Hezekiel 19

1 “Dze konyifaha aɖe gɔme, eye nàgblɔ be,

and you(m. s.) to lift: loud dirge to(wards) leader Israel

2 “‘Dzatanɔ kae dawò nye le dzatawo dome? Emlɔ dzataviwo dome, eye wònye viawo.

and to say what? mother your lioness between: among lion to stretch in/on/with midst lion to multiply whelp her

3 Ehe viawo dometɔ ɖeka wòtsi hezu dzata sesẽ aɖe. Esrɔ̃ nuléle, eye wòléa amewo vuvuna.

and to ascend: establish one from whelp her lion to be and to learn: learn to/for to tear prey man to eat

4 Dukɔwo se eŋkɔ ɖe do nɛ, wòge ɖe eme, wolée, de ga ŋɔtime nɛ, eye wokplɔe yi Egiptenyigba dzi.

and to hear: hear to(wards) him nation in/on/with pit: grave their to capture and to come (in): bring him in/on/with hook to(wards) land: country/planet Egypt

5 “‘Esi dzatanɔ la kpɔ be yeƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ medze edzi o la, ebu mɔkpɔkpɔ, tsɔ eƒe dzataviwo dometɔ bubu, wɔe wòzu dzata sesẽ aɖe.

and to see: see for to wait: hope to perish hope her and to take: take one from whelp her lion to set: make him

6 Enɔ dzatawo dome, elabena ezu dzata sesẽ aɖe azɔ. Esrɔ̃ nuléle, eye wòléa amewo vuvuna.

and to go: walk in/on/with midst lion lion to be and to learn: learn to/for to tear prey man to eat

7 Egbã woƒe mɔ sesẽwo ƒu anyi, eye wòwɔ woƒe duwo wozu aƒedo. Eƒe gbetete do ŋɔdzi na anyigba la kple ame siwo katã nɔ edzi

and to know widow his and city their to destroy and be desolate land: country/planet and fullness her from voice: sound roaring his

8 Tete dukɔ siwo tso nuto ma me godoo la tso ɖe eŋu. Woɖo ɖɔ nɛ, eye woɖee le woƒe asɔʋe me.

and to give: put upon him nation around: side from province and to spread upon him net their in/on/with pit: grave their to capture

9 Wode ga ŋɔtime nɛ, hee ɖade gaxadza me, eye wokɔe yi na Babilonia fia. Ale womegase eƒe gbetete kpɔ le Israel ƒe towo dzi o.

and to give: put him in/on/with cage in/on/with hook and to come (in): bring him to(wards) king Babylon to come (in): bring him in/on/with stronghold because not to hear: hear voice his still to(wards) mountain: mount Israel

10 “‘Dawò nɔ abe wainti ene le wò wainbɔ me. Wodoe ɖe tsi gbɔ. Etsea ku, eye wòɖe alɔwo fũu le tsi ƒe agbɔsɔsɔ le afi ma ta.

mother your like/as vine in/on/with blood your upon water to transplant be fruitful and thickly branched to be from water many

11 Eƒe alɔwo sẽ, eye wonyo woatsɔ awɔ fiatikplɔ. Ekɔ gbɔ avemeti bubuawo katã ta, edzena le eƒe kɔkɔ kple eƒe alɔ geɖewo ta.

and to be to/for her tribe: stick strength to(wards) tribe: staff to rule and to exult height his upon between cord and to see: see in/on/with height his in/on/with abundance branch his

12 Ke wotsoe ƒu anyi le dɔmedzoe me. Ɣedzeƒeya na wòyrɔ, eye woɖe eƒe kutsetsewo ɖa le eŋu. Eƒe alɔ sesẽawo ku, eye dzo fia wo.

and to uproot in/on/with rage to/for land: soil to throw and spirit: breath [the] east to wither fruit her to tear and to wither tribe: stick strength her fire to eat him

13 Azɔ la, wodoe ɖe gbegbe, anyigba ƒuƒu aɖe dzi, afi si tsi menɔ o.

and now to transplant in/on/with wilderness in/on/with land: country/planet dryness and thirst

14 Dzo bi, kaka tso eƒe alɔ gã ɖeka me, eye wòbi eƒe tsetseawo. Alɔ sesẽ aɖeke megatsi eŋu woatsɔ akpa dziɖula ƒe fiatikplɔe o. Esia nye konyifaha, eye woawɔ eŋu dɔ abe konyifaha ene.’”

and to come out: issue fire from tribe: stick alone: pole her fruit her to eat and not to be in/on/with her tribe: stick strength tribe: staff to/for to rule dirge he/she/it and to be to/for dirge