Hesekiel 14
1 Israel mpanimfoɔ no mu bi baa me nkyɛn bɛtenatena mʼanim.
Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me.
2 Afei Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ:
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
3 “Onipa ba, saa mmarimma yi de ahoni ahyɛ wɔn akoma mu na wɔde amumuyɛ suntidua asisi wɔn anim. Ɛsɛ sɛ mema wɔbisa mʼase koraa anaa?
"Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?
4 Enti kasa kyerɛ wɔn na ka sɛ, ‘Yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Sɛ Israelni biara de ahoni hyehyɛ nʼakoma mu na ɔde amumuyɛ suntidua sisi nʼanim, na afei ɔkɔ odiyifoɔ nkyɛn a, me Awurade, mɛma no mmuaeɛ a ɛfata nʼahonisom no kɛseyɛ.
Therefore speak to them, and tell them, 'Thus says the LORD: "Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him in it according to the multitude of his idols;
5 Mɛyɛ yei de atwe Israelfoɔ a wɔagya me akɔdi wɔn abosom akyi no akoma aba bio.’
that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols."'
6 “Enti ka kyerɛ Israel efie sɛ, ‘Yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Monsakra mo adwene. Momfiri mo ahoni ho na monnyae mo nneyɛeɛ a ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ no!
"Therefore tell the house of Israel, 'Thus says the LORD: "Return, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
7 “‘Sɛ Israelni bi anaa ɔnanani a ɔte Israel twe ne ho firi me nkyɛn na ɔde ahoni hyɛ nʼakoma mu de amumuyɛ suntidua si nʼanim, na afei ɔkɔ odiyifoɔ nkyɛn kɔbisa mʼase a, me, Awurade ankasa bɛbua no.
For everyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live in Israel, who separates himself from me, and takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet to inquire for himself of me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:
8 Mɛtu mʼani asa onipa no na mede no ayɛ nhwɛsoɔ ne akasabɛbuo. Mɛyi no afiri me nkurɔfoɔ mu. Afei mobɛhunu sɛ mene Awurade no.
and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
9 “‘Na sɛ odiyifoɔ no ma wɔdaadaa no ma ɔhyɛ nkɔm a, me Awurade na madaadaa odiyifoɔ no, mɛtene me nsa wɔ ne so na matwa no afiri me nkurɔfoɔ Israelfoɔ mu.
"'"If the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, the LORD, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
10 Wɔbɛsoa wɔn afɔdie; odiyifoɔ no ne deɛ ɔkɔhunuu no no nyinaa bɛdi fɔ.
They shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him who seeks him;
11 Na Israelfoɔ renkwati me bio, na wɔremfa wɔn nnebɔne no ngu wɔn ho fi bio. Wɔbɛyɛ me nkurɔfoɔ na mɛyɛ wɔn Onyankopɔn, Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie.’”
that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God," says the LORD.'"
12 Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ:
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
13 “Onipa ba, sɛ ɔman bi anni me nokorɛ na enti wɔyɛ bɔne de tia me, na metene me nsa wɔ wɔn so na megyae wɔn aduane ma, na mema ɛkɔm ba bɛkunkum emu nnipa ne wɔn mmoa a,
"Son of man, when a land sins against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand on it, and break the staff of its bread, and send famine on it, and cut off from it man and animal;
14 mpo sɛ saa nnipa baasa a wɔyɛ Noa, Daniel ne Hiob wɔ ɔman no mu a, wɔn tenenee bɛgye wɔn nko ara nkwa, Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie.
though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, says the LORD."
15 “Anaa sɛ mema wiram mmoa kɔ saa asase no so na wɔkunkum ɛso nnipa nyinaa na asase no sɛe a obiara ntumi mfa so ɛsiane wiram mmoa no enti a,
"If I cause evil animals to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the animals;
16 sɛ mete ase yi, Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie, mpo sɛ saa mmarima baasa yi wɔ asase no so a, wɔrentumi nnye wɔn ankasa mmammarima ne mmammaa nkwa. Wɔn nko ara na wɔbɛgye wɔn nkwa na asase no bɛsɛe.
though these three men were in it, as I live," says the LORD, "they should deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only should be delivered, but the land should be desolate.
17 “Sɛ nso metwe akofena wɔ asase no so, na meka sɛ, ‘Ma akofena no nkɔ asase no so nyinaa,’ na mekunkum ɛso nnipa ne wɔn mmoa,
"Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, 'Sword, go through the land'; so that I cut off from it man and animal;
18 sɛ mete ase yi, Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie, mpo sɛ saa mmarima baasa yi wɔ asase no so a, wɔrentumi nnye wɔn ankasa mmammarima ne mmammaa nkwa. Wɔn nko ara na wɔbɛnya nkwa.
though these three men were in it, as I live, says the LORD, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only should be delivered themselves.
19 “Sɛ nso mesoma ɔyaredɔm kɔ asase no so na menam mʼabufuhyeɛ so hwie mogya gu wɔ asase no so, kunkum ɛso nnipa ne wɔn mmoa a,
"Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath on it in blood, to cut off from it man and animal;
20 sɛ mete ase yi, Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie, sɛ Noa, Daniel ne Hiob mpo wɔ hɔ a, wɔrentumi nye ɔbabarima anaa ɔbabaa nkwa. Wɔn tenenee enti wɔbɛgye wɔn ho nkwa.
though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says the LORD, they could not save either son nor daughter; they would save only their own souls by their righteousness.
21 “Na sei na Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Ɛbɛyɛ hu mmorosoɔ sɛ mɛma mʼatemmuo huuhuuhu ɛnan, a ɛyɛ akofena, ɔkɔm, wiram mmoa ne ɔyaredɔm akɔ Yerusalem so akɔkunkum ne mmarima ne wɔn mmoa!
"For thus says the LORD: 'How much more when I send my four severe judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil animals, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and animal.
22 Nanso ebinom bɛka, mmammarima ne mmammaa a wɔbɛyi wɔn afiri mu no. Wɔbɛba mo nkyɛn wɔ Babilon, na sɛ mohunu wɔn su ne wɔn nneyɛɛ a, mo bo bɛtɔ mo yam wɔ amanehunu a me de aba Yerusalem so no ho.
Yet, look, there shall be left a remnant that shall be carried forth, both sons and daughters: look, they shall come forth to you, and you shall see their way and their doings; and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on it.
23 Sɛ mohunu wɔn su ne wɔn nneyɛɛ a, mo bo bɛtɔ mo yam, ɛfiri sɛ mobɛhunu sɛ, menyɛɛ biribiara wɔ hɔ a ɛnni farebae, Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie.”
They shall comfort you, when you see their way and their doings; and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it,' says the LORD."
