Hesekiel 5
1 “Afei onipa ba, fa akofena nnamnnam yi yɛ sɛ obi a ɔyi ti yiwan na fa yi wo tirinwi ne wʼabɔgyesɛ. Fa nsania na kyekyɛ nwi no mu.
“Son of man, go and shave your head and your beard using a sharp sword like a barber's razor. Then divide up the hair using a set of scales.
2 Sɛ wo otua nna no ba awieeɛ a, fa ogya hye nwi no nkyɛmu mmiɛnsa mu baako wɔ kuropɔn no mu. Fa akofena twitwa nkyɛmu mmiɛnsa no mu baako wɔ kuropɔn no afanan nyinaa. Na hwete nkyɛmu mmiɛnsa mu baako wɔ mframa mu, ɛfiri sɛ mɛtwe akofena ataa wɔn.
Once the days of the siege have finished, burn up one third of the hair inside the city; slash at another third with a sword around the city; and scatter another third in the wind. I will let loose a sword behind them to chase them.
3 Nanso fa nwi no kakra bi kyekyere wʼatadeɛ ano.
Take just a few hairs and tuck them into the hem of your clothes.
4 Afei nso, fa saa nwi no kakra bi na to gu ogya mu na hye. Ogya no bɛtrɛ afiri hɔ akɔ Israel efie nyinaa.
Take some of these and toss them into the fire to burn them. A fire will spread from there to burn everyone in Israel.
5 “Yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Yei ne Yerusalem a mede asi amanaman no ntam na nsase atwa ho ahyia.
This is what the Lord God says: This represents Jerusalem. I placed her right in the middle of the nations, surrounded by other countries.
6 Nanso, nʼamumuyɛ mu, wayɛ dɔm atia me mmara ne me nhyehyɛeɛ asene aman ne nsase a atwa ne ho ahyia. Wapo me mmara, na wanni mʼahyɛdeɛ so.
But she rebelled against my rules, acting more wickedly than the nations, and she defied my regulations more than the countries surrounding her. Her people rejected my rules and refused to follow my regulations.
7 “Enti sei na Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Woayɛ asoɔden asene amanaman a wɔatwa wo ho ahyia na woanni mʼahyɛdeɛ anaa me mmara so. Woanyɛ sɛdeɛ aman a atwa wo ho ahyia no yɛ mpo.
Consequently this is what the Lord God says: You have caused more trouble than the nations around you. You refused to follow my rules and keep my regulations. In fact you didn't even live up to the standards of the nations surrounding you.
8 “Enti sei na Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Me ne wo anya, Yerusalem, na mede asotwe bɛba wo so wɔ amanaman no anim.
So this is what the Lord God says: Watch out, because it's me who is condemning you, Jerusalem! I'm going to carry out my sentence against you while the other nations watch.
9 Esiane wʼahoni nyinaa a ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ no enti, mɛyɛ wo deɛ menyɛɛ bi da, na merenyɛ bi bio nso da.
Because of all the disgusting things you've done, I'm going to do to you what I've never done before—and I won't ever do again.
10 Enti, wɔ mo mu, agyanom bɛdi wɔn mma nam na mma adi wɔn agyanom nam. Mɛtwe wʼaso na mahwete wo nkaeɛfoɔ akɔ mmaa nyinaa.
In your city parents will eat their own children, and children will eat their parents. I'm going to punish you and scatter in every directions those who are left.
11 Enti sɛ mete ase yi, Otumfoɔ Awurade na ɔseɛ, ɛsiane sɛ wode nsɛsodeɛ tantan ne akyiwadeɛ nneyɛɛ agu me kronkronbea ho fi enti, mʼankasa mɛyi mʼadom afiri wo so; merenhunu wo mmɔbɔ na meremfa wo ho nkyɛ wo.
As I live, declares the Lord God, because you have made my sanctuary unclean with all your offensive idols and disgusting practices, I will stop treating you well. I won't be kind to you—I won't show you any pity.
12 Wo nkurɔfoɔ no mu nkyɛmu mmiɛnsa mu baako bɛwuwu wɔ ɔyaredɔm no mu, anaasɛ ɛkɔm bɛkunkum wɔn; nkyɛmu mmiɛnsa mu baako bɛtotɔ wɔ akofena ano wɔ wʼafasuo akyi, na mabɔ nkyɛmu mmiɛnsa mu baako nso ahwete mmaa nyinaa, na matwe akofena ataa wɔn.
A third of your people will die from disease or starvation inside the city; a third will be killed by the sword outside the city walls; and a third I will scatter in the wind in all directions, and let loose a sword behind them to chase them.
13 “Afei me bo bɛdwo na mʼabufuhyeɛ a ɛtia wɔn no nso ano bɛbrɛ ase na matɔ were. Na sɛ meda mʼabufuhyeɛ adi kyerɛ wɔn a, wɔbɛhunu sɛ ɛyɛ me Awurade na akasa wɔ me tumi mu.
Once my anger is over and I've finished punishing them, then I'll be satisfied. When I've finished punishing them, then they'll know that I, the Lord, meant what I said when I spoke so strongly.
14 “Mɛyɛ wo mmubuiɛ ne ahohora wɔ amanaman a atwa wo ho ahyia no mu, ne wɔn a wɔtwam hɔ no ani so.
I'm going to ruin you and humiliate you in front of the nations surrounding you, in the sight of every passer-by.
15 Wobɛyɛ ahohora ne fɛdideɛ, kɔkɔbɔ ne ahodwiredeɛ ama amanaman a wɔatwa wo ho ahyia no, wɔ ɛberɛ a mede abufuo ne abufuhyeɛ ne animka a ano yɛ den mɛtwe wʼaso. Me Awurade na maka.
You will be criticized and mocked, you'll be a warning and something horrifying to the surrounding nations when I carry out my sentence against you in my rage and furious anger. I the Lord have spoken.
16 Sɛ meto me kɔm agyan a, borɔ wɔ ano, na ɛbɛsɛe wo. Mede ɛkɔm a emu yɛ den bɛba wo so, na masi wʼaduane a wonya ho ɛkwan.
When I pour down on you deadly arrows of famine and destruction they're intended to kill you. I will make your famine worse by stopping your food supply.
17 Mede ɛkɔm ne nkekaboa bɛba wo mu, na wo mma bɛsa ama woayɛ sɛ obi a na ɔnni mma. Ɔyaredɔm ne mogyahwiegu bɛfa wo mu, na mɛtwe akofena wɔ wo so. Me Awurade na maka.”
I will send famine and wild animals to attack you. You'll have no children left. Disease and killing will sweep over you, and I will bring armies to attack you. I the Lord have spoken.”
