Hezekiel 8
1 Le ƒe adelia ƒe ɣleti adelia me, le ŋkeke atɔ̃lia gbe la, esi menɔ nye aƒe me, esime Yuda ƒe ametsitsiwo nɔ anyi ɖe nye ŋkume la, Aƒetɔ Yehowa ƒe asi va dzinye le afi ma.
Now in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, when I was in my house and the responsible men of Judah were seated before me, the hand of the Lord came on me there.
2 Mefɔ kɔ dzi, eye mekpɔ nane abe ame ene. Tso eƒe afi si dze abe ali gbɔ ene yi anyigba lɔƒo la le abe dzo bibi ene, eye tso afi ma yi dzi lɔƒo la, eƒe dzedzeme le abe ga keklẽ ene.
And looking, I saw a form like fire; from the middle of his body and down there was fire: and up from the middle of his body a sort of shining, like electrum.
3 Edo nane si le abe asi ene ɖa, eye wolé nye taɖa. Gbɔgbɔ la kɔm ɖe dzi yi anyigba kple dziƒo dome, eye le Mawu ƒe ŋutega aɖe me la, ekɔm yi Yerusalem, yi ɖe xɔxɔnu emetɔ ƒe agbo anyiehetɔ ƒe mɔnu, afi si legba si nyɔa ŋuʋaʋã ƒe dɔmedzoe le Mawu me la le.
And he put out the form of a hand and took me by the hair of my head; and the wind, lifting me up between the earth and the heaven, took me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the way into the inner door facing to the north; where was the seat of the image of envy.
4 Israel ƒe Mawu la ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe le nye ŋkume le afi ma abe ale si wònɔ le ŋutega si mekpɔ le bali la me ene.
And I saw the glory of the Lord there, as in the vision which I saw in the valley.
5 Eye wògblɔ nam be, “Ame vi, kpɔ anyiehe lɔƒo.” Mekpɔ afi ma, eye mekpɔ legba si he ŋuʋaʋã vɛ le mɔnu si le vɔsamlekpui la ƒe agbo ƒe anyiehe.
Then he said to me, Son of man, now let your eyes be lifted up in the direction of the north; and on looking in the direction of the north, to the north of the doorway of the altar, I saw this image of envy by the way in.
6 Eye wògblɔ nam be, “Ame vi, èkpɔ nu si wɔm wolea? Èkpɔ ŋunyɔnu siwo Israel ƒe aƒe la le wɔwɔm le afi sia? Èkpɔ ŋunyɔnu siwo anyam ɖa boo tso nye teƒe kɔkɔe la gbɔa? Ke àgakpɔ nu bubu siwo nyɔ ŋu sãa wu esiawo.”
And he said to me, Son of man, do you see what they are doing? even the very disgusting things which the children of Israel are doing here, causing me to go far away from my holy place? but you will see other most disgusting things.
7 Eye wòkplɔm yi xɔxɔnu la ƒe mɔnu. Melé ŋku ɖe nuwo ŋu, eye mekpɔ do aɖe le gli la me.
And he took me to the door of the open place; and looking, I saw a hole in the wall.
8 Egblɔ nam be, “Ame vi, azɔ la, ku do ɖe gli la me.” Ale meku do ɖe gli la me, eye mekpɔ mɔnu aɖe le afi ma.
And he said to me, Son of man, make a hole in the wall: and after making a hole in the wall I saw a door.
9 Eye wògblɔ nam be, “Yi ɖe eme, eye nàkpɔ nu vɔ̃ɖi kple ŋunyɔnu siwo wole wɔwɔm le afi ma”
And he said to me, Go in and see the evil and disgusting things which they are doing here.
10 Ale meyi, eye mekpɔ be wota nu siwo tana kple lã nyɔŋuwo kple Israel ƒe aƒe la ƒe legba ƒomeviwo katã ɖe gliawo ŋu va kpe ɖo.
So I went in and saw; and there every sort of living thing which goes flat on the earth, and unclean beasts, and all the images of the children of Israel, were pictured round about on the wall.
11 Ametsitsi blaadre tso Israel ƒe aƒe la me tsi tsitre ɖe wo ŋgɔ, eye Yaazania, Safan ƒe vi, nɔ tsitre ɖe wo dome. Ɖe sia ɖe lé sonu ɖe asi, eye dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ ƒe babla nɔ dzi dem.
And before them seventy of the responsible men of the children of Israel had taken their places, every man with a vessel for burning perfumes in his hand, and in the middle of them was Jaazaniah, the son of Shaphan; and a cloud of smoke went up from the burning perfume.
12 Egblɔ nam be, “Ame vi, èkpɔ nu si Israel ƒe aƒe la ƒe ametsitsiwo le wɔwɔm le viviti la me, wo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe le eya ŋutɔ ƒe legba ƒe nɔƒea? Wogblɔ be, ‘Yehowa mele mía kpɔm o; Yehowa gble anyigba la ɖi.’”
And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the responsible men of the children of Israel do in the dark, every man in his room of pictured images? for they say, The Lord does not see us; the Lord has gone away from the land.
13 Eye wògagblɔ nam be, “Àkpɔ wo woaganɔ nu siwo nyɔ ŋu wu esiawo gɔ̃ hã la wɔm.”
Then he said to me, You will see even more disgusting things which they do.
14 Emegbe la, ekplɔm yi Yehowa ƒe aƒe la ƒe agbo si le anyiehe la gbɔ, eye mekpɔ nyɔnuwo wonɔ anyi ɖe afi ma henɔ fafam na Tamuz.
Then he took me to the door of the way into the Lord's house looking to the north; and there women were seated weeping for Tammuz.
15 Egblɔ nam be, “Ame vi, èkpɔ nu sia? Èle nu siwo nyɔ ŋu wu esia gɔ̃ hã kpɔ ge.”
Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? you will see even more disgusting things than these.
16 Ekplɔm yi Yehowa ƒe aƒe la ƒe xɔxɔnu emetɔ, eye le afi ma la, ŋutsu abe blaeve vɔ atɔ̃ ene nɔ gbedoxɔ la ƒe mɔnu le akpata la kple vɔsamlekpui la dome. Wotrɔ megbe do ɖe Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la gbɔ, wodze ŋgɔ ɣedzeƒe, eye wonɔ ta dem agu na ɣe le ɣedzeƒe.
And he took me into the inner square of the Lord's house, and at the door of the Temple of the Lord, between the covered way and the altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs turned to the Temple of the Lord and their faces turned to the east; and they were worshipping the sun, turning to the east.
17 Egblɔ nam be, “Ame vi, èkpɔ nu sia? Nya tsɛe wònye be Yuda ƒe aƒe nanɔ ŋunyɔnu siawo wɔm le afi sia? Ɖe woagana ŋutasesẽ naxɔ anyigba la dzi, eye woanɔ dziku dom nam madzudzɔmadzudzɔea? Kpɔ ale si wotsɔ atilɔ la ɖo ŋɔtinu la ɖa!
Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? is it a small thing to the children of Judah that they do the disgusting things which they are doing here? for they have made the land full of violent behaviour, making me angry again and again: and see, they put the branch to my nose.
18 Le esia ta la, matu nu kpli wo le dziku me. Nyemakpɔ nublanui na wo loo alo aɖewo o. Togbɔ be woado ɣli ɖe tome nam hã la, nyemaɖo to wo o.”
For this reason I will let loose my wrath: my eye will not have mercy, and I will have no pity.
