Hesekiel 34

1 Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ:

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

2 “Onipa ba, hyɛ nkɔm tia Israel nnwanhwɛfoɔ: hyɛ nkɔm na ka kyerɛ wɔn sɛ: ‘Yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Nnome nka Israel nnwanhwɛfoɔ a wɔhwɛ wɔn ankasa nko ara so. Ɛnsɛ sɛ nnwanhwɛfoɔ hwɛ nnwankuo no anaa?

'Son of man, prophesy concerning shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and thou hast said unto them: To the shepherds, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Woe [to] the shepherds of Israel, Who have been feeding themselves! The flock do not the shepherds feed?

3 Monom nufosuo, mode mmoa no ho nwi fira mo ho na mokum mmoa a wɔadɔre nanso monhwɛ nnwankuo no.

The fat ye do eat, and the wool ye put on, The fed one ye slaughter, the flock ye feed not.

4 Monhyɛɛ wɔn a wɔyɛ mmerɛ no den, nsaa ayarefoɔ yadeɛ na monkyekyeree apirafoɔ akuro. Momfaa wɔn a wɔabɔ ko mmaeɛ na monhwehwɛɛ wɔn a wɔayera. Mode ɔhyɛ ne atirimuɔden na ahwɛ wɔn so.

The weak ye have not strengthened, And the sick one ye have not healed, And the broken ye have not bound up, And the driven away have not brought back, And the lost ye have not sought, And with might ye have ruled them and with rigour.

5 Ɛno enti wɔbɔ hweteeɛ, ɛfiri sɛ wɔnni hwɛfoɔ, na wɔbɔ hweteeɛ no, wɔbɛyɛɛ hanam maa wiram mmoa nyinaa.

And they are scattered from want of a shepherd, And are for food to every beast of the field, Yea, they are scattered.

6 Me nnwan kyinkyini mmepɔ ne nkokoɔ nyinaa so. Wɔbɔɔ wɔn petee asase so baabiara, na obiara anhwehwɛ wɔn.

Go astray do My flock on all the mountains, And on every high hill, And on all the face of the land have My flock been scattered, And there is none inquiring, and none seeking.

7 “‘Enti, mo nnwanhwɛfoɔ, montie Awurade asɛm:

Therefore, shepherds, hear a word of Jehovah:

8 Nokorɛm, sɛ mete ase yi, Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie, ɛsiane sɛ me nnwankuo nni ɔhwɛfoɔ enti wɔawiawia wɔn na wɔayɛ hanam ama wiram mmoa, na ɛsiane sɛ nnwanhwɛfoɔ no anhwehwɛ me nnwan no na mmom wɔhwɛɛ wɔn ankasa ho na wɔtoo me nnwan no asaworam

I live — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, If not, because of My flock being for a prey, Yea, My flock is for food to every beast of the field, Because there is no shepherd, And My shepherds have not sought My flock, And the shepherds do feed themselves, And My flock they have not fed.

9 enti, nnwanhwɛfoɔ, montie Awurade asɛm:

Therefore, O shepherds, hear a word of Jehovah:

10 Yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Me ne nnwanhwɛfoɔ no anya na mɛma wɔabu me nnwankuo no ho akonta. Memma wɔnhwɛ nnwankuo no bio sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a wɔrenkum nnwan no nnwe; mɛgye me nnwankuo afiri wɔn anom na wɔrenyɛ wɔn aduane bio.

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I [am] against the shepherds, And have required My flock from their hand, And caused them to cease from feeding the flock, And no more do the shepherds feed themselves, And I have delivered My flock from their mouth, And they are not to them for food.

11 “‘Na yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Me ara mɛhwehwɛ me nnwan na mahwɛ wɔn so.

For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I — even I, have required My flock, And I have sought it out.

12 Sɛdeɛ odwanhwɛfoɔ hwɛ ne nnwan a wɔahwete ɛberɛ a ɔwɔ wɔn nkyɛn no, saa ara na mɛhwɛ me nnwan so. Mɛyi wɔn afiri mmea mmea a wɔhwete kɔeɛ wɔ omununkum ne esum ɛda no.

As a shepherd's searching of his drove, In the day of his being in the midst of his scattered flock, so I do seek My flock, And have delivered them out of all places, Whither they have been scattered, In a day of cloud and thick darkness.

13 Mede wɔn bɛfiri amanaman so aba na maboaboa wɔn ano afiri nsase so na mede wɔn aba wɔn ankasa asase so. Mɛma wɔadidi wɔ Israel mmepɔ so, subɔnhwa ne asase no so atenaeɛ nyinaa.

And brought them out from the peoples, And have gathered them from the lands, And brought them unto their own ground, And have fed them on mountains of Israel, By streams, and by all dwellings of the land.

14 Mehwɛ wɔn so wɔ adidibea papa, na Israel mmepɔ atentene so bɛyɛ wɔn adidibea. Ɛhɔ na wɔbɛdeda adidibea asase papa so, na ɛhɔ na wɔbɛwe ɛserɛ frɔmfrɔm wɔ Israel mmepɔ so.

With good pasture I do feed them, And on mountains of the high place of Israel is their habitation, There do they lie down in a good habitation, And fat pastures they enjoy on mountains of Israel.

