Ezekiel 12
1 Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa tọ̀ mí wá wí pé:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
2 “Ọmọ ènìyàn, ìwọ ń gbé ní àárín ọlọ̀tẹ̀ ènìyàn. Wọ́n lójú láti fi ríran, ṣùgbọ́n wọn kò ríran, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọ́n létí láti fi gbọ́rọ̀ ṣùgbọ́n wọn kò gbọ́rọ̀, torí pé ọlọ̀tẹ̀ ènìyàn ni wọ́n.
“You human, you are living among people who are [very] rebellious. They have eyes, but they do not [what I want them to see]; they have ears, but they do not [what I want them to hear], because they are rebellious/stubborn people.
3 “Nítorí náà, ọmọ ènìyàn, palẹ̀ ẹrù rẹ mọ́ láti lọ sí ìgbèkùn, ní ọ̀sán gangan ní ojú wọn, kúrò láti ibi tí ìwọ wà lọ sí ibòmíràn. Bóyá bí wọ́n bá rí ọ, wọn yóò sì ronú bó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé ọlọ̀tẹ̀ ilé ni wọ́n.
Therefore, you human, pack your belongings as though you were (going into exile/being forced to go to another country). Then, during the daytime, while people are watching, [prepare to] go to another place. Even though the people are rebellious, perhaps they will [what you are symbolizing].
4 Di ẹrù ìgbèkùn rẹ lójú wọn ní ọ̀sán án gangan, nígbà tí ó bá sì di alẹ́, ní ojú wọn, máa lọ sí ìgbèkùn gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwọn tí ó lọ ìgbèkùn ṣe máa ń ṣe.
During the daytime, while they are watching, bring out the things that you want to take and pack them. Then in the evening, while they are watching, do what those who are preparing to go into exile do.
5 Dá ògiri lu ní ojú wọn, kí ìwọ sì gba ibẹ̀ kó ẹrù rẹ jáde.
Dig through [city] wall and take your things through the hole.
6 Gbé ẹrù rẹ lé èjìká ní ojú wọn, bo ojú rẹ, kí ìwọ má ba à rí ilẹ̀, sì ru ẹrù rẹ lọ ní alẹ́ nítorí pé mo fi ọ́ ṣe àmì fún ilé Israẹli.”
Then put [in a sack] on your shoulder while they are watching and leave at dusk. Cover your face in order that you cannot see the path. [I want you to do this] because I want you to warn the Israeli people.”
7 Mo ṣe gẹ́gẹ́ bí Olúwa ti pàṣẹ fún mi. Mo kó ẹrù mi jáde ní ọ̀sán án láti lọ fun ìgbèkùn. Nígbà tó di ìrọ̀lẹ́, mo dá ògiri lu pẹ̀lú ọwọ́ mi. Mo sì gbe ẹrù mi lé èjìká nínú òkùnkùn ní ojú wọn.
[So] I did what Yahweh told me to do. During the day I brought things out of my [as though] I was packing to go into exile. Then in the evening I dug through [city] wall. [Then] while people watched, I put my sack of belongings on my shoulder and left.
8 Ní òwúrọ̀ ọjọ́ kejì, ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa tọ̀ mí wá wí pé:
The next morning, Yahweh gave me this message:
9 “Ọmọ ènìyàn, ǹjẹ́ ọlọ̀tẹ̀ ilé Israẹli tilẹ̀ bi ọ́ pé, ‘Kí ni ohun tí o ń ṣe túmọ̀ sí?’
“You human, the rebellious people [MTY] of Israel asked you, ‘What are you doing?’
10 “Sọ fún wọn pé, ‘Báyìí ni Olúwa Olódùmarè wí, ọ̀rọ̀-ìjìnlẹ̀ yìí kan àwọn ọmọ-aládé Jerusalẹmu àti gbogbo ilé Israẹli tí ó wà ní àárín rẹ.
[So go back and] say to them, ‘What I did is about the king in Jerusalem and all the [other] people of Israel who are there.’
11 Sọ fún wọn pé, Èmi jẹ́ àmì fún yín’. “Gẹ́gẹ́ bí mo ti ṣe, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a ó ṣe sí wọn. Wọn ó kó lọ sí ìgbèkùn. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹni ti a dè ní ìgbèkùn.
Tell [them], ‘[What I did] is a warning to you.’ What has happened to you will happen to them. They will be captured and forced to go to another country.
12 “Ọmọ-aládé tí ó wà ní àárín wọn yóò di ẹrù rẹ̀ lé èjìká ní alẹ́ yóò sì jáde lọ, òun náà yóò da ògiri lu kí ó le gba ibẹ̀ jáde. Yóò sì bo ojú rẹ̀ kí ó má ba à rí ilẹ̀.
Their king will put his belongings on his shoulder at dusk and leave. [His servants] will dig a hole through the city wall, [and he will take his belongings] through it. He will cover his face in order [others will not recognize] him.
13 Èmi yóò ta àwọ̀n mi lé e lórí, yóò sì kó sínú okùn, Èmi yóò sì mú lọ sí Babeli, ní ilẹ̀ Kaldea, ṣùgbọ́n kò ní fojúrí ilẹ̀ náà ibẹ̀ ni yóò kú sí.
[it will be as though] I will spread a net for [to be captured]; [enemy soldiers will] capture him and take him to [city]. But he will [be able to] see it; and there he will die.
14 Gbogbo àwọn tó yí i ká láti ràn án lọ́wọ́ ọ̀pá ìtẹ̀lẹ̀ àti àwọn ọmọ-ogun rẹ̀ ni Èmi yóò túká sí afẹ́fẹ́, èmi yóò sì tún fi idà lé wọn kiri.
