Ezekiel 8

1 Ní ọjọ́ karùn-ún, oṣù kẹfà ọdún kẹfà bí mo ṣe jókòó nílé mi pẹ̀lú àwọn àgbàgbà Juda níwájú mi, ọwọ́ Olúwa Olódùmarè bà lé mi níbẹ̀.

On the fifth day of the sixth month [of that year], almost six years after we Israeli people had been (exiled/forced to go to Babylon), I was sitting in my house. The elders of Judah were sitting in front of me. Suddenly the power [MTY] of Yahweh the Lord came on me.

2 Nígbà tí mo wò, mo rí ohun kan tí ó jọ ènìyàn. Láti ibi ìbàdí rẹ lọ sísàlẹ̀ dàbí iná, láti ibi ìbàdí yìí sókè sì mọ́lẹ̀ bí idẹ tó ń kọ mọ̀nà.

[in a vision] I saw someone who resembled a man. Below his waist, [his body] was like fire, and above his waist [his body] was glowing like very hot metal.

3 Ó na ohun tó dàbí ọwọ́ jáde, ó fi gba mi ní irun orí mú, Ẹ̀mí sì gbé mi sókè sí agbede-méjì ayé àti ọ̀run, ó sì mú mi lọ rí ìran Ọlọ́run, mo sì lọ sí Jerusalẹmu, ṣí ìlẹ̀kùn ẹnu-ọ̀nà òde àríwá níbi tí ère owú tí ó ń mú ni bínú wá níwájú mi.

He reached out what seemed to be a hand and grabbed me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up high above the earth, and in visions God took me [from Babylon] to Jerusalem. He took me [to the temple], to the north gate, to the place where there was an idol that caused Yahweh to be very disgusted and furious.

4 Sì kíyèsi i, ògo Ọlọ́run Israẹli wà níbẹ̀, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìran ti mo rí ni pẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀.

And there in front of me was the brilliant light that indicated the presence of the God whom the Israeli [people previously worshiped. It was] like the vision that I had seen alongside the Kebar River/Canal.

5 Ó sì sọ fún mi pé, “Ọmọ ènìyàn, gbójú sókè sí ìhà àríwá.” Èmi náà sì gbójú sókè sí ìhà àríwá mo sì rí ère tí ó ń mú ni jowú ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà ibi pẹpẹ.

Yahweh said to me, “You human, look toward the north!” So I looked, and I saw in the entrance of the gate near the altar that idol that caused Yahweh to be disgusted and furious.

6 Ó sì wí fún mi pé, “Ọmọ ènìyàn, ṣé o rí ohun tí wọ́n ń ṣe ohun ìríra ńlá tí ilé Israẹli ń ṣe, láti lé mi jìnnà réré sí ibi mímọ́ mi? Ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ yóò tún rí àwọn ìríra ńlá tó tóbi jù èyí lọ.”

He said to me, “You human, do you see what those Israeli people [MTY] are doing? They are doing detestable things here, things that will cause me to abandon my temple. But you will see things that are even more detestable.”

7 Ó mú mi wá sí ẹnu-ọ̀nà àgbàlá. Mo wò ó, mo sì rí ihò kan lẹ́gbẹ̀ẹ́ ògiri.

Then he brought me to the entrance of the courtyard. I looked and saw a hole in the wall.

8 Nígbà náà ló sọ fún mi pé, “Ọmọ ènìyàn, gbẹ́ inú ògiri náà,” nígbà tí mo sì gbẹ́ inú ògiri, mo rí ìlẹ̀kùn kan.

He said to me, “You human, dig through the wall here.” So I dug through the wall, and I saw a doorway inside.

9 Ó sì wí fún mi pé, “Wọlé kí ìwọ kí ó rí ohun ìríra búburú tí wọ́n ń ṣe níbẹ̀.”

He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked and detestable things that they are doing there!”

10 Mo wọlé, mo sì rí àwòrán oríṣìíríṣìí ẹranko tí ń fà nílẹ̀ àti àwọn ẹranko ìríra àti gbogbo òrìṣà ilẹ̀ Israẹli tí wọ́n yà sára ògiri.

So I went in through the doorway and looked, and I saw, all over the [of a big room, drawings of] all kinds of creatures that scurry across the ground and [other] detestable animals, and drawings of all the idols that the people of [were worshiping].

