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.
“Afei onipa ba, fa afoa nnamnam yi yɛ sɛ obi a oyi ti oyiwan na fa yi wo tinwi ne wʼabogyesɛ. Fa nsania na kyekyɛ nwi no mu.
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.
Sɛ wo bere a wɔatua mo ano nna no ba awiei a, fa ogya hyew nwi no nkyɛmu abiɛsa mu baako wɔ kuropɔn no mu. Fa afoa twitwa nkyɛmu abiɛsa no mu baako wɔ kuropɔn no afanan nyinaa. Na hwete nkyɛmu abiɛsa mu baako wɔ mframa mu, efisɛ mɛtwe afoa ataa wɔn.
3 And thou hast taken thence a few in number — and hast bound them in thy skirts;
Nanso fa nwi no kakra bi kyekyere wʼatade ano.
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.
Afei nso, fa saa nwi no kakra bi na tow gu ogya mu na hyew. Ogya no bɛterɛw afi hɔ akɔ Israelfi nyinaa.
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.
“Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Eyi ne Yerusalem a mede asi amanaman no ntam na nsase atwa ho ahyia.
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.
Nanso nʼamumɔyɛ mu, wayɛ dɔm atia me mmara ne me nhyehyɛe asen aman ne nsase a atwa ne ho ahyia no. Wapo me mmara na wanni mʼahyɛde so.
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.
“Enti sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Woayɛ asoɔden asen amanaman a wɔatwa wo ho ahyia na woanni mʼahyɛde anaa me mmara so no. Woanyɛ sɛnea aman a atwa wo ho ahyia no yɛ mpo.
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.
“Enti sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Me ne woanya, Yerusalem, na mede asotwe bɛba wo so wɔ amanaman no anim.
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.
Esiane wʼahoni nyinaa a ɛyɛ akyiwade no nti, mɛyɛ wo nea menyɛɛ bi da na merenyɛ bi bio nso da.
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.
Enti mo mu no, agyanom bedi wɔn mma nam na mma adi wɔn agyanom nam. Mɛtwe wʼaso na mahwete wo nkae akɔ mmaa nyinaa.
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?
Enti sɛ mete ase yi, Otumfo Awurade na ose, esiane sɛ wode nsɛsode tantan ne akyiwade nneyɛe agu me kronkronbea ho fi nti, mʼankasa meyi mʼadom afi wo so; merenhu wo mmɔbɔ na meremfa wo ho nkyɛ wo.
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.
Wo nkurɔfo no mu nkyɛmu abiɛsa mu baako bewuwu wɔ ɔyaredɔm no mu, anaasɛ ɔkɔm bekunkum wɔn; nkyɛmu abiɛsa mu baako bɛtotɔ wɔ afoa ano wɔ wʼafasu akyi na mabɔ nkyɛmu abiɛsa mu baako nso ahwete mmaa nyinaa na matwe afoa ataa wɔn.
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.
“Afei me bo bedwo na mʼabufuwhyew a etia wɔn no nso ano bɛbrɛ ase na matɔ were. Na sɛ meda mʼabufuwhyew adi kyerɛ wɔn a, wobehu sɛ ɛyɛ me Awurade na makasa wɔ me tumi mu.
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.
“Mɛyɛ wo nnwiriwii ne ahohora wɔ amanaman a atwa wo ho ahyia no mu, ne wɔn a wotwa mu wɔ hɔ no ani so.
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.
Wobɛyɛ ahohora ne fɛwdi, kɔkɔbɔ ne aninyanne ama amanaman a wɔatwa wo ho ahyia no, bere a mede abufuw ne abufuwhyew ne animka a ano yɛ den retwe wʼaso. Me Awurade na maka.
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.
Sɛ metow me kɔm agyan a bɔre wɔ ano na ɛsɛe ade wɔ wo a, ɛbɛsɛe wo. Mede ɔkɔm a emu yɛ den bɛba wo so na masiw wʼaduan a wunya no ho kwan.
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!'
Mede ɔkɔm ne nkekaboa bɛba wo mu, na wo mma bɛsa ama woayɛ sɛ obi a na onni mma. Ɔyaredɔm ne mogyahwiegu bɛfa wo mu, na mɛtwe afoa wɔ wo so. Me Awurade na maka.”
