I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at the blood which has been shed within you.
“‘Maƒo asikpe kplokplokpo kokoko le viɖe madzɔmadzɔ si miekpɔ kple ʋu si miekɔ ɖi le mia dome la ta.
14 Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I will deal with you? I, Yahweh, have spoken it, and will do it.
Ɖe dzi anɔ mia ƒo alo miaƒe asiwo asẽ ŋu le ŋkeke si matu nu kple mi la dzia? Nye, Yehowae ƒo nu, eye mawɔe hã.
15 I will scatter you among the nations, and disperse you through the countries. I will purge your filthiness out of you.
Makaka mi ɖe dukɔwo dome kple anyigbawo dzi, eye matsi miaƒe makɔmakɔnyenye nu.
16 You will be profaned in yourself in the sight of the nations. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”’”
Ne wodo gu mi le dukɔwo ƒe ŋkume la, mianya be nyee nye Yehowa.’”
17 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
Tete Aƒetɔ Yehowa ƒe nya va nam.
18 “Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me. All of them are bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the middle of the furnace. They are the dross of silver.
“Ame vi, Israel ƒe aƒe blibo la zu aŋɔka nam; wo katã wonye akɔbli, gaɣi, gayibɔ kple tsumi si susɔ ɖe kpodzo me. Wole ko abe klosaloŋuka ene.
19 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the middle of Jerusalem.
Eya ta ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: ‘Esi mi katã miezu aŋɔka ta la, maƒo ƒu mi ayi Yerusalem.
20 As they gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the middle of the furnace, to blow the fire on it, to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there and melt you.
Abe ale si amewo ƒoa ƒu klosalo, akɔbli, gayibɔ, tsumi kple gaɣi dea kpodzo me be woalolõ wo ene la, nenema maƒo mia nu ƒu le nye dɔmedzoe kple dziku me, eye mada mi ɖe du gã la me, alolõ mi.
21 Yes, I will gather you, and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you will be melted in the middle of it.
Maƒo ƒu mia nu, eye matrɔ nye dɔmedzoe ƒe dzo akɔ ɖe mia dzi, eye woalolõ mi.
22 As silver is melted in the middle of the furnace, so you will be melted in the middle of it; and you will know that I, Yahweh, have poured out my wrath on you.’”
Abe ale si wololõa klosalo le kpodzo me ene la, nenema woalolõ mi le emee, eye mianya be nye, Yehowae trɔ nye dɔmedzoe kɔ ɖe mia dzi.’”
23 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
Yehowa ƒe nya gava nam be,
24 “Son of man, tell her, ‘You are a land that is not cleansed nor rained on in the day of indignation.’
“Ame vi, gblɔ na anyigba la be, ‘Ènye anyigba aɖe si dzi tsi alo agbafie medza ɖo le dzikuŋkeke la dzi o.’
25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets within it, like a roaring lion ravening the prey. They have devoured souls. They take treasure and precious things. They have made many widows within it.
Eƒe fiaviŋutsuwo bla nu le eme abe dzata si le gbe ɖem hele nu si wòlé la vuvum ene; wovuvua ame, tsɔa kesinɔnuwo kple nu xɔasiwo, eye wonana nyɔnu geɖewo zua ahosiwo le eme.
26 Her priests have done violence to my law and have profaned my holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they caused men to discern between the unclean and the clean, and have hidden their eyes from my Sabbaths. So I am profaned among them.
Eƒe nunɔlawo wɔa nu tovo ɖe nye se la ŋu, eye wodoa gu nye nu kɔkɔewo; womedea vovototo nye nu kɔkɔewo kple nu gbɔlowo dome o; wofiana be, vovototo aɖeke mele nu siwo dza kple nu siwo medza o la dome o. Woŋea aɖaba ƒua nye Dzudzɔgbe la ƒe ɖoɖowo dzi, ale wogblẽa kɔ ɖo nam le wo dome.
27 Her princes within it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
Woƒe amegãwo le abe amegaxiwo ene le eme, eye wovuvua nu siwo wolé. Wokɔa ʋu ɖi, eye wowua amewo be woawɔ viɖe madzɔmadzɔwo.
28 Her prophets have plastered for them with whitewash, seeing false visions, and divining lies to them, saying, ‘The Lord Yahweh says,’ when Yahweh has not spoken.
Woƒe nyagblɔɖilawo siaa akalo ɖe nu ŋu na wo to aʋatsoŋutegawo me, eye wogblɔa alakpanyawo na wo be, ‘Ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye esi.’ Le esime wònye Aƒetɔ la meƒo nu o hafi.
29 The people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery. Yes, they have troubled the poor and needy, and have oppressed the foreigner wrongfully.
Anyigba la dzi nɔlawo baa ame, eye wodaa adzo; wotea ame dahewo kple hiãtɔwo ɖe anyi, wowɔa nu madzɔmadzɔwo ɖe amedzrowo ŋu, eye womedrɔ̃a nya dzɔdzɔe na wo o.
30 “I sought for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.
“Medi ame aɖe le wo dome, ame si atu gli la, eye wòatsi tsitre ɖe nye ŋkume le gbadzaƒe le ameawo teƒe, ale be nyemagblẽ nu o, gake nyemekpɔ ame aɖeke o.
31 Therefore I have poured out my indignation on them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have brought their own way on their heads,” says the Lord Yahweh.
Eya ta matrɔ nye dziku akɔ ɖe wo dzi, mabi wo kple nye dɔmedzoe, eye mahe nu siwo katã wowɔ la va da ɖe woƒe ta dzi. Aƒetɔ Yehowae gblɔe.”