Hesekiel 8
1 Afe a ɛto so asia mu, asram asia no da a ɛto so anum a na mete me fi, na Yuda mpanyimfo tete mʼanim no, Otumfo Awurade nsa baa me so wɔ hɔ.
And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the lord Jehovah fell there upon me.
2 Mehwɛe, na mihuu abɔsu bi a ɛte sɛ onipa. Efi baabi a ayɛ sɛ nʼasen mu rekɔ ne fam no, na ɔte sɛ ogya, na efi hɔ rekɔ ne soro no na ne tebea hyerɛn sɛ dade a adɔ.
Then I beheld, and, lo, a likeness as the appearance of fire, from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire, and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as it were glowing metal.
3 Ɔteɛɛ biribi te sɛ nsa de soo me tinwi mu faa me. Afei honhom no pagyaw me de me kɔɔ wim na ɛde me wuraa Onyankopɔn anisoadehu mu kɔɔ Yerusalem kogyinaa mfimfini adiwo no atifi pon ano, faako a ohoni a ɛyɛ ninkutwe farebae no si.
And he put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head. And the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that looks toward the north, where the seat of the image of jealousy was, which provokes to jealousy.
4 Na hɔ, wɔ mʼanim na na Israel Nyankopɔn anuonyam wɔ, te sɛ anisoadehu a minyaa no wɔ tataw no so no.
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.
5 Afei ɔka kyerɛɛ me se, “Onipa ba, hwɛ atifi fam hɔ.” Na mehwɛe, na mihuu saa ninkutwe farebae honi yi wɔ ɔpon a ɛwɔ afɔremuka no atifi fam no mu.
Then he said to me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up my eyes the way toward the north, and, behold, northward of the gate of the altar was this image of jealousy in the entry.
6 Ɔka kyerɛɛ me se, “Onipa ba, wuhu nea wɔreyɛ yi, akyiwade a ɛmfra, a Israelfi reyɛ wɔ ha yi, nneɛma a ɛbɛpam me afi me kronkronbea akɔ akyirikyiri yi? Nanso wubehu nneɛma a ɛsen akyiwade yi koraa.”
And he said to me, Son of man, see thou what they do, even the great abominations that the house of Israel commit here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? But thou shall again see yet other great abominations.
7 Afei ɔde me baa adiwo hɔ pon no ano. Mehwɛe, na mihuu tokuru wɔ ɔfasu no mu.
And he brought me to the door of the court. And when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.
8 Ɔka kyerɛɛ me se, “Onipa ba, tu ɔfasu no mu tokuru.” Enti mituu ɔfasu no mu tokuru, na mihuu ɔpon ano kwan bi wɔ hɔ.
Then he said to me, Son of man, dig now in the wall. And when I had dug in the wall, behold, a door.
9 Ɔka kyerɛɛ me se, “Kɔ mu na kɔhwɛ atirimɔdensɛm ne akyiwade a wɔreyɛ wɔ ha.”
And he said to me, Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here.
10 Enti mekɔɔ mu kɔhwɛe, na mihuu afasu a wɔayɛ mmoa a wɔwea ahorow nyinaa ne mmoa a wɔyɛ akyiwade ne Israelfi ahoni ahorow nyinaa mfoni wɔ ho nyinaa.
So I went in and saw, and, behold, every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about.
11 Wɔn anim na na Israelfo mpanyimfo aduɔson gyinagyina a na Safan babarima Yaasania gyina wɔn mu. Na wɔn mu biara kura nkankyee ntrantraa a aduhuam wusiw huamhuam fi so rekɔ soro.
And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel. And in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, each man with his censer in his hand, and the odor of the cloud of incense went up.
12 Obisaa me se, “Onipa ba woahu nea Israelfo mpanyimfo no mu biara reyɛ wɔ nʼankasa honi abosonnan mu wɔ sum mu ana? Wɔka se, ‘Awurade nhu yɛn; Awurade agyaw asase no!’”
Then he said to me, Son of man, have thou seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each man in his chambers of imagery? For they say, Jehovah does not see us. Jehovah has forsaken the land.
13 Ɔkaa bio se, “Wubehu sɛ wɔreyɛ nneɛma a ɛyɛ akyiwade a mpo ɛsen eyi.”
He also said to me, Thou shall again see yet other great abominations which they do.
14 Afei ɔde me baa Awurade fi no atifi pon no kwan ano, na mihuu mmea a wɔtete hɔ resu Tamus.
Then he brought me to the door of the gate of Jehovah's house which was toward the north. And, behold, there sat the women weeping for Tammuz.
15 Obisaa me se, “Onipa ba wuhu eyi? Wubehu nneɛma a ɛyɛ akyiwade a ɛsen eyi.”
Then he said to me, Have thou seen this, O son of man? Thou shall again see yet greater abominations than these.
16 Afei ɔde me baa Awurade fi adiwo a ɛwɔ mfimfini no, na hɔ, hyiadan no ano kwan, wɔ abrannaa ne afɔremuka no ntam, na hɔ na mmarima bɛyɛ aduonu anum wɔ. Wɔn akyi kyerɛ Awurade asɔredan na wɔn anim kyerɛ apuei fam, na wɔrekotow som owia a ɛwɔ apuei fam.
And he brought me into the inner court of Jehovah's house. And, behold, at the door of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun toward the east.
17 Obisaa me se, “Woahu eyi, onipa ba? Akyiwade a Yudafi reyɛ wɔ ha yi yɛ adewa ana? So ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde akakabensɛm hyɛ asase no so ma na wɔkɔ so hyɛ me abufuw ana? Hwɛ wɔabu me animtiaa agu mʼanim ase!
Then he said to me, Have thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger. And, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
18 Ɛno nti, me ne wɔn bedi no abufuw so. Merenhu wɔn mmɔbɔ na meremfa wɔn ho nkyɛ wɔn. Ɛwɔ mu sɛ, wɔteɛ mu tuatua mʼaso de, nanso merentie wɔn.”
Therefore I will also deal in wrath. My eye shall not spare, nor will I have pity. And though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet I will not hear them.
