Hesekiel 4

1 “Na afei, onipa ba, fa ntayaa bi to wʼanim na kurukyerɛw Yerusalem kuropɔn mfoni wɔ so.

and you(m. s.) son: child man to take: take to/for you brick and to give: put [obj] her to/for face: before your and to decree upon her city [obj] Jerusalem

2 Afei tua nʼano: Di ntuano dwuma ahorow tia no, yɛ pie tia no, yɛ mpampim ne nsraban wɔ ho, na sisi mpuran twa ne ho dantaban.

and to give: put upon her siege and to build upon her siegework and to pour: build siege mound upon her mound and to give: put upon her camp and to set: put upon her ram around

3 Afei, fa dade kyɛmfɛre to ɔfasu wɔ wo ne kuropɔn no ntam na dan wʼani kyerɛ no. Wobetua kuropɔn no ano na wo na wubetua nʼano. Eyi bɛyɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne ama Israelfi.

and you(m. s.) to take: take to/for you griddle iron and to give: put [obj] her wall iron between you and between [the] city and to establish: establish [obj] face your to(wards) her and to be in/on/with siege and to confine upon her sign: indicator he/she/it to/for house: household Israel

4 “Afei da wo benkum so na fa Israel bɔne to wo ho so. Wobɛsoa wɔn bɔne nna dodow a wode da wo fa so no.

and you(m. s.) to lie down: lay down upon side your [the] left and to set: put [obj] iniquity: punishment house: household Israel upon him number [the] day which to lie down: lay down upon him to lift: guilt [obj] iniquity: punishment their

5 Mede wɔn bɔne mfe no ayɛ nna dodow ama wo. Enti nnafua ahaasa ne aduɔkron na wode bɛsoa Israelfi bɔne.

and I to give: give to/for you [obj] year iniquity: punishment their to/for number day three hundred and ninety day and to lift: guilt iniquity: punishment house: household Israel

6 “Ɛno akyi no, da bio wɔ wo nifa so na soa Yudafo bɔne adaduanan a da koro biara bɛyɛ afe baako.

and to end: finish [obj] these and to lie down: lay down upon side your ([the] right *Q(K)*) second and to lift: guilt [obj] iniquity: punishment house: household Judah forty day day to/for year day to/for year to give: give him to/for you

7 Dan wʼani kyerɛ Yerusalem ntuano no na fa nsa pan hyɛ nkɔm tia no.

and to(wards) siege Jerusalem to establish: establish face your and arm your to strip and to prophesy upon her

8 Mede ntampehama bɛkyekyere wo sɛnea worentumi nnan wo ho kosi sɛ nna a wɔde tua mo ano no bɛba nʼawie.

and behold to give: put upon you cord and not to overturn from side your to(wards) side your till to end: finish you day siege your

9 “Fa atoko ne awi, asɛ ne asedua, kɔkɔte ne aburow; fa ne nyinaa gu adekora kuruwa mu na fa to brodo a wubedi. Eyi na wubedi wɔ nnafua ahaasa ne aduɔkron a woda wo fa so no.

and you(m. s.) to take: take to/for you wheat and barley and bean and lentil and millet and rye and to give: put [obj] them in/on/with article/utensil one and to make [obj] them to/for you to/for food: bread number [the] day which you(m. s.) to lie down: lay down upon side your three hundred and ninety day to eat him

10 Kari aduan gram ahannu ne aduasa aduonu a wubedi no da koro biara wɔ bere ano, bere ano.

and food your which to eat him in/on/with weight twenty shekel to/for day from time till time to eat him

11 Afei susuw nsu sukuruwa baako na nom no bere ano bere ano.

and water in/on/with capacity to drink sixth [the] hin from time till time to drink

12 Di aduan no sɛnea anka wubedi atoko ɔfam; to ma nnipa nhu na fa onipa agyanan yɛ ogya.”

and bun barley to eat her and he/she/it in/on/with dung excrement [the] man to bake them to/for eye: seeing their

13 Awurade kae se: “Saa ara na Israelfo bedi aduan a wɔagu ho fi wɔ amanaman a mɛpam wɔn akɔ so no.”

and to say LORD thus to eat son: descendant/people Israel [obj] food: bread their unclean in/on/with nation which to banish them there

14 Na mekae se, “Ɛnte saa, Otumfo Awurade! Minguu me ho fi da. Efi me mmofraase besi saa bere yi, minnii aboa funu anaa nea nkekaboa bi akum no atetew ne mu da. Nam a ɛho agu fi nkaa mʼano da.”

and to say alas! Lord YHWH/God behold soul: myself my not to defile and carcass and torn animal not to eat from youth my and till now and not to come (in): come in/on/with lip my flesh refuse

15 Awurade kae se, “eye, mɛma wode nantwi agyanan asi onipa de anan mu, na woato wo brodo wɔ so.”

and to say to(wards) me to see: behold! to give: give to/for you [obj] (dung *Q(k)*) [the] cattle underneath: instead dung [the] man and to make [obj] food: bread your upon them

16 Afei ɔka kyerɛɛ me se, “Onipa ba, metwa aduan a wɔde ba Yerusalem so. Nnipa no de ahoyeraw bedi aduan a wɔkyekyɛ mu na wɔde abasamtu anom nsu a wɔkyekyɛ,

and to say to(wards) me son: child man look! I to break tribe: supply food: bread in/on/with Jerusalem and to eat food: bread in/on/with weight and in/on/with anxiety and water in/on/with capacity and in/on/with horror to drink

17 efisɛ aduan ne nsu ho bɛyɛ na. Wɔn ho bedwiriw wɔn sɛ wohu wɔn ho wɔn ho, na wɔn bɔne nti wɔbɛfonfɔn.”

because to lack food: bread and water and be desolate: appalled man: anyone and brother: compatriot his and to rot in/on/with iniquity: punishment their