Hesekiel 37
1 Na Awurade nsa wɔ me so na ɔde ne Honhom faa me fii adi de me besii obon no mfimfini, na nnompe ayɛ no ma.
One day Yahweh gave me another vision. In the vision I felt the power [MTY] of God on me, and by his Spirit he took me to the middle of a valley. It was full of bones [of people who had been killed].
2 Ɔde me dii akɔneaba wɔ mu na mihuu nnompe bebree wɔ obon no ase, nnompe a ɛho akokwaw.
He led me to walk back and forth among those bones. I saw that there were very many bones there, bones that were very dry.
3 Obisaa me se, “Onipa ba, saa nnompe yi betumi anya nkwa ana?” Mekae se, “Otumfo Awurade, wo nko ara na wunim.”
He asked me, “You human, [do you think that] these bones can become living [people again]?” I replied, “Yahweh my Lord, only you know [if that can happen].”
4 Afei ɔka kyerɛɛ me se, “Hyɛ nkɔm wɔ nnompe yi ho na ka kyerɛ wɔn se, ‘Nnompe a mo ho akokwaw, muntie Awurade asɛm!
Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones. Say to them, ‘You dry bones, listen to what Yahweh says.
5 Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade ka kyerɛ saa nnompe yi: Mɛma ɔhome aba mo mu na mubenya nkwa.
This is what Yahweh the Lord says to you bones: I will put my breath into each of you, and you will become alive again.
6 Mɛma ntin abesuso mo mu, na mede nam agu mo so na mede were akata mo ho. Mede ɔhome begu mo mu na moaba nkwa mu. Afei mubehu sɛ mene Awurade.’”
I will fasten tendons to your bones, and cause your bones to be covered with flesh. I will cover the flesh with skin. Then I will breathe into you, and you will become alive. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”
7 Ɛno nti mehyɛɛ nkɔm sɛnea wɔhyɛɛ me no. Na migu so rehyɛ nkɔm no, nne bi bae, ɔwosow bi, na nnompe no keka bobɔɔ mu, dompe bɛkaa ne dompe ho.
So I spoke to the bones what Yahweh commanded me to speak. As I was speaking, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bones joining to each other.
8 Na mehwɛ huu sɛ ntin baa so, na nam baa ho na were bɛkataa so, nanso na ɔhome biara nni mu.
While I was looking, I saw tendons fastening to them and flesh covering them, and then skin covered the flesh, but they did not breathe.
9 Afei ɔka kyerɛɛ me se: “Hyɛ nkɔm kyerɛ home, hyɛ nkɔm, onipa ba na ka kyerɛ no se, ‘Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Ɔhome fi mframa anan no mu bra bɛhome gu saa awufo yi mu na wonnya nkwa.’”
Then he said to me, “You human, prophesy to the wind. Say to the wind, ‘Wind [APO], Yahweh says to you, blow from all four directions. Breathe into these people who have been killed, in order that they can become alive again!’”
10 Enti mehyɛɛ nkɔm sɛnea ɔhyɛɛ me no, na ɔhome hyɛn wɔn mu; na nkwa baa wɔn mu ma wɔsɔre gyinagyinaa wɔn anan so, dɔm kɛse pa ara.
So I said what he commanded me to say, and then breath entered them. They became alive and stood up, like a huge army.
11 Afei ɔka kyerɛɛ me se, “Onipa ba, saa nnompe yi yɛ Israelfi nyinaa. Wɔka se: ‘Yɛn nnompe ho akokwaw na yɛn anidaso asa, wɔatwa yɛn agu korakora.’
Then he said to me, “You human, these bones represent all the Israeli people [MTY]. The people say, ‘[It is as though] our bones are dried up; there are no more good things that we can (hope for/confidently expect to happen to us); our nation is destroyed/finished.’
12 Ɛno nti hyɛ nkɔm na ka kyerɛ wɔn se: ‘Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Me nkurɔfo, merebebuebue mo nna na mayiyi mo afi mu apue. Mede mo bɛsan aba Israel asase so.
So prophesy and say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: My people, [it will be as though] I will open your graves and cause your corpses to become alive again. I will bring you back to Israel.
13 Afei mo, me nkurɔfo, sɛ mibuebue mo nna na miyiyi mo fi mu a, mubehu sɛ mene Awurade no.
Then, what that happens, you my people will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].
14 Mede me Honhom bɛhyɛ mo mu na mubenya nkwa, na mede mo bɛtena mo ankasa asase so. Afei mubehu sɛ me, Awurade na makasa na mayɛ nso, Awurade asɛm ni.’”
I will put my Spirit in you, and [it will be as though] you will become alive again, and I will enable you to live in your own land again. Then you will know that it is I, Yahweh, who said [that it would happen] and who has caused it to happen. That is what I, Yahweh, declare.’”