I will scatter in all directions [IDM] all those who have been around him—his advisors and his soldiers—and I will cause his enemies to pursue them, with their swords ready to strike them.
15 “Wọn yóò sì mọ̀ pé èmi ni Olúwa nígbà tí mo bá tú wọn ká ní àárín àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè, tí mo sì fọ́n wọn ká sí ilẹ̀ káàkiri.
Then, when I scatter them among many nations [DOU], they will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].
16 Ṣùgbọ́n èmi yóò ṣẹ́ díẹ̀ kù lára wọn, ní ọwọ́ idà, ìyàn àti àjàkálẹ̀-ààrùn, kí wọn le jẹ́wọ́ gbogbo ìṣe ìríra wọn ní àárín àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè yìí. Nígbà náà ni wọn yóò mọ̀ pé, Èmi ni Olúwa.”
But I will spare/save a few of them from being killed by swords and from dying from famines or plagues, with the result that in the nations to which they are forced to go, they will realize/admit that they have been doing disgusting things, and they will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”
17 Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa tọ̀ mí wá wí pé:
Then Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
18 “Ọmọ ènìyàn, jẹ oúnjẹ rẹ pẹ̀lú ìwárìrì, sì mu omi rẹ pẹ̀lú ìwárìrì àti àìbalẹ̀ àyà.
“You human, tremble while you eat your food, and shudder fearfully while you drink your water.
19 Sọ fún àwọn ènìyàn ilẹ̀ náà pé, ‘Báyìí ni Olúwa Olódùmarè wí fún àwọn olùgbé Jerusalẹmu àti ilẹ̀ Israẹli pé, pẹ̀lú àìbalẹ̀ àyà ni wọn yóò máa jẹun wọn, wọn yóò sì mu omi pẹ̀lú àìnírètí, kí ilẹ̀ wọn lè di ahoro torí ìwà ipá àwọn tó ń gbé ibẹ̀.
Tell [this to] the Israeli people: 'This is what Yahweh the Lord says about those who are [still] living in Jerusalem and [other places in] Israel: They also will be very anxious/worried [DOU] while they eat their food and drink their water, because their country will [soon] have everything taken away. That will happen because the people who live there [continually] act [very] violently.
20 Ìlú tó jẹ́ ibùgbé ènìyàn tẹ́lẹ̀ yóò di òfo, ilẹ̀ náà yóò sì di ahoro. Ẹ̀yin yóò sì mọ̀ pé, Èmi ni Olúwa.’”
The towns where people live will be devastated, and the land will become barren/empty. Then you people will know that it is I, Yahweh, [who have the power to do what I say that I will do].'”
21 Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa tọ̀ mí wá pé:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
22 “Ọmọ ènìyàn, irú òwe wo ni ẹ pa nílẹ̀ Israẹli pé: ‘A fa ọjọ́ gùn, gbogbo ìran di asán’?
“You human, the people in Israel have this proverb/saying: ‘The days pass, and [the prophets] predict never happens.’
23 Nítorí náà wí fún wọn pé, ‘Báyìí ni Olúwa Olódùmarè wí, Èmi yóò fi òpin sí òwe yìí, wọn kò ní ipa mọ́ ní Israẹli.’ Sọ fún wọn, ‘Ọjọ́ náà súnmọ́ tòsí nígbà tí gbogbo ìran àti ìsọtẹ́lẹ̀ yóò sì wá sí ìmúṣẹ.
So say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: I am going to prove that (what they say/that proverb) is not correct, and then they will never say that again in Israel.’ Tell them, ‘It will soon be the time when everything that the prophets have predicted will happen.
24 Nítorí kò ní sí ìran asán tàbí àfọ̀ṣẹ tí ó ń pọ́n ni mọ́ ní àárín ilé Israẹli.
No longer [false prophets tell] to the Israeli people false visions, or prophecies that try to please people.
25 Ṣùgbọ́n, Èmi Olúwa yóò sọ̀rọ̀, ọ̀rọ̀ tí mo sọ yóò sì ṣẹ láì falẹ̀. Báyìí ni Olúwa Olódùmarè wí, ní àsìkò yín, ẹ̀yin ọlọ̀tẹ̀ ilé ni Èmi yóò mú ọ̀rọ̀ yówù tí mo bá sọ ṣẹ.’”
Instead, I, Yahweh, will say what I want to tell the people, and what I predict will quickly happen. You rebellious people, I will cause to happen everything that I say will happen. [That is what I, ] Yahweh the Lord, say.’”
26 Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa tọ̀ mí wá pé:
Yahweh also gave me this message:
27 “Ọmọ ènìyàn, ilé Israẹli ń wí pé, ‘Ìran ọjọ́ pípẹ́ ni ìwọ rí, ìwọ sì sọtẹ́lẹ̀ nípa àsìkò tó jìnnà réré.’
“You human, the Israeli people are [constantly] saying [about you], ‘The things that he sees in [will not happen soon]. They are [things that will happen] many years from now, far in the future.’
28 “Nítorí náà sọ fún wọn, ‘Báyìí ni Olúwa Olódùmarè wí, kò sí ọ̀kan nínú ọ̀rọ̀ mi tí yóò sún síwájú mọ́; ṣùgbọ́n ọ̀rọ̀ tí mo bá sọ yóò ṣẹ.’”
Therefore say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord [DOU] says: I will no longer [causing to happen] any of the things that I have prophesied. Whatever I have predicted [very soon] happen.’”
