< Hesekiel 11 >
1 Afei, honhom no pagyaa me de me baa Awurade efie ɛpono a ani kyerɛ apueeɛ fam no ano. Na mmarima aduonu enum wɔ hɔ, na mehunuu Asur babarima Yaasania ne Benaia babarima Pelatia a wɔyɛ nnipa no ntuanofoɔ.
And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of Jehovah's house, which looketh eastward; and behold, at the door of the gate were five and twenty men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
2 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Onipa ba, yeinom ne mmarima a wɔrebɔ pɔ bɔne na wɔtu fo bɔne wɔ kuropɔn yi mu.
And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and give wicked counsel in this city:
3 Wɔka sɛ, ‘Ɛberɛ a wɔde sisi afie nnuru so anaa? Kuropɔn no ayɛ sɛ dadesɛn, ɛnna yɛayɛ ɛnam a dadesɛn no bɔ yɛn ho ban.’
who say, It is not the time to build houses: this is the cauldron, and we are the flesh.
4 Ɛno enti 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 sɛ menka nkyerɛ Israelfoɔ sɛ, “Yei ne deɛ Awurade seɛ. Menim deɛ moreka, ɛfiri sɛ menim nsusuiɛ a ɛwɔ mo adwene mu.
And the Spirit of Jehovah fell on me, and said unto me, Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Thus have ye said, O house of Israel; and the things that come into your mind, I know them.
6 Moakunkum nnipa bebree wɔ kuropɔn yi mu, na mode afunu ahyɛ ne mmɔntene so ma.
Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
7 “Ɛno enti, yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Kuro no yɛ dadesɛn deɛ, nanso emu ɛnam no yɛ nnipa a mode atirimuɔden akunkum wɔn apete hɔ. Ɛno enti, mɛpam mo afiri mu.
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and it is the cauldron; but you will I bring forth out of the midst of it.
8 Mosuro akofena, na ɛno ara na mede bɛba mo so, sei na Awurade seɛ.
Ye have feared the sword, and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord Jehovah.
9 Mɛpam mo afiri kuropɔn no mu na mede mo ahyɛ ananafoɔ nsa, na matwe mo aso.
And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and give you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
10 Mobɛtotɔ akofena ano, na mɛbu mu atɛn wɔ Israel asase so. Afei, mobɛhunu sɛ mene Awurade no.
Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the borders of Israel; and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.
11 Saa kuropɔn yi remmɔ mo ho ban sɛdeɛ dadesɛn bɔ ɛnam a ɛwɔ mu no ho ban; Mɛbu mo atɛn wɔ Israel asase so.
This shall not be your cauldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst of it: I will judge you in the borders of Israel;
12 Na mobɛhunu sɛ mene Awurade no, ɛfiri sɛ, moanni mʼahyɛdeɛ so, moapo me mmara, na deɛ aman a atwa mo ahyia no yɛ no na mo nso moyɛ.”
and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah, in whose statutes ye have not walked, neither have done mine ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you.
13 Afei ɛberɛ a megu rehyɛ nkɔm no, Benaia babarima Pelatia wuiɛ. Na mede mʼanim butuu fam suu denden sɛ, “Aa Otumfoɔ Awurade, wobɛtɔre Israel nkaeɛfoɔ yi ase koraa anaa?”
And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. And I fell down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
14 Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ,
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
15 “Onipa ba, wo nua mmarimma, wɔn a wo ne wɔn yɛ mogya baako ne Israel efie nyinaa, nnipa a wɔwɔ Yerusalem kasa fa wɔn ho sɛ, ‘Saa nkurɔfoɔ a wɔkɔɔ nnommum no ne Awurade ntam ɛkwan ware, ɛno enti na wɔde wɔn asase yi ama yɛn sɛ yɛn agyapadeɛ.’”
Son of man, [it is] thy brethren, thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel, the whole of it, unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem say, Get you far from Jehovah: unto us is this land given for a possession.
16 “Ɛno enti ka sɛ, ‘Sei na Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Ɛwom sɛ mede wɔn kɔɔ akyirikyiri wɔ amanaman mu, hwetee wɔn guu nsase so deɛ, nanso berɛ tiawa bi mu no, meyɛɛ wɔn kronkronbea wɔ nsase a na wɔwɔ soɔ no so.’
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Although I have removed them far off among the nations, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries whither they are come.
17 “Enti ka kyerɛ wɔn sɛ, ‘Sei na Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Mɛboaboa mo ano afiri amanaman no ne nsase a mehwetee mo guu soɔ no asane aba, na mede Israel asase bɛsane ama mo.’
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will even gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where ye are scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
18 “Wɔbɛsane aba so na wɔayiyi nsɛsodeɛ tantane ne ahoni a ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ no nyinaa.
And they shall come thither, and they shall take away from thence all its detestable things and all its abominations.
19 Mɛma wɔn akoma korɔ na mede honhom foforɔ ahyɛ wɔn mu; mɛyi wɔn akomaden no na mama wɔn akoma a ɛyɛ mmrɛ.
And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;
20 Afei wɔbɛdi mʼahyɛdeɛ so na wɔahwɛ akora me mmara yie. Wɔbɛyɛ me nkurɔfoɔ, na mayɛ wɔn Onyankopɔn.
that they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
21 Nanso wɔn a wɔde wɔn akoma ama nsɛsodeɛ tantane ne ahoni a ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ no deɛ, mɛma deɛ wɔayɛ no abɔ wɔn tiri so, sei na Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ.”
But as for them whose heart walketh well-pleased with their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.
22 Afei, Kerubim no ne wɔn ntwahonan trɛtrɛɛ wɔn ntaban mu, na Israel Onyankopɔn animuonyam konkɔnn wɔn so.
And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
23 Awurade animuonyam pagyaa ne ho firii kuropɔn no mu kɔgyinaa bepɔ a ɛwɔ apueeɛ fam no atifi.
And the glory of Jehovah went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
24 Honhom no pagyaa me de me baa atukɔfoɔ a wɔwɔ Babilonia no nkyɛn wɔ anisoadehunu a Onyankopɔn Honhom maa me no mu. Afei anisoadeɛ a mehunuiɛ no firii me so kɔɔ soro.
And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity; and the vision that I had seen went up from me.
25 Na mekaa biribiara a Awurade yi kyerɛɛ me no kyerɛɛ atukɔfoɔ no.
And I spoke unto them of the captivity all the things that Jehovah had shewn me.