Hesekiel 11
1 Afei honhom no maa me so de me baa Awurade fi pon a ani kyerɛ apuei fam no ano. Na mmarima aduonu anum wɔ hɔ, na mihuu Asur babarima Yaasania ne Benaia babarima Pelatia a wɔyɛ nnipa no ntuanofo.
Moreover the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD’s house, which looks eastward. Behold, twenty-five men were at the door of the gate; and I saw amongst them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
2 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me se, “Onipa ba, eyinom ne mmarima a wɔbɔ pɔw bɔne na wotu fo bɔne wɔ kuropɔn yi mu.
He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city;
3 Wɔkae se, ‘Bere a wɔde sisi afi no nnuu so ana? Kuropɔn yɛ dadesɛn, na yɛyɛ nam.’
who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. This is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’
4 Ɛno nti hyɛ nkɔm tia wɔn, hyɛ nkɔm, onipa ba.”
Therefore prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man.”
5 Afei, Awurade Honhom baa me so na ɔka kyerɛɛ me se menka se, “Sɛɛ na Awurade se: Saa na moreka, mo Israel akannifo, nanso minim nsusuwii a ɛwɔ mo adwene mu.
The LORD’s Spirit fell on me, and he said to me, “Speak, ‘The LORD says: “Thus you have said, house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.
6 Moakunkum nnipa bebree wɔ kuropɔn yi mu, na mode afunu ahyehyɛ ne mmɔnten so amaama.
You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.”
7 “Ɛno nti, sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Afunu a moatotow apete hɔ no yɛ nam na kuropɔn yi ne dadesɛn no, nanso mɛpam mo afi mu.
“‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “Your slain whom you have laid in the middle of it, they are the meat, and this is the cauldron; but you will be brought out of the middle of it.
8 Musuro afoa, na ɛno ara na mede bɛba mo so, sɛɛ na Awurade se.
You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword on you,” says the Lord GOD.
9 Mɛpam mo afi kuropɔn no mu na mede mo ahyɛ ananafo nsa, na matwe mo aso.
“I will bring you out of the middle of it, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgements amongst you.
10 Mobɛtotɔ wɔ afoa ano, na mebu mu atɛn wɔ Israel asase so. Afei mubehu sɛ mene Awurade no.
You will fall by the sword. I will judge you in the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
11 Saa kuropɔn yi remmɔ mo ho ban sɛnea dadesɛn bɔ nam a ɛwɔ mu no ho ban no; Mebu mo atɛn wɔ Israel asase so.
This will not be your cauldron, neither will you be the meat in the middle of it. I will judge you in the border of Israel.
12 Na mubehu sɛ mene Awurade no, efisɛ moanni mʼahyɛde so, moapo me mmara na nea aman a atwa mo ho ahyia no yɛ no na mo nso moyɛ.”
You will know that I am the LORD, for you have not walked in my statutes. You have not executed my ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are around you.”’”
13 Afei bere a migu so rehyɛ nkɔm no, Benaia babarima Pelatia wui. Na mede mʼanim butuw fam suu dennen se, “Aa, Otumfo Awurade, wobɛtɔre Israel nkae yi ase koraa ana?”
When I prophesied, Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, “Ah Lord GOD! Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?”
14 Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ,
The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
15 “Onipa ba, wo nuabarimanom, wɔn a wo ne wɔn yɛ mogya baako ne Israelfi nyinaa, nnipa a wɔwɔ Yerusalem kasa fa wɔn ho se, ‘Wɔne Awurade ntam kwan ware, na wɔde saa asase yi maa yɛn sɛ yɛn agyapade.’”
“Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, the men of your relatives, and all the house of Israel, all of them, are the ones to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far away from the LORD. This land has been given to us for a possession.’
16 “Ɛno nti ka se, ‘Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Ɛwɔ mu sɛ mede wɔn kɔɔ akyirikyiri wɔ amanaman mu, hwetee wɔn guu nsase so de, nanso bere tiaa bi mu no meyɛɛ wɔn kronkronbea wɔ nsase a na wɔwɔ so no so.’
“Therefore say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Whereas I have removed them far off amongst the nations, and whereas I have scattered them amongst the countries, yet I will be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they have come.”’
17 “Enti ka se, ‘Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Mɛboaboa mo ano afi amanaman no ne nsase a mehwetee mo guu so no asan aba, na mede Israel asase bɛsan ama mo.’
“Therefore say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.”
18 “Wɔbɛsan aba so na wɔayiyi nsɛsode atantan ne ahoni a ɛyɛ akyiwade no nyinaa.
“‘They will come there, and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there.
19 Mɛma wɔn koma koro na mede honhom foforo ahyɛ wɔn mu; meyi wɔn komaden no na mama wɔn koma a ɛyɛ mmerɛw.
I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them. I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh,
20 Afei wobedi mʼahyɛde so na wɔahwɛ akora me mmara yiye. Wɔbɛyɛ me nkurɔfo na mayɛ wɔn Nyankopɔn.
that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
21 Nanso wɔn a wɔde wɔn koma ama nsɛsode atantan ne ahoni a ɛyɛ akyiwade no de, mɛma nea wɔayɛ no abɔ wɔn ti so, sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se.”
But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way on their own heads,’ says the Lord GOD.”
22 Afei kerubim no ne wɔn nkyimii trɛtrɛw wɔn ntaban mu, na Israel Nyankopɔn anuonyam konkɔn wɔn so.
Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels were beside them. The glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
23 Awurade anuonyam maa ne ho so fii kuropɔn no mu kogyinaa bepɔw a ɛwɔ apuei fam no atifi.
The LORD’s glory went up from the middle of the city, and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
24 Honhom no maa me so de me baa nnommum a wɔwɔ Babilonia no nkyɛn wɔ anisoadehu a Onyankopɔn Honhom maa me no mu. Afei anisoade a mihuu no fii me so kɔɔ ɔsoro.
The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to the captives. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
25 Na mekaa biribiara a Awurade yi kyerɛɛ me no kyerɛɛ nnommum no.
Then I spoke to the captives all the things that the LORD had shown me.
