Hesekiel 8
1 Afe a ɛtɔ so nsia mu, abosome nsia no ɛda a ɛtɔ so enum a na mete me fie na Yuda mpanimfoɔ tete mʼanim no, Otumfoɔ 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 mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me.
2 Mehwɛeɛ na mehunuu biribi a ɛte sɛ onipa. Ɛfiri baabi reba, a ayɛ sɛ nʼasene mu rekɔ ne fam no, na ɔte sɛ ogya, na ɛfiri hɔ rekɔ ne soro no, na ne tebea hyerɛn sɛ dadeɛ a adɔ.
Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
3 Ɔtenee biribi te sɛ nsa de sɔɔ me tirinwi mu faa me. Afei honhom no pagyaa me de me kɔɔ ewiem na ɛde me wuraa Onyankopɔn anisoadehunu mu kɔɔ Yerusalem kɔgyinaa mfimfini adihɔ no atifi ɛpono ano, baabi a ohoni a ɛyɛ ninkunutweɛ farebae no sie.
And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
4 Na ɛhɔ, mʼanim no na na Israel Onyankopɔn animuonyam wɔ, te sɛ anisoadehunu a menyaa no wɔ ɛserɛ so no.
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
5 Afei, ɔka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Onipa ba, hwɛ atifi fam hɔ.” Na mehwɛeɛ, na ɛpono a ɛwɔ afɔrebukyia no atifi fam no mu, mehunuu saa ninkuntwe farebae ohoni yi.
Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
6 Ɔkaa kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Onipa ba, wohunu deɛ wɔreyɛ yi, akyiwadeɛ a ɛmfra, a Israel fie reyɛ wɔ ha yi, nneɛma a ɛbɛpam me afiri me kronkronbea akɔ akyirikyiri yi? Nanso wobɛhunu nneɛma a ɛsene akyiwadeɛ yi koraa.”
He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
7 Afei, ɔde me baa adihɔ hɔ ɛpono no ano. Mehwɛeɛ na mehunuu tokuro wɔ ɔfasuo 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 sɛ, “Onipa ba, bɔ ɔfasuo no mu tokuro.” Enti mebɔɔ ɔfasuo no mu tokuro, na mehunuu ɛpono ano kwan bi wɔ hɔ.
Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.
9 Ɔkaa kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Kɔ mu na kɔhwɛ atirimuɔdensɛm ne akyiwadeɛ a wɔreyɛ wɔ ha.”
And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
10 Enti mekɔɔ mu kɔhwɛeɛ, na mehunuu afasuo a wɔayɛ mmoa a wɔwea ahodoɔ nyinaa ne mmoa a wɔyɛ akyiwadeɛ ne Israel fie ahoni ahodoɔ 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, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.
11 Wɔn anim na na Israelfoɔ mpanimfoɔ aduɔson gyinagyina a na Safan babarima Yaasania gyina wɔn mu. Na wɔn mu biara kura nkankyee ntrawantrawa a aduhwam wisie hwamhwam firi so rekɔ soro.
And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
12 Ɔbisaa me sɛ, “Onipa ba woahunu deɛ Israelfoɔ mpanimfoɔ reyɛ wɔ esum no mu. Obiara wɔ nʼankasa ahoni abosonnan mu. Wɔka sɛ, ‘Awurade nhunu yɛn; Awurade agya asase no!’”
Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.
13 Ɔkaa bio sɛ, “Wobɛhunu sɛ wɔreyɛ nneɛma a ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ a mpo ɛsene yei.”
He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.
14 Afei ɔde me baa Awurade efie no atifi ɛpono no kwan ano, na mehunuu mmaa a wɔtete hɔ resu Tamus.
Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord’s house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
15 Ɔbisaa me sɛ, “Wohunu yei onipa ba? Wobɛhunu nneɛma a ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ a ɛsene yei.”
Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
16 Afei, ɔde me baa Awurade efie adihɔ a ɛwɔ mfimfini no, na ɛhɔ, asɔrefie no ano kwan, wɔ abrannaa ne afɔrebukyia no ntam, na ɛhɔ na mmarimma bɛyɛ aduonu enum wɔ. Wɔn akyi kyerɛ Awurade asɔredan na wɔn anim kyerɛ apueeɛ fam no, na wɔrekoto som owia a ɛwɔ apueeɛ fam.
And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
17 Ɔbisaa me sɛ, “Woahunu yei, onipa ba? Akyiwadeɛ a Yudafoɔ reyɛ wɔ ha yi yɛ asɛm ketewa anaa? Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde akakabensɛm hyɛ asase no so ma na wɔkɔ so hyɛ me abufuo anaa? Hwɛ, wɔabu me animtia agu mʼanim ase!
Then he said unto me, Hast 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 returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
18 Ɛno enti, me ne wɔn bɛdi no abufuo so. Merenhunu wɔn mmɔbɔ, na meremfa wɔn ho nkyɛ wɔn. Ɛwom sɛ wɔteam tuatua mʼaso, nanso merentie wɔn.”
Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
