Hesekiel 13

1 Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn se,

And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 “Onipa ba, hyɛ nkɔm tia Israel adiyifo a wɔhyɛ nkɔm mprempren no. Ka kyerɛ wɔn a wɔbɔ wɔn tirim hyɛ nkɔm no se: ‘Muntie Awurade asɛm!

Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou to them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD;

3 Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Nnome nka adiyifo nkwaseafo a wodi wɔn ankasa honhom akyi na wonhuu hwee no.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

4 Ao Israelfo, mo adiyifo yi te sɛ nnwiriwii mu sakraman.

O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.

5 Monkɔɔ sɛ morekosiesie afasu no afaafa a abubu no ama Israelfi, sɛnea ebetumi agyina pintinn wɔ ɔko no ano wɔ Awurade da no.’

Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.

6 Wɔn adehu yɛ atoro, na wɔn adebisa yɛ nnaadaa. Wɔka se, ‘Awurade aka se,’ wɔ bere a Awurade nsomaa wɔn, nanso wɔhwɛ anim sɛ wɔn nkɔmhyɛ bɛba mu.

They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made [others] to hope that they would confirm the word.

7 Sɛ moka se, ‘Sɛɛ na Awurade se,’ wɔ bere a menkasae a, na mo anisoadehu nyɛ atoro? Na mo adebisa nso, ɛnyɛ nnaadaa ana?

Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith [it], although I have not spoken?

8 “Ɛno nti, sɛnea Otumfo Awurade se ni: ‘Mo nsɛm a ɛyɛ atoro ne mo nnaadaa anisoadehu nti, me ne mo anya’, Otumfo Awurade asɛm ni.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I [am] against you, saith the Lord GOD.

9 Me nsa betia adiyifo a wɔn anisoadehu yɛ atoro na wɔn abisa yɛ nnaadaa. Wɔremfra me nkurɔfo bagua mu, na wɔrenkyerɛw wɔn din wɔ Israelfi nhoma no mu na wɔn anan rensi Israel asase so. Na afei mubehu sɛ mene Otumfo Awurade.

And my hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I [am] the Lord GOD.

10 “Esiane sɛ wɔama me nkurɔfo ayera kwan, na wɔka se ‘Asomdwoe,’ wɔ bere a asomdwoe nni hɔ, na afei sɛ wɔto ɔfasu a enni ahoɔden bi a na wɔde akaadoo afa so,

Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and [there was] no peace; and one built up a wall, and lo, others daubed it with untempered [mortar]:

11 ɛno nti ka kyerɛ wɔn a wɔka akaadoo no se, ɔfasu no rebebu. Osu a ɔhweam wɔ mu bɛtɔ, na mɛsoma mparuwbo, na mframa a ano yɛ den bɛbɔ.

Say to them who daub [it] with untempered [mortar], that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend [it].

12 Na sɛ ɔfasu no bu gu fam a, nnipa remmisa wo se, ‘he na akaadoo a wɔde sraa ho no afa,’ ana?

Lo, when the wall hath fallen, shall it not be said to you, Where [is] the daubing with which ye have daubed [it]?

13 “Ɛno nti, nea Otumfo Awurade ka ni: ‘Mʼabufuwhyew mu, mɛma ahum atu, na mʼabufuw mu no, mparuwbo ne osuhweam de adesɛe ahoɔden atɔ.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend [it] with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in [my] fury to consume [it].

14 Medwiriw ɔfasu a mode akaadoo afa ho no na mabubu agu fam ama ne fapem ho ada hɔ. Sɛ ɔfasu no hwe ase a, wɔbɛsɛe mo wɔ mu, na mubehu sɛ mene Awurade.

So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered [mortar], and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation shall be made bare, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst of it: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.

15 Enti mede mʼabufuwhyew bɛkɔ ɔfasu no ne wɔn a wɔde akaadoo sraa ho no so. Mɛka akyerɛ mo se, “Ɔfasu no nni hɔ bio na saa ara na wɔn a wɔde akaadoo sraa ho no nso nni hɔ,

Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered [mortar], and will say to you, The wall [is] no [more], neither they that daubed it;

16 saa Israel adiyifo a wɔhyɛɛ nkɔm maa Yerusalem na wohuu asomdwoe anisoade wɔ bere a asomdwoe nni hɔ no,” Otumfo Awurade na ose.’

[To wit], the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her, and [there is] no peace, saith the Lord GOD.

17 “Afei onipa ba, ma wʼani nkɔ wo nkurɔfo a wɔbɔ wɔn tirim hyɛ nkɔm no mmabea so. Hyɛ nkɔm tia wɔn

Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, who prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,

18 na ka se, ‘Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Nnome nka mmea a wɔpempam ntafowayi bansrɛ hyehyɛ wɔn nsakɔn na wɔpempam nkataanim ntiaa ne atenten kata wɔn anim de sum nnipa mfiri. Mubesum me nkurɔfo nkwa mfiri na mo de, moakora mo de so ana?

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the [women] that sew pillows to all arm-holes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive [that come] to you?

19 Moasopa me wɔ me nkurɔfo mu de agye atoko nsa ma kakraa bi ne brodo asinasin. Monam atoro a mudi kyerɛ me nkurɔfo a wotie atoro so akunkum wɔn a anka ɛnsɛ sɛ wowuwu, na moama wɔn a anka ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔtena nkwa mu no afa wɔn ho adi.

And will ye profane me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear [your] lies?

20 “‘Ɛno nti, sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Mitia mo ntafowayi bansrɛ a mode sum nkurɔfo mfiri sɛ nnomaa no, na mɛtetew afi mo abasa so; megyaa nnipa a musum wɔn afiri sɛ nnomaa no.

Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against your pillows, with which ye there hunt the souls to make [them] fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, [even] the souls that ye hunt to make [them] fly.

21 Mɛtetew mo nkataanim no mu afi mo anim, na magye me nkurɔfo nkwa afi mo nsam, na morennya wɔn so tumi bio. Afei mubehu sɛ me ne Awurade.

Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall no more be in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.

22 Esiane sɛ mode atoro maa atreneefo aba mu buu wɔ bere a menhyɛɛ wɔn awerɛhow, na mohyɛɛ amumɔyɛfo nkuran se wɔnkɔ so wɔ wɔn akwammɔne so na moagye wɔn nkwa no

Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

23 nti, morenhu atoro anisoade bio na mubegyae ntafowayi nso. Megye me nkurɔfo afi mo nsam na afei mubehu sɛ me ne Awurade no.’”

Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.