15 Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn se:
Yahweh gave me [another] message. He said,
16 “Onipa ba, fa dua na kyerɛw ho se, ‘Yuda ne Israelfo a wɔka ne ho de.’ Afei fa dua foforo na kyerɛw ho se, ‘Efraim dua a ɛyɛ Yosef ne Israelfi a wɔka ne ho nyinaa de.’
“You human, take a piece of wood and write on it, ‘This represents Judah and all the tribes of Judah.’ Then take another piece of wood and write on it, ‘This represents Israel and all the tribes of Israel.’
17 Ka abien no bɔ mu na ɛnyɛ dua baako wɔ wo nsam.
Then join them together to become [as though they were] one piece of wood in your hand.
18 “Sɛ wo nkurɔfo ka se, worenkyerɛ yɛn nea wode eyi kyerɛ ana a,
When your fellow Israelis ask you, ‘What does (this action/what you just did) mean?’,
19 ka kyerɛ wɔn se, ‘Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Merebɛfa Yosef dua a ɛhyɛ Efraim ne Israel mmusuakuw a wɔka ne ho no nsa, na mede abɔ Yuda dua no mu ayɛ abien no baako, na wɔbɛyɛ baako wɔ me nsam.’
tell them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: One of the pieces of wood in my hand represents Israel and all the tribes of Israel. I am joining it to the piece of wood that represents Judah, to form one piece of wood in his hand.’
20 Ma nnua a woakyerɛkyerɛw ho no so kyerɛ wɔn
Then, [you human], hold up the pieces of wood that you have written on, in order that the people can see them.
21 na ka kyerɛ wɔn se, ‘Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Meyi Israelfo afi amanaman a wɔakɔ so no so. Mɛboaboa wɔn ano afi mmaa nyinaa na mede wɔn asan aba wɔn ankasa asase so.
Say to the people, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: I will take you Israeli people out of the countries to which you have been forced to go. I will gather you from all those nations and bring you back to your own land.
22 Mɛyɛ wɔn ɔman baako wɔ asase no so wɔ Israel mmepɔw so. Ɔhene baako bedi wɔn nyinaa so na wɔrenyɛ aman abien bio, na wɔrenkyɛ mu nyɛ wɔn ahenni abien.
And I will cause you to again be one nation in that land, on the mountains in Israel. And there will be one king to rule over all of you. Never again will you be two nations or divided into two kingdoms.
23 Wɔremfa wɔn ahoni ne nsɛsode tantan no, anaasɛ wɔn nnebɔne no mu bi ngu wɔn ho fi bio, na megye wɔn nkwa afi wɔn akyirisan bɔne mu na mɛtew wɔn ho. Wɔbɛyɛ me nkurɔfo na mayɛ wɔn Nyankopɔn.
No longer will you (defile yourselves/make yourselves unacceptable to me) by [worshiping] idols and disgusting statues [of your gods], because I will enable you to quit your sinful behavior and to stop rejecting me. You will be my people, and I will be your God.
24 “‘Me somfo Dawid bedi wɔn so hene na wɔn nyinaa benya oguanhwɛfo baako. Wobedi me mmara so na wɔahwɛ mʼahyɛde ayɛ.
[Someone who will be like] [MET] [King] David who served [me well] will be the king [of your descendants], and [it will be as though] [MET] he will be their shepherd. They will carefully obey all my laws [DOU].
25 Wɔbɛtena asase a mede maa me somfo Yakob, asase a mo agyanom tenaa so. Wɔne wɔn mma ne wɔn mma mma bɛtena hɔ afebɔɔ, na me somfo Dawid bɛyɛ wɔn birɛmpɔn afebɔɔ.
They will live in the land that I gave to Jacob, who also served [me well]; they will live in the land where your ancestors lived. They and their children and their grandchildren will live there forever, and [the one who will be like] [MET] [King] David will be their king forever.
26 Me ne wɔn bɛyɛ asomdwoe apam, ɛbɛyɛ apam a ɛte hɔ daa. Mɛma wɔatim na mama wɔadɔ na mede me kronkronbea besi wɔn mu afebɔɔ.
I will make a peace agreement with them; it will be an agreement that will endure forever. I will again give them that land and cause their population to increase. And I will put my temple among them forever.
27 Me tenabea bɛwɔ wɔn mu, mɛyɛ wɔn Nyankopɔn na wɔayɛ me nkurɔfo.
The place where I will live will be among them; I will be their God and they will be my people.
28 Afei amanaman no behu sɛ me Awurade, me na meyɛ Israel kronkron, bere a me kronkronbea si wɔn mu afebɔɔ no.’”
Then, when my temple is forever there among them, the people of other nations will know that I, Yahweh, have caused the Israeli people to be set apart [to belong to me].’”