15 Me ara mɛhwɛ me nnwan na mama wɔadeda hɔ. Awurade asɛm nie.

I feed My flock, and cause them to lie down, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

16 Mɛhwehwɛ deɛ wayera na mede deɛ wabɔ ko asane aba. Mɛkyekyere deɛ wapira no akuro, na mahyɛ deɛ ɔyɛ mmerɛ no den, nanso deɛ wadɔre ne deɛ ne ho yɛ den no, mɛsɛe wɔn. Mede tenenee bɛhwɛ nnwankuo no.

The lost I seek, and the driven away bring back, And the broken I bind up, and the sick I strengthen, And the fat and the strong I destroy, I feed it with judgment.

17 “‘Na mo, me nnwankuo, yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Mɛbu odwan baako ne ɔfoforɔ ntam atɛn ne mpapo ne nnwennini ntam.

And you, My flock, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am judging between sheep and sheep, Between rams and he-goats.

18 Adidibea papa a modidi soɔ no, ɛyɛ ade ketewa ma mo anaa? Ɛsɛ sɛ mode mo nan tiatia mo adidibea a aka no nso so anaa? Ɛnsɔ mo ani sɛ monom nsuo a ani yɛ korɔgyenn anaa? Ɛsɛ sɛ mode mo nan hono nkaeɛ no anaa?

Is it a little thing for you — the good pasture ye enjoy, And the remnant of your pasture ye tread down with your feet, And a depth of waters ye do drink, And the remainder with your feet ye trample,

19 Ɛsɛ sɛ me nnwankuo di deɛ moatiatia so na wɔnom deɛ mode mo nan ahono anaa?

And My flock the trodden thing of your feet consumeth, And the trampled thing of your feet drinketh?

20 “‘Ɛno enti sei na Otumfoɔ Awurade ka kyerɛ wɔn: Monhwɛ, me ara mɛbu nnwan a wɔadɔre ne nnwan a wɔafonfɔn ntam atɛn.

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah to them: Lo, I — even I, have judged between fat sheep and lean sheep.

21 Esiane sɛ, mode mo nkyɛnmu ne mmatire puapua nnwan a wɔnni ahoɔden na mode mo mmɛn pempem wɔn kɔsi sɛ mobɛpam wɔn akɔ akyirikyiri enti,

Because with side and with shoulder ye thrust away, And with your horns push all the diseased, Till ye have scattered them to the out-place,

22 mɛgye me nnwankuo na wɔrenfom wɔn bio. Mɛbu odwan baako ne ɔfoforɔ ntam atɛn.

And I have given safety to My flock, And they are not any more for prey, And I have judged between sheep and sheep.

23 Mɛma odwanhwɛfoɔ baako, me ɔsomfoɔ Dawid, ahwɛ wɔn so, na ɔbɛyɛn wɔn na wayɛ wɔn hwɛfoɔ.

And have raised up over them one shepherd, And he hath fed them — my servant David, He doth feed them, and he is their shepherd,

24 Na me, Awurade, mɛyɛ wɔn Onyankopɔn na me ɔsomfoɔ Dawid ayɛ wɔn mu ɔberempɔn. Me Awurade na maka.

And I, Jehovah, I am their God, And My servant David prince in their midst, I, Jehovah, have spoken.

25 “‘Me ne wɔn bɛyɛ asomdwoeɛ apam na matɔre nkekaboa ase wɔ asase no so sɛdeɛ wɔbɛtumi atena ɛserɛ so na wɔadeda kwaeɛ mu asomdwoeɛ mu.

And I have made for them a covenant of peace, And caused evil beasts to cease out of the land, And they have dwelt in a wilderness confidently, And they have slept in forests.

26 Mɛhyira wɔn ne mmea mmea a atwa me kokoɔ ho ahyia. Mɛtɔ bosuo wɔ ne berɛ mu, na ɛbɛyɛ nhyira bosuo.

And I have given them, and the suburbs of my hill, a blessing, And caused the shower to come down in its season, Showers of blessing they are.

27 Mfuo so nnua bɛso wɔn aba na asase no nso abɔ nʼaduane. Nnipa no bɛtena wɔn asase so dwoodwoo. Mɛbubu wɔn kɔnnua na magye wɔn afiri wɔn a wɔde wɔn yɛɛ nkoa nsam na wɔbɛhunu sɛ mene Awurade no.

And given hath the tree of the field its fruit, And the land doth give her increase, And they have been on their land confident, And they have known that I [am] Jehovah, In My breaking the bands of their yoke, And I have delivered them from the hand of those laying service on them.

28 Amanaman no renyɛ wɔn fomfa adeɛ bio, na wiram mmoa nso renkyere wɔn nnwe. Wɔbɛtena asomdwoeɛ mu na obiara renhunahuna wɔn.

And they are no more a prey to nations, And the beast of the earth devoureth them not, And they have dwelt confidently, And there is none troubling.

29 Na mɛma wɔn asase a ɛso nnɔbaeɛ ama agye din, na aduanekɔm renne wɔn wɔ asase no so na wɔrenyɛ ahohora mma amanaman no.

And I have raised for them a plant for renown, And they are no more consumed by hunger in the land, And they bear no more the shame of the nations.

30 Afei wɔbɛhunu sɛ me Awurade, wɔn Onyankopɔn ne wɔn wɔ hɔ, na wɔn, Israel efie yɛ me nkurɔfoɔ, Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie.

And they have known that I, Jehovah, their God, [am] with them, And they — the house of Israel — My people, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

31 Mo, me nnwan, mʼadidibea nnwan yɛ me nkurɔfoɔ, na mene mo Onyankopɔn, Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie.’”

And ye, My flock, the flock of My pasture, Men ye [are] — I [am] your God, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'