11 Níwájú wọn ni àádọ́rin ọkùnrin tó jẹ́ àgbàgbà ilé Israẹli dúró sí, Jaaṣaniah ọmọ Ṣafani sì dúró sí àárín wọn. Ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan wọn sì mú àwo tùràrí lọ́wọ́, òórùn sì ń tú jáde.

In front of them stood 70 elders of Israel. Jaazaniah, the son of Shaphan, was standing among them. Each of them was holding a pan in which incense was burning, and fragrant smoke of the burning incense was rising up.

12 Ó sọ fún mi pé, “Ọmọ ènìyàn, ṣé o ti rí ohun tí àwọn àgbàgbà ilé Israẹli ń ṣe nínú òkùnkùn, olúkúlùkù ní yàrá òrìṣà rẹ̀? Wọ́n ní, ‘Olúwa kò rí wa; Olúwa ti kọ̀ ilé náà sílẹ̀.’”

Yahweh said to me, “You human, look at [RHQ] what the Israeli elders are doing here in the darkness, each of them standing in front of the shrine of his own idol! They are saying, ‘Yahweh does not see us; Yahweh has deserted this country.’”

13 Ó tún sọ fún mi pé, “Ìwọ yóò rí wọn tí wọ́n ń ṣe àwọn ohun ìríra tó burú jù bẹ́ẹ̀ lọ.”

He also said, “But you will see things that are even more detestable!”

14 Ó mú mi wá sí ẹnu-ọ̀nà ilé Olúwa tó wà ní ìhà àríwá, mo sì rí àwọn obìnrin tó jókòó, tí wọ́n sí ẹnu-ọ̀nà ilé Olúwa tó wà ní ìhà àríwá, mo sì rí àwọn obìnrin tó jókòó, tí wọ́n sì ń ṣọ̀fọ̀ fún Tamusi.

Then he took me to the entrance at the north gate of the temple. I saw women sitting there, mourning for [the death of the god of the people of Babylonia], Tammuz.

15 Ó sọ fún mi pé, “Ṣé ìwọ rí báyìí, ọmọ ènìyàn? Ìwọ yóò tún rí ìríra tó ga jù èyí lọ.”

He said to me, “You human, you see this [RHQ], but you will see things that are more detestable than this!”

16 Ó mú mi wá sí ibi àgbàlá ilé Olúwa, ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà tẹmpili Olúwa, láàrín ìloro àti pẹpẹ, ni ìwọ̀n ọkùnrin mẹ́ẹ̀dọ́gbọ̀n wà, tí wọ́n kẹ́yìn sí tẹmpili Olúwa tí wọn sì kọjú sí ìlà-oòrùn, wọ́n sì ń foríbalẹ̀ fún oòrùn ní apá ìlà-oòrùn.

Then he took me into the courtyard outside the temple. There at the entrance of the temple, between the porch and the altar, were about 25 men. Their backs were toward the temple and their faces were toward the east, and they were bowing down to [worship] the sun [as it rose] in the east.

17 Ó sì wí fún mi, “Ṣé ìwọ ti rí èyí ọmọ ènìyàn? Ǹjẹ́ ohun kékeré ni fún ilé Juda láti ṣe àwọn ohun ìríra tí wọn ń ṣe níbi yìí? Ṣé o tún yẹ kí wọ́n fi ìwà ipá kún ilẹ̀ kí wọn sì máa mú mi bínú ní gbogbo ìgbà? Wò wọn bi wọn ṣe n fi ẹ̀ka wọn sínú inú wọn.

He said to me, “You human, you see [RHQ] what they are doing. [Do you think that] it is not important that these men of Judah are doing these detestable things here? [But they are doing other terrible things]. They are acting violently throughout their country, and continually causing me to be angry. Look at them! They are insulting me by their actions [IDM]!

18 Nítorí náà, èmi yóò fi ìbínú bá wọn wí; èmi kò ní i dá wọn sí bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi kò sì ní fojú àánú wò wọ́n. Bí wọ́n tilẹ̀ ń pariwo sí mi létí, èmi kò ní fetí sí wọn.”

So I will show them that I am very angry. I will not pity them or act mercifully toward them. And even if they shout to me [to help them], I will not pay attention to them.”