Ezekiel 5
1 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp sword; [as] a barber’s razor shalt thou take it unto thee, and shalt cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
“Afei onipa ba, fa afoa nnamnam yi yɛ sɛ obi a oyi ti oyiwan na fa yi wo tinwi ne wʼabogyesɛ. Fa nsania na kyekyɛ nwi no mu.
2 A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part, and smite with the sword round about it; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
Sɛ wo bere a wɔatua mo ano nna no ba awiei a, fa ogya hyew nwi no nkyɛmu abiɛsa mu baako wɔ kuropɔn no mu. Fa afoa twitwa nkyɛmu abiɛsa no mu baako wɔ kuropɔn no afanan nyinaa. Na hwete nkyɛmu abiɛsa mu baako wɔ mframa mu, efisɛ mɛtwe afoa ataa wɔn.
3 And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
Nanso fa nwi no kakra bi kyekyere wʼatade ano.
4 And of these again shalt thou take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; therefrom shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
Afei nso, fa saa nwi no kakra bi na tow gu ogya mu na hyew. Ogya no bɛterɛw afi hɔ akɔ Israelfi nyinaa.
5 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.
“Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Eyi ne Yerusalem a mede asi amanaman no ntam na nsase atwa ho ahyia.
6 And she hath rebelled against mine ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are round about her; for they have rejected mine ordinances, and as for my statutes, they have not walked in them.
Nanso nʼamumɔyɛ mu, wayɛ dɔm atia me mmara ne me nhyehyɛe asen aman ne nsase a atwa ne ho ahyia no. Wapo me mmara na wanni mʼahyɛde so.
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye are turbulent more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept mine ordinances, neither have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you;
“Enti sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Woayɛ asoɔden asen amanaman a wɔatwa wo ho ahyia na woanni mʼahyɛde anaa me mmara so no. Woanyɛ sɛnea aman a atwa wo ho ahyia no yɛ mpo.
8 therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I, even I, am against thee; and I will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
“Enti sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Me ne woanya, Yerusalem, na mede asotwe bɛba wo so wɔ amanaman no anim.
9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
Esiane wʼahoni nyinaa a ɛyɛ akyiwade no nti, mɛyɛ wo nea menyɛɛ bi da na merenyɛ bi bio nso da.
10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on thee; and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter unto all the winds.
Enti mo mu no, agyanom bedi wɔn mma nam na mma adi wɔn agyanom nam. Mɛtwe wʼaso na mahwete wo nkae akɔ mmaa nyinaa.
11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish [thee]; neither shall mine eye spare, and I also will have no pity.
Enti sɛ mete ase yi, Otumfo Awurade na ose, esiane sɛ wode nsɛsode tantan ne akyiwade nneyɛe agu me kronkronbea ho fi nti, mʼankasa meyi mʼadom afi wo so; merenhu wo mmɔbɔ na meremfa wo ho nkyɛ wo.
12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee; and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and a third part I will scatter unto all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.
Wo nkurɔfo no mu nkyɛmu abiɛsa mu baako bewuwu wɔ ɔyaredɔm no mu, anaasɛ ɔkɔm bekunkum wɔn; nkyɛmu abiɛsa mu baako bɛtotɔ wɔ afoa ano wɔ wʼafasu akyi na mabɔ nkyɛmu abiɛsa mu baako nso ahwete mmaa nyinaa na matwe afoa ataa wɔn.
13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I shall be comforted: and they shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath upon them.
“Afei me bo bedwo na mʼabufuwhyew a etia wɔn no nso ano bɛbrɛ ase na matɔ were. Na sɛ meda mʼabufuwhyew adi kyerɛ wɔn a, wobehu sɛ ɛyɛ me Awurade na makasa wɔ me tumi mu.
14 Moreover I will make thee a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
“Mɛyɛ wo nnwiriwii ne ahohora wɔ amanaman a atwa wo ho ahyia no mu, ne wɔn a wotwa mu wɔ hɔ no ani so.
15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments on thee in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes (I, Jehovah, have spoken it);
Wobɛyɛ ahohora ne fɛwdi, kɔkɔbɔ ne aninyanne ama amanaman a wɔatwa wo ho ahyia no, bere a mede abufuw ne abufuwhyew ne animka a ano yɛ den retwe wʼaso. Me Awurade na maka.
16 when I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you. And I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread;
Sɛ metow me kɔm agyan a bɔre wɔ ano na ɛsɛe ade wɔ wo a, ɛbɛsɛe wo. Mede ɔkɔm a emu yɛ den bɛba wo so na masiw wʼaduan a wunya no ho kwan.
17 and I will send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
Mede ɔkɔm ne nkekaboa bɛba wo mu, na wo mma bɛsa ama woayɛ sɛ obi a na onni mma. Ɔyaredɔm ne mogyahwiegu bɛfa wo mu, na mɛtwe afoa wɔ wo so. Me Awurade na maka.”
