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.
And it happened that, in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, and the hand of the Lord God fell upon 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 I saw, and behold, there was an image with the appearance of fire. From the appearance of his waist, and downward, there was fire. And from his waist, and upward, there was the appearance of splendor, like the sight of amber.
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 as the image of a hand went out, it took hold of me by a lock of my head. And the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven. And he brought me into Jerusalem, within a vision of God, next to the inner gate that looked toward the north, where there was stationed an idol of rivalry, so as to provoke an envious emulation.
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 behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, in accord with the vision that I had seen in the plain.
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.
And he said to me: “Son of man, lift up your eyes to the way of the north.” And I lifted up my eyes to the way of the north. And behold, from the north of the gate of the altar was the idol of rivalry, at the same entrance.
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, you see what these ones are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing here. Do you not think, then, that I should withdraw far away from my own sanctuary? But if you turn again, you will see even greater abominations.”
7 Eye wòkplɔm yi xɔxɔnu la ƒe mɔnu. Melé ŋku ɖe nuwo ŋu, eye mekpɔ do aɖe le gli la me.
And he led me in by the door of the atrium. And I saw, and behold, there was an opening 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, dig in the wall.” And when I had dug in the wall, there appeared one 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: “Enter and see the most wicked abominations which they are committing 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.
And entering, I saw, and behold, every kind of image of reptiles and animals, the abominations, and all of the idols of the house of Israel were depicted on the wall all around, throughout the entire place.
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 there were seventy men out of the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah, the son of Shaphan, standing in their midst, and they stood before the pictures. And each one had a censer in his hand. And a cloud of smoke rose up from the incense.
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: “Certainly, son of man, you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each one while hidden in his chamber. For they say: ‘The Lord does not see us. The Lord has forsaken the earth.’”
13 Eye wògagblɔ nam be, “Àkpɔ wo woaganɔ nu siwo nyɔ ŋu wu esiawo gɔ̃ hã la wɔm.”
And he said to me: “If you turn again, you will see even greater abominations, which these ones are committing.”
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.
And he led me in through the door of the gate of the Lord’s house, which looked toward the north. And behold, women were sitting there, mourning for Adonis.
15 Egblɔ nam be, “Ame vi, èkpɔ nu sia? Èle nu siwo nyɔ ŋu wu esia gɔ̃ hã kpɔ ge.”
And he said to me: “Certainly, son of man, you have seen. But if you turn again, you will see even greater abominations 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 led me into the inner atrium of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the vestibule and the altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east. And they were adoring toward the rising of the Sun.
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!
And he said to me: “Certainly, son of man, you have seen. Can this be so trivial to the house of Judah, when they commit these abominations, just as they have committed here, that, having filled the earth with iniquity, they now turn to provoke me? And behold, they are applying a branch to their 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.”
Therefore, I also will act toward them in my fury. My eye will not be lenient, nor will I take pity. And when they will have cried out to my ears with a loud voice, I will not heed them.”
