Ezekiel 5

1 'And thou, son of man, take to thee a sharp weapon, the barber's razor thou dost take to thee, and thou hast caused [it] to pass over thy head, and over thy beard, and thou hast taken to thee weighing scales, and apportioned them.

“Azɔ, ame vi, tsɔ yi ɖaɖɛ aɖe, wɔ eŋu dɔ abe takola aɖe ƒe hɛ ene, eye nàlũ wò taɖa kple ge. Le esia megbe la, ma ɖa la le nudanu dzi.

2 A third part with fire thou dost burn in the midst of the city, at the fulness of the days of the siege; and thou hast taken the third part, thou dost smite with a weapon round about it; and the third part thou dost scatter to the wind, and a weapon I draw out after them.

Ne wò toɖeɖe ɖe du la ƒe ŋkekewo wu enu la, tɔ dzo ɖa la ƒe mama etɔ̃lia ƒe ɖeka le dua me. Tsɔ yi la ƒo mama evelia ƒo xlã du la, eye nàwu mama etɔ̃lia ɖe yame, elabena maɖe yi le aku me atsɔ anya wo ɖe du nu.

3 And thou hast taken thence a few in number — and hast bound them in thy skirts;

Ke ɖe ɖa sue aɖe dzra ɖo ɖe wò awu ƒe biɖedziwo me,

4 and of them thou dost take again, and hast cast them unto the midst of the fire, and hast burned them in the fire — out of it cometh forth a fire unto all the house of Israel.

eye nàgatsɔ ɖa sue aɖe ade dzo me. Dzo abi tso afi ma age ɖe Israel ƒe aƒe blibo la me.

5 Thus said the Lord Jehovah: this [is] Jerusalem, In the midst of the nations I have set her, And round about her [are] the lands.

“Nya si Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye si, ‘Esiae nye Yerusalem si metsɔ da ɖe dukɔwo dome, eye anyigba geɖewo ƒo xlãe.

6 And she changeth My judgments into wickedness more than the nations, And My statutes more than the lands that [are] round about her, For against My judgments they have kicked, And My statutes — they have not walked in them.

Ke le eƒe vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi ta la, edze aglã ɖe nye sewo kple ɖoɖowo ŋu wu ale si dukɔ kple anyigba siwo ƒo xlãe la wɔ. Egbe nye sewo, eye mezɔ ɖe nye ɖoɖowo nu o.’

7 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of your multiplying above the nations that [are] around you, In My statutes ye have not walked, And My judgments ye have not done, According to the judgments of the nations That [are] round about you ye have not done.

“Eya ta nya si Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye si, ‘Miedze aglã wu dukɔ siwo ƒo xlã mi, miezɔ ɖe nye ɖoɖowo nu o, eye mielé nye sewo me ɖe asi o. Miaƒe wɔnawo menyo abe dukɔ siwo ƒo xlã mi la tɔwo gɔ hã ene o.’

8 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I [am] against thee, even I, And I have done in thy midst judgments, Before the eyes of the nations.

“Eya ta nya si Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye si, ‘Nye ŋutɔ medo dɔmedzoe ɖe wò, Yerusalem ŋu, eye mahe to na wò le dukɔwo ŋkume.

9 And I have done in thee that which I have not done, And that which I do not its like again, Because of all thine abominations.

Le miaƒe legba nyɔŋuwo katã ta la, mawɔ nu si nyemewɔ kpɔ o la mi, esi nyemagawɔ gbeɖe o.

10 Therefore fathers do eat sons in thy midst, And sons eat their fathers, And I have done in thee judgments, And have scattered all thy remnant to every wind.

Eya ta le mia dome la, fofowo aɖu wo viwo, eye viwo aɖu wo fofowo. Mahe to na mi, eye makaka mia dometɔ siwo atsi agbe la ahlẽ ɖe yawo nu.’

11 Therefore, I live — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah: Because My sanctuary thou hast defiled, With all thy detestable things, And with all thine abominations, Mine eye pitieth not, and I also spare not. Do not even I also diminish?

Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔ be, ‘Eya ta meta nye agbe, zi ale si miegblẽ kɔ ɖo na nye Kɔkɔeƒe kple miaƒe legba nyɔŋuwo kple kɔnu vlowo ta la, nye ŋutɔ maɖe nye amenuveve ɖa le mia dzi. Nyemakpɔ nublanui na mi o, eye nyemaɖe mi o.

12 Thy third part — by pestilence they die, And by famine are consumed in thy midst, And the third part, by sword they fall round about thee, And the third part, to every wind I scatter, And a sword I draw out after them.

Mia dome mama etɔ̃ ƒe ɖeka aku le dɔvɔ̃ ta alo atsrɔ̃ to dɔwuame me, mama etɔ̃ ƒe ɖeka bubu atsi yi nu le miaƒe gliwo godo, eye mama etɔ̃ ƒe ɖeka mamlɛa maka ahlẽ ɖe yawo nu, eye maɖe yi le aku me anya wo ɖe du nu.’

13 And completed hath been Mine anger, And I have caused My fury to rest on them, And I have been comforted, And they have known that I, Jehovah, have spoken in My zeal, In My completing My fury on them.

“Ekema nye dziku nu atso, eye nye dɔmedzoe ɖe wo ŋu nu abɔbɔ, nye dzi afa, eye woanya be nye, Yehowae ƒo nu kple ŋuʋaʋã nenye be metrɔ nye dziku katã kɔ ɖe wo dzi.

14 And I give thee for a waste, And for a reproach among nations that [are] round about thee, Before the eyes of every passer by.

“Miazu gbegbe, alɔmeɖenu le dukɔ siwo ƒo xlã mi la dome, le emetsolawo katã ƒe ŋkume.

15 And it hath been a reproach and a reviling, An instruction and an astonishment, To nations that [are] round about thee, In My doing in thee judgments, In anger and fury, and in furious reproofs, I, Jehovah, have spoken.

Miazu alɔmeɖenu, vlodonu, nuxlɔ̃amenu kple ŋɔdzi na dukɔ siwo ƒo xlã mi ne mehe to na mi le nye dɔmedzoe kple dziku me. Nye Yehowae gblɔe.

16 In My sending the evil arrows of famine among them, That have been for destruction, That I send to destroy you, And famine I am adding upon you, And I have broken to you the staff of bread.

Ne metsɔ nye dɔwuame ƒe aŋutrɔ siwo hea ku vɛ, eye wogblẽa nu da mi la, mada wo be woatsrɔ̃ mi. Mana dɔwuame nagasẽ ɖe edzi wu tsã le mia dome, eye maxe mɔ na nuɖuɖu ƒe mia gbɔ ɖoɖo.

17 And I have sent on you famine and evil beasts, And they have bereaved thee, And pestilence and blood pass over on thee, And a sword I do bring in against thee, I, Jehovah, have spoken!'

Mana dɔwuame kple lã wɔadãwo nava mia dzi, eye woana viwo maganɔ mia si o. Dɔ vɔ̃ kple ʋukɔkɔɖi ava mia dzi, eye matsɔ yi ɖe mia ŋu. Nye Yehowae gblɔe